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Joe McCartney
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“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”
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“The sooner we get out of this spooky old joint, the better I like it.” ~ The Three Stooges in 'The Ghost Talks'. This funny 1949 short starred Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, and Moe Howard.
#PhantomsFriday #40s
Four screenshots from The Three Stooges short 'The Ghost Talks'. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard.
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Birthday wishes to Randy Newman, born 28th November, 1943.
#BOTD #RandyNewman
Vinyl record cover with a closeup of Randy Newman.
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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Earlier today, I attended a performance of the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Michael Collins. The programme consisted of a work by the Grammy-winning composer Jessie Montgomery, Weber's Konzertstück in F minor, and finally Mozart's Symphony 39 in E-flat.
#UlsterOrchestra
Old lamp standard. A trio of bulbs.
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🔥🐦‍⬛🔥In Native American myth, the Raven - originally a white bird - brought the gift of fire to humans, but the heat and smoke from the flaming brand it bravely carried, scorched its feathers black.
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday #FolkloreThursday #FolkyFriday #FolkloreSunday
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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There is much Irish folklore of how robin got their redbreast. One scrap of lore says it was when robin flew into hell bringing water to the lost souls... 🎨Anster-Fitzgerald
#WyrdWednesday #LegendaryWednesday
A large robin defends its clutch of eggs by flying above its nest towards a yellow winged fairy that is threatening it with a thorn held like a sword.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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“C'Mon, Kara ... Don't give up. You'll make it. Pl ... please stay with us.” ~ Superman.
“... I can't. B ... but it's okay ... I knew what I was doing ... I wanted ... wanted you to be safe...” ~ Supergirl.
The Death of Supergirl in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'.
#WyrdWednesday #80s
Superman and Supergirl meet for the first time on Earth on this DC comics advertising poster.
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” ~ Freddie Mercury.
#FreddieMercury
Portrait of Freddie Mercury, wearing a Flash Gordon t-shirt.
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Sad news, Jimmy Cliff, has passed, he was 81.
#JimmyCliff #TracksOfMyYears
Portrait of singer Jimmy Cliff.
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the joint themes. So many wonderful contributions.
Getting all streamed up over a little ironing.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"Hot blood begets hot thoughts, And hot thoughts beget hot deeds, And hot deeds is love"

~ Troilus and Cressida - Act 3. Sc. I
#shakespearesunday

#scottpilgrimvstheworld
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"For, writing of her eyes, I’ll say that like a glass they catch the sun, and thence the hot reflection doth rebound against the breast, and burns my heart within." ~ Edward III (A2,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #Madonna
Black and white reflection of Madonna.
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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“O, I could prophesy, but that the earthy and cold hand of death lies on my tongue” ~ Henry IV Pt.1 (A5,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
Cleopatra and Mark Antony suddenly decided that things weren't adding up in their relationship.
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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“Mounted upon a hot and fiery steed
Which his aspiring rider seem'd to know,
With slow but stately pace kept on his course,
Whilst all ... cried.” ~ Richard II (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
Movie poster for 'Speed', featuring Keanu Reeves and a burning bus.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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“... but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree ...” ~ The Merchant of Venice (A1,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
Trying to get home for Thanksgiving. A mismatched pair carrying a trunk and some hand luggage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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The foyer of the Lanyon Building in Queen's University Belfast.
#StainedGlassSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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“But yet methinks it is very sultry and hot for my complexion.” ~ Hamlet (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #KathyBurke #HarryEnfield
Kathy Burke and Harry Enfield enjoying Summer in the sea.
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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"The air bites shrewdly; it is very cold." ~ Hamlet (A1,S4).
#ShakespeareSunday #DoctorWho
The Doctor and Martha Jones enjoy a day out in Victorian London.
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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"The day is hot, and the weather, and the wars, and the king, and the dukes. It is no time to discourse." ~ Henry V (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Broadway #ArthurMiller
Theatre poster for Death of a Salesman.
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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“She feedeth on the steam as on a prey, and calls it heavenly moisture, air of grace;” ~ Venus and Adonis.
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
Buster Keaton on the footplate of the General steam locomotive.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Hot livers and cold purses. – Henry IV pt 1 A2,S4
#ShakespeareSunday 🎭 Theme: Hot & Cold
a man in a tuxedo says who 's hungry to a woman
ALT: a man in a tuxedo says who 's hungry to a woman
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November 23, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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"You stand in coldest expectation..."
Henry IV, part 2 A5 S2
#ShakespeareSunday #Batman
November 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
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“ ... cold snow melts with the Sun's hot beams.” ~ Henry VI Pt2 (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars #RetroGaming
Vintage cartridge computer game. The Empire and Rebels fight on the snowy surface and skies on Hoth.
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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“ 'tis a figure trenched in ice!” ~ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
Marvel Comics' hero Iceman fighting members of the Defenders, the Champions, and the original X-Men.
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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“O, take this warm kiss on thy pale cold lips ...” ~ Titus Andronicus (A5,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MrFreeze
DC comics' Mister Freeze places a hand on the unit keeping his wife alive.
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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“Forceless upon our backs there fall
Infrequent flakes hexagonal,
Devised in a curious style
To charm our safety for awhile
Where close to earth like mice we go
Under horizontal snow”

Edna St. Vincent Millay - The Snowstorm

#BookWormSat

🖼️ = Richard Bosman - Snowman (1984)
Black and white linocut of man walking in snow. Man is all black against a mostly white background of energetic white slashes and dots that represent snow
November 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM