Game of Thrones S5E7 features a series first: an on-screen character dies of old age, peacefully! Yes, this is the 47th episode of the series, and the first time that's happened. I won't say who it's is; it's a minor spoiler, though anyone watching the series wouldn't be surprised the death is coming ( Read more... )

In watching Game of Thrones Season 1 I lamented the amount of raunchy sex in the screenplay. It served no purpose to the story and was excessive. (As I noted then, I'm not prudish about sex. If this were supposed to be a story about sex, i.e. porn, well... it's dull and tedious porn.) In Season 2 sex gains a purpose. It's manipulationIn Season 2 ( Read more... )

Two days ago I wrote about Monkeypox, an old disease at new risk of becoming another global pandemic. One thing I did not address in that blog is what Monkeypox is. For those who don't know from current events news and discussions, it's a viral disease (like Coronavirus) that jumped from animals to humans (like Coronavirus) that has a few symptoms ( Read more... )

I knew as I started watching Game of Thrones there was going to be a lot of raunchy sex in it. That's only what... basically everyone... joked about it when aired years ago. But here at just S1E2 I'm already wondering, "Were the books this raunchy?" Because when it comes to Game of Thrones, unlike Wheel of Time, I'm an NBV- a Non-Book Viewer. I ( Read more... )

A few nights ago I decided to take the plunge and start watching Game of Thrones. Y'know, catch up with the 2010s (the show aired 2011-2019) before they're over. 🤣 Here are my thoughts as I watched through the premier episode. I'll mark spoilers though at this point, 10+ years since the episode aired, how many people want to watch the episode and ( Read more... )

In S1E6 of The Wheel of Time, "The Flame of Tar Valon", the group fully reunites in Tar Valon, the capital of the Aes Sedai and the home of the Amyrlin Seat. We learn something of the court intrigue of the Aes Sedai, the most powerful women in the world, before the group embarks on the next leg of their journey.

By this point I thought the story ( Read more... )

Throughout the whole series of The Sopranos there have been a variety of scenes showing that the adult characters subscribe to regressive cultural norms as they consider themselves pious Catholics. One of those norms is opposition to homosexuality. "It's a sin!" the characters protest. But it gets worse than that....

The theme of homosexuality and ( Read more... )

With the Ashley Madison data breach in the news lately I've heard a lot of discussions about cheating on one's life partner: who's cheated, how often, why, how discreetly or openly, and what consequences (if any) occurred when discovered. In these discussions I've observed two things: First, there are people who cheat and people who don't. Second, ( Read more... )

On Saturday Hawk and I went to see the movie Magic Mike XXL. It's about a group of male strippers going on a road trip to a major adult entertainment convention for one last, big performance before retiring. Channing Tatus stars as the title character, "Magic Mike".  Links: IMDb page Rotten Tomatoes page.


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