D. J. Reddall
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I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Begging the Question
A moment ago, I was thoroughly immersed in the ghastly, fascinating fictional world of AMC's Anne Rice's Interview With the Vampire, S1: E4. I was happy to see this series appear on Crave, a Canadian streaming platform that grants subscribers access to all sorts of HBO Max, AMC and STARZ content. As the brief clip below will confirm, this series is excellent, largely by virtue of the fact that it is devoutly faithful to Rice's bewitching prose in a surprising number of cases; in fact, the dialogue often rehearses the manuscript verbatim:
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Geeks
Crisp & Even. Top Story - December 2024.
“Who was Stephen, m’lord? He is a saint or prophet I assume, but do you know why he is worthy of a feast?” The king looked pleased, as he often did when I asked him questions. Despite his growing reputation as a font of Christian virtues like patience and hope, he mostly seems as if ordinary things vex him, but not questions. He is tall and strong; the silver in his hair and beard command respect without spreading seditious rumors about his advancing age.
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Families
The Keenest of Lessons
Just imagine for a moment that you are teaching a class. One of the topics that you have discussed with the students in the class is irony. You’ve done plenty of reading about irony and thinking about irony; you think you understand it well enough to explain the basics to some people who know little or nothing about it. So, you indicate that irony is the gap between apparent meaning and real meaning.
By D. J. Reddallabout a year ago in Education
