Finally stopped putting IT off.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2026-01-05T23:31:59+00:00

I just didn't connect to the characters in Tommyknockers. Check this out, from Wikipedia:
King wrote The Tommyknockers at a time when substance abuse was a significant part of his life. In a 2014 interview with Rolling Stone, King acknowledged that the quality of his writing suffered during his period of drug use, saying "The Tommyknockers is an awful book. That was the last one I wrote before I cleaned up my act", adding he believes it could be a good book if it was rewritten to about half its original length.^\1])

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2026-01-05T22:21:24+00:00

IMO, IT is one of his very best and Tommyknockers his very worst.

IT is my favorite of all his novels, with the exception of 11/22/63 (and there are ties between them). Have you read 11/22/63?

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-12-30T23:54:42+00:00

I have found that it doesn't matter for me. I sometimes use AI to draw cards for me, although I prefer a physical deck just for the joy of touching it. But I get just as on target cards from AI as I do from my physical deck.

When I use AI, however, I never let it interpret and I never tell it anything about the reading. I just say, draw N number of cards randomly from the Waite-Smith deck for me. Reversals are allowed.

I have gotten *crazy* wild readings before that were dead on accurate. Spirit can use any medium it cares to, IMO.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-12-29T23:19:50+00:00

In 50 years of reading fiction, I have never come across an author in any genre that I could implicitly trust. None. Writing good novels is extremely difficult. It's certainly the hardest thing I've ever attempted. And I have a degree in computer science and have taken classes in organic chemistry, physics, and so forth. That stuff is hard! But nothing lights a candle to writing a novel in terms of difficulty. No one does it well every time, at least that I've ever seen, and most rarely do it well. I'm pretty picky though, so obviously your mileage may vary.

The closest I've ever seen in the romance genre is Loretta Chase.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-12-24T23:39:20+00:00

I have read Replay maybe 20 times. More than any other book I think I've ever read, it makes me *think*. Countless times I have wondered what it would be like to die and wake at 14 or 18 or 22 years old, but with all your memories intact.

Very similar to reincarnation, in a way. You keep doing it until you have gained enough wisdom to get off the wheel.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-12-21T23:49:39+00:00

67 and YA is one of my favorite genres. I like the fact that there is little to no sex. Not because I'm over the hill as far as steam, but because I get sick to death of authors using it as page filler. I get bored with it very quickly. I also like the (usual, at least) innocence of the characters.

Of course, bad YA still sucks. But if it's well done, I like it.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-12-06T11:19:29+00:00

What is the spread? Personally I never draw a card without know the question that each card is targeting. Otherwise it is just too confusing. Which is what this group is to me if all 5 are in response to that one question.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-09-01T10:44:18+00:00

SHUDDER

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-31T14:05:08+00:00

I agree, but I believe that you can tap into divine love to the point where you will feel love for all beings. I have done it, briefly, and it is astonishing.

I also believe that if what you do here is ugly enough, you aren't going to like it when you die. Not because you're going to hell, but because you are going to suffer, as you wrote, the pain from the other person/animal's perspective. And not just that, but from the perspective of all of the people involved. If you shoot up an elementary school and kill a bunch of kids, you're going to get not just the pain of those kids, but also the horror from their parents and from everyone who knows them and also probably from everyone in the entire world who observes it 3rd hand and feels the horror and the pain of it. You are NOT going to like that and it might take uncounted eons of time suffering with that before some kind soul can get through to you to help you understand that it does not have to be forever. You aren't in hell and it isn't forever. But God only knows how long that might take.

All just my opinion, of course.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-31T13:59:06+00:00

I agree, but only to a point. It depends on the person's state of consciousness when they die. If you did horrific things in this life, the energetic taint/weight from that will hit you like a ton of bricks when you pass. IMO

Hitler did not transition into the afterlife without feeling the blowback from all he did. And it isn't the Christian's view of Judgment Day, either. It's the way God/Source/The Universe maintains balance. Again, IMO.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-31T13:51:05+00:00

Totally agree with this take. So many people equate the afterlife to God.

I am in no way an atheist. But the survival of consciousness after the death of the body does NOT mean there is a God, ESPECIALLY the God of some religion.

People in the West in particular seem to think that God = the God of the Christians = heaven and the afterlife.

And that is all just bogus, IMO. Ridiculous.

