My “wit” on twitter
- Michael Sheen’s wonderful & utterly deranged performance in the Twilight movies is bringing me much joy this cold evening. 20 hours ago
- This helps bring the blood pressure down whitehouse.gov/priorities/ 5 days ago
- Is this what hope and humanity feels like? Is this how it feels to take a full, deep, and calm breath? OK. Here we go. 5 days ago
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New Trailer Alert: Great Expectations
Confession time: I don’t particularly care for Charles Dickens. As a former English major, I know that is close to sacrilege for some, but I find the man just too darned wordy. I could barely make it through A Tale of Two … Continue reading
Characters for an Epic Tale – Create Your Own!
While the illustrator of this image calls them “epic tales”, almost all of thesethese characters seem to be directly out of fairy tales and mythology. (Technology-based characters aside, of course.) The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Charles Perrault, Andrew Lang*, … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew lang, Books, fair tales, fairy tale books, hans christian andersen, illustration, literature, the brothers grimm
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RIP Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury passed away yesterday at age 91. For anyone who has had any interest in science fiction, fantasy, and indeed fiction from the mid-20th century onward, Bradbury had an effect on them. Beyond Fahrenheit 451, probably his best known work, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Sound of Thunder, Fahrenheit 451, Fantasy, literature, Martian Chronicles, obituary, Ray Bradbury, science fiction
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