Okay, a short compliment, which is about the only compliment I can muster these days when it comes to "that guy."  You know, I have on occasion been known to remark that there are parts of AFFC that demonstrate some of the best writing GRRM has ever done. Yes, I’m serious. For example, the first couple pages of Cat of the Canals are great; they ( Read more... )

Greetings and happy holidays to all.  Sorry for the delay in posting, but as you can probably understand, Joey and I have quite a busy holiday season, what with all the family functions, mall openings, and rehab reunions to attend.  But as promised, here is the first in what will probably be many critiques on various aspects of The Incredible Bulk' ( Read more... )

Hola, people.  A short post today, mainly because Pesci and I are working on some big things for the holidays, some ideas we know you'll be excited about.  However, in the meantime, Loyal Reader/Eurotrip skank krkreuk has some insightful comments regarding a double-blind comprehensive data analysis of Captain Hungerpants's blog comments.  We ( Read more... )

That’s the name of the big guy’s last post. Oh wait, no, it’s A Great Day. My mistake. For some reason, every time I visit his blog, I think about food. Weird.

Sorry for the delay in this post, as well; I had planned on ranting yesterday - and I did, trust me - but certain technical difficulties precluded me from getting my words up for the world ( Read more... )

Wow Ray, did you eat too much cheese this morning or had a bad Thai meal?  Take your pills and settle down.  You know I was just as happy as you were when Cat was given the old Cuban necktie at Chateau De' Frey, but my joy was soon crushed when Thoros and that damn R'hllor brought her back.  Not only did they bring her back, she can barely talk, so ( Read more... )

This entry is in reply to a recent anonymous poster to has taken some umbrage with the general purpose of this site. (Yes, unlike George, we allow the anonymous to have their say.  I mean sometimes it's easier to criticize when you know I cannot come after you with my Valyrian steel replica dagger, the one used by that rummy that tried to stick ( Read more... )