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McCleary, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

"Let me tell you something. I owe you nothing! If you carried that bag a million miles, you did what you are supposed to do! Because you brought me into this world. And from that day you owed me everything you could ever do for me like I will owe my son if I ever have another. But you don't own me! You can't tell me when or where I'm out of line, or try to get me to live my life according to your rules. You don't even know what I am, Dad, you don't know who I am. You don't know how I feel, what I think. And if I tried to explain it the rest of your life you will never understand. You are 30 years older than I am. You and your whole lousy generation believes the way it was for you is the way it's got to be. And not until your whole generation has lain down and died will the dead weight of you be off our backs! You understand, you've got to get off my back."

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Interstate 5, northbound

Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Thin Man

"Waiter, will you serve the nuts? I mean, will you serve the guests the nuts?"

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Northern terminus of US 101, Tumwater, Washington, in the lane that eventually crosses the Golden Gate Bridge and ends in Southern California

Favorite Movie Quotes: Thelma & Louise

"You've always been crazy. This is just the first chance you've had to express yourself."

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Terminal

"I've been waiting my whole life. I just don't know what the Hell for."

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Tumwater, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Tank Girl

"Everybody drop your guns, or I scrape off all her makeup-- this might take a really long time."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 8]

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Scotch broom in Tumwater

Morty Comix # 2385

Morty Comix # 2385 was placed inside a library book about Marcel Duchamp.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Superman

"It's Kryptonite, Superman. Little souvenir from the old home town."

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Hugh Garage SaLe!

McCleary, Washington

Morty Comix # 2384

Morty Comix # 2384 was slipped into a dispenser of paper napkins at an Olympia, Washington sandwich shop frequented by those who travel on I-5.

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An aging James Abbott mural in McCleary, Washington depicts a merchant at the McCleary Eyeball Store

When I was a kid in McCleary I recall you could buy a decent eyeball for only 50 cents,  but those darn federal regulations came in with Nixon and before we knew it, eyeballs were no longer obtainable by us normal folk. And another local business went under. My memory tells me blue was more popular than brown.

There was also a McCleary Spleen Store, but I do not believe that has been celebrated as part of a historical mural.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Sunset Blvd.

"We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 68]

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Demon Child in James Abbott mural

McCleary, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Devil's Own

"Don't look for a happy ending. It's not an American story. It's an Irish one."

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James Abbott mural detail, McCleary, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Suddenly

"Booth! Ha! I'm no actor! Bustin' my leg on a stage so I can yell 'Down with tyrants!' If Booth wasn't such a ham he might've made it."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 2]

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These two boxes of shotgun shells were found in the middle of the road right in front of my house last week. One box was wide open with the shells scattered all over the street. Any kid could've picked this up. But I got it first and turned it over to the local police.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Stuart Saves His Family

"That was not a quality ham!"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 56]

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Charlie and Dreamer get warm while the furnace is croaked

Morty Comix # 2383

Morty Comix # 2383 was constructed thusly: I took a toilet paper roll, made an incision, flattened out the tube, and drew images on both sides. Then, using clear packaging tape, returned the thin cardboard to the tube format.

I like this format. I'll probably use it again.

This one was deposited at a restaurant with a train theme in an area south of Shelton known as Taylor Towne. At first I placed it at a nice display they had, but then I felt guilty since I admired their originality and realized I am still learning boundaries in this cartoon bomb business so I moved it behind one of the pamphlets in the real estate brochure area in their lobby.

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The furnace crashed and it still gets pretty cold and overcast up here in the wet Washington hills in early June. All four of my furry pointy-eared troublemakers are huddled on the couch in comfy blankets to stay warm.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Strictly Ballroom

"A life lived in fear is a life half lived." 

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 58]

Morty Comix #2382

Morty Comix # 2382 found a home under a silverware drawer.

Favorite Movie Quotes: Strange Brew

"How ironic. You came here with a mouse in a bottle, now you are the mouse."