Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
With me it was the 'Crunch and Munch' - toffee popcorn with peanuts - good thing I only bought one box
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Mmmmmm...toffee!! I haven't had any homemade stuff in years. I could always go out and buy a Heath bar, but I'm always worried about my teeth!
Neesy
#1 fan (Annie Wilkes cousin) 1st cousin Mom's side
I was at 6666 unread posts and now I am down to 5555!
You're doing way better than me-- I always hover at the 13,000 level of unread posts… I can't keep up with y'all!
Homemade is AMAZING (and I rarely use that word-lol). However, I can't resist it if it's in the house, so it only gets made once a yearMmmmmm...toffee!! I haven't had any homemade stuff in years. I could always go out and buy a Heath bar, but I'm always worried about my teeth!
Same goes for homemade shortbread cookies. I know my limits
Do you use chocolate and any type of nuts on the homemade toffee? That's the best kind I ever had!Homemade is AMAZING (and I rarely use that word-lol). However, I can't resist it if it's in the house, so it only gets made once a year
I thought this was interesting. It's a long interview, but time worthy. Chris Rock is smart.
Chris Rock on Ferguson, Cosby, and Obama -- Vulture
Chris Rock on Ferguson, Cosby, and Obama -- Vulture
I'll be glad to take some from you! LOL.
***** Q and A With King *****
-----------►►►Something to Ponder........Do you think kids of today need more encouraging to read? Do you encourage your young family members/friends to read more?
(Ken Tucker, interviewer, May 2013)
Q: When your kids were young, did you read to them?
A: Oh, yeah. And they read to me, because I would pay them $10 a cassette tape. They read me books that I just shoved into their hands. I think my daughter, Naomi, must’ve read me all of Wilbur Smith’s novels, one after another. When she was 14, she read me a book called Raven, about the Jonestown thing. You know, the Reverend Jim Jones? Drinking the Kool-Aid?
Q: Wait a minute—you made a 14-year-old read you a book about the Jonestown suicide cult?
A: [laughs] Yeah, I absolutely did. And at the end of it, she said, “Dad, yuck.” When Naomi was 5 and Joe was maybe 3—Owen wasn’t born yet—sometimes in the afternoon Tabby would say, “I can’t deal with it anymore, Steve. I’m going to lie down.” These kids would be tearing all over the house, and I’d be trying to think of something I could do with them. One day, out of desperation, I got a couple of Spider-Man comic books. I didn’t expect much, but they went nuts for that stuff. All of them read early. Owen and Naomi read at 2 or something. They were amazing that way.
Q: Do you think that reading occupies the same importance for kids today?
A: No, absolutely not. I think it’s because they’re so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read—girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.
I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada last year with high school kids. These were the bright kids, Ken; they all have computers, but they can’t spell. Because spell-check won’t [help] you if you don’t know through from threw. I told them, “If you can read in the 21st century, you own the world.” Because you learn to write from reading. But there are so many other byways for the consciousness to go down now; it makes me uneasy.
-----------►►►Something to Ponder........Do you think kids of today need more encouraging to read? Do you encourage your young family members/friends to read more?
(Ken Tucker, interviewer, May 2013)
Q: When your kids were young, did you read to them?
A: Oh, yeah. And they read to me, because I would pay them $10 a cassette tape. They read me books that I just shoved into their hands. I think my daughter, Naomi, must’ve read me all of Wilbur Smith’s novels, one after another. When she was 14, she read me a book called Raven, about the Jonestown thing. You know, the Reverend Jim Jones? Drinking the Kool-Aid?
Q: Wait a minute—you made a 14-year-old read you a book about the Jonestown suicide cult?
A: [laughs] Yeah, I absolutely did. And at the end of it, she said, “Dad, yuck.” When Naomi was 5 and Joe was maybe 3—Owen wasn’t born yet—sometimes in the afternoon Tabby would say, “I can’t deal with it anymore, Steve. I’m going to lie down.” These kids would be tearing all over the house, and I’d be trying to think of something I could do with them. One day, out of desperation, I got a couple of Spider-Man comic books. I didn’t expect much, but they went nuts for that stuff. All of them read early. Owen and Naomi read at 2 or something. They were amazing that way.
Q: Do you think that reading occupies the same importance for kids today?
A: No, absolutely not. I think it’s because they’re so screen-oriented [TVs, computers, smartphones]. They do read—girls in particular read a lot. They have a tendency to go toward the paranormal, romances, Twilight and stuff like that. And then it starts to taper off because other things take precedence, like the Kardashian sisters.
I did a couple of writing seminars in Canada last year with high school kids. These were the bright kids, Ken; they all have computers, but they can’t spell. Because spell-check won’t [help] you if you don’t know through from threw. I told them, “If you can read in the 21st century, you own the world.” Because you learn to write from reading. But there are so many other byways for the consciousness to go down now; it makes me uneasy.
Sometimes when I crawl in bed with my wife and squeeze her tight in a spoon she poots on me.
I have a theory which is similar to the every time a bell rings an angel gets it's wings thing. My theory is that every time a Kardashian is mentioned the devil laughs.
Random description of works of Stephen King.
According to my father The Langoliers is "that one where pac-man eats everything"
According to my father The Langoliers is "that one where pac-man eats everything"
Apparently she needs the squeeze.
About 3/4 through Revival, and mainly it just makes me sad. Such bitterness and disillusion with life...
Remember, the antagonist Jacobs was disillusioned before losing his wife and child.
Jacobs doesn't bother me--it's more the narrative voice.
Chocolate melted on top. My mom sent over another little bag (thank goodness!), but it's gone, too. *whew*Do you use chocolate and any type of nuts on the homemade toffee? That's the best kind I ever had!
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