I'll check out Storm of the Century. I'm sure that would be really interesting. Thanks!

I'm currently reading Dr. Sleep and it seems really "out there" to me and doesn't really have a great deal to do with the first one. Still though, King has a way of writing that can keep me engaged

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I think I will need to get a lot better to qualify for that. Our current champion bowled over 200 in one game this past week.

for sure. I have an unusual way of bowling as well and can't always determine what it is that works and what doesn't. A practice session with notes is probably in order.

that's actually a lot lower than I had thought it might be. I like the 25 cents uptick in prices for midweek bowling. I'm sure they are raking it in from that bump!

thanks buddy... i read your post about being away. it's cool

I want to say that I did read Mr. Mercedes. I'm gonna have to look that one up though.

in relative terms yes, It and the Stand are not new. I recently read a fantasy book of his in the past year or so and it was a pile of hot garbage. Of course it sold like crazy because it's Stephen King.

it's scary. the visuals in my head kept me a bit nervous at night, which is silly because I am not a child and I know that ghosts aren't really in my room.

I also didn't enjoy the Gunslinger books at all. I too feel that his works are hit and miss, especially in the last 20 years. There was a time, in the 80's when everything he wrote was instant gold. I

Good movie, great book. I like a lot of King novels and this one was unusual. It takes a genius like Stephen King to make something like this, which at first glance seems like something that would be boring

I've read almost all of these. Those are good choices. I recommend looking into more Orwell stuff, most notably 1984.

I'm not good at languages, or so I say. I learned Thai and that is considered one of the toughest languages in the world. I guess I was a lot more keen in my 20's or something. These days I really struggle

Filipinos are excellent at English. It's kind of universal from what I have heard from friends. They say that is one of the main advantages to living there.

A friend of mine was recently looking at Malaysia as a place to live. I wasn't listening to everything that he said but there were very attractive options for people as far as long visas are concerned

they must be operating on old information as far as Thailand being ranked higher than VN is concerned. I know loads of people that got fed up and left THailand in the past couple of years.

Puzzles are just one of those things that I would probably do a lot more of if I lived in the western world. Where I live now nobody really has space for such an indulgence. My entire apartment is about

I became really familar with a lot of the stubborn pieces. As i got more of the puzzle done I discovered that it was actually the pattern of the grass that would help me to place the pieces (dark, mid,

oh if I hadn't set my mind to it there would have been no chance Iwould have finished that puzzle.