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King, redux

I finished (again) The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass last week, or possibly early this week (I didn't keep track). This is definitely the book where the foreshadowing gets irritating, and perhaps not coincidentally this is the book that more-or-less spans King's career. In the author's note he says that a particular section of the book was a mere sixteen-hour interval, where in real life it was, I dunno, 26 years or some such gap.
( potential spoilers and what not )

responsibility, or lack thereof

There's a TV programme on right now about middle-class debt (I kid you not), and there are people who are saying things like "I know I'm in debt, but the banks make it so easy", and "everyone buys on credit", and "credit cards are being pushed at me constantly", and blah blah blah. These people all have houses; one of their cases has FOUR HOUSES. Really, people. Get a grip, take some responsibility for your own actions, and SHUT UP. I know people in genuine financial difficulty, and YOU ARE NOT THEM.

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