Posted on 02/24/2006 9:54:35 AM PST by screaminghurl
hi, a frined told me aboutthis sight. he sad i woud like this sight becuz of cat photos. i like cats alot. there r not 2 manny goud sights wim cat photos i can find.
well, wear our the cat photos?
ive ben here all morning louking 4 cat photos. decided 2 sine up 2 see if my luck wouud change. will my luck chnage?
neway i just c lots of talk abot busch. i am big ted kennedy fan. maybe i wont fit in, excpet 4 liking cats?
can some1 link 2 some photos are or post some cat photos. i reallie wont to make this werhthwhiile.
thanx.
I caculated how long The Dark Tower was about a week ago, and it comes out to approximately 4,050 pages, or something around there.
In other words, hovering somwhere around Proustian territory, and I still have no clue what the exact purpose of Jamie DeCurry was.
Go figure.
^__^
Anyway, I suppose that's why I need to read some of the suplementary material.
I personally liked the series, even though some books-Wizard and Glass-were much better than others-The Wolves of the Calla.
Overall, I was satisfied with the (final) conclusion.
I can't say that I was "happy" with it-really, who could be happy with that ending-but satisfied sums up how I feel.
And look! You got 4141, too!
Jamie De Curry looks like a "mathom" in that book...He was kinda like the dust on the table...not useful, but there.
Sometimes, it seemed he was really trying to fill up the pages, not necessarily with "story."
But I read it all. And now I'm feeling like this supplement is covering the same ground that SK covered in his forewards and afterwords. *sigh* (Maybe I'm too critical?)
Good afternoon.
Hi!
Have you seen this? http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1601793/posts?page=23
Too bad it wasn't really my stuff...;o]
Thanks for the link, 'Face.
:-)
Temple Owl is the one to thank. He's the one that found it! LOL!
Yet another IRA troll, getting so tired of this BS, this is where I lay into him:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1599111/posts?page=81#81
once again, I am over at the Troupeville clinic, suffring through yet another attempt to get balky equipment to f[beep!]ing function...
this time: getting a new Canon imageCLASS D320 photocopier to install on their beat up POS Compaq as a prinetr.
1. it functions as a copier
2. I had to replace the CD-ROM drive, and it now works properly.
3. BUT... it has refused my various efforts to get it to install the drivers/recognize the USB connection
the computer SEES the copier (I checked that out in controlpanel>system>deviceprofiles, and the damned copier IS listed) but the driver autorun setup.exe keeps balking at the last operation - it cannot "recognize" the USB connection.
having exercised what little geekery native to my noggin, I know it is missing several dll files... however, upon "update driver" it insists I already have installed the best driver.
the OS on this POS Compaq is win98.
all I can guess is that the fact that the driver section on the Canon disk labelled "win9598" is empty is the root of the problem... but I can't swear to that.
what the HELL, d00d?
HALP!!!
Bingo. I'd bet there are *no* drivers for Win98.
I'd try calling the help number, waiting on hold the requisite 30 minutes, and verifying that it will/will not install on that OS. Not much else you can do, really.
sounds like a PERFECT opportunity to force Doc to bite the damned bullet and buy a new damned Dell for this incredibly accursed satellite clinic.
good.
I'm heartily tired (can't you tell?) of having to come over here and troubleshoot the endless problems with the crap here. bad enough that the folks in this office are T.D.T.O. - we don't need the equipment to be retarded as well.
Considering that the PC would cost what? $400 or so? And it's a deductible business expense? Sounds like a no-brainer, unless she's getting your time for free...
getting Doc to get new equipment is often difficult... and she loathes computers generally.
otoh, I seem to have found a downloadable win98-2k driver package on the Canon website.
it just finished downloading - I love broadband.
we'll see how *that* goes...
I also don't share many of the major complaints about the last book.
For example, the death of R.F.
A lot of fans seem disappointed that he didn't have a final duel with Roland-I'm still a bit hazy on whether or not Marten's/Flagg's death in the Keystone End-World means that he won't reappear in the next chapter of Roland's quest once he repeats it-but I thought it was a good way of resolving a lot of issues.
Throughout the series-and throughout King's career-Flagg is portrayed as a character that is essentially bottomless appetite.
Completely selfish, with no emotional attachments and no conscience to speak of.
I thought that him being finished off by the spawn of the Red King and the last in the Line of Eld was appropriate.
Modred is appetite, but there is also a lingering guilt-some faint connection to humanity-that is missing in Flagg.
Also, the critique of the final part of The Red Fields of Can-Ko-Rey is a bit overblown, IMO.
Yes, the Crimson King was less than imposing-who wants to see the Devil incarnate being portrayed as an addled Santa Claus impersonator with a few nifty hand grenades-but I think that was also appropriate.
The climax of this novel had already occurred-in Devar Toi, when the breakers were released and the remaining two beams were saved, so I don't think readers should have expected a climactic moment between the Red King and Roland.
The Crimson King was the embodiment of evil, insofar as he represented the most base-and in some ways, trivial-desires that have characterized Roland's quest, and the misfortunes of so many others-both villains and heroes-throughout this epic novel.
Simple greed, lust, sloth, etc., basic emotions expressed in their most concrete form.
The banality of evil, in other words.
So there was no need-in my opinion-for some mystical, apocalyptic battle between the Crimson King and Roland.
His real enemy was his own insatiable desire for the Tower-the roses calling him towards it-not the man who was attempting to destroy it.
The Crimson King was merely another obstacle to be overcome.
Also, I thought the conclusion-the final one, not the cheesy ending with Susannah in New York-was perfect.
I don't consider it original-I don't know why any King fan would describe it as original, especially if they've read The Stand-but it was definitely appropriate.
LOL.
That sounds like the title of the sort of Pope that would be in a Monty Python sketch.
:-)
I thought Mordred was a good addition. I liked the way he dispatched Marten/Flagg...it was quite fitting, I thought. but of course, my almost immediate question was, "What is King going to do for a 'bad guy,' now?"
I also liked the "demise" of the Crimson King, and I agree with you...the "reunion" wasn't the end. It had happened much earlier.
I wanted to read the entire thing from beginning to end because I wanted to feel it. I did that. I think the Tower was actually the end of the story, in my mind, at least. The roses were "fluff."
It could have been edited, I think, and some parts left out, and it would still have been a good story. I will buy the Song Of Susannah, just so I can have all the books handy for the next time I feel like reading it. I may get more out of it the second time. ;o]
Thanks! I'll check that out tomorrow.
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