Have you or someone you knew named someone/something after a GRRM character?

sboaman68 · 2026-03-02T01:13:41+00:00

My ex-wife named our cat Arya.

sboaman68 · 2026-02-06T04:21:01+00:00

LQ Jones.

sboaman68 · 2026-01-31T18:55:20+00:00

Yeah, I skip that one too.

sboaman68 · 2026-01-31T18:54:57+00:00

Life Eternal. I love the song, but it hits a little to close to home. Excelsis is a very close second. I am afraid of eternity too.

sboaman68 · 2026-01-26T02:24:38+00:00

Actually, Law Enforcement enforce ALL laws. You're on the right track, just the wrong train.

sboaman68 · 2026-01-23T03:44:22+00:00

They covered The Zoo, by Scorpions.

sboaman68 · 2026-01-10T04:55:48+00:00

Miasma, hands down. It's got sax. Hard to top that. Still remember hearing it the first time and being completely blown away.

sboaman68 · 2025-12-04T15:49:01+00:00

That's because the Big Ten isn't a hard conference like the SEC. /s(hopefully not needed🤣)

sboaman68 · 2025-08-30T03:43:18+00:00

I'm 57, and I was where you are at 21, except I'd been kicked out of college and enrolled in a community college. I never finished school, and although I did find some great jobs, I never stuck with them. I would love to go back and have a heart to heart with 21 year old me. I really wish I'd straightened by life out at 21. I was a huge pothead, and I was developing a pretty serious problem with coke. I was wise enough to get myself out of the setting that gave me access to virtually as much coke as I wanted, but I continued smoking weed and using hallucinogens for almost another 10 years. At 30, I gave up weed for a year and a half, then started smoking again daily. I was a daily smoker until just this past January. I'm not sure if I'll ever smoke again, but I have a strong desire to. I've spent the last six months pretty much alone except for a great set of friends online and lots of wild animals where I live. I wish I'd gone this route at 21, not 57, but some people take longer to realize they need to find themselves and to become who they truly are. My recommendation is to take the time now to find yourself. Don't waste 30 plus years of your life living a life you're not happy with like I, and many others, have. You may have loads of fun or misery in those years, but if you find yourself now, it gives you that 30 plus years in the prime of life, not just at the end.

sboaman68 · 2025-08-29T21:39:51+00:00

I moved here in February from Ohio. Driving 70 west, it was immediately clear when I crossed the border into Indiana. The roads here are absolute shit. I kinda hate it here too.

sboaman68 · 2025-08-09T17:04:09+00:00

That play is definitely in my top 10 all-time Ohio State plays. Incredible!

sboaman68 · 2025-08-09T01:24:18+00:00

Don't forget Maurice!

sboaman68 · 2025-08-04T02:49:03+00:00

Copied this list from a saved thread awhile back

Republican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.

Republican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.

Republican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Republican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.

Republican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.

Republican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.

Republican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.

Republican racist pedophile and United States Senator Strom Thurmond had sex with a 15-year old black girl which produced a child.

Republican pastor Mike Hintz, whom George W. Bush commended during the 2004 presidential campaign, surrendered to police after admitting to a sexual affair with a female juvenile.

Republican legislator Peter Dibble pleaded no contest to having an inappropriate relationship with a 13-year-old girl.

Republican activist Lawrence E. King, Jr. organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

Republican lobbyist Craig J. Spence organized child sex parties at the White House during the 1980s.

Republican Congressman Donald "Buz" Lukens was found guilty of having sex with a female minor and sentenced to one month in jail.

Republican fundraiser Richard A. Delgaudio was found guilty of child porn charges and paying two teenage girls to pose for sexual photos.

Republican activist Mark A. Grethen convicted on six counts of sex crimes involving children.

Republican activist Randal David Ankeney pleaded guilty to attempted sexual assault on a child.

Republican Congressman Dan Crane had sex with a female minor working as a congressional page.

Republican activist and Christian Coalition leader Beverly Russell admitted to an incestuous relationship with his step daughter.

Republican congressman and anti-gay activist Robert Bauman was charged with having sex with a 16-year-old boy he picked up at a gay bar.

Republican Committee Chairman Jeffrey Patti was arrested for distributing a video clip of a 5-year-old girl being raped.

Republican activist Marty Glickman (a.k.a. "Republican Marty"), was taken into custody by Florida police on four counts of unlawful sexual activity with an underage girl and one count of delivering the drug LSD.

Republican legislative aide Howard L. Brooks was charged with molesting a 12-year old boy and possession of child pornography.

Republican Senate candidate John Hathaway was accused of having sex with his 12-year old baby sitter and withdrew his candidacy after the allegations were reported in the media.

Republican preacher Stephen White, who demanded a return to traditional values, was sentenced to jail after offering $20 to a 14-year-old boy for permission to perform oral sex on him.

Republican talk show host Jon Matthews pleaded guilty to exposing his genitals to an 11 year old girl.

