Big Frickin' Swede

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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.

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Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Jul 16

Yeah, kind of like death glider curved into a more circular shape. That's it in the background of the tower from Season 3, Ep. 1

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Apr 12

Feels like the terms "girly" and "manly" cover the issues for any differences in job growth, and the use of the terms exacerbates the conditions the headline is trying to describe.

An April 2026 NPR article preview stating that many new jobs in the past year have gone to women and that "we need to embrace ways to make girly jobs appeal to manly men."

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Jan 24

Sometimes they don't have the slightest clue what I want. But they do this time. They got me. Take my money already. #AKnightsTale

Poster for 25th Anniversary re-release and 4K restoration of A Knights Tale. Over a red background, Heath Ledger in armor is looking over his shoulder, sword in hand, above the movie's credits.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Jun 7

We took Ronan with us to check out Warroad not long ago! He enjoyed watching the birds outside the window of the place we rented--it was right on the river.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Jun 7

Whenever I see one of these, I imagine the Ben Affleck smoking meme playing in the head of all the historians I follow.

Ben Affleck smoking. His eyes are closed, his head tilted slightly back, and he is so very tired of all this crap.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Nov 16

Pushing Daisies got two seasons, but it deserved much, much more.

Series poster of Pushing Daisies, with main characters Ned and Chuck laying on vibrant grass over brown dirt, with one vibrant daisy growing up between the two characters.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Nov 3

Repost with a banger pic of your cat.

A chocolate seal-point siamese (light brown body with dark brown fur around his face, paws, and tail) lies on top of his cat-condo, staring intently into the camera. He is the definition of a curious, mischievous cat.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Sep 30

Yesterday's results! I use Bon Appetit's method of getting the dough out of the bowl (with forks and folding in) to keep my hands cleaner. I don't mind it looking a bit "rustic," so I don't bother with shaping, either: dutch oven does most of the work there.

A circular loaf of white bread on a black cooling rack, the crust is a wonderful gold color, darkening to light brown here and there.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Sep 17

Wow, I was semi-early! Kind of fun... I'll admit the image sharing was a good idea and gives you a "one of us!" kind of feeling.

Bsky's image celebrating 10 million users, saying Big Frickin' Swede was # 267,406.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Jun 17

A lake view of the sun setting. The waves are gentle and there is a bright spot of orange on the dark horizon not covered up by the line of dark blue clouds surrounding it.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· May 22

U2's Achtung Baby for me, though runner-up would be Fashion Nugget by Cake. Hit singles aplenty on both, but every song on each is solid: just a pleasure to listen through both in their entirety.

A square montage of square photographs arranged in a 4 by 4 grid. The photographs are mostly blue and red in tint, but some are monochrome. They are candid in nature and mostly show four men in various locations, including in an empty street, a crowded festival, under a bridge, in a car, and standing on sand. One photograph is a close-up of a man's hand wearing two rings bearing the characters "U" and "2".

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Mar 29

Picked up this and War from a girl in my junior high orchestra for only a few bucks. It was a steal and is still one of my favorites of their albums.

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Nov 19

Highly recommend the 8 ep. run of Lockwood and Co: Great adaptation of a YA series where ghosts awakened 50 years ago. The main trio of characters are strong and have a great supporting cast. World-building feels real as well, with criminals and the rich finding new ways to profit from the mayhem.

A Lockwood and co. promotional image, with a young woman in the foreground pointing a rapier at something off camera, backed by two young men who are also holding rapiers (in dramatic poses, of course).

Big Frickin' Swede@bigfrickinswede· Nov 18

This Hobby Lobby commercial bugs me: part of the gift is doing dishes and folding laundry he should have been helping do all along, and they're celebrating him getting like $5 at most for some game controllers to decorate a Christmas tree. But hey, it's the holidays and his mom works hard! So yay!