It comes across differently in the book, where it's emphasized that Drogo barely used her poultice at all and didn't follow any of her instructions, because who was she to tell him what to do. Since it was pretty obvious just from his personality that that's how it would go, Mirri could be totally on the up and up…

"I can't see why Rayna would want to be with Deacon yet, other than he's very talented"— because he's gorgeous, and he worships her, and he's a creative & erratic bad boy who's the opposite of all the country-club people she grew up with.

"I can't see why Rayna would want to be with Deacon yet, other than he's very talented"— because he's gorgeous, and he worships her, and he's a creative & erratic bad boy who's the opposite of all the country-club people she grew up with.

(Disqus, kindly stop fucking up my comments)

(Disqus, kindly stop fucking up my comments)

H*ndsh*ke? Shut your filthy mouth.

Someone tried to CGI out my nipples once, but I safeworded.

Someone tried to CGI out my nipples once, but I safeworded.

They have one truly unique quality, in that the repeated use of "Argh!" and "Holy crap!" as a narrator's mental response to never-before-experienced realms of passion is not something that any other human writer in the history of dirty stories has ever done. The narrator thinks in basically the same style that Cathy…

They have one truly unique quality, in that the repeated use of "Argh!" and "Holy crap!" as a narrator's mental response to never-before-experienced realms of passion is not something that any other human writer in the history of dirty stories has ever done. The narrator thinks in basically the same style that Cathy…

It's especially great that it uses the romance of the frontier for that purpose. Pioneer America, a place where anything is possible, where a man can reinvent himself as… an alcoholic, a Bible-thumper, a gunfighting idiot, a con man, a soldier in a genocidal army, etc. (And then have some insane jackass tell him that…

It's especially great that it uses the romance of the frontier for that purpose. Pioneer America, a place where anything is possible, where a man can reinvent himself as… an alcoholic, a Bible-thumper, a gunfighting idiot, a con man, a soldier in a genocidal army, etc. (And then have some insane jackass tell him that…

I've seen them— they're really lavishly produced, I can easily believe that the cost is unusually high. I wouldn't buy one but I do like the music… and she developed a pretty big fan base before she started making these, so it's silly to say she's doing it because "the music can't stand on its own".

I've seen them— they're really lavishly produced, I can easily believe that the cost is unusually high. I wouldn't buy one but I do like the music… and she developed a pretty big fan base before she started making these, so it's silly to say she's doing it because "the music can't stand on its own".

Well, the other thing they provide is the "Donors don't have to pay unless I meet my pledge goal" mechanism, which I think probably does make people more likely to donate to smaller projects— the feeling is that then the thing will really happen, your money's not being wasted or at least you won't be the only sucker.…

Well, the other thing they provide is the "Donors don't have to pay unless I meet my pledge goal" mechanism, which I think probably does make people more likely to donate to smaller projects— the feeling is that then the thing will really happen, your money's not being wasted or at least you won't be the only sucker.…

Yeah, I think the performance would be unbearable if it weren't that we get to see him in other settings too (especially when he's at that swanky event with his dad, all cleaned up and looking more like a sane guy who's just an asshole). His little flashes of real friendliness to Willis's character help too.

I really liked the Scifi Channel's first Dune miniseries. The second one less so, but still a good try. Both were rather weirdly made in a somewhat Herbertesque way. Not the equivalent of the TV Shining, which looked pretty generic and was terribly directed (though I liked some of the writing).

I really liked the Scifi Channel's first Dune miniseries. The second one less so, but still a good try. Both were rather weirdly made in a somewhat Herbertesque way. Not the equivalent of the TV Shining, which looked pretty generic and was terribly directed (though I liked some of the writing).

It's not every day I have an excuse to post a link to an Al Duvall song: