Joe McCartney
@mccartneyjoe.bsky.social
“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”
Freezing, and nearly festive.
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Freezing, and nearly festive.
“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
#PhantomsFriday #40s
November 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
“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
#PhantomsFriday #40s
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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
#UlsterOrchestra
November 27, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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
#UlsterOrchestra
“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
“... 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
November 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“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
“... 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
“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” ~ Freddie Mercury.
#FreddieMercury
#FreddieMercury
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
“I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.” ~ Freddie Mercury.
#FreddieMercury
#FreddieMercury
November 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the joint themes. So many wonderful contributions.
November 23, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Another great #ShakespeareSunday thanks to @hollowcrownfans.bsky.social for the joint themes. So many wonderful contributions.
"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
#ShakespeareSunday #Madonna
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"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
#ShakespeareSunday #Madonna
“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
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
November 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“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
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
“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
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
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 PM
“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
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
“... but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree ...” ~ The Merchant of Venice (A1,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“... but a hot temper leaps o’er a cold decree ...” ~ The Merchant of Venice (A1,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
#ShakespeareSunday #Film
The foyer of the Lanyon Building in Queen's University Belfast.
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
November 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The foyer of the Lanyon Building in Queen's University Belfast.
#StainedGlassSunday
#StainedGlassSunday
“But yet methinks it is very sultry and hot for my complexion.” ~ Hamlet (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #KathyBurke #HarryEnfield
#ShakespeareSunday #KathyBurke #HarryEnfield
November 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
“But yet methinks it is very sultry and hot for my complexion.” ~ Hamlet (A5,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #KathyBurke #HarryEnfield
#ShakespeareSunday #KathyBurke #HarryEnfield
November 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
"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
#ShakespeareSunday #Broadway #ArthurMiller
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"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
#ShakespeareSunday #Broadway #ArthurMiller
“She feedeth on the steam as on a prey, and calls it heavenly moisture, air of grace;” ~ Venus and Adonis.
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“She feedeth on the steam as on a prey, and calls it heavenly moisture, air of grace;” ~ Venus and Adonis.
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
“ ... cold snow melts with the Sun's hot beams.” ~ Henry VI Pt2 (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars #RetroGaming
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars #RetroGaming
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“ ... cold snow melts with the Sun's hot beams.” ~ Henry VI Pt2 (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars #RetroGaming
#ShakespeareSunday #StarWars #RetroGaming
“ 'tis a figure trenched in ice!” ~ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
November 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“ 'tis a figure trenched in ice!” ~ The Two Gentlemen of Verona (A3,S2).
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
“O, take this warm kiss on thy pale cold lips ...” ~ Titus Andronicus (A5,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MrFreeze
#ShakespeareSunday #MrFreeze
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 AM
“O, take this warm kiss on thy pale cold lips ...” ~ Titus Andronicus (A5,S3).
#ShakespeareSunday #MrFreeze
#ShakespeareSunday #MrFreeze
Earlier this week, on a stroll through Dublin.
#PostboxSaturday
#PostboxSaturday
November 22, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Earlier this week, on a stroll through Dublin.
#PostboxSaturday
#PostboxSaturday
“Now we have reached the trees, the beautiful trees. Never so beautiful as today. Imagine the effect of a straight regular double avenue of oaks, nearly a mile long, arching overhead, closing into perspective like the roof and columns of a cathedral.” ~ Our Village (1893), M.R.Mitford.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
“Now we have reached the trees, the beautiful trees. Never so beautiful as today. Imagine the effect of a straight regular double avenue of oaks, nearly a mile long, arching overhead, closing into perspective like the roof and columns of a cathedral.” ~ Our Village (1893), M.R.Mitford.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
“When I came back everything would be just the same, the old house, the red roofs of the village sloping down to the bridge, the Stour, banked with reeds, a mill in the crook of its arm, rooks in the elms and dusk on the Suffolk hills.” ~ Cobbers (1934), Thomas Wood.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
November 22, 2025 at 11:02 AM
“When I came back everything would be just the same, the old house, the red roofs of the village sloping down to the bridge, the Stour, banked with reeds, a mill in the crook of its arm, rooks in the elms and dusk on the Suffolk hills.” ~ Cobbers (1934), Thomas Wood.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
The best of both.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The best of both.
“I remember how awful it was when I was a new girl, Sue, but don't be nervous. I'll be right by your side. Remember only you can see or hear me. Because I've chosen to be your friend.” ~ Ghostly Gloria, in the 'Bunty' pocket sized comic issue #144 from 1975.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 AM
“I remember how awful it was when I was a new girl, Sue, but don't be nervous. I'll be right by your side. Remember only you can see or hear me. Because I've chosen to be your friend.” ~ Ghostly Gloria, in the 'Bunty' pocket sized comic issue #144 from 1975.
#PhantomsFriday
#PhantomsFriday