I hereby pledge this blog in faithful service to House Stark

HBO is running a fun contest where you pledge your allegiance to one of the 5 great houses in Westeros. If you vote for the most popular house you are eligible to enter a sweepstakes. I suggest voting for Stark. *hint. 
With the release of the first season of the televised mini-series the Game of Thrones fan base has dramatically increased. The shift from the margins to the main stream is always a mixed bag for die-hard fans of genre fiction. Regardless, I was just curious to know which house has garnered your support over the course of the series. 
Also, do you think a certain person who possibly died at the end of the last book is actually dead?