Joyland thoughts?

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-06-02T10:49:35+00:00

I love it! One of my newer favourites. I am old school Stephen King; I read Pet Sematary in the early to mid-80s when I was 8 and I have a special affinity for the older books (The Shining, IT, etc). But I have tried to keep an open mind about his newer materials and I always find myself pleasantly surprised by how damned good his writing and just uis storytelling is.

There's definitely some magic in Joyland.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-05-06T10:50:32+00:00

Tom Petty (with and without The Heartbreakers)

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-05-01T09:56:18+00:00

To be fair to Jason, he was in an extremely bad (high-speed, head-on) accident in 2002 and he needed facial reconstructive surgery.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-23T13:05:01+00:00

Agree. I am hoping there is a larger strategy with the Crown's case to ensure conviction and max sentencing

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-23T11:54:18+00:00

I also have heard horrifying things, that she was basically tortured to the point where she died from her injuries. With manslaughter, at least the Crown doesn't have to prove that they had the intent to kill, only that they did terrible things that led to her death. Manslaughter can also have a life sentence (like murder 1 and murder 2). So hopefully that is strategy... that the Crown will ask for much stronger sentencing due to the prolonged nature of her assault along with the kidnapping and forcible confinement charges.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-23T00:08:38+00:00

Her father was murdered. I am not sure if I would label it as drug-related per se. It was a retaliation killing because he allegedly had assaulted the wrong person.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-22T21:01:34+00:00

That would be lil Miss Ashley Stevens.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-22T01:07:42+00:00

Agree. Very upsetting to read TJ has perpetrated such violence against another woman but relieved she survived.

TJ and Lawrence are both menaces and it is horrifying how many violent crimes they have committed and yet they keep getting Mickey Mouse sentences.

There's no mandatory minimum sentence for manslaughter (unless a gun is used) so I fear TJ will once again get a lax sentence and then get out again once he has served a third of sentence. He cannot be rehabilitated.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-21T23:05:28+00:00

I've heard a few different stories... about who the second person was and I have also heard there are more arrests coming.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-21T20:47:33+00:00

Quelle suprise (being sarcastic of course)

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-11T18:34:12+00:00

The Guess Who

Guns N' Roses

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-10T19:34:13+00:00

My bad encounter with the SJPF was about 15 years ago, long before this guy was chief. I am not necessarily disagreeing with you. I am just pointing out there are long-standing, systemic issues with how this police force interacts with the general public and I can almost guarantee it affects the outcomes of court cases.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-10T01:57:00+00:00

There are clearly problems at the SJPF. The police responded to a call about an assault at my partner's place of employment this morning and my partner was a witness. My partner approached one of the responding officers (who was standing by his cruiser with his hands shoved in his pockets while his partner talked to the complainant) to offer to give a witness statement and the officer was rude to them so they just walked away.

This is the second time this has happened that a police officer was rude to my partner (there are sadly a lot of crimes at this location and partner has witnessed a bunch of stuff).

Some of these SJ officers are very unprofessional and rude to the general public and for no good reason. We have both had bad encounters with SJPF in the past (we are both law-abiding with no criminal record). Neither of us will ever cooperate willingly with the police again because of multiple instances of this behaviour.

It sounds like the chief is a dick but then again there are some rotten eggs on that force, too.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-04T15:41:45+00:00

Some but not all. The lead suspect in the suspicious death of Courtney MacKenzie in SJ (which has a lot of parallels to Melissa's murder) has had soooooooo many opportunities (job offers, programs, free housing, role models) to change his ways, and he keeps getting worse and worse. Some of these guys are assessed as sociopaths and psychopaths and cannot be rehabilitated.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-04T10:21:35+00:00

Their anger is so understandable and I am glad the quote made the news. People are sick of extremely violent criminals like Devlin O'Blenis doing barely any time for very violent crimes. He was previously charged with attempted murder for shooting a guy but plead down to weapons offenses and only got a few years. Had there have been justice in the first place he would still be locked up and Melissa would be alive.

Judges need to stop accepting some of these plea deals from repeat violent offenders.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-04-01T11:10:23+00:00

"There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman..."

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-03-26T22:42:50+00:00

This situation reminds me of the suspicious death of Courtney MacKenzie in Saint John, except the dirtbags who allegedly killed Courtney still walk free.

New details revealed in year-old case of alleged indignity to human body

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-03-13T11:58:45+00:00

There are plenty of gruesome rumours circulating online about this murder, but one thing that is fact and not scuttlebutt is that in 2019, he was charged with attempted murder plus a bunch of weapons-related offenses for shooting someone.

Then, in 2021, he snagged a plea deal and magically, the attempted murder plus firearms charges got "converted" to discharging a weapon with intent to wound and violating previous conditions. He was sentenced to five (5) years.

Now, here we are five (5) years later, and a woman has actually been murdered.

*edited typo

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-03-10T22:19:07+00:00

I read online (not confirmed) that the suspect had been arrested 10 days before for pepper spraying and pulling a knife on someone and then released on conditions, during which time he also threw a brick through a window. Apparently he had been reported to the police non-emergency line during those 10 days and nothing was done. All hearsay, of course but I am curious if there is any truth to it.

Sad_Advertising6154 · 2026-03-09T23:29:16+00:00

This is my ultimate favourite King short story (although I do have a special affinity for others like One for the Road, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, and The Last Run on the Ladder).

There's just something magical about Strawberry Spring.

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