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 Gypsy |
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(05/12/08 10:08 AM) |
It can be pretty freakin' CREEPY up here sometimes, and some of the people here... oooookie!  In his book On Writing he tells
the story of how he got run over by that strange guy up there a few years back. He said he was laying on the road with a crushed pelvis and the guy was sitting
on the bank beside him eating a Mars bar and talking to his dogs and King said he thought, "Oh my God, I've been killed by one of my own
characters!"
True art is moral: it seeks to edify life, not to debase it, to hold off, at least
for a little while, the twilight of the gods and of us.
- John Gardner The Old Mermaid's Tale: The Video | In Memory of Mark S. Williams | Sponsored by Parlez-Moi Blog |
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Zannylicious |
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(05/12/08 10:10 AM) |
LMAO!!
and he was totally serious too, so it's funny, but it's not funny at the same time. I see a bunch of his characters all of the time... Sometimes, I half expect Mr King to walk into the restaurant-bar I work at, and take notes on a new character |
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Gypsy |
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(05/12/08 10:14 AM) |
I saw him once when I was visiting my friends up near Sebec Lake. He was apparently staying at a cottage up there and he was out walking. He's hard to miss
being 6'5". But people seemed very respectful of his privacy. We waved and he waved back and we both went on our ways.
True art is moral: it seeks to edify life, not to debase it, to hold off, at least
for a little while, the twilight of the gods and of us.
- John Gardner The Old Mermaid's Tale: The Video | In Memory of Mark S. Williams | Sponsored by Parlez-Moi Blog |
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Muffyhowards |
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(07/24/14 04:11 PM) |
That's why their called Mainiacs. A safe place to keep some off the Mass folks that don't quite fit in the box. Hmmm
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o Realist o |
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(05/12/08 10:25 AM) |
Hey, Muffin - how come your post reads 4:11 PM?? That day ahead/back thing??
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Zannylicious |
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(05/12/08 10:36 AM) |
He's been in Rangeley... I think he is friendly with my neighbor, Bill Wegman..
it must be an author thing |
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leftwingnut |
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(05/12/08 10:53 AM) |
Zannylicious wrote: Steven King live on West Broadway in Bangor... hardly in the backwoods... Well, maybe Bangor is the backwoods to the city folk around here...
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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Muffyhowards |
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(05/12/08 11:01 AM) |
Not worried bout time .R ---
 A little ahead today !
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brainfix |
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(05/12/08 06:31 PM) |
Oil ran out this morning, as did car insurance and cable Internet/TV. Day of reckoning! Man, I got to jump through some hoops today!
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Zannylicious |
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(05/12/08 06:45 PM) |
Bangor isn't the BackWoods, but Rangeley sure is!!
we even have a store called Backwoods in town |
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brainfix |
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(05/12/08 06:52 PM) |
Y'all had a kick ass winter so we won't listen to any whining.
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BackShore |
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(05/12/08 07:03 PM) |
leftwingnut wrote: He has a very cool wrought iron fence surrounding the property, too. Never met him, but Mr. King is quite the benefactor to UMaine.
"I swing big, with everything I've got. I hit big or I miss big. I like to live as big as I can." - Babe
Ruth
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brainfix |
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(05/12/08 07:05 PM) |
I'd relocate there in a heartbeat.
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star squiggle |
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(05/12/08 07:23 PM) |
doesn't Steven King have a house in Center Lovell, Maine as well...that's pretty backwoods ain't it?
I'd rather laugh with
the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun... |
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leftwingnut |
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(05/12/08 07:26 PM) |
BackShore wrote: 100% correct. I used to take visitors on a little side trip by his house, and I'd tell them "see if you can tell me which house is Steven King's" and they'd say how on earth could they tell, until the spotted the wrought-iron fence. Gargoyles at the corners, spider-webs worked into it, and so on.
Great people, great neighbors.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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leftwingnut |
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(05/12/08 07:27 PM) |
star squiggle wrote: He has a vacation place there, and a few other places, too.
But his primary residence is an old and beautiful Victorian mansion in Bangor. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.-Theodore Roosevelt, The Kansas City Star, May 7, 1918 |
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star squiggle |
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(05/12/08 07:32 PM) |
a friend of a friend used to be his housekeeper at the Center Lovell place...she got the book "Misery" autographed for me.
I'd rather laugh with
the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun... |
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Zannylicious |
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(05/12/08 07:39 PM) |
That's very cool, Squiggy...
We have quite a few of the William Wegman Books autographed to my daughter.. as in "Chip Wants a Dog" it says: To My Neighbor, Shenanigans, Love, William Wegman Rangeley, 2003 then he drew a little picture of her, with the dogs, out on Loon Lake in a little row boat.. and I have "Fay" Autographed to me.... To Zanny, a Girl who loves her Dog as much as I love Mine! Love and woofs, William Wegman **real names not used** |
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brainfix |
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(05/12/08 07:42 PM) |
Tabitha, wrought iron fences, bizarre Maine characters, dark shadows over the moors, the whole deal.
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star squiggle |
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(05/12/08 07:49 PM) |
i can picture Fay on Sesame Street.....Fay is in the box....Fay is out of the box...Fay is in the box....Fay is out of the box
edited for spelling
I'd rather laugh with
the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun...
Last Edited By: star squiggle
05/12/08 07:56 PM.
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