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Tricked Up a Treat

Posted in Links, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , , , , on October 24, 2025| Leave a Comment »

I’ve always been dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun.  So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary content from the previous year into one place just before Halloween.  If you’ve come to my blog in the past year, or don’t remember previous editions, they are “Trick or Treat”, “More Trick or Treat“, “Tricks and Treats“, “This Trick’s a Treat”, “Tricky Treats“, “A Trickle of Treats”, “Tricking and Treating“, “Tricks for the Treat“, “Tricked Out Treats“, “Tricks and Treats and Such Small Deer“, “Trick Treatment“, and “Treats and Tricks“.  Horror, death or Halloween-themed columns of the past year included Diary #763, “The X-Files“, “The X-Files, Continued“, Diary #781, and “Gere Curam Mei Finis“, and there are creepy or spooky-fun videos in Links #747, #750, #787, and #798.  A collection of seasonal links and creepy tweets appears below.

Doctor offers to help lonely guy get a girlfriend.

— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2024-11-02T19:05:03.939Z

It's especially designed to hide pervasive rot under a beautiful, polished surface that will last without change for decades.

— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-04-08T07:34:22.931Z

— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-08-17T17:22:30.905Z

— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-08-20T03:52:04.139Z

So long, Mommy.

— Maggie McNeill (@maggiemcneill.bsky.social) 2025-10-13T02:17:15.023Z

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Links #772

Posted in Current Events, History, Links, Miscellaneous, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 21, 2025| Leave a Comment »

The story has changed about seven different times.  –  Josh Harrington

Even though a computer was used to animate this, it was clearly written and designed by a human, and is very funny; it was provided by Desiree Alliance, and the links above it are from Popehat, Jesse Walker, Ryan Marino, Phoenix Calida, Mike Masnick, and IncarcerNation (x2), in that order.

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Links #754

Posted in Current Events, History, Links, Miscellaneous, Music, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on December 15, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I can’t breathe.  –  Herman Whitfield III

Given the season, I decided this was the best choice as a sendoff for beloved children’s singer Ella Jenkins.  The links above the video were provided by Phoenix Calida, Yasmin Nair, Alex Vitale, T. Greg Doucette, Michael Peters, and Jesse Walker, in that order.

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I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one.  Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful.  But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer.  So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets.  Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements.  Thanks so much!

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Treats and Tricks

Posted in History, Links, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

I’ve always been dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun.  So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary content from the previous year into one place just before Halloween.  If you’ve come to my blog in the past year, or don’t remember previous editions, they are “Trick or Treat”, “More Trick or Treat“, “Tricks and Treats“, “This Trick’s a Treat”, “Tricky Treats“, “A Trickle of Treats”, “Tricking and Treating“, “Tricks for the Treat“, “Tricked Out Treats“, “Tricks and Treats and Such Small Deer“, and “Trick Treatment“.  Horror, death or Halloween-themed columns of the past year included Day of the Dead 2023, Diary #697, and “Why Zombies?” There are creepy or spooky-fun videos in Links #695, #698, #721, #722, #739, #745, and #746, and a collection of seasonal links appears below.

 

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Links #698

Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2023| Leave a Comment »

It’s absolutely unconscionable.  –  Russ Oliver

From the dark recesses of Maggie’s brain: one of my childhood favorite Heckle & Jeckle cartoons, which I still remembered pretty well despite not having seen it in nearly 50 years.  The links above it were provided by Mike Siegel, He’s Just Adam, Mike Masnick, Franklin Harris, Jesse Walker, Radley Balko, and IncarcerNation, in that order.

From the Archives

I find paywalls distasteful, and so many people find this blog valuable as a resource I just can’t bring myself to install one.  Furthermore, I find ad delivery services (whose content I have no say over) even more distasteful.  But as I’m now semi-retired from sex work, I can’t self-sponsor this blog by myself any longer.  So if you value my writing enough that you would pay to see it if it were paywalled, please consider subscribing; there are four different levels to fit all budgets.  Or if that doesn’t work for you, please consider showing your generosity with a one-time donation; you can Paypal to maggiemcneill@earthlink.net or else email me at the same address to make other arrangements.  Thanks so much!

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Tricked Out Treats

Posted in Links, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 25, 2021| Leave a Comment »

I’ve always been dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun.  So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary content from the previous year into one place just before Halloween.  If you’ve come to my blog in the past year, or don’t remember previous editions, they are “Trick or Treat”, “More Trick or Treat“, “Tricks and Treats“, “This Trick’s a Treat”, “Tricky Treats“, “A Trickle of Treats”, “Tricking and Treating“, and “Tricks for the Treat“.  Horror, death or Halloween-themed columns of the past year include “Dead on Arrival“, “The Mysteries“, “Could It Be…Satan?“, “The Sparkle of a Star“, and “The October Country“; there are creepy or spooky-fun videos in Links #541, #553, #566, and #590, and here’s a collection of spooky or Halloweeny links:

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Links #554

Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Music, Obituary, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 15, 2021| 1 Comment »

I can’t breathe.  –  Rilee Peet

Mary Wilson of the Supremes died last week; I’ve selected this TV video from 1969 because it begins with a solo by her.  The links above it were provided by Radley Balko, The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, Elizabeth N. Brown, Nun Ya, Mike Siegel, and Jesse Walker, in that order.

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Tricking and Treating

Posted in Current Events, History, Links, Miscellaneous, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on October 21, 2019| 1 Comment »

I’ve always been dedicated to the idea of this as the time of year for spooky fun.  So every year I collect all the spooky, creepy or scary links and other content from the previous year into one place just before Halloween.  If you’ve come to my blog in the past year, or don’t remember previous editions, they are “Trick or Treat”, “More Trick or Treat“, “Tricks and Treats“, “This Trick’s a Treat”, “Tricky Treats“, and “A Trickle of Treats” (because I also love wordplay).   Horror, death or Halloween-themed columns of the past year include “Eros and Thanatos“, “Not Your Costume?“, “Its Own Reward“, “Frozen Smoke“, “The Science of Sin“, and the short story “Wheels“; there are creepy or spooky-fun videos in Links #433, #435, #445, and #447; and here’s a collection of spooky or Halloweeny links:

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Links #482

Posted in Current Events, History, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 29, 2019| 2 Comments »

The only way you gonna stop him is kill him.  –  “Lawman” Brindell Wilkins

As regular readers know, cute kid videos are not really my thing.  But this perfect example of little boy behavior, provided by Mike Siegel, was so hilarious I had to make an exception.  The links above it were supplied by Tim Cushing, Mike Chase, Jesse Walker, Franklin Harris, Furrygirl, and Phoenix Calida, in that order.

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Links #448

Posted in Current Events, Links, Miscellaneous, Tyranny, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 4, 2019| 1 Comment »

He was being very aggressive.  –  Juan Lopez-Razo, of a man having a seizure

Last weekend Franklin Harris shared this video of a camera test from The Muppet Movie (1979); the improvisation between Jim Henson and Frank Oz is both brilliant and hilarious.  The links above it were provided by Radley Balko, Jesse Walker (x2), Tim Cushing (x2), and Nun Ya, in that order.

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