Random thoughts

[Legendary Sidekick]

Sesame Street went there.

I just showed my girls, and my five year old asked all kind of questions. One was a question about why the queen in red wanted to tell her brother on Grover. I had told her that the whiny boy king was her sone and the dwarf who crowned Grover was her brother, but explained that she had another brother, the best swordsman in the kingdom who she loved very much.

Sabina's reply: "If she loves her brother very much, she should marry him."

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

I just showed my girls, and my five year old asked all kind of questions. One was a question about why the queen in red wanted to tell her brother on Grover. I had told her that the whiny boy king was her sone and the dwarf who crowned Grover was her brother, but explained that she had another brother, the best swordsman in the kingdom who she loved very much.

Sabina's reply: "If she loves her brother very much, she should marry him."

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

That was pretty much how I answered her.

When her look suggested words were required, I took the Cowardly Dad's Way Out by playing a conversation-ender card: "It's complicated."

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

This day in US history: the Civil War ended at Appomattox courthouse. I saw this on my newsfeed and read the comments. That was a mistake.

 

[SeverinR]

"Can we hurry this up, I have a wedding to get too."
"Don't lose your head, Ned."
"It appears, You choked, Jeofrey."
"Bring me a blanket, I think Winter is coming."

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

Asking Tyrion to fetch a pillow for his royal bottom was also a reference to something in the books.

No character was spared. (GRRM must be proud.)

 

[SeverinR]

Asking Tyrion to fetch a pillow for his royal bottom was also a reference to something in the books.

No character was spared. (GRRM must be proud.)

Still only on middle of book 2. Didn't catch it.

 

[Legendary Sidekick]

You'll see in book/season 5. It's probably the least innocent comment of all when you know the context, or maybe second to Robb saying that Grover winning the iron chair (nine irons, five irons...) is "the most horrible ending" he can imagine.

 

[acapes]

This day in US history: the Civil War ended at Appomattox courthouse. I saw this on my newsfeed and read the comments. That was a mistake.

I once read a few comments on a youtube video.













The pain.

 

[Tom]

I did that once.

I hated humanity for the rest of the day.

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

I once read a few comments on a youtube video.













The pain.

I made an even worse mistake reading the comments of a video discussing the katana and German longsword. I got dumber for reading that. It was a good ole charlie foxtrot through the whole thing. I learned nothing of value between the qualities of the sword, since the video I watched was highly questionable. And it made me throw up in my mouth a little. Never again!

 

[Tom]

The comments for one music video I watched devolved into racism, throwing slurs around, and vicious trolling. I nearly took an axe to my computer in my rage. I don't get disgusted--I get angry.

 

[acapes]

I did that once.

I hated humanity for the rest of the day.

I understand.

To cleanse the pallet, there's this NSFW youtube comment reconstruction that I like:

 

[Tom]

Hey, cool. I'd thank you, but I'm out of Thanks bullets (as LS calls them).

 

[acapes]

Hey, cool. I'd thank you, but I'm out of Thanks bullets (as LS calls them).

Thanks! I understand - they're a bit like hen's teeth

(a good thing though)

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

Just ate a Peruvian spaghetti dis called tallarines verdes. It's delicious.

 

[ThinkerX]

More snow so far in April than in February and March combined!

Went outside this morning, just one little white patch left no bigger than a sofa. Went back in, did some chores, did some writing, thought I'd go for a bicycle ride...and there's a bloody inch and a half of snow on the ground (around 5cm for the metric types). It wont last and is already melting, but still...

Plus, despite writing most of 1500 words today, I'm still on Chapter Two of my novella. Been on Chapter Two for most of a week, it seems. Blahhh...

 

[Tom]

I'm going back to the first chapter of my main novel and editing it, again. Every time a new plot point crops up, it seems like I have to edit that damn first chapter. *growl*

 

[X Equestris]

This day in US history: the Civil War ended at Appomattox courthouse. I saw this on my newsfeed and read the comments. That was a mistake.

Yeah. From reading some of those comments, you would think the Civil War never ended.

 

[Garren Jacobsen]

I'm going back to the first chapter of my main novel and editing it, again. Every time a new plot point crops up, it seems like I have to edit that damn first chapter. *growl*

I hate it when that happens. I think I've edited my first chapter twice as much as my second and 100 times as much as my last.

Yeah. From reading some of those comments, you would think the Civil War never ended.

Honestly, for some people, it never has. I knew a guy in rural PA that maintains the South was on the right side of history. We got into a Civil War debate several times since I left and each time it ends with me asking a question he refuses to consider. If the CW was a war of Northern Aggression, why did the South shoot first?