Showing posts with label george martin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label george martin. Show all posts

Saturday, January 7, 2012

WORD OF THE DAY! 1/7/12



barbarism [bahr-buh-riz-uhm]
noun
1. brutal, inhuman and/or uncivilized state or condition.
2. a savage act; or something belonging to or befitting a savage condition.
3. the use of language in an alien way.

EX. Game of Throne's Daenerys Targaryen quickly fell to barbarism, given the chance when wed to Kal Drogo, to escape the abuse of her brother/lover. Her turning moment could be conceivably be when she ate a horse's heart...

The character and author have been rightly criticized for the relationship between the mad Kalee and her husband.

Friday, October 7, 2011

DAILY ROUND-UP! 10/6/11

So tired...and still so much to do.



Pic on left completely unrelated (but cool). This webcomic is pretty groovy but the part starting in the link above is a hilarious bit of Pokemon satire involving a "Mr. Fish." The comic lampoons all kinds of video game culture, so check it out, and keep it manly.




 

Maybe, maybe not. George R. R. Martin is pretty big right now, thanks to the popularity of the Song of Fire and Ice book series and the Game of Thrones HBO series.





 I can just imagine sitting down to a bowl of cereal and enjoying the win-sauce of a Saturday Morning TF 2 animated series.






Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Word of the Day. 9/27/11

Word of the Day 

"Pass, you shall not!"
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diabolic [dahy-uh-bol-ik] /diabolical [dahy-uh-bol-ik-uhl]
adjective
1. having the qualities of a devil; devilish; fiendish; outrageously wicked.
2. pertaining to a devil.
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insurmountable [in-ser-moun-tuh-buhl]
 adjective
1. incapable of being surpassed, overcome or defeated. 
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Example: The diabolic Balrog bears down on the little green Jedi but underestimates his foe. Yoda makes himself an insurmountable obstacle on the bridge out of Moria so that the Fellowship of the Rebellion can get the Ring to Mustafar.
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