Kubrick's version of The Shining was an excellent Kubrick experience but not a Stephen King one. The novel as always holds more creativity and enjoyment. The ending in King's Shining is very different. But ofcourse many scenes are similar but differences always big and small. In the novel Jack wanted twenty martinis all lined up intending to drink himself sorry, instead of the bourbon in the movie when he encounteres Lloyd during his delusions, and the maze was more dangerous I'll say.

His more recent ones like Cell are exciting aswell, but if you don't read I'd suggest to start out with some short stories he's written for a quick adventure. Off key here but I always recommend Roald Dahl's short stories, like Lambs to the Slaughter or Beware of the Dog. They take ten minutes to read and are great to lift you from the real world.

PM me if you have a question I've been playing for a long time.

It's all natural to memorize the chords to where your hand will fall into place right away so you can even watch someone play a chord progression and instantly play along with them.

I never mentioned any "heavy metal" aspects of playing. Most metal music is always downtuned, to make a powerchord accessable with one finger for fast power chord playing. Things like palm muting to get crunching notes and alternating, and down picking practice are the road to metal.

For example the intro the A7X's song Unholy Confessions is a wonderful example of down picking and palm muting one string while playing the other open.

Metallica's Master of Puppets :20 seconds into the song the riff is a phenomenal example of good up and down alternate picking between two strings to create the desired rapid notes flying at your face effect.

Another mention, many people regard Kirk Hammett as an pentatonic abuser, a simple but effect blues and rock scale that you should learn. That said, mastering that scale will enable to you learn many solos just by ear even.

Also for the A7X player, his opening to solos sound amazingly complex but it's only quick quintuplet notes down on one string, then the next one after, then the next string after, followed by a sweep to lead to another quick descent of more quintuplets producing a crazy sounding solo.

It's all really simple stuff, and sorry for ranting about the two guitarists up top I enjoy both bands I'm just cynical when it comes to guitar playing,

It's alot easier to develop muscle memory and learn chords and notes by ear and tabalature before you take on theory.

Soon you can match chords with their same note on the low E string, and go on from there. After this learn anything that inspires you, pay for a teacher, take classes at school, and play every single day.

After you've physically learned your instrument and tuned your ear, it might be much easier to observe and learn theory. It will all fall into place and you'll discover theory that will advance you to even higher levels of playing.

Keep yourself interested, every once in awhile challenge yourself with a new trick or technique.

I reccommend two handed tapping, pinch harmonics(those screaming squeals got to get the sweet spot on the string with your thumb and pick), pentatonic scale play it up and down, and soon it will turn into a field of rock n roll or blues lead and solo notes and bends. And lastly sweep picking, remember to focus on the picking hand because you are just playing a chord one note at a time in a fluid strum.

Keep rocking and my last advice is too remember other musicians or famous ones when you struggle, and that it's playing and practicing whenever possible. And the thing about muscle memory is that after you've played so much you can rock riffs or progressions with the axe on your back, or blindfolded, or while even talking to another person. After that you can begin singing and playing at the same time, alot of people struggle with starting that because you need to learn the instrument first.

They honestly don't need graphic pictures here in the US. People are already well informed and the kids see this stuff in 3D in health class by now. When I visit the lower 48 states(I am from alaska not contiguous) basically I'm a marked man.

It's kind of a goofy thing I do but I collect every cigarette packaging I purchase. Similar to my brother when young he use to buy all kinds of bottles of liquor and collect them too and still has today.

I really enjoyed what they did this time it was interesting. An enlightening episode of South Park, hell they could do more serious episodes and I'd still watch as I have since season one.

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I don't think you get it that every retired person isn't in a coma and/or a vegetable and that just normal health costs for the elderly who still function fine can be costly because they need medication or therapy to function properly.

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Elderly people have been paying payroll taxes their entire lives, and that all goes towards Social Security and Medicare. They are, in effect, doing exactly what you are suggesting they do, that being putting money aside so they will have it when they are old, except now you are saying, hold on a second there, they shouldn't be able to make use of that money they've been paying into the system because they're old.

It's not "free healthcare"; it's the healthcare they've been paying for their entire life so they'd have it when they retire.

Thank you GabuEx for proving how much he really understands. Not sure where he's getting the vegetable bed stricken thing from. Maybe he just read Johnny got his gun.

Buy lots of meat and have a BBQ.Lonelynight

Actually this is your best bet. On a nice day have a BBQ on a deck in someones backyard.

Get a stereo, a table and plastic cups. Buy alot of soda and play "root beer" pong.

People can be competetive, eat, and mingle along with the tunes. Everyone can be involved and enjoy the summer sun.

When i'm 75, and my heart fails (as you have foretold) I'm sure i'll be happy that my life has been great, and i'll understand that everyone has an end. I'd rather die in my sleep, than in a hospital bed hooked up to 8-12 different machines to help me breathe, eat, and perform basic bodily functions. Maybe it's just me?Nibroc420

What a tremendous end to an epic life! I can see it now so vividly in my mind, one day at 4:20 you will be inspired to leave your computer and go on an epic quest to pull the plugs of as many vegetables as you can endure to save the glorious money!

This journey is long and hard, infact so long that you'll be 110 by the time its over. Then as you sit in your inextricable state your beloved children will pull your plug.

Because they possessed the math wrath perk, they deduced if you had X more years to live then they would gladly cut it short for 100,000$ they most definitely would receive.

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It's funny how you think that they will end up nearly comatose when actually they do come back like that or dead.

Nibroc420

If someone wants to be hooked up to medical equipment for the last 20 years of their life, from 90-110 or whatever, than they should pay for it.

Nope, Sitting on your ***, getting free $$$, and having the government pay all your medical bills is way easier.

Thank you for informing us that you absolutely know nothing. And we now know you would pull your 110 yearold's grandpas plug at any chance you had all just because he's costing you big time. His long life and hard work raising your parent and basically responsible for your genes and very existance and placement in this world earns no respect from you! Just a quick "thanks for sitting on your bum, and enjoying the free ride" with a sharp flat line from the heart monitor. *rolls eyes in dramatic fanshion*

Oh well.

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Medicare primarily covers the elderly, whose medical costs are sufficiently high in the aggregate that it would be unprofitable for private insurance companies to cover them.

Nibroc420

It's worth it to alot of people and changes lots of lives. I know veterans and old guys who have lived well past there expiration date.

They do take heavy amounts of pills received from VA, medicare, and medicaid: But atleast they're happy all the time and functioning :]

You are very naive and quick to be bleak. It isn't like that at all, 70-110? Are we talking about World War 2 or something? You don't have to conform to anything. You're sitting at a computer stuffing your face at this moment why would you care about starvation?

It's funny how you think that they will end up nearly comatose when actually they do come back like that or dead.

The fact is it's better for someone to have their father come back, receive help, and start promoting a normal life again.

Instead of having them return a crazy recluse and thanking your country for eliminating that loved person from your life in any conventional sense.