I think he DID mean it that way, is the kicker. Old fashioned pagan sexmagick. Didn’t quite hit the mark

The Raft was written for a men’s magazine (Cavalier?) that requires sex in their stories. Being a starving artist at the time, he obliged.

The Losers were bound by The Forces that Run Things to fight It. Having defeated It for the time being, their bond was broken. Bev used her idea of sex magic, essentially, to rebond them, and bring back their powers, Eddies tracking ability specifically.

Given he had three children by a very feminist wife by the time he wrote It, I think he had an idea of how women work. I think he was trying for something and missed the target.

It was absolutely her idea, and the boys are not eager.

Nah, she finishes with Ben first, and again with Bill. Stan doesn’t finish at all, maybe, and that’s why he kills himaelf... or so a theory sex.

It does my scabby old heart good to see Filliam h Muffman is still going strong.

 I always THOUGHT you got your name from Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, and this confirms it!

She’s good, but she’s no Riley

Hint: it doesn’t end well

How many monkey butlers will there be?

Say WHAT now? Uh uh. That can’t happen. THOHH is my 2nd favorite novel after Rebecca, and I can’t abide people fucking with it. I’ll never forgive Jan deBont. And an ORIGIN story?! Arghhhhhh!

Verily, yonder Captain doth mangle the Queen’s good English with his churlish mendacities.

Which one?

I hope she said no. And then he went to prom alone. And got salmonella from the chicken.

I punched a Nazi for you, baby. Prom?

This commercial could be seen as a spiritual successor to Eraserhead, which is all about the horrors of sex, pregnancy, and parenthood.

There’s a good overview of this story in the fascinating book The Poisoners Handbook by Deborah Blum. Its both a history of poisonings and the story of the first Forensic science lab in America. I highly recommend it.

Ah yes, the orange uranium glazed Fiestaware! Simpler times...

Market pressures, of course!