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Google Plus

So, I see that Google Plus is shutting down, which is a shame. I don't really do social media these days (I think I have a Twitter account but I don't really use it, and I'm on LinkedIn, which again, I don't really use. I wasn't really a prolific Google Plus user either but I liked what I saw and it felt a lot cleaner than other social media networks (SMNs). I liked the simplicity of it and, over time, it grew to feel a hell of a lot less creepy than Facebook. I've grown to not really be a huge fan of social media, if only because I think it encourages oversharing (and that's what this blog is for... lol). At present you can find me on Twitter and... that's pretty much it at present, though I am going to try and work up a website for almost everything I write.

Game of Thrones Conjecture

  Having been beguiled (finally) into watching Game of Thrones and discovering that I've either grown up enough to want to watch it, or that being in a different place makes it more appealing, I am currently bounding through the series, late to the party, and find myself at the start of season 6. This post is a set of thoughts and feelings about some of what's going on, really just conjecture on my part, so if this has been addressed later on in the series, please don’t spoil it for me. Having got in trouble with my partner for looking up when Ramsey Bolton dies, I’m not going Googling about anything else… well except maybe a map because the way the world's displayed in the opening titles confuses me at to where a lot of things are. Before I begin...  Warning: I may be overthinking this. Warning: this is pretty much full frontal nerdity Warning: I may be working for the department of the bleeding obvious. One thing I like about Game of Thrones is that i...