As is self-evident, a new template is up. As much as I enjoy winter, and as much as, per HBO and ASoIaF, "winter is coming," I wanted something a little less dark and dour. So I went for grays and browns and blacks instead of grays and whites and blacks. :)
I messed about a little with the dimensions, pixel-wise, so if anything isn't working in your browser or on your screen resolution, etc, let me know and I'll see what can be done. I can't promise miracles, since I'm no techie, but we'll see.
The final frontier currently on the update front is that I added "reactions" boxes for each post. I know I am a lazy blog-reader myself, rarely bothering to comment, but we bloggers do like occasional feedback from others (or else we wouldn't be talking like this into the internet all the time), so while comments are appreciated but not necessary, consider at least taking the opportunity to log in whatever first reaction you might have of the post, its contents, etc.
In ever-continuing HBO news, there are now house shirts up for sale at the official HBO merchandise shop for Game of Thrones. Yesterday and today apparently have been big days for the GoT campaign, what with new trailers, the opening of The Maester's Path, and now the show's first official merch release. I don't want or need $24.99 worth of a cotton t-shirt, but if you or a fan in your life are interested, there are general "Game of Thrones" shirts as well as house crest + words shirts for Houses Arryn, Baratheon, Greyjoy, Lannister, Stark, Targaryen, and Tully in both men and women's styles. Pick them up (or just gawk, as I did) here. The site also has the books available, including some sort of boxed set that looks like it will be coming out with the series's debut, but you can get those for just as cheap or cheaper at Amazon or, even better, any local bookstore with a decent selection; I got mine over the course of a few months for about 7 bucks apiece at 57th Street Books here in Hyde Park.
Now if we would only get a release date for A Dance With Dragons; the latest on Martin's blog is that he is finally wrapping stuff up with the last remaining characters to finish. He's said that many, many times over the last 5 years, but I think it may actually be real this time. If I had to guess, I would plan an ADwD announcement date for April 17th, the premiere date of the first season of Game of Thrones, or soon around there, to add to/build off the hype of the show, but Martin, as enthusiastic as he is about seeing his world come to life in the flesh and not just in his head, can be stubborn, so who knows.
Everything ASoIaF is, as the Tyrell motto says, "growing strong."
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