On the subject of Stephen King copout endings, there's also the giant alien spider from It. Now, I'm willing to give King a little more leeway on this one, because he really wrote himself into a corner on this one. He spent a bazillion pages building up a great big evil presence. then had to come up with something physical to pay it off. Really, what else was there? But it was kind of lame that the bad guy ended being a big spider from another galaxy.
The more I think about The Stand, the more it pisses me off.

Could be worse

Gwen and I have been discussing ways to tighten our belts with soaring gas prices putting the hurt on me and my 100+ miles of driving a day. We aren't in any kind of trouble, so don't worry, we just want to make sure we don't get there.
I filled up at 2.99 last night, and I have a feeling that will be considered cheap pretty soon.
Well, at least 80 percent of my hometown isn't underwater. So I got that.