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    Gah; I am so sick of people right now. Well, some people anyway. Our community has a school board election fast approaching and the candidates have been talking and canvassing and there is, of course (fuck this timeline), one who is campaigning on not being 'woke' and such. This candidate is popular and has children in the schools and whatnot and listening to other parents and community members comments just breaks my heart even as the shards sharpen with loathing toward their cruelty. One parent prattles on about keeping gender out of the schools. I'm thinking "Wtf you moronic dripping wet wipe." Gender is everywhere. Our culture, even when LBGTQ youth were 'hidden' so to speak, does nothing but set codes and social constructs around gender. Boys are good at math and girls are not. Girls are either madonnas or whores. Boys don't cry. Most pejoratives by the dominant culture are women's body parts. Don't tell me when I was volunteering that the eight year old boy who was picking on another by calling him 'faggot' didn't likely learn that from his dad or brothers. He was eight years old and tormenting another eight year old. That victim sure did receive some educational instruction on gender and sexuality didn't he? And these parents cannot fathom that being kind and considerate to one another, that allowing a child to figure out who they are and who they wish to be in this world because it IS THEIR FUCKING LIFE is actually THE most alpha (since they are fond of that word) act that humans can do. It is giving each human the agency to choose their path. We preach to youth: know thyself; and then we turn around and hypocritically tell them that cannot be right because we have judged them unworthy. And they FEEL that, boy do they feel that. Anyone who says otherwise is being deliberately obtuse. Ugh. Even sadder anecdote but I can't recall if I mentioned it here before. When one of my children was pre-school age I was chatting with another mom. It was right about this time of the year and we were discussing Halloween costumes. She had multiple children, a couple of boys and girls, and she mentioned that one of her sons--the same age as mine--wanted to be Robin Hood. Mrs. Whiggins: "Oh, Robin Hood, that's a good one!" Her: "Well, my husband will never allow it." Me: (thinking) Maybe he's objecting to the stealing, even if the motivation is less objectionable? (aloud) "Really? Why not?" Her: "He doesn't want his son wearing pantyhose." Me: "Ummmm, they're stockings, all men wore them back then." Her: "Stockings or not, he isn't raising any sissy boys." Me: (thinking) Okaaaaay. Guess I better not mention that one of my other children heathens is going dressed as Tinky Winky because her favorite color is purple.
  2. Trailer for upcoming Season 5:
  3. Ok, this one made me laugh: But this one made me fall over:
  4. I had been giving it a desultory watch and listen over the last week on our BBC channel and it had a bit of everything didn't it? It's pretty crazy, but Brit humor is just top shelf really. Plus this little summation got a chuckle.
  5. J.K. Rowling having the Potter series 'age up' and grow more complex with each novel was quite a successful move. Regardless of how one views that series, it developed really well from her initial outline/plot (I think that is how she said she had it worked out) and more importantly--she finished! Martin's series is not quite the same animal, but he appears to have lost focus/desire/pulled in too many directions and I have put off reading the books because there are two yet to arrive and I suspect they never will. I may take the advice of a page back and just read the first three. Oh, and thanks @Augustus for the info on the firefly.
  6. Pretty much why oligarchies are only fun for the oligarchs. Everyone else is screwed over.
  7. 1) No, I looked around and found an image and while the body might slightly resemble a spider, it has six legs. I guess one might argue it isn't finished, but, it has little horizontal stripes on its body more like Larys' bug pin, save for any wings. I cannot quite recall what Larys' walking stick bug in that episode looked like exactly. That would still somewhat tie in to Larys and actually somewhat to Aemond (he was there with his brother when Helaena was messing around with her living spider or whatever it was at the funeral. Aemond walks in to the room when she is embroidering that image. 2. Helaena in her own way is like Larys--observing and thinking and people pay her no mind. The way Aemond and Daemon parallel each other (similar but different) I have considered that perhaps Helaena and Larys are designed to parallel each other as well. I think the character Aemond knows not to discount her in the same fashion that Aegon does.
  8. But the optics have now been created regardless--(D) voters 'cheat' therefore any election wherein an (R) candidate does not win is sketchy and must be overturned. Long term strategy: incarcerate (D) voters under charges of fraud and then when it is determined (after much paper shuffling) that they were eligible, the election will have passed. Too bad!
  9. On so many levels and so much more rep needed for this phrase ^^^^
  10. Hey, do you think I should show up at one of the upcoming rallies with a pallet of slightly modified Easy-Bake ovens and make some money?
  11. Naw; I'm House Daemon. Sometimes I just sit there smirking because I am entertained. Rest of the Houses can fight it out; I'm good either way.
  12. After winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, Sinclair Lewis wrote It Can't Happen Here. In two days it will be the anniversary of its publication date: October 21, 1935. The novel received a revival of sorts after the 2016 election and sold out online and has been on the best seller lists recently. But many have their heads filled with propaganda spouted by right wing media personalities or in the sand or just too overwhelmed with daily miseries to think beyond getting by and getting through.
  13. That is what I was thinking as well; am I missing something? Plus our urban public transportation is ass when compared to some cities so more folks drive the sprawl halls back and forth to the burbs.
  14. Between your comments and @YGIFS this is about where I am. This was heinous and awful, but his point regarding our mental health care is on point. The article mentioned this woman had multiple children, including a two year old and some folks don't think or know about this, but people with mental health issues often have a longer lasting post partum depression, one that can last for several years. The medical pros can weigh in on this, but I think the Pediatric docs recommended screening new mothers longer than they used to, obviously not two years, but the majority of mothers do not suffer as long as that and this woman seems to have a whole lot of other disorders. Perhaps that had nothing to do with her actions or her mental state, but we should be relieved that given our poor access to mental health care here, events like this are rare. I remember being devastated when I learned about Andrea Yates and her children. It was heartbreaking-those poor poor children. Mentally ill and suffering from PPD, she was permitted to live and receive treatment (such as it is) in an appropriate facility. Prevention through mental and physical healthcare is the optimal outcome, but good luck with that.