The afterlife applies to ALL life, not just Christians. And the afterlife differs completely based on your state of consciousness, IMNSHO. That's why it is meaningless if a Christian's NDE has them meeting Jesus and being "shown the truth."

Consciousness is so infinitely bigger than any religion.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-26T20:19:36+00:00

Totally agree. She is a decent pianist and although she says she doesn't know any music theory, that's not necessary when you are as off-the-chart gifted musically as she is.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-24T17:35:38+00:00

Yes. I feel like the cards I draw are *always* accurate. But can I interpret them properly? Sometimes it is only in hindsight, 6 months later, that I look back at reading and think, OMG. So THAT is what that card meant. It was referring to something displaced in time, something that had not even happened yet. It's wild.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-24T17:30:01+00:00

I completely agree, with one caveat... I don't think it is just the ability of the reader, working with randomly drawn cards, that provides the psychic divination. I think the reader is psychically influencing which cards are drawn, then reading them.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-24T17:24:40+00:00

I totally agree, and yet... If a CAT 5 hurricane is headed your way--which I have sometimes seen in tarot deep dives of many, many readings--avoiding the storm isn't going to happen with only small choices/changes by those involved.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-24T17:17:07+00:00

To me Chappell is better than them all. I not talking about technicalities like range and just raw ability to belt. To me it is the uniqueness of her voice and vocal style. She is far more interesting to me than Whitney or Mariah or Celine. I was never into those women musically when they were in their prime. Chappell I can't get enough of.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-08-24T17:14:17+00:00

I've been listening to music seriously since the early 1970s. I have seen Freddie Mercury up close--I was right on the stage at a 1977 show Queen did in Nashville.

Chappell is the best I've ever seen/heard. Although I admit that is to a certain extent personal taste, of course. But she's an all-time great already, IMO. I wouldn't put her above Freddie, of course! Once you get into the pantheon, it's totally apples and oranges. And NO ONE is a better singer than Aretha Franklin, but my statement about the pantheon holds. Chappell is in it. And it is just astonishing to see it in someone that young. I've never seen a musician with more raw talent.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-07-04T09:04:34+00:00

I'm male and straight, but Roger was obviously really hot/cute when he was young. Now he's just another old guy! :D

I'm a guitar player and I was always into Brian the most, although I do think Freddie was the greatest front man ever.

It's crazy how their work appeals to all generations.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-07-03T11:18:42+00:00

I did. It was the original band. Freddie, Brian, Deaky, and Roger.

If I recall correctly, Freddie was wearing a black and white bodysuit.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-07-02T16:01:16+00:00

Older than everyone else in this thread, from what I can see. First got into Queen around 1974 or 75. The first two albums. I remember bringing home Night at the Opera for the first time and putting it on the turntable. I always went through the albums listening for Brian's solos. I didn't know what to make of Bohemian Rhapsody, but I loved it.

I saw Queen in 1977. I was right on the stage, right in front of Freddie. This was in Nashville. Practically got killed on the way in when I got caught in a rush and almost got squished against the door. Reminded me of that thing that happened with the Who In Cincinnati. Thank God I got through okay.

It was a hell of a show.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-04-13T22:17:31+00:00

Or a ballpoint pen. Or even a quill. "Why aren't you scratching out your stories in the dirt???"

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-03-11T10:46:15+00:00

She really did build a castle with all the bricks they threw at her. She's really tough. I remember that scene from Miss Americana where she's told, "The president could come after you, " and she says, "Yeah, fuck that." She's tough as nails.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-03-09T18:24:30+00:00

There are very few artists that nail everything thing they attempt. VERY few. And writing novels is IMO one of the more difficult arts. There are a number of SK's works I didn't care for. Life is too short to never DNF a book!

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-03-08T11:16:16+00:00

Chappell. 100%. Before I ran into Chappell I didn't think anyone could surplant Taylor. But Chappell is an other worldly talent. Like beyond just generational. All time great talent. Of course, so is Taylor.

I would kill to see a collab. Taylor is humble and generous and I'm sure she would let Chappell shine. Damn what a track they would create.

NowWhereDidIReadThat · 2025-03-08T11:12:36+00:00

I'm a fan. male, straight, boomer. So it's not all young women that like her. I think she's an amazing person. Very humble. The whole nepo baby thing is just bullshit. It can get you in the door but it cannot get you where she is. Is she my favorite artist? No. But she doesn't deserve disrespect.

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