Why ships collide
Interesting bit in The New York Times about why it's more likely naval vessels will get into bingles than commercial ships:
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Yes, I know I should be ashamed of myself. But I'm not
Because nobody else was brave eough to tell the truth about cannibal sea lice. In less than one week. With no editing. Or cover artist.
Available where all good books are sold, even though, you know, it really shouldn't be.
Interview With Jo Penn
I've been doing a few podcast interviews recently. This one, with Joanna Penn, was a good un.
My fave eclipse shot
The 82nd Airborne scheduled a jump for today. You'd almost imagine they did so on purpose.
It'd make a great book cover.
GoT S7E6 Raven On Recap: Death is the Enemy
DEATH IS THE ENEMY AND YES I AM DEAD THEY KILLED ME I DIED A THOUSAND TIMES THEN A FEW MORE FOR GOOD MEASURE I AM DEAD VERY DEAD DEAD DEAD
Hey, remember that Loot Train Battle from, I don"t know, two episodes ago? Remember how we were all like, THAT WAS EPIC AND AMAZING AND HOW CAN THEY TOP THAT?
Episode Six just rocked up and said HOLD. MY. BEER.
GoT S7E5 Raven On Recap: Eastwatch
...AND MY HAMMER, MOTHERF***ERS.THAT, my Beloved Throners, is how you make a reappearance four seasons after we last saw you. Quit your job no questions asked, kill two guys with your mighty f***ing warhammer, ignore Davos"s advice to play it cool and just f**ing bro up with Jon Snow.
Welcome back, Gendry. I don"t even mind that you had your shirt on.
GoT S7E4 Raven On Recap: The Spoils of War
YOU GUYS I CAN"T, I JUST EFFING CAN"T EFFING DEAL WITH THIS PLEASE SEND HELP AND CHOCOLATE AND ABS BECAUSE I DON"T KNOW HOW TO RECAP ANY OF THATALSO JON SNOW WENT INTO A CAVE WITH ANOTHER WOMAN AND WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT ENDS AND I"M QUIETLY DEVASTATED
*Sob*... *gasp*... He… *sob*....went into…*indecipherable noise of suffering*... a…. CAVE. *Weeps tears enough to drown a Lannister*
GoT S7 E3 Raven On Recap: The Queen's Justice
Oh Gods, oh gods, oh gods, Olenna.
If you"ve got to go, what a way to do it.
Cersei may have gotten particularly close with Jaime this episode, but you used your final moments to deliver the most devastating of all blows.
Brava, brava, life will not be the same without you.
GoT S7E2 Raven On Recap: Stormborn
I can"t believe it.
I simply can"t believe it.
After all this time, I didn"t even think. I didn"t even realise it could be so easy.
Send a raven north! SUMMON JON SNOW!
All these years I"ve been grappling with how to get the now-King in the North to notice me, and Dany goes and flips off an interview request like it AIN"T NO THANG and lo and behold my beloved is in the saddle and riding ferociously for White Harbour.
GoT S7 E1 Raven On Recap: Dragonstone
HOLY F**K YES ARYA F***ING STARK!