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Year: 2012

Game of Thrones S02 E05: “The Ghost of Harrenhal”

Sat, May 19, 2012
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Fire fire fire! So much we learn! There are “pyromancers.” In King’s Landing there is an “Alchemists Guild” where they make “wildfire”…

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in which I podcast

Sat, May 19, 2012
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I guest on The Picture Show, now available to download or stream…

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Tony Stark/Iron Man is favorite Avenger, say readers of FlickFilosopher.com

Sat, May 19, 2012
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Determined via a totally unscientific poll conducted on Facebook…

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question of the weekend: If you could travel either in space or in time, which would you choose, and why?

Sat, May 19, 2012
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It seems to me that the decision is about exploring the known (if unfamiliar to you) or the unknown: who knows what could be out in space? It could be really lonely out there, and a long way between scenic spots.

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London photo of the day: Asteroids jumper

Sat, May 19, 2012
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No, it’s not someone who leaps space rocks, it’s a sweater inspired by the classic videogame.

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women fighters in reasonable armor (and other adventures in social networking)

Sat, May 19, 2012
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What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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2 Days in New York (review)

Fri, May 18, 2012
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If there’s one thing I learned from Julie Delpy’s wonderfully eccentric dramedy, it’s that Parisians are as neurotic as New Yorkers. Who knew?

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She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (review)

Fri, May 18, 2012
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I’m struggling to find reasons to do more than merely coolly appreciate, from an emotional distance, the disagreeably detached dissection of young girls’ sexuality on offer…

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The Raid (aka The Raid: Redemption) (Serbuan maut) (review)

Fri, May 18, 2012
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It’s a movie, not the latest first-person shooter, but it might as well be.

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cute animal video: bouncing lamb

Fri, May 18, 2012
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I bet you never realized that “spring lamb” was a description of its motion, not the season of its birth.

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