I have been watching Game of Thrones Season Two on DVD. I watched Season One a couple months ago. GOT is the only show I’ve ever seen that I had to use a written synopsis of each episode just to keep track of what’s going on. I never read any of the books but it looks like I’m gonna have to start.
Game of Thrones — It’s very hard for me to get into the fantasy genre, but I just love this. I burned through the first two seasons and am way ready for the third to begin on HBO March 31st. A sprawling fantasy about the struggle to win the Iron Throne that rules the seven kingdoms. It’s gotten teased a lot for all the sex (see the pitch-perfect SNL skit above), so be warned. Whenever there’s an exposition scene, they try to have two naked girls making out in the background to liven things up. It’s so over-the-top, I actually found myself thinking, “Put your shirt on, sister, so I can hear the exposition.” But still, great characters, great stories — and a brilliant use of the supernatural; that’s the best thing about it. Supernatural events haunt the edges of the story and then slowly, slowly move toward the center. Somehow that makes it all completely believable. Kudos to David Benioff and D.B. Weiss who brought the massive, unfinished series of novels A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin to life. Great score by Ramin Djawadi. A wonderful cast, dominated by Peter Dinklage in a performance for the ages. But my favorite, of course, is Conan the Barbarian star Jason Momoa as the savage Khal Drogo. If I call my wife “moon of my life,” one more time, she may toss me out
Season Three starts next week, but I don’t get HBO so I won’t get to see it until it’s released on DVD.
The Crawdad Hole 
GOT is addictive.
It’s great. And they’re not afraid to kill off main characters. The bastards.
I used to be a big fan of the books, but I got tired of the ever-increasing bloat after book 4 I think. GRRM has a writers block and even though he’s writing, things are not moving along.
I tried reading the books during my recovery from the back surgery. Couldn’t keep everyone straight. Maybe time to try again without all the meds lol.
The audio books of the series are quite good, especially for long road trips.
Speaking of Thrones, Keith Koffler compares Obama to that “abusive boyfriend” 😀
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/03/obamas-new-trust-me-offensive-89435.html?hp=l9
He absolutely has the traits of an abusive person . Controlling , insincere , manipulative , condescending etc etc . Narcissists are inherently abusive . I especially feel sorry for his children .
His followers are just like him. Remember how they told us we were unwanted and that we should leave the party, then they got mad when we left?
That is why they like him so much. They self identify with him. He does nasty so well they admire him. Or they are masochists and like to be spit upon.
Absolutely ! Esp the nasty condescending bit , they love that . It makes them feel so superior .
Yes, “either you’re with us or the hell with you”, then we became racists for not towing the party line.
No one cared that you left because you were always make-believe Dems who pretended to be liberal so you could hang out with the cool kids. Now everyone sees you for what you are… run-of-the-mill wingnuts. Good riddance.
Yeah, sure. 20 years of voting for Democrats, supporting them, volunteering for them – it was all part of our infiltration plot.
I am a LIBERAL. Not an authoritarian Progressive who worships another human being. I am not better than anyone else and no one is fucking better than I am.
I beg to differ. You are better than any Vile Prog who ever lived.
I was a liberal before it was cool.
I don’t feel sorry for them, they’re having a blast:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/report-obama-daughters-skiing-sun-valley-idaho_712194.html
They’re like any other rich kids whose parents spend tons of money but very little time on them. When they do spend time together it’s so he can use them for a photo-op.
Lots of rich kids grow up as virtual orphans, spending very little time with their parents, getting raised by other people because their parents are too busy.
Those two girls were still really little when he started running for the Senate. He was hardly ever home after that. MO’s mom has been raising them.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/29/idaho-ski-story-removed
White house requested ski story to be removed. according to them the backtrack daughters are off limits
Fuck ’em.
And again, the cover up is worse than the “crime”. No offense to the Princesses of course…….
I don’t have HBO either, so I think I would rather start with the books . I always end up comparing everything to Tolkien , and I understand George R.R. Martins works stand up to the comparison .
HBO Go, the application that lets you watch HBO, is going to open up to subscription. So you don’t have cable/satellite to get HBO. You might also check with the usual movie/tv download stores, but I’m not sure HBO does that with it’s own shows.
Let me know when they have HBO Free.
Well, there are ways… Um, I’ve heard.
Put my name on that list please
my dish has it free for a few days now. 🙂
There is no excuse:
All of us are “wetbacks” unless our ancestors came over a land bridge in Alaska.
