Morty the Dog

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: Forrest Gump

" I don't know if we each have a destiny, or if we're all just floating around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it's both. Maybe both is happening at the same time."

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Thomas the Cat

but don't call him Tom Cat

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: UHF

"Look what I got here, Bob! A Twinkie weiner sandwich! Your favorite!"

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 73]

Favorite Movie