So, I just finished up some work for Mitch Wilder, the guy who does TV's "The Pet Report" and hosts "Amazing Pet Discoveries" on the radio. He's launching a new website soon and needed some copy writing done, etc. (more to follow when the site launches).
However, none of this is my point. The point is that when we were chatting it came up that I live in Bangor, Maine. Thankfully, as a home-bred Canadian, Mitch knew where Maine is, but you'd be surprised how many people think we live up near Alaska! But, alas, he did not know of Bangor.
So, of course, I had to use the standard line: It's where Stephen King lives.
And, furthermore, explain that to us (read: Native Bangorians) he's just another guy who may be at the grocery store, the local Y or wherever else people go around here.
Don't get me wrong, I like Stephen King as much as anyone else. I even took a bizarre, but excellent, class in college called "The Literature of Stephen King," but I have to wonder whether this is the best way to tell people where it is that I live.
It's certainly more interesting than the standard Mainer way:
Well, you come into the state at Kittery, go past Portland and drive up north for a couple of hours. And there you are.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
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Hey Amanda / I used to live in Bangor & as a part time job during high school i worked at Hammond Street Video near Steven King's house & he used to come in all the time & buy beer & rent movies!
That's exactly it, Katie! Just another guy in town. I used to babysit the little girls in the house next door when I was young. Tragically, one of them died as a young adult. Stephen and Tabitha King very touchingly named the aquatic center they donated to Bangor after her.
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