No wonder they go by Bloods and Crips now, way cooler 😀 We really do need to purge Congress of anyone born before 1945, which I think is Sarah’s new plan !
me likey. 🙂
Agree with the purge, but would rather base it on voting record than DOB. Not arguing some of us old geezers aren’t brain dead, but if ancient-of-days Thomas Sowell were an incumbent, as an example, following your guideline alone could be not that smart. I’d prioritize on Voting Record, Length of Incumbency and then DOB. But let’s purge, baby, purge!
I pulled ’45 out my hat because i’m in first year class of Boomer ’46. I meant to be snarky more than ageist 😀
I hate to defend a congresscritter, but everyone latched onto his use of the word “wetbacks” and left out the whole part about how much respect and compassion he had for his father’s workers. It’s like we don’t even care about content or intentions anymore, we just want to play gotcha games.
What all these fools do not realise is that to people like bomber billy ayres and bernedine dorn is that they are collateral damage. they are glorifying killers that think they are fools whose lives have no value.The harm this bunch still do to this country is unspeakable.
Odd thing is most of them came from families that were not working class and they had never had a hungry day in their lives and when things got bad for them they ran right back to daddy to save their useless asses
JEEBUS motherfreaking Cripes on a cracker !!!
You have GOT to be kidding me , these mfers are criminals who just about destroyed the anti- war civil rights and women’s rights movement because they were VIOLENT BOMBERS AND MURDERERS . I wonder if they are going to conveniently leave out the fact that they blew a number of themselves up building a bomb to murder servicemen at a dance????
Ayers was an arrogant asshole with female groupies , and he still is . I remember him , and his ahole weather underground . They were DESPISED by the activists of the time , and they should be still . I wonder if Redford would condone them bombing his movie?
His materialist daddy’s money and connections came in handy when he got caught.
They sure did come in handy , and he didn’t even blink after his first GF blew herself up before he switched to the next one . He is a pig .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Oughton
http://www.therightscoop.com/michelle-malkin-slams-hollywood-actors-for-glorifying-weather-underground/
video of Michelle Malkin slamming hollywood actors for glorifying weather underground
Cyprus central bank says all domestic debit and credit card transactions now unrestricted – @AP
And they have a seldom-used bridge spanning the Hudson River they’re offering for sale for only $500, cash.
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/29/CA-high-speed-rail-need-40B
now all start singing California Dreaming. You will pay for this
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you very much! You’ve all been simply swell, giving us this money so cheerfully. Thank you!
http://hotair.com/greenroom/archives/2013/03/28/video-please-identify-this-burglar-before-he-hurts-himself-any-further/
MYIQ this is up in your area
Redding is way up north of me. Practically in Canada.
Everything much past Marin County or Sacto’ is part of the rainy northwest. Northern CA is more like Oregon than Cali and Washington is part of Canuckistan.
The people up there have pale white skins cuz they hardly ever see the sun.
Ahem, we are not Canucks. Most of the time we can’t even understand each others language.
Canucks have free health care.
We would prefer to be Cunucks. At least my family would. I don’t mean I want to move I mean we would prefer Washington to be part of Canada.
sorry had a senior moment and was thinking it was on the bakersfield to Oakland line. but it is on one of the Amtrak bus routes
http://hotair.com/archives/2013/03/28/yes-liberal-friends-the-government-is-protecting-you-from-delicious-local-food/
this is interesting. the revolt of the neighborhood produce stand against big government
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/290885-obama-uses-executive-power-to-move-gun-control-forward
backtrack runs around congress again
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/video-planned-parenthood-official-argues-right-post-birth-abortion_712198.html
Is euthanasia next ? If it is ok to kill a breathing baby, why not just legalize killing those will long term illnesses?
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/29/obama-admin-gives-planned-parenthood-in-orlando-2-4-million-to-fund-sex-ed-for-teens/
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/28/Poll-States-Most-Americans-Welcome-Illegal-Immigrants
do not know who they were polling. Most people including me welcome LEGAL immigrants not ILLEGAL immigrants
Too bad it wasn’t “legal” to hire them, as they work hard and almost for free. Didn’t Romney almost get derailed by his landscaper who had an illegal on his crew? Wish I knew the rules 😉
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9960933/North-Korea-plan-to-attack-US-mainland-revealed-in-photographs.html
North Korea plans to mess with Texas. has Austin on target list.
all kidding aside this bunch is like the three stooges and could set off a war through stupidity
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/gasoline-nine-cents-sulfur/2013/03/29/id/496938
a surprise in your Easter Basket. EPA rules going into effect on Friday will add 9 cents a gallon to gas prices
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/29/dem-rep-rep-jackie-speier-blames-constitution-for-lack-of-new-gun-control-laws-says-it-was-designed-to-protect-the-cowards/
I am not sure when the democratic party became so anti American and against everything that made this country great
Fricking scary.
