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by | April 4, 2014 · 12:21 pm

Around the Web April 4, 2014

This week has been all about the new season of Game of Thrones that is premiering on Sunday, April 6, so this edition of Around the Web is no different.

Apparently after the filming of season four wrapped, the cast of Game of Thrones took a trip to the beach.  Several pics from the trip are up on Lena Headey’s (Cersei Lannister) instagram account along with a lot of other great pics of sets and cast members.  Big giant NSFW (not safe for work) warning, though, so check it out on your lunch break.

Is it just me or are Cersei and Oberyn Martell looking mighty cuddly?

Some people seem to make everything around them seem that much happier and brighter–even the creepy, gloomy, or just plain horrific.  Such a person is Olly Moss, who has manage to make even decapitation and the flaying of a live man seem no less innocuous than a set of Hummel figurines.

Psychopathic, and yet adorable

Psychopathic, and yet adorable

It seems that George R. R. Martin has been sneaking clues to the future of the Seven Kingdoms and its neighbors in a most unlikely source:  the official map book, The Lands of Ice and Fire.  Apparently, the cartographer had to have everything about the maps approved by the author–right down to the color of the water of some of the seas.  Perhaps the most intriguing thing to me is summed up in this quote:

Fans of True Detective may also notice one other surprising location on the easternmost edge of the map: the city of Carcosa. Originally a strange and ancient city mentioned in the Ambrose Bierce Short story “An Inhabitant of Carcosa” and the influential Robert Chambers book The King in Yellow, references to Carcosa and its “Yellow King” have made their way into numerous works, from Stephen King stories to the mythos of H.P Lovecraft to HBO’s recent detective drama — and now, seemingly the world of Game of Thrones as well.

We’ve talked about special affects fatigue on the blog recently, but here is one behind the scenes video that is well worth watching.  An interview with the costumers, and a first look at the grandiose costumes of the Westerosi nobility.  Margaery Tyrell’s wedding dress, for example, is breathtaking.

Of course, it is FOLLOW FRIDAY #FF, and so our list of interesting and random Game of Thrones stuff would not be complete without a notable post from a fellow blogger.  Our friends over at Sourcerer have uncovered an absolutely superb video of cosplayers playing the Game of Thrones opening theme music.  Check it out on the Sourcerer blog and let them know what you’re looking forward to in season four.

Here be dragons... and hopefully lots of them!

Here be dragons… and hopefully lots of them!

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by | February 4, 2014 · 6:04 pm

Dragon’s Loyalty Award

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We were very excited to be nominated for the Dragon’s Loyalty Award by Gene at The Sourcerer, and since it’s the first time we’ve had any acceptance into the blogging community, it has taken me a little while to calm down and compose my thoughts.  This time around I’ll post some facts about myself and maybe next time I’ll let Tracy have all the fun share my misery. 😉

  1. I spent four and half years at a military college and then have worked for the Navy for the last six.
  2. I have a bad habit of collecting stuff.  I use to collect card games and have sixteen 800 count, full card boxes still sitting in a dresser drawer. Now I collect comics, and they don’t fit in a dresser drawer.

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    So many cards…

  3. My sister and I look so little alike that when she lived with me for six months people thought we were dating. However, once they spend some time around us, most people discover that we have very similar mannerisms and even use the same turns of phrases.
  4. I tend to name my pets after characters from things I like. My cats are Spider (Transmetropolitan) and Kaylee (Firefly).  In high school I had a cat named Mara (from the Star Wars expanded universe).
  5. I once blew off Geraldo Rivera. He was with his nephew on a tour of my college while I was pulling onto campus. I honked my horn and waved to a friend who was standing behind him and Geraldo got excited because he thought I recognized him. With a couple of quick hand gestures I made it clear I was trying to get the attention of someone else. He looked very disappointed. I didn’t find out who he was until about an hour later.
  6. I’ve played four instruments in my life:  piano, alto sax, tuba and guitar. I’ve never been great at any of them, but I was best at tuba and would pick it back up if they weren’t so damned expensive.
  7. For years friends of mine have been threatening to record my rantings and post them on the internet. I started the blog after a similar conversation with Tracy got me thinking on the long drive down to southern Georgia. The blog kept me sane for the two months I was in Georgia for work.

I don’t really have a great method for picking other blog nominees, aside from the fact that these are ones that I have found interesting, inspiring, or are written by people I’d like to get to know better.

  1. The Thousand Lives
  2. The Verbal Spew Review
  3. The Geeky Hooker
  4. Comparative Geeks
  5. A Guide to Geekdom
  6. The Brotherhood of Evil Geeks
  7. Bag & Bored

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