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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 […]
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Random Nerds is already home to “Just a Game of Thrones.” However, after this former English major finished his pre-Season 8 rewatch, I’ve also found myself with a Citadel library’s worth of Hall-worthy quotes. And, since we’re all in this together, I figured why not post them so my fellow recappers/the Sam Tarleys of the […]
settle in, but be weary
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 […]
get inspired
Welcome to Just a Game of Thrones, the column singing backup vocals on the Song of Ice and Fire. *** In Awe The English language makes no sense. For instance… Knot and not. Knight and night. Knew and new. White and wight. Write and right. Read and red. Cite and sight. Lead and led. […]
do less...
Nintendo has always gotten off on withholding. Legend of Zelda and Metroid games taunt us by making inaccessible areas visible; behind doors locked by keys we don’t have, placed beyond a chasm we cannot cross, protected by shields we cannot breach. Thus, the satisfaction of playing these games lies in our overcoming these roadblocks, in […]
