Althouse: The Mountain.

February 6, 2018

The Mountain.

Winter is Coming for The Mountain and the Red Keep. #Wiscofell pic.twitter.com/HUrqTGyCdT
— UW-Madison (@UWMadison) February 6, 2018

22 comments:

Bad Lieutenant said...: Looks like low-res ASCII art.; 2/6/18, 4:20 PM
tcrosse said...: As a Freshman, when dinosaurs roamed the Earth, I took required swimming class in that old pile. The uniform of the day was birthday suits, and some guy opened the double doors to let in a cooling zephyr from Lake Mendota.; 2/6/18, 4:29 PM
robother said...: I thought Ann hated GOT references.; 2/6/18, 4:43 PM
madAsHell said...: I've mentioned it here before, but I am now absolutely convinced that Mitt Romney's Candy-Crowley-revising-history-moment was possible because of FISA snooping before the 2012 elections.

Romney swept the floor with Obama during the first debate. The dog ate Obama's homework, and he looked unprepared.

The second debate was much different. Obama seemed to be able to deflect every talking point Romney made, and then got an assist from Candy Crowley.

I wonder how many FISA requests were made by Samantha Power in 2012?; 2/6/18, 4:56 PM
madAsHell said...: Looks like low-res ASCII art.

Wolfenstein!!; 2/6/18, 5:00 PM
JohnAnnArbor said...: Catches the light nicely.; 2/6/18, 5:10 PM
robother said...: They had good cause to believe that Mitt Romney was affiliated with a sinister desert cult that may or may not have renounced ambitions to carve out an empire in the US West. I'm sure that, coupled with an opposition memo alleging many sister-wives around the world, would meet the FISA court standard for monitoring his campaign.; 2/6/18, 5:22 PM
Christy said...: Spoilers! Didn't Cersei blow up the Red Keep and all of her accusers the day of her appointed trial there? Sounds like an excellent metaphor for Hillary blowing up the Democratic Party.; 2/6/18, 5:27 PM
readering said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 2/6/18, 5:39 PM
Clyde said...: Actually, Christy, I think it was the Great Sept of Baelor. Took out quite a bit of King's Landing around it, too.; 2/6/18, 6:05 PM
traditionalguy said...: There you go again. Making a mountain out of a Snow Hill. Cabin fever is strong.; 2/6/18, 6:20 PM
gadfly said...: Perspective is everything wherein reality is the concern.; 2/6/18, 6:44 PM
mockturtle said...: Wisconsin is topographically challenged so...

I did see one of your 'ski hills' once. Cute.; 2/6/18, 7:01 PM
Oso Negro said...: George R. R. Martin is never going to finish his story. He keeps adding and adding characters. No chance he finishes.; 2/6/18, 7:19 PM
Gilbert Pinfold said...: Blogger robother said...

They had good cause to believe that Mitt Romney was affiliated with a sinister desert cult...

That would be Deseret cult, if you have a history sensibility....; 2/6/18, 8:24 PM
Lucien said...: Given the unfinished status of "A Song of Ice and Fire", I wonder how many picked up on the Superbowl ads that had Peter Dinklage singing (well, rapping (or lip-syncing rap)) while surrounded by fiery images and Morgan Freeman doing the same with icy images. Or was it just Doritos and Dew?; 2/6/18, 8:57 PM
Gahrie said...: Actually, Christy, I think it was the Great Sept of Baelor.

It was. Cersei was in the Red Keep when the sept blew up.; 2/6/18, 9:05 PM
Left Bank of the Charles said...: Sad. The Red Keep is a place but The Mountain is a person. And Winter is going, not coming.; 2/6/18, 9:14 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: I finally looked up what a forknight was... Turns out I was not listening correctly.

It's 'fortnight' and it's two weeks.

A forknight was when a lord threw big dinner and everyone invited got to use a fork ;-); 2/6/18, 9:14 PM
Lem the artificially intelligent said...: The show's final season wont air until next year.

Link; 2/6/18, 9:26 PM
Christy said...: Oops. You two are right. I was tickled that Google recognized the correct spelling for my hillbilly pronunciation of Cersei.; 2/6/18, 9:36 PM
Bilwick said...: This photo makes me think, "Where Eagles Dare."; 2/7/18, 9:28 AM