  15. Hard to tell from the trailer, be interesting to see if they use the casino.
  16. Helaena (sp?) has a dragon I believe since Aemond was supposedly the lone child of Alicent's who did not have one so that would make another one for the Greens. Hard to imagine Helaena getting worked up about flying off to battle though unless it was to "accidentally" flame her husband off of his steed and that doesn't quite fit her personality.
  17. It looks like it is set in the present, so I agree that if they try and portray it that way (small rural town) that is inaccurate. However, until the southern suburbs exploded, all the land in between say, 101st and Bixby was mostly truck farms and horse pasture. My dad had land south of where the Creek Turnpike is now, and it is all strip malls and fancy houses out there now. Most of that is likely due to them getting the river bridges built, extending Riverside Pkwy, and the above mentioned turnpike. It took a lot longer to navigate that side of the city when I was younger. At least that is in my memory, which admittedly is hazier as each day passes. To the west near Turkey Mountain where they built all the big box stores was nothing for years and years when I was growing up. One of my friends was from Turley and it was like night and day, her experience growing up and mine but we could relate because my folks were from nearby Sand Springs and we would drive over the river every weekend. Tulsa is such a weird blend of cosmopolitan and, for lack of a better word--redneck attitude, and wealth and poverty-like a lot of cities but with its own flair. @Patricio Swayze would have a field day with his camera in my hometown.
  18. History is complicated and fascinating. I really hate how it is the MO to avoid thinking critically about it.
  19. If you are looking on YouTube specifically, good luck. I loathe their excuse of a search engine. I have had the occasional luck on searches for YouTube product specifically by using Google and their quote feature along with the boolean AND feature. I don't like Google, but DuckDuckGo has search issues as well. I don't know if this is the one you seek in which case you might need to try other search terms, but I retrieved it doing just that. It looks to be an almost hour long video.
  20. I don't believe many learn about it when studying the Civil War, but a lot of adults have no clue about Judah P. Benjamin or how old Jewish settlement in the U.S. is.
  21. It's a show about fire-breathing dragons and the people who ride them so yeah. I guess it doesn't bother me when people point out specific improvements they would like to see--after all, there are supposedly four seasons planned so thinking about scenes that work (and why) and things that didn't work (for a specific viewer and why) is not something I find distracting. I do not spend too much time worrying about incongruities with respect to for example--the critiques of battle strategy--because having not read the story I don't know what is being displayed as canon vs liberties taken due to the broadcast medium. If those incongruities are an artistic decision by the producers/directors/writers then that is their sword and it doesn't interfere with my enjoyment. Others may feel differently and that is their call and fine by me. It's not like we are discussing the relative uncertainties of standard atomic weights.
  22. Yes, this was along the lines I was thinking a page or so back. Cut a little of the Ser Criston/Aemond bonding time-write it a little more succinctly and flesh out the Council machinations. That might frustrate some viewers that want a little more action (although Lord Beesley getting a table facial was jarring) but you've got some character actors in that room and when written well, turn them loose and ratchet up the tension dial. Or, take that scene in the great hall where Otto calls in the Lords for loyalty oaths and rework it--I found it to be a bit ho-hum. No way those present in that room didn't understand what was at stake, but it didn't have the weight and suspense that, for example, last week's scene with the petitions did. And yet, this choice was life threatening to all present. Bend the knee or else. That being said, a lot was given in that hour--we get a little more info on the thoughts and deeds that are influencing these choices the characters make. Aemond verbalizes his in his outburst to Ser Criston about his place as a frustrated second son and when we look around the room, we see several of those in the parlor (Daemon, Larys, Otto). I am looking forward to the reaction of the other Targaryens in next week's episode.
  23. I like Santa. Lotta great lines in that movie but the one above is another one our family uses. The book upon which the screenplay is loosely based--In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash by Jean Shepard I remember reading from our library when they had a display "You've Seen The Movie, Now Read The Book." It's been so long ago that I cannot remember but I think the book was sliiightly more adult themed than the movie, but not sure. I just recall how funny it was. When I went to look up the exact title just now, the entry says it's based on his popular radio series.
  24. Having not read the book(s) I don't know Martin's thinking but my own opinion is that he gives each of his major characters opportunities for redemption or condemnation. In Alicent's case, she and Rhaenyra for all the kerfluffle over the last decade and a half do have a history of friendship. At the council meeting it seemed Otto wanted all along to essentially murder Rhaenyra and install Aegon as rightful male heir. Back when Viserys named Rhaenyra the heir apparent, Otto told his daughter Alicent that her childrens' lives were in danger. But, that is Otto saying this. Rhaenyra gave no indication that she would make that so. Both Otto and Alicent are smart enough to know that Aegon is reluctant, truculent, immature, etc and if Otto gets to Aegon first my inclination was that Otto would install him with an attempt to control him and slaughter Rhaenyra and her family. Otto was already going through his list of killing the opposition one by one, aided and abetted by Larys who is playing both sides. Alicent, however, wanted Aegon to be king w/o the war, the killing, and so on. As she has not been successful at getting Aegon to heed her advice before, I doubt this will go well regardless. Long story short--Otto and Alicent in their hubris think that they can sway/control Aegon to their desires for power (Otto) and safety (Alicent) and that is my take on the race to locate him.
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