Dammit!

Fine weather + lack of excuses + me moving too slowly = gardening for four hours.

Next fine weekend, I'm going to have an "urgent appointment", I think!

The casting continues .....

..... for HBO's A Game of Thrones TV series. The latest castings (all taken from various posts on GRRM's LJ are as follows:
Lalor Roddy as The Assassin
Simon Lowe as The Wineseller
Mark Lewis Jones as Shagga
Clive Mantle as Greatjon Umber
Susie Kelly as Masha Heddle
Elyes Gable as Jhogo
Joe Dempsey as Gendry
Charles Dance as Tywin Lannister
Conan Stevens as the Mountain That Rides
Eugene Simon as Lancel Lannister
Amrita Acharia as Irri
Sibell Kekilli as Shae
Roxanna McKee as Doreah
Julina Glover as Grand Maester Pycelle (replacing Roy Dotrice, out for medical reasons)

That is some impressive casting - as long as everything else matches up in quality, this should be a great ride and, if not, it may crash-and-burn within a minute or two of starting.