ASOIAF Essays
Romance of Quentyn Martell – 10/22/14. Short essay on the Romantic vibes to Quentyn’s Arc.
Tyrion’s Parentage – Ambiguity in ASOIAF – 11/25/14. Short essay on Tyrion’s potential parentage problems.
GOT S5 – Adapting our Expectations – 1/31/15. Essay on bracing ourselves for Season 5.
The Bloody Mummers: “Where are they now?” Edition – 6/3/15. Little retrospective on the Bloody Mummers in ASOIAF.
High Tide: The Rise and Fall of House Velaryon – 6/23/15. Long essay on the history of House Velaryon.
Where do we go from here? – Sansa in Season 6 – 6/29/15. Short essay looking back at Sansa’s arc in Season 5.
Jon Snoe – The Hero and Everyman in ASOIAF – 7/22/15. Long piece on the monomyth in ASOIAF.
The Brotherhood in the Background – 7/30/15. Long piece on the Brotherhood Without Banners in AFFC and ADWD.
Jaq in Black – Why was a Faceless Man in the Black Cells? – 8/6/15. Long piece about Faceless Men in ASOIAF.
Dragons Won’t Stop the Others – 8/11/15. Essay on why Dany’s dragons won’t stop the Others.
King Broken-Smile: Theon’s Path to the Seastone Chair – Part 1: The Anti-Euron Conspiracy – 10/15/15. Part 1 of very long essay about Theon and the Iron Islands in TWOW.
King Broken-Smile: Theon’s Path to the Seastone Chair – Part 2: Landlubbers – 12/7/15. Part 2 of the Theon/Iron Islands essay. Includes big thematic stuff for TWOW.
The Personal Hell of George R. R. Martin – 1/2/16. Essay reflecting on the mess GRRM got himself into with TWOW and the show.
The Tinfoil Link: Don’t Trust Marwyn – 1/28/16. Short essay on why Archmaester Marwyn is basically a conspiracy nut.
Gogossos: Poe’s Red Death in the World of Ice and Fire – 2/4/16. Comparison between a corsair city from The World of Ice and Fire and Poe’s Masque of the Red Death.
Return of the White Wolf: Jon is Coming Back – 2/24/16. Big post on the impending return of Jon Snow in ASOIAF and GOT.
Secrets of the Red Ritual – EXPLAINED! – 5/3/2016. In which I don’t really explain the Red Ritual, but instead explain why we shouldn’t explain it.
The Dread Echoes of the Red Wedding – 6/3/16. How the Red Wedding changed three realms: Westeros, the dreamscape, and us.
The Others as Shoggoths: Lovecraft & Martin – 7/25/16.
Toxic Narratives and ASOIAF: From Within and Without – 7/4/2018.
Hardhome’s Refugees and the Rocks of Cannibal Isle – 9/14/2018.
Ser Jay of House Gatsby: American Myths in ASOIAF – 10/30/2018
Waitin’ For The Winds of Winter: ASOIAF Via John Mayer’s Discography – 11/27/2018
Blog Updates
Líf Mitt – an update – 9/29/15. An update on the blog after I got back from Iceland.
Introducing Bookshelf Productions – 12/29/15. The BIRTH OF BOOKSHELF PRODUCTIONS!
End of the Year Wrap Up 2015: A New Leaf – 12/31/15. End-of-year wrap up for 2015.
BoJack Horseman
Episode 1 – 2/24/15. An okay episode, but a weak start to a strong series.
Episode 2 – 2/27/15. On-the-nose politics, but the jokes build strength.
Episode 3 – 3/6/15. A necessary evil episode; we finally get real backstory.
Episode 4 – 3/13/15. The first Good episode. Todd’s opera gives cast room to show off.
MORE EPISODE REVIEWS COMING IN 2016!!!! OR NEVER!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!
Book Hauls
Haul #1 – 3/1/16 Harlan Ellison, Solo D&D, and something else? I forget lol.
Haul #2 – 4/11/16 Truman Capote, Morgan Llewellyn, and “Bad Moon Rising”
Haul #3 – 4/27/16 Choose your Own Adventure, and DANGEROUS VISIONS!
