Joe McCartney
@mccartneyjoe.bsky.social
“This is some fellow, who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect a saucy roughness.”
Catching up with some reading on my library libby app. Remember to use your library, they are a very valuable asset.
#Reading #WinterOlympics #Prince #Aliens #BBC
#Reading #WinterOlympics #Prince #Aliens #BBC
January 29, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Catching up with some reading on my library libby app. Remember to use your library, they are a very valuable asset.
#Reading #WinterOlympics #Prince #Aliens #BBC
#Reading #WinterOlympics #Prince #Aliens #BBC
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#WyrdWednesday
The Honest Lawyer Pub [now closed] in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with its sign - a decapitated lawyer carrying his head under his arm ...
📷Hanla Franek
The Honest Lawyer Pub [now closed] in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with its sign - a decapitated lawyer carrying his head under his arm ...
📷Hanla Franek
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 PM
#WyrdWednesday
The Honest Lawyer Pub [now closed] in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with its sign - a decapitated lawyer carrying his head under his arm ...
📷Hanla Franek
The Honest Lawyer Pub [now closed] in Kings Lynn, Norfolk with its sign - a decapitated lawyer carrying his head under his arm ...
📷Hanla Franek
Reposted by Joe McCartney
Sometimes you just want to take your head off and carry it around, like St. Denis, patron saint of strife and headaches. Beheaded by the Roman governor, Denis picked up his head and carried it seven miles in Paris, preaching all the while. #WyrdWednesday
January 28, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Sometimes you just want to take your head off and carry it around, like St. Denis, patron saint of strife and headaches. Beheaded by the Roman governor, Denis picked up his head and carried it seven miles in Paris, preaching all the while. #WyrdWednesday
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“Losing one’s head” still means panic or desire overtaking sense. Language remembers what the body once feared. #WyrdWednesday
Art: Travis Chapman
Art: Travis Chapman
January 28, 2026 at 4:10 PM
“Losing one’s head” still means panic or desire overtaking sense. Language remembers what the body once feared. #WyrdWednesday
Art: Travis Chapman
Art: Travis Chapman
Reposted by Joe McCartney
#WyrdWednesday 💀
Some tales say the #Dullahan drives the cóiste bodhar—a rattling death coach forged from skulls, thigh-bone spokes, and worm-eaten funeral palls.
When he halts before your door and utters your name in that chilling whisper... your soul is claimed. You vanish into the mist!
Some tales say the #Dullahan drives the cóiste bodhar—a rattling death coach forged from skulls, thigh-bone spokes, and worm-eaten funeral palls.
When he halts before your door and utters your name in that chilling whisper... your soul is claimed. You vanish into the mist!
January 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
#WyrdWednesday 💀
Some tales say the #Dullahan drives the cóiste bodhar—a rattling death coach forged from skulls, thigh-bone spokes, and worm-eaten funeral palls.
When he halts before your door and utters your name in that chilling whisper... your soul is claimed. You vanish into the mist!
Some tales say the #Dullahan drives the cóiste bodhar—a rattling death coach forged from skulls, thigh-bone spokes, and worm-eaten funeral palls.
When he halts before your door and utters your name in that chilling whisper... your soul is claimed. You vanish into the mist!
"The HEADLESS HORROR was ready to strike but BULLETMAN swooped down from above."
A dramatic cover from Mac Raboy for Bulletman #4, published by Fawcett Publications.
#WyrdWednesday #40s
A dramatic cover from Mac Raboy for Bulletman #4, published by Fawcett Publications.
#WyrdWednesday #40s
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
"The HEADLESS HORROR was ready to strike but BULLETMAN swooped down from above."
A dramatic cover from Mac Raboy for Bulletman #4, published by Fawcett Publications.
#WyrdWednesday #40s
A dramatic cover from Mac Raboy for Bulletman #4, published by Fawcett Publications.
