My tweets

• Mon, 12:24: This week on twitter: 34 new followers, 4 new unfollowers and followed 35 people via http://t.co/jrDdEsOcDc
• Mon, 17:49: "I don't see people trying to repeal the law of gravity just because they're gaining weight." Neil DeGrasse Tyson on deniers. BOOM. #inners
• Mon, 17:52: "I'd like to think governance is based on objective, verifiable truth." Neil, you haven't meant James Inhofe, have you? #inners
• Mon, 18:04: Thank you: @JASONIZUMIKONA, @ActionTime, @prom159, @bashertroll05, @Passthetsplost and @olsen_lynn for following!
• Mon, 18:05: @maddow's pointing out how EVERY SINGLE environmental regulation is met by "we'll have to shut down" by industry...and they don't. #maddow
• Mon, 18:08: Well, if you believe "this world is all there is, and ever will be"...you'd be EVEN MORE MOTIVATED to protect it. #maddow #UniteBlue
• Mon, 18:10: I think the President got a good one in Gina McCarthy. #maddow #UniteBlue
• Mon, 18:12: RT @jazzcattrio: Thank you Rachel. History matters. Truth matters. So sick of the lies on the right, politicians owned by big oil. #EPA #en…
• Mon, 18:14: Sometimes the depth of Dubya's stupidity still stuns me. #maddow #UniteBlue
• Mon, 18:18: "Let's not open the email! It'll just vanish into the ether, nyah nyah!" #maddow #UniteBlue

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Ego and Hubris, Meet Viper

As usual, my Twitter feed erupted like Mt. St Helens Sunday night, following the latest "Game of Thrones" episode.

I stumbled upon this reaction video today and watched it. Now, having neither read the books or watched any of the series (I know, I must be the last holdout in America), and knowing next to nothing about the characters, my thoughts upon seeing this clip went as follows:

"OH FOR FRAK'S SAKE STOP RUNNING AROUND PONTIFICATING ABOUT YOUR SISTER AND FINISH THIS BASTARD OFF!"

And sure enough...

I don't know if George R.R. Martin set out to write a textbook definition of hubris, but he certainly succeeded.

Warning: Spoilers for "The Mountain and the Viper," also extreme bloody squishy violence. Skip if you don't have a strong stomach.

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