Big Frickin' Swede
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Big Frickin' Swede
@bigfrickinswede.bsky.social
Neal Gilbert Redman: Creative writer, English and Writing professor, occasional blogger extraordinaire, VCFA alum, and, you guessed it, Swede(ish-American). Profile picture by jammyness.bsky.social

Spouse to @mlisrevenge.bsky.social, kitty-dad to Ronan.
Oh, my dad's going to have a slight sad. He's from Wisconsin but went to U of MN, so he defaults to Wisconsin first, Minnesota second for everything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In the aughts, I had one college student want to argue that while he was bad, he was a good leader, and young, silly me thought I had to be okay with such a terrible topic (encourage student interests, or something?). Thankfully they switched.
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I feel like I am so leery of being "obvious" or "in your face" that I can easily err into the territory of a reader not even knowing a character point, theme, etc. 😅
November 24, 2025 at 1:11 AM
100%. Depends on the institution, of course, but often a bigger issue than pay is course sizes and course loads, none of which are at a good point for faculty or students and their learning.
November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Fan of the Goron myself, but I'm worried how well those big chunks of friendly rock will translate to cinematic realism!
November 18, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Considering live-action actually means "digital animation made to look photo-realistic" I can't even with these. All the charm of the original animation drained out for... a husk that doesn't have any magic remaining.
November 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Damnit, I was feeling all weird about it because it wasn't the same mysterious Predator vibe from the original (what, no stealth, no mask?), but... you all are making me want to see it. Sounds like the movie's being what it wants and needs to be.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He had such range, too. I remember being shocked when I realized the detective character I liked in High and Low was the same actor who played the no-good villain in Yojimbo.
November 12, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Deep cut--I see what you're doing there and can remember Catherine Zeta-Jones saying it!
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Sure, there are limitations to 1st person, like there is with any voice. But those stipulations almost make it sound like 1st person is a brand new, in-vogue thing to do in literature. It's not new and a lot of literature (YA or otherwise) makes it work well!
October 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Yeesh, they talked about simplicity when they went right for the simplicity of a logical fallacy for their two options!
October 17, 2025 at 10:23 PM