Michael But Scary

Snickers bar and a metal whistle

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

Went through the "White House" today. It was just beautiful.

I’m so sorry to hear your cat is not feeling well. Loving cats comes with a cost, but it’s a price worth paying. I hope everything turns out as it should.

News you can use.

Stolen Louvre jewellery found safe and sound inside the British museum

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Ah, the two 2020s theft joke templates side by side.

You monster! (And thanks for the alert.)

Have you read The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody by Will Cuppy? I feel we've talked about it in the distant past, but if we haven't, I think it's one you will enjoy.

@theharvestmaid.bsky.social Truth!

Lotte Lenya in The Threepenny Opera.

Happy Lenya's birthday to all who observe!

THE GUEST IS ON SHUDDER

Drop everything and watch it right now if you haven't seen it before.

Yard decorations for Halloween with a giant skeleton walking a skeleton dog on a leash.

Deflated Halloween decoration on lawn.

I’d say go for it. It should be a good way to meet the neighbors. Here are a couple of decorating ideas for your yard.

The hole in a guitar is traditionally used to store soft cheeses and dried meats which are fed to the drummer when he does a good job

I’ve slightly mistrusted anyone named Dominic ever since watching that.

We just finished Karen Pirie so this is excellent news. And Elsbeth has started up again, so we have that to look forward to.

It guessed Django Reinhardt but not Django’s musical partner Stephane Grappelli. Spooky.

@jaxbra.bsky.social One thing that annoys me is getting an email from BritBox with a list of new shows and seeing Ludwig is on there but it’s the season I have already watched. Other things annoy me, too, but this is today’s gripe.

It’s good to let the neighbors know right away what they can expect.

House decorated for Halloween with giant glowing spiders.

House decorated for Halloween with two skeletons sitting in lawn chairs.

Wonderful news! There’s still time to decorate for Halloween. Here are a couple of suggestions from my neighborhood.

On the set of Murder She Wrote, Angela Lansbury kept a photo of her mother Moyna Macgill on Jessica's mantelpiece.

I bet Ea-nasir wishes they used paper and not clay for complaint letters in Ur.

Dorothy Sebastian, Joan Crawford, and Anita Page in Our Dancing Daughters (1928) 💃

Harsh, but fair.

I am repulsed yet intrigued. I can’t wait for Rebecca’s report on the book printed with garlic aioli-infused ink.

A scene from the 1936 movie Pennies from Heaven. The still shows Donald Meek, Bing Crosby and Edith Fellows standing on a porch.

Happy Thanksgiving, Sarah! The gang and I will be stopping by later to sing some songs and eat pumpkin cheesecake.

I have too many DVDs as it is. If I enter and win, will you take some off my hands instead of sending me more?

Faroe Islands?

Aleister Crowley's 150th birthday today and I haven't even started putting up the inverted goat skulls yet

I think you’ll like the Gambon one. The Atkinson feels a bit like stunt casting but it’s worth watching. It’s very well produced.

Mash up bands

The The The Beatles