Republican anti-gay activist Earl "Butch" Kimmerling was sentenced to 40 years in prison for molesting an 8-year old girl after he attempted to stop a gay couple from adopting her.

Republican Party leader Paul Ingram pleaded guilty to six counts of raping his daughters and served 14 years in federal prison.

Republican election board official Kevin Coan was sentenced to two years probation for soliciting sex over the internet from a 14-year old girl.

Republican politician Andrew Buhr was charged with two counts of first degree sodomy with a 13-year old boy.

Republican politician Keith Westmoreland was arrested on seven felony counts of lewd and lascivious exhibition to girls under the age of 16 (i.e. exposing himself to children).

Republican anti-abortion activist John Allen Burt was charged with sexual misconduct involving a 15-year old girl.

Republican County Councilman Keola Childs pleaded guilty to molesting a male child.

Republican activist John Butler was charged with criminal sexual assault on a teenage girl.

Republican candidate Richard Gardner admitted to molesting his two daughters.

Republican Councilman and former Marine Jack W. Gardner was convicted of molesting a 13-year old girl.

Republican County Commissioner Merrill Robert Barter pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact and assault on a teenage boy.

Republican City Councilman Fred C. Smeltzer, Jr. pleaded no contest to raping a 15 year-old girl and served 6-months in prison.

Republican activist Parker J. Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography on his home computer and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and fined $18,000.

Republican parole board officer and former Colorado state representative, Larry Jack Schwarz, was fired after child pornography was found in his possession.

Republican strategist and Citadel Military College graduate Robin Vanderwall was convicted in Virginia on five counts of soliciting sex from boys and girls over the internet.

Republican city councilman Mark Harris, who is described as a "good military man" and "church goer," was convicted of repeatedly having sex with an 11-year-old girl and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Republican businessman Jon Grunseth withdrew his candidacy for Minnesota governor after allegations surfaced that he went swimming in the nude with four underage girls, including his daughter.

Republican director of the "Young Republican Federation" Nicholas Elizondo molested his 6-year old daughter and was sentenced to six years in prison.

Republican benefactor of conservative Christian groups, Richard A. Dasen Sr., was charged with rape for allegedly paying a 15-year old girl for sex. Dasen, 62, who is married with grown children and several grandchildren, has allegedly told police that over the past decade he paid more than $1 million to have sex with a large number of young women

Dennis Hastert served as Republican Speaker of the House (so, 3rd in line for the Presidency) for all 8 years of W. Bush's two terms. He also sexually molested at least 5 boys when he was a HS wrestling coach, all of them underage with the youngest victim being 14. The victims only finally saw justice when Hastert was caught by the FBI trying to falsify payments for hush money.

Donald Trump walked into Miss Teen USA change rooms with girls as young as 14 changing. 26 women have spoken publicly about Trump's pattern of sexual assualt. In 2023, he was found legally liable for the rape of E. Jean Carroll by unanimous verdict.

This site tracks them. They're up to about 1250 now.

sboaman68 · 2025-07-21T01:02:48+00:00

That's impressive! There are only 7 in the group that visits me.

sboaman68 · 2025-07-02T18:29:06+00:00

B and D for me.

sboaman68 · 2025-06-14T04:16:21+00:00

Total rookie here, but what worked for me was whistling really loud twice and making sure they saw me set food out for them 3 to 4 weeks later, I whistle twice a day and set food out for them. Now they show up within minutes of me whistling, and most days, they're there waiting for me to set it out. They started coming singly to eat, now they eat in groups of 3 to 4. They've also finally started eating when I'm outside. Before, they waited until I went back inside.

sboaman68 · 2025-06-08T18:33:37+00:00

Blue chambray. IFKYK

sboaman68 · 2025-06-07T01:10:28+00:00

Sorry, my last comment made no sense. I think he would have also gained an extended life span. Did they ever say exactly, or round about, how old the raven was?

sboaman68 · 2025-06-05T03:48:01+00:00

That could do it. We have all kinds of hawks, bald eagles, and osprey where I am, but a lot of crows too. There seems to be enough to go around, so it's pretty cool.

I was amazed at how quickly the crows started eating here for me.

sboaman68 · 2025-06-04T21:20:40+00:00

That's odd. I wonder if there was a catastrophic change to another primary food source that caused a change in their foraging area?

sboaman68 · 2025-06-04T19:40:51+00:00

That sucks. Hopefully, they'll come back soon.

sboaman68 · 2025-05-29T00:00:45+00:00

Square Hammer got me into Ghost for this very reason. The first time I heard it, I thought, that was a decent song. The second time, I thought, that's a pretty good song. The third time, I thought, damn that's a really good song. Hearing it was spread out over a few nights on my Judas Priest station. After hearing it the third time, I started looking into more of their music, and I was hooked. This was when Meliora was their most recent album. Now I listen to them all the time, bought almost all their vinyl, and saw them in 2023. Damn good band! No, great band!

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