#WyrdWednesday #40s
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'L'Apparition' by Gustave Moreau 1874–1876
King Herod's birthday party is beginning to look legendary as Salome dances before the severed head of John the Babtist.
#wyrdwednesday #art
King Herod's birthday party is beginning to look legendary as Salome dances before the severed head of John the Babtist.
#wyrdwednesday #art
January 28, 2026 at 10:33 AM
'L'Apparition' by Gustave Moreau 1874–1876
King Herod's birthday party is beginning to look legendary as Salome dances before the severed head of John the Babtist.
#wyrdwednesday #art
King Herod's birthday party is beginning to look legendary as Salome dances before the severed head of John the Babtist.
#wyrdwednesday #art
'Null the Living Darkness' first appeared in The Defenders issue #103, back in January 1982. The character was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics #80s
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics #80s
January 28, 2026 at 10:54 AM
'Null the Living Darkness' first appeared in The Defenders issue #103, back in January 1982. The character was created by J. M. DeMatteis and Don Perlin.
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics #80s
#WyrdWednesday #MarvelComics #80s
"It's fun to put me together... the brain, ears, eyes, teeth and all organs, glands and muscles of the mouth and throat."
#WyrdWednesday #Advertising
#WyrdWednesday #Advertising
January 28, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"It's fun to put me together... the brain, ears, eyes, teeth and all organs, glands and muscles of the mouth and throat."
#WyrdWednesday #Advertising
#WyrdWednesday #Advertising
James Cromwell, born January 27th, 1940. Actor, producer, civil rights and animal activist.
#StarTrek #StarTrekFamily #JamesCromwell #ZeframCochrane
#StarTrek #StarTrekFamily #JamesCromwell #ZeframCochrane
January 27, 2026 at 9:04 AM
James Cromwell, born January 27th, 1940. Actor, producer, civil rights and animal activist.
#StarTrek #StarTrekFamily #JamesCromwell #ZeframCochrane
#StarTrek #StarTrekFamily #JamesCromwell #ZeframCochrane
January 26, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Earlier this evening. Excellent entertainment.
#TheFastShow
#TheFastShow
January 25, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Earlier this evening. Excellent entertainment.
#TheFastShow
#TheFastShow
"O heaven! that one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times." ~ Henry IV Pt.2 (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
January 25, 2026 at 11:02 AM
"O heaven! that one might read the book of fate, and see the revolution of the times." ~ Henry IV Pt.2 (A3,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
#ShakespeareSunday #FlicksOfMyYears
"No longer mourn for me when I am dead, than you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world." ~ Sonnet LXXI.
#ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics
#ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics
January 25, 2026 at 10:43 AM
"No longer mourn for me when I am dead, than you shall hear the surly sullen bell give warning to the world." ~ Sonnet LXXI.
#ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics
#ShakespeareSunday #DCcomics
January 25, 2026 at 10:34 AM
January 25, 2026 at 10:22 AM
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
“If I be waspish, best beware of my sting.” ~ The Taming of the Shrew (A2,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
January 25, 2026 at 5:43 AM
“If I be waspish, best beware of my sting.” ~ The Taming of the Shrew (A2,S1).
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
#ShakespeareSunday #MarvelComics
“‘You see, this man Shatterhand has created what I can only describe as a garden of death.’
Bond raised his eyebrows. Really, for the head of a national secret
service, Tiger’s metaphors were almost ridiculously dramatic.” ~ You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian Fleming.
#BookWormSat #JamesBond
Bond raised his eyebrows. Really, for the head of a national secret
service, Tiger’s metaphors were almost ridiculously dramatic.” ~ You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian Fleming.
#BookWormSat #JamesBond
January 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
“‘You see, this man Shatterhand has created what I can only describe as a garden of death.’
Bond raised his eyebrows. Really, for the head of a national secret
service, Tiger’s metaphors were almost ridiculously dramatic.” ~ You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian Fleming.
