What's the most 80's song you can think of? It wouldn't fit in any other decade?
Book idea: it's a heroes journey and both the protagonist and antagonist are Charles Bukowski
Paperboy for snes
New podcast called Autocracy in America by the Atlantic, developed by Anne Applebaum, who has been writing about autocracy for years. I'm pretty sure everyone who sees this message is pretty aware of the authoritarian direction the republican nominee is taking the country, but still worth your time
GRRM must be a golfer. It's no coincidence Robert's Warhammer is described similarly to a putter, and no coincidence with the anger he wields it. A Storm Lord missed a putt and a dynasty fell... was probably a Par 3
Do you have any recommendations for an English TV sitcom? I've just finished Peep Show for the third or fourth time, and have seen The Inbetweeners a couple times as well. I assume Channel 4 must have more funny shows.
From Howls Moving Castle: And Sophie was suddenly overwhelmed by the fact that she was standing talking to the King. It was, she thought dizzily, as if the man sitting there and the huge, important thing which was kingship were two separate things that just happened to occupy the same chair.
When I was younger I saw all eagles. Now I notice most of them are vultures.
Really interesting article linked by Dan Carlin about an experiment run to replicate ancient Greek warfare. They recruited men of a similar size to that of a hoplite of the era and suited them up in similar armour and monitored their vitals. dnyuz.com/2024/06/06/h...
One by one, Greek soldiers, bellies full from a breakfast of red wine and dry bread, armed and clad themselves
I'm thinking about the symbolism of the over-ripe oranges splattering on the ground while Doran watches the children play in the Water Garden. Should Doran have brought Dorne into the War of 5 Kings? Who should he have aligned with? What would Oberyn have done?