On Samsung

Anyway, in UNDER THE DOME King wants up to believe that a coalition of this small town's three politicians and a hellfire preacher, plus a chicken farmer and funeral home owning family would go into the meth business, and in a big big way. And that they would steal propane from the town to cook it up with, though not on Samsung cookers I'm sure. I could see small town politicians and cops taking bribes from actual meth dealers and makers. I'm sure that happens. But to make these small town guys the biggest meth manufacturers in North America just strains credibility past the breaking point. King is too obviously expressing his personal dislike of hellfire preachers and some small town politicians.

On outdoor fireplaces

I've been reading a recent book by Stephen King. It may even be his latest, though I'm not sure about that, UNDER THE DOME. It's sort of interesting, but far from his best. But it's also far from his worst. It's not as overtly politically correct as some of the book he wrote around the early 1990s, which is a relief -- although he does make it clear where he stands by having the evil main character dislike President Obama -- but it also lacks intensity. For reasons still unknown, a forcefield dome is now covering a small Maine town. It goes high enough to affect the weather, and the air is slowly getting rough. It's not a good time to use outdoor fireplaces, for example, but there's a shortage of propane, because we're asked to believe this town is a huge manufacturer of methamphetamine by its most powerful citizens. Not likely. Not to mention he doesn't mention why people don't smell the lab. They smell a lot, which is why they're often placed way out in the boonies in the Ozarks, far away from other houses.