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Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

"Love, desire, ambition, faith-- without them, life's so simple, believe me." 

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 58]

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Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Insider

"Our standards have to be higher than anyone else because we are the standard of everyone else."

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The Fetid Lake of Doom one early foggy morning

Morty Comix # 2323

 

Morty Comix # 2323 was left in a a copy of the most recent recent issue of Olympia Power and Light, in one of the many places this great biweekly is available. 

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The Fetid Lake of Doom at early morning 6 am hour fog

Favorite Movie Quotes: Independence Day

"Hello boys! I'm ba-a-a-a-a-ck!"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 27]

Morty Comix # 2322

Morty Comix # 2322 placed inside of a Timberland Regional Library book about film director Stanley Kubrick. All work and no play makes jack a dull boy, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, all work and no play makes jack a dull boy, all work and no play makes ...

Favorite Movie Quotes: In & Out

"Stop it! Stop shaking that booty! Be a man! Kick someone! Punch someone! Bite someone's ear! Stop it! Get a grip! Think about John Wayne, Arnold Schwarzenegger! Arnold doesn't dance, he can barely walk. Stop it! Stop it! Just! Stop! Dancing!"

To My Comrades in the Dallas Area

Hope all you Morty the Blog pals down there weathered the twisters and are well, Brad, Rick, Dave, and whatever Lone Star Lurkers there are who read this. You are in our thoughts. The film footage looked horrific. I trust you guys were not part of that carnage bestowed by Mother Nature.

Morty Comix # 2321

Morty Comix # 2321 found a home in an abandoned office foyer, Tumwater, Washington

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Favorite Movie Quotes: In a Lonely Place

"I came here because I wanted to say these things out loud and be laughed at. But you're not laughing."

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The Solomon's Seal new growth

Morty Comix # 2320

Morty Comix # 2320 was left in a public announcement display frame at the elevator entrance in a Tumwater, Washington parking garage.

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I'm sure this quarter embedded in a concrete base for some utility serving an office building has a story. Maybe I'll make one up.

Favorite Movie Quotes: I Shot Andy Warhol

"Here. Here, take this. The police are lookin' for me and want me. I shot Andy Warhol. Yeah, I had to. Yeah, he had too much control over my life."

Vote Bob X

Mike Honeycutt forwarded this "Boxing Day" interactive article from The Memphis Flyer featuring our old pal from the Newave days, Bob X!

http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/boxing-day/Content?oid=3147237

Here's a chance to vote for something you can feel good about. How often does that happen?

Favorite Movie Quotes: Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte

"Have you ever solved me?"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 49]

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Hunted

"No more snares on wolves, guys."

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Hunt For Red October

"Listen. I'm a politician which means I'm a cheat and a liar. And when I'm not kissing babies I'm stealing their lollipops. But it also means that I keep my options open."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 47]

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A creative place to situate the hole in this LP of Nixon's speeches.

Morty Comix # 2319

 

Morty Comix # 2319 was left inside a tabletop advertisement for, I think, some kind of beer. This was in one of my favorite places to go eat, a Mexican cuisine restaurant in Elma, Washington.

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Last month I leased a Kia Soul with a "Cat Folder" button. Now I'm leasing a Chevy Impala with these buttons to eject cats from the car! Probably the sun roof opens and the seat boings upward due to a giant spring under the cushion. Weird.

The car has California plates, so maybe this is something they do down there but is as yet unknown to us behind-the-times Washingtonians hiding up here in our overcast corner.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Catch Me If You Can

"Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse wouldn't quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out. Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse."

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James Abbott mural detail. He was much better at landscapes than people.

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Hudsucker Proxy

"You know, for kids!"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 44]

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