Sentential Links

Linkage…but first, stinkage!

:: Design matters. Design, as it happens, currently makes it extraordinarily easy for better-off Americans to not notice that most of them are as much beneficiaries of “government handouts” as anyone else.* It’s hard to think this is entirely accidental.

:: Kudos to SMG for the most definitive world map of the setting so far, and possibly the last major one before we get the official maps later this year. (Amen to that! I love this map. And there’s a book of Ice and Fire maps coming out later this year? Cool!)

:: Table readings are a necessary part of the production process.

:: He said, “Son, if I’ve learned anything in my life, it’s that the hardest thing you’re ever going to deal with is change.” He paused for a moment, then a rueful little grin tugged at his lips. “Especially if you’re like me and you just want things to stay the same.”

:: A lot of fanfare for one little boy? Sure. But, whatever. His birthday only comes once every four years. And he’s worth all of it.

That’s about it. More next week!