#BookWormSat #JamesBond
Bond raised his eyebrows. Really, for the head of a national secret
service, Tiger’s metaphors were almost ridiculously dramatic.” ~ You Only Live Twice (1964), Ian Fleming.
#BookWormSat #JamesBond
Reposted by Joe McCartney
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in-what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
#BookWormSat
🎨Roman Bozkhov
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
#BookWormSat
🎨Roman Bozkhov
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in-what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
#BookWormSat
🎨Roman Bozkhov
Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
#BookWormSat
🎨Roman Bozkhov
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“The fountains are dry and the roses over.
Incense of death. Your day approaches.
The pears fatten like little buddhas.
A blue mist is dragging the lake.”
✍️ Sylvia Plath, The Manor Garden
🖼️ Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Faded Roses
#BookWormSat #poetry #gardens
Incense of death. Your day approaches.
The pears fatten like little buddhas.
A blue mist is dragging the lake.”
✍️ Sylvia Plath, The Manor Garden
🖼️ Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Faded Roses
#BookWormSat #poetry #gardens
January 24, 2026 at 11:28 AM
“The fountains are dry and the roses over.
Incense of death. Your day approaches.
The pears fatten like little buddhas.
A blue mist is dragging the lake.”
✍️ Sylvia Plath, The Manor Garden
🖼️ Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Faded Roses
#BookWormSat #poetry #gardens
Incense of death. Your day approaches.
The pears fatten like little buddhas.
A blue mist is dragging the lake.”
✍️ Sylvia Plath, The Manor Garden
🖼️ Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Faded Roses
#BookWormSat #poetry #gardens
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'Come into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨Valentine Cameron Prinsep
#BookWormSat
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨Valentine Cameron Prinsep
#BookWormSat
January 24, 2026 at 9:39 AM
'Come into the garden, Maud,
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨Valentine Cameron Prinsep
#BookWormSat
For the black bat, night, has flown,
Come into the garden, Maud,
I am here at the gate alone'
-Lord Tennyson
🎨Valentine Cameron Prinsep
#BookWormSat
“Town gardens are small, as a rule, and the Longs’ garden was no exception to the rule; there was a vegetable plot and a grass plot and one flower-bed and a rough patch by the back fence.” ~ Tom's Midnight Garden (1958), Philippa Pearce.
#BookWormSat
[🎨Suzanne Henriette Einzig.]
#BookWormSat
[🎨Suzanne Henriette Einzig.]
January 24, 2026 at 8:46 AM
“Town gardens are small, as a rule, and the Longs’ garden was no exception to the rule; there was a vegetable plot and a grass plot and one flower-bed and a rough patch by the back fence.” ~ Tom's Midnight Garden (1958), Philippa Pearce.
#BookWormSat
[🎨Suzanne Henriette Einzig.]
#BookWormSat
[🎨Suzanne Henriette Einzig.]
“There was a note on Mary Ann’s door: Something from my garden to welcome you to your new home. Anna Madrigal P.S. I’ll shoot you if you write your mother about this. Taped to the note was a neatly rolled joint.” ~ Tales of the City (1978), Armistead Maupin.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
January 24, 2026 at 8:42 AM
“There was a note on Mary Ann’s door: Something from my garden to welcome you to your new home. Anna Madrigal P.S. I’ll shoot you if you write your mother about this. Taped to the note was a neatly rolled joint.” ~ Tales of the City (1978), Armistead Maupin.
#BookWormSat
#BookWormSat
Aretha Franklin released the album, 'Young, Gifted And Black', 54 years ago today on January 24th, 1972.
#TracksOfMyYears #ArethaFranklin
#TracksOfMyYears #ArethaFranklin
January 24, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Aretha Franklin released the album, 'Young, Gifted And Black', 54 years ago today on January 24th, 1972.
#TracksOfMyYears #ArethaFranklin
#TracksOfMyYears #ArethaFranklin