We have a sick Dicktater in our W.H. 👿
When Obama became POTUS , the anti American stuff really kicked in , esp the anti constitution wave. And you know what is so heartbreaking , most of these idiots are spouting off ;and they really REALLY do not know what they are talking about . They lack the history , the basic information , and any experience that might defend their POV . Their arguments are all emotion , condescension , and self righteousness.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/29/mass-middle-school-suspends-girl-for-bringing-butter-knife-with-her-lunch/
this kid has braces and brought a BUTTER knife to school to cut food so she could eat it.
home schooling is sounding better and better everyday for our kids
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/290975-johns-hopkins-medical-students-petition-to-replace-carson-as-commencement-speaker
so much for free speech. these people want to be doctors, I would not want them to treat me.
sorry but this angers me
these are medical students who do not want to hear what one of the greatest pediatric surgeons in the world has to say.
sorry that is just plain stupid
F* them , they are still wet behind the ears …, and if they are at Hopkins they are privileged .
http://nation.foxnews.com/pornography/2013/03/29/professor-assigns-porn-films-homework
how much is the tuition here??
http://freebeacon.com/embattled-doe-grant-recipient-changes-name-from-a123-to-b456/
not a whole lot of original thought here
In other words , too many naked pictures on the internet .
I think the Dems made the reasonable choice here and it surprises me. When they put Congress women in the 2012 Dem convention spotlight during the afternoon when no one could watch and put the vapid Hollywood starlets on during prime time it said who they considered more valuable.
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/region_s_palm_beach_county/boca_raton/dr-deandre-poole-florida-atlantic-university-professor-in-jesus-stomping-debacle-put-on-leave
FLA professor the stomp on Jesus teacher put on leave
WTF?
So we don’t want consumption that stimulates the economy? This is very confusing.
Why would Apple care how many phones somebody buys at regular retail?
They do when they first come out because of limited quantity, and trying to avoid the whole scalping stuff. But as soon as supply catches up with demand and there is no waiting for new devices, they remove the limits. So there shouldn’t be any at this point.
Why do they care about scalping? Why not just raise prices and eliminate the scalpers?
Sort of like at the movie theater or any theater, if the first person in line bought all the seats in the theater, and then turned around and started selling them above price, it wouldn’t be the best customer service on the part of the theater. So they tend to artificially limit.
Same theater, same seats, same movies.
They want to be involved in selling to the customer. It’s their thing.
http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/violent-threats-follow-detroit-takeover/
Jesse Jackson and his ilk stirring shit again.
Yes I do remember the riots of the 60s. In Philadelphia the mayor fence them in and let them burn their own neighborhood.
looking at the comments in this article many people feel the same way today. let them burn it
Whatever happens in Detroit will always be Bush’s fault, because if he had just cared a little bit he could’a done something.
http://weaselzippers.us/2013/03/29/msnbcs-chris-hayes-brags-about-using-affirmative-action-quota-system-used-to-book-guests-drawing-the-line-at-too-many-white-men/
you can not fix stupid
President Obama to visit Bay Area next week attending events in San Francisco, Atherton on Wednesday and Thursday – @abc7newsBayArea
the travelin salesman cometh
Atherton is one of the wealthiest cities in the country. It’s all mansions and foreign cars.
Ha! If anyone wonders how sun deprived we are and what a small town we live in, a guy here was just arrested for “road rage.” Apparently he got mad at the road so he got out of his car and proceeded to attack it.
there are grills and then there are grills
GOT broken down:
Stark=wolves
Lannister=incest and horny midgets
Danerys=tits, ass, and dragons
Jon Snow=hot but a little stupid
Plus- blood, guts, and beheadings.
Winter is coming and so are the white walkers.
It”s not one of those “read and watch” things, just a “watch.”
The books sort of suck, and I almost always like the book better.
The show was filmed in some of the most beautiful parts of Europe.
Real mountains, castles in Malta, etc..
Bonus: The Obamas don’t make any cameos. At least they haven’t so far.
Apparently George Bush makes a cameo in episode one. Okay, technically just his head shows up.
oh yeah, forgot about that!
yup, it was Dubya’s head all right.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9331933/Game-of-Thrones-apologises-for-George-W-Bushs-head-on-a-spike.html
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/29/with-white-house-closed-biden-takes-3rd-vacation
the backtrack bunch take great delight in giving the American public the finger any time they can
And the Party goes on. 🙄