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Entertainment Weekly: "...So let me ask you: Is Jon really dead?" Harrington: "This is my understanding of it. I had a sit-down with Dan and David, we did the Tony Soprano walk [letting an actor know they’re being whacked]. And they said, “Look, you’re gone, it’s done.” "...Quite honestly, I have never been told the future of things in this show, but this is the one time I have. They sat me down and said, “This is how it is.” If anything in the future is not like that, then I don’t know about it – it’s only in David and Dan and George’s heads. But I’ve been told I’m dead. I’m dead. I’m not coming back next season. So that’s all I can tell you, really. http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/14/game-thrones-jon-dies-interview

I read an interview with Kit Harrington (actor who plays JS) after my original post last night and he states emphatically that he will not be back in season six. My wife equates that to killing-off Dr. "McDreamy" in her (not my!!!) Grey's Anatomy. And I do know several female GoT fans that watch the show primarily for Snow. That's got to have them po'd. Anyway, even knowing from book 5 that the Black Brothers were going to off JS "for the Watch", I always thought that GRRM would have a device to bring him back. Now, I'm not so sure. Yes, he could have warged into Ghost and there are other possibilities too but we may have really seen the last of Snow. If so, R+L=J becomes moot.

Well, although I'm not completely thrilled on how they got there, I'm really happy that the show runners got the main story-line back into alignment with the books. With the strong exception with the Stannis arc. We really don't know a lot about what's going to happen next. I'm among those who believe that Melisandre will bring JS back to life very early next season. I'm also really hoping that GRRM actually does get book six completed by he end of the year. Unfortunately, I also believe that it will primarily a bridge to the final book. Speaking of Stannis, I think that after last week, he had to have everything fall apart this week or the fan masses would have revolted and I loved that Brienne was the one to finish him off.

I need a little help here from those who are up to date on both the HBO series and the book. IF YOU ARE NOT UP TO DATE, YOU MAY NOT WANT TO READ ON. Anyway.... I decided to checkout the latest teaser chapter of WoW released by GRRM and something hit me as I read the first couple of paragraphs: In the HBO series, Sansa's marriage to Ramsey is not legal. "Why?" you may ask? Because she is still married to Tyrion (Unless I missed the divorce somewhere). Was this fact overlooked by fans due to the outrage of Sansa's wedding night? I can't believe that the showrunners simply overlooked this.

[quote name="Brandon" post="3576978" timestamp="1433731481 And by the way, honest question: Does Dany have greyscale now? Jorah held her hand for a good while. Great point. She should if the show is true to the story. As for Stannis, this has been leading up to sacrificing his daughter for a couple of weeks now. It wasn't surprising to me but sure was disgusting. As I read on another site: he's a fanatic as is his wife and Melisandre. And fanaticism doesn't have boundaries.

First " Hardhome" and now "Dance of Dragons". Two great episodes with hopefully an outstanding finale next week. I was really discouraged the first few weeks but these last two were worth the wait. Just one thing bothers me: where the heck are the great Unsullied warriors to protect Dany. I mean really...I get that they had to make it kind of desperate for Drogon's dramatic return but the Unsullied have been pretty ordinary, twice now.

Buffalo Brew Pub - wings/beer Amherst Pizza - pizza/beer Schwabls - beef on weck/beer

(Thou) doth protest too much, methinks.

$700,000 bond! Holy crap. She must be pretty dangerous.

Back in the sixties, when someone abandoned their ideals for money, we used to call it "selling out". If GRRM signed-off on this crap that I've watched the last three weeks, then it proves what I've thought for a number of years: he has no clue where to take this story and is allowing the HBO team to take it wherever they want just to cash a check. The worst three hours of this series ever IMO.

Am I being to paranoid here? Is entering my exact DOB providing too much information to a website that probably knows other stuff about me? I'm always reluctant to participate in stuff like this. Am I too cautious?

I don't have a memory of which Bills game in the early 60's was my first. It's just what my brothers and friends and I used to do on Sundays (or Saturdays) - go to the Rockpile whenever we could to watch the Bills. The crowd screaming "Yoho" on kickoffs (for our kicker, Mack Yoho). The fights in the endzones for the footballs after each PAT. Throwing snowballs at the opposing teams. Watching Cookie Gilchrist literally run over would-be tacklers. "we want Lamonica" chants. All these were a regular part of our weekends. But the very first game which I attended that I will NEVER forget is the AFL Championship game on Saturday December 26th, 1964. 40,000 people exclaiming "oohh" all at once and then going quiet as Mike Stratton broke Keith Lincoln's ribs. You could hear the crack echo around the stadium. I remember that Lincoln lay on the ground for quite some time before they finally got him off the field. He never got back in the game and the Bills won the League title. That was my first taste of what it meant for "my team" to be a champion. It happened again the next year but as they say, you never forget your first time.

Better call Saul.

If you haven't read the below linked column, you should really check it out. Thanks for posting this link!

Always liked this gal but can't find out anything about her on the ol' interweb...

Alvin Lee's "Goin' Home" lead solo = better living through chemistry. Dude was lightning.

Yummmmm! Sumpin Sumpin is always in the fridge. Now I'll have to try the Extra. Didn't care too much for the Wild though.

Love this take: @JimLangSports: If Jon Bon Jovi teamed up w/2 Buffalo businessmen and bought the Raptors - would anyone believe him if he said they're not moving to Buff?

Been my thoughts on this all along. If JBJ owns 30%, he can easily be outvoted by a consensus of the minority partners, no?

My "other" vote - Cookie Gilchrist.

Johnny me boy, How goes the battle? Agree with you 100%. This game was soooo winnable it makes me sick. Poor coaching and play calling did our lads in today. And there are no more moral victories at this point (13 years into suckitude and counting). Keep after it my friend. Drop me a pm and let me know how you are doing.

Made me actually laugh out loud!

What is that you are you implying sir?

Great job by Yahoo that shines a light on the lazy work by some of the folks at the Buffalo News. It's so disappointing how certain members of the News' staff would rather spend time making Mario Williams’ foot a big issue rather than taking the time to do some research and give their readers an interesting piece to read. Do we really need these clowns asking the same question 7 different ways so they can try to get a reaction out of Marrone on which they can fixate? Please give us something insightful for a change.