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    Game of Thrones

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    I kind of thought they were Cersei's new meister's "little birds"

     

    They were. In a previous episode he mentions building such a network, and he is present when they kill the old maester. He was also Cersie's only ally left in Kings Landing.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Game of Thrones

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    Not sure why that makes Cersei queen, except for the Mountain and all the Lannister troops.

     

    What's interesting to me is that she ascended the throne as Cersei Lannister (first of her name), notably not Baratheon, which would be her only flimsy claim.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Game of Thrones

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    Not sure why that makes Cersei queen, except for the Mountain and all the Lannister troops.

     

    At this stage in the game, that's about the level we're operating on.

     

    Since when does she know how to do that anyway? Thought you had to be no one (like the Waif) to become other people?

     

    Haven't we seen Arya do the face trick before? My memory is bad. In any case, she surely saw it done. I think there's a dead serving wench in a ditch somewhere. In the previous episode Arya had two impressive bags o' coin to throw at passage home. I think you don't want to be between Arya and anything she might find useful, like your face.

     

    the death of the master mind of the Red Wedding deserved more build up

     

    I thought Frey was done for given his conversation with Jamie. Interesting that nobody will know who did the deed. Might that create another succession kerfuffle?

     

    Ok, so if Jon is not the product of Rhaegar's rape of Lianna Stark, then who is his father? She was engaged to Robert Baratheon when Rhaegar kidnapped her? Is he the Daddy? Jon certainly looks more like that sire than a platinum blonde Targaryen? And that would put him directly in line for the Iron Throne now that all the other faux Baratheons are dead. And pit Jon against Daenarys...... fire verus ice?

     

    Ooh, I like the returning to Fire and Ice. But I don't think Baratheon = ice. Maybe we just pick ice up from Lianna Stark.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Game of Thrones

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    So Jon and Sansa are definitely cousins. But is it clear that he is the product of rape and is Daenerys half brother? I thought it was interesting that they didn't let us hear her whisper to Jon.

     

    If Rhaegar and Lyanna ran off together and he were the product of a marriage rather than rape, he could have a rather compelling claim on the throne. Alas, he may yet be a bastard and not a trueborn king.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Game of Thrones

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    Whereas most of the events had been predicted, they were still very well played out. The first 20 minutes were intense, even if the Times ran an article this morning basically telling us what Cersei was going to do. We anticipated John Snow's origin story before the season began.

    • I'm pissed Margaery is gone, as she was a great character
    • Tommen was a shock, as Cersei clearly took steps to save him
    • It was fun to see Araya have her moment, but curious that she would drop by House Frey before, oh, Winterfell
    • Not sure what was happening between Cersei and Jamie there. He's been having internal battles for a while

    Kevin Slater

    Game of Thrones

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    Rickon we hardly knew ye. No one suggests that Melisandre raise him from the dead or at least try to do so? After all, he is the true and rightful Lord of Winterfell.

     

    Good point. (Well, Bran is, but those attending don't know that he's alive.) It seems resurrection is reserved for those with major story lines.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Friday Funnies

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    I'll have to watch that movie this weekend....

     

    Allow plenty of time. After watching it, you may want to watch it again with the commentary by a very interesting film scholar. (I'm assuming the film is only available on the Criterion Collection.) It's a long movie and I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that I was compelled to then watch it a third time (albeit the next night) to fully appreciate what the guy pointed out that I was too dumb to notice the first time. Truly great film.

     

    Then, to be totally compulsive, watch or re-watch the Magnificent Seven.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Barcelona - Sauna Thermas - It only got better!

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    And for Barcelona, can you recommend a decent hotel that's OK with guys visiting?

    Do I want to base myself near Thermas Sauna in Bcn?

     

    Not from personal experience, but I heard that the Axel hotel is not good on letting guests up, if you were considering it.

     

    The neighborhood around Thermas (or more so, Axel) is the gayborhood, so that'd be a fun place to camp.

     

    Report back.

     

    Kevin Slater

    NYC West Side Club

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    WSC ain't great, but it's what NYC has to offer. I'm told its sister site, the East Side Club is the more depressing of the two.

     

    They have coupons online that get you in for $10 after midnight on weekdays (not including Memorial Day, I'm sure) or, if you're under 30, $15 on Wednesday evenings. That's in addition to the $15 one month membership or $40 annual membership.

     

    Kevin Slater

    Barcelona - Sauna Thermas - It only got better!

    in Europe

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    I'm posting without having read any of this thread, so forgive if my account is duplicative.

     

    I dropped by this afternoon (a Tuesday) and spend maybe two hours there. There were quite a few extremely good looking and friendly money boys, perhaps outnumbering clients three to one. Most spoke english decently well and were friendly and quite seductive, happy to show their wares. I didn't engage beyond responding to small talk and quickly telling them not to waste their time on me as I wasn't looking to hire. My one complaint is that that didn't suffice. These guys are persistent. Polite, but persistent. A few pointed out that it was an escort venue and implied that if I wasn't looking to hire there was no point being there (I proved them wrong, but that's a different subject :) ). I would say that if you indeed aren't looking to hire, the barrage of solicitations can be annoying.

     

    The place was clean and large. It didn't allow smoking (a major plus in my book, especially when compared to Sauna Casanova down the block which didn't seem to have money boys but a lot of smokers). I didn't ask about rates, but if it was ~€50 as I think I've read, you'd be a fool to hire in any other city. At four times that rate these sexy boys would be a bargain, so long as you're ok with a sauna hook up (which I imagine has its pros and cons).

     

    The front desk boy was extremely cute and, shall we say, dedicated to customer satisfaction. He was not a money boy.

     

    As an aside, Grindr also seems to have a large number of hustlers in Barcelona. I did ask rates there, it got responses ranging from €50 to 120. To their credit, they did not seem to engage in outbound hustling but simply made it clear when you approach them.

     

    I did not sample any professional wares in Barcelona but suspect I will be called upon to do so in Madrid later this week, client in tow.

     

    Kevin Slater

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