Patrick "I'm Patman" Sponaugle
@patman
I used to spend a lot of time on Twitter as patman23, but Elon Musk turned it into the proverbial Nazi Bar. I used to blog a lot about Game of Thrones, but that's just sad to bring up, I feel. (I'm happy to talk about Game of Thrones though, pleasantly.)
Pretty cool seeing the sigil of House Whent (bat on a yellow field, very Bat-Signal coded by GRRM (maybe)) hanging on a banner at Harrenhal, the site of the tourney in the Mad King production
Oliver the Cat has become a soccer fan. Oliver: You can do it, Haaland!
Look, all the queens get unexpected smooches on this show.
My sister is not going to live down this typo/autocorrect fail/lack of proof-reading
My dad got me this shirt last year. I wore it to work, received no comments (my co-workers likely wanting to avoid me as usual.) Friday, I wore it the the Silvervox Film Festival in Frederick, MD and a half-dozen people (5 men, 1 woman) throughout the day complimented my shirt.
There is an HOA meeting tonight (the regular monthly meeting, not the annual meeting where the homeowners show up) I expect it to be contentious tonight, there is a question on if we need to grant ourselves more power. I visited YouGov to get some opinion poll results on HOAs
Happy Targaryen Tuesday! We’re on day closer to Season 3 House of the Dragon 🏠 🐉 HotD Hot Take - I know people (in our world) hate to criticize Rhaenyra, but her method of just ignoring (ignoring really hard) the fact that her older boys are bastards carries tremendous persistent liabilities.
My 'In Defense of Ser Criston Cole' post is all ready for publishing tomorrow.
Tomorrow, for #WesterosWednesday, I will defend (in my way) this guy:
We don’t usually see each other’s headers. Here’s mine. Quote post with yours (and use alt-text)
It's already been a big acting weekend for Lisa. Last night we went to Frederick for one night of a local film festival and saw 4 short films. Lisa was in Beyond Her Eyes which I suspect was the audience favorite. (It was my favorite)
I'm in DC - I brought Lisa to an indie movie that is filming in a hospital (she's cast in the role of a politician in danger.) I told the crew they could ask me to help move stuff but there is a nonzero chance they'll find me asleep on the massage therapy table in Lisa's makeshift dressing room.
I’m close to finishing up next Wednesday’s #WesterosWednesday post…
We're getting a lot of political flyers in the Sponaugle household, since our primaries are in June, and I wanted to share this delightful element. (Unless the FBI thinks this is some kind of threat, in which case I am sharing it with requisite shock and alarm. Egads! 😜)
Finished up my next #WesterosWednesday post, about a guy who is likely not a knight. No, I'm not talking about Ser Duncan the Tall this time (OR AM I?) - I'm talking about Serwyn of the Mirror Shield. (And talking about Dunk, I can't pretend otherwise.) It'll be out May 13th!
Wordpress is once again entertaining me with the traffic stats to my blog PatrickSponaugle.com 99.99% of the visitors to my blog last month were bots, I am sure. Always hitting the same posts. I have no idea why.
Since I have more weeks than I'd first expected before the return of House of the Dragon - once I finish up my Dunk and Egg posts, I should have time to write up an "In Defense of Ser Criston Cole" post
Just finished up and scheduled the next #WesterosWednesday post, again talking about Ser Duncan the Tall. This time, I speculate on the reasons behind some of the decisions he made. (I heard rumors that tomorrow there will be another trailer for House of the Dragon released. I have the excite!)
Magister Illyrio: It appears that the correspondents' dinner was a dull affair.