"Classes will dull your mind, destroy the potential for authentic creativity."
The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Phone photo 1167
In the Columbo episode "Strange Bedfellows" (1995) I caught this creative spelling of the word "Bizarre." Then I decided to capture it for all to see.
Interesting the villain in this story has the surname McVeigh, and between the time this was filmed and then aired homegrown right-wing terrorist Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people (including children) and injured many more in Oklahoma City via some militia-inspired concocted explosive.
Perhaps the writer had a premonition on the psychopathic connection of this name when the show was produced in 1995.
The writer, "Lawrence Vail," has a short list of writing credits in the IMDB. Can anyone shed some light on this guy?
Morty Comix # 2296
Morty Comix # 2296 was left at a small dining table at a Tumwater, Washington gas station/mini-mart this morning.
Favorite Movie Quotes: Beat the Devil
"Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it. French hoard it. Italians squander it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Do you know what I say? I say time is a crook"
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 47]
Favorite Movie Quotes: Battle of Britain
"If you think we're going to gamble on Herr Hitler's guarantees, you're making a grave mistake. All those years in England seems to have left you none the wiser. We're not easily frightened. Also we know how hard it is for an army to cross the Channel. The last little Corporal who tried came a cropper. So don't threaten or dictate to us until you're marching up Whitehall, and even then we won't listen."
Favorite Movie Quotes: Batman Returns
Catwoman: "You poor guys! Always confusing your pistols with your privates."
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 40]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Morty Comix # 2295
Morty Comix # 2295 crawled under the placemat of an Asian cuisine restaurant in
Tumwater, Washington
Tumwater, Washington
Favorite Movie Quotes: Batman
The Joker: "Batman. Batman. Can somebody tell me what kind of a world we live in, where a man dressed up as a bat gets all of my press? This town needs an enema!"
[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 38]
Phone photo 1161
Monument to the Three Kichis
Fort Vancouver, Washington
Fort Vancouver, Washington
The first recorded Japanese visitors to what is now Washington State were three castaways who ran aground in 1834 after having been adrift in the Pacific for over a year.
Favorite Movie Quotes: Barton Fink
"You think I made your life hell? Take a look around this dump. You're just a tourist with a typewriter, Barton, I live here"
Monday, February 6, 2012
Favorite Movie Quotes: Atlantic City
"The Atlantic Ocean was something then. You should have seen the Atlantic Ocean in those days."
Favorite Movie Quotes: Asphalt Jungle
"Experience has taught me never to trust a policeman. Just when you think one's all right, he turns legit."
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Vashon Bicycle in the Tree: Why Has It Gone Viral?
My post about the Vashon bike in the tree has been around for over 6 months, but suddenly the hits on this thing have gone ballistic, giving this blog a record high in visits.
Why? Now?
Favorite Movie Quotes: The Apartment
"Why do people have to love people anyway?"
Films directed by Billy Wilder are worth hunting down. The guy was great at his craft.
Films directed by Billy Wilder are worth hunting down. The guy was great at his craft.
Phone photo 1154
Replicas of Fort Vancouver outhouses
It is rather unfortunate this was very close to their well, less than 100 feet in fact.
But I guess they didn't think about total maximum daily load watershed issues in those days.
But I guess they didn't think about total maximum daily load watershed issues in those days.
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