The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a cynic, and that’s not my nature.

But if that’s not enough, then consider this: if the Night’s Watch are truly brothers, then Lord Commander Mormont was our father. He lived and died for the Watch and he was betrayed by his own men, stabbed in the back by cowards. He deserved far better.

Winter is coming, we know what’s coming with it. We can learn to live with the wildlings, or we can add them to the army of the dead.

But if that's not enough, then consider this: if the Night's Watch are truly brothers, then Lord Commander Mormont was our father. He lived and died for the Watch and he was betrayed by his own men, stabbed in the back by cowards. He deserved far better.

Winter is coming, we know what's coming with it. We can learn to live with the wildlings, or we can add them to the army of the dead.

Different roads sometimes lead to the same castle. Who knows?

At Halloween a lot of young people were wearing Bush masks mocked up as an incarnation of the Devil.

I want to fight for the side that fights for the living. Did I come to the right place?

The more you give a king, the more he wants. We are walking on a bridge of ice with an abyss on either side. Pleasing one king is difficult enough. Pleasing two is hardly possible.

Presentationally, Bill Clinton is a US President to die for. The truth is, far too many have.