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ap1224
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Posted 9:11 pm, 05/13/2012
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I love Stephen King even more now Gillian. Smart man. Big fan for years and it appears I chose wisely.
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Slayer
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Posted 11:54 am, 05/03/2012
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I don't like Stephen King! Too scary for me but I do admit that Secret Window was really good. 
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Gillian
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Posted 6:27 pm, 05/02/2012
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He's a cool guy. I think I like his nonfiction even more than his fiction.
I’ve known rich people, and why not, since I’m one of them? The majority would rather douse their d***s with lighter fluid, strike a match, and dance around singing “Disco Inferno” than pay one more cent in taxes to Uncle Sugar. It’s true that some rich folks put at least some of their tax savings into charitable contributions. My wife and I give away roughly $4 million a year to libraries, local fire departments that need updated lifesaving equipment (Jaws of Life tools are always a popular request), schools, and a scattering of organizations that underwrite the arts. Warren Buffett does the same; so does Bill Gates; so does Steven Spielberg; so do the Koch brothers; so did the late Steve Jobs. All fine as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go far enough.
What charitable 1 percenters can’t do is assume responsibility—America’s national responsibilities: the care of its sick and its poor, the education of its young, the repair of its failing infrastructure, the repayment of its staggering war debts. Charity from the rich can’t fix global warming or lower the price of gasoline by one single red penny. That kind of salvation does not come from Mark Zuckerberg or Steve Ballmer saying, “OK, I’ll write a $2 million bonus check to the IRS.” That annoying responsibility stuff comes from three words that are anathema to the Tea Partiers: United American citizenry.
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HIPPIEGIRL
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Posted 6:11 pm, 05/02/2012
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 He is a great writer of horror and mystery
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UNCHeelYeah
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Posted 11:08 am, 05/02/2012
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I am reading "The WInd Through the Keyhole", which is new and was written in a retro perspective so that the story falls between (4) Wizard and Glass, and (5) Wolves of the Calla.
Excellent story so far. WB, Oy, and all!
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Gillian
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Posted 11:02 am, 05/02/2012
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