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Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** Ask Me Again in 10 Years Mere hours before “the finale endured round the world,” my mother-in-law confessed to an assemblage of friends and family members congregated around her dinner table that she had never […]
ring the bells
Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** Down Pat A few hours before the show, my buddy Pat texted me to ask if I thought “we have a shot at being surprised tonight.” My reply: “I’ve had so many possible endings and […]
look the truth in the face
Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** The Finnish Line There’s a popular, self-effacing joke Finnish people like to tell that pokes fun at their culture’s well-known tendency towards introversion: “An introverted Finn looks at their shoes when talking to you. An […]
open waters
In early April, I booked a one-way ticket to St. Thomas from Providence, Rhode Island in order to join my friend Captain Phillip Gutowski and his First Mate Lexi Ossinger on a sailing adventure from St. Thomas, through Puerto Rico and the Bahamas, up to Boston, with stops in Florida and New York City along […]