Book Reviews
Honesty in Space: PLANETFALL by Emman Newman – 1/4/16. Beautiful, personal sci-fi with an off-the-rails pace.
The Rosie Project – 1/15/16. VK actually read a book, and it was a lovely rom-com.
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs – 4/05/16. Okay, it’s a short story. Also discusses the Murder of Kitty Genovese.
Too Like the Lightning – 5/23/16. Excellent optimistic utopian sci-fi novel!
Game of Thrones
Season 5 Episode 1 – 4/13/15
Season 5 Episode 2 – 4/20/15
Season 5 Episode 3 – 4/27/15
Season 5 Episode 4 – 5/4/15
Season 5 Episode 5 – 5/11/15
Season 5 Episode 6 – 5/18/15
Season 5 Episode 7 – 5/25/15
Season 5 Episode 8 – 6/2/15
Season 5 Episode 9 – 6/8/15
Season 5 Episode 10 – 6/15/15
20+ New Photos from Game of Thrones Season 6 – 2/11/16
Game of Thrones Season 6 Trailer Thoughts n Stuff – 3/8/16
Season 6 Episode 1 – 4/25/16
Season 6 Episode 2 – 5/2/16
Season 6 Episode 3 – 5/9/16
Season 6 Episode 4 – 5/16/16
Season 6 Episode 5 – 5/23/16
Season 6 Episode 6 – 5/30/16
Season 6 Episode 7 – 6/06/16
Season 6 Episode 8 – 6/13/16
Season 6 Episode 9 – 6/20/16
Season 6 Episode 10 – 6/28/16
Season 7 Episode 1 – 7/17/17
Season 7 Episode 4 – 8/7/17
Hot Link Sunday!
HLS is our weekly news/asoiaf/guff compilation for your viewing pleasure!
Movie Reviews
Star Wars: The Mike and Mike Awakens – 12/29/15. Michael and VK go nuts over Star Wars.
The Kids are All Bight: Why TLJ’s Most-Maligned Subplot Was Good, Actually – 12/18/17.
News
Pokémon’s Original Card Game is Getting the Re-release Treatment – 12/30/15
With 20 Years of Pokemon Comes Yet Another Anniversary Product – 1/12/16
In the Market For a New VR-Ready GPU? – 2/12/16
Valve Steps it Up with SteamVR Performance Test – 2/23/16
Pokemon Sun and Moon Confirmed, and More! – 2/26/16
The Dark Tower Movie Casting Confirmed – 3/1/16
Opinion Pieces
Fairfax County Later Start Times – A Bad Idea – 11/1/14
Thomas Jefferson Will Burn Your Bibles – 11/29/14
The Ridiculous Six and out Past-Blind Culture – 4/25/15
Poetry is Hard
The Last Hurrahs of Padraig Pearse – 10/2/14
Ozzie and The Voice of God – 10/8/14
Man Dancing on Street at 2 A.M. – 10/16/14
Our Garden – 11/13/14
Sun of January – 11/21/14
The Black Swords
Cutting Oroia – Coping with Cutting a Character – 10/22/14
100,028 – 11/17/14
Renoa: The First Complete Arc – 11/21/14
I Sang the Song of Steel – 11/22/14
Wrasslin’ the Beast – 2/5/15
Beginnings Suck: A Look Back at Drafts – 2/20/16
Throwback Thursday
TBT #1: “June 12, 2009” – 1/7/16
TBT #2: “May 2, 2013” – 1/14/16
Video Games
Let’s Talk About the Steam Sale: Mikell Edition – 1/5/16
Michael Obliterates Horses in Mount & Blade Warband – 2/2/16
Half-Life 3 Will Hopefully Never Come Out – 2/3/16
In the Market for a new VR-Ready GPU? – 2/12/16
Valve Steps It Up With SteamVR Performance Test – 2/23/16
How Quickly Can You Make Society Collapse? – 2/25/16
Looking for an Old School Star Wars Game Fix? – 3/2/16
We Will Always Miss You Satoru Iwata – 3/17/16
Civilization VI: What We Know So Far! – 5/11/16
Writing
Writing and Editing: A Video of You Dancing Horribly – 1/13/16
Beginnings Suck: A Look Back at Drafts – 2/20/16
how 2 write really good – 4/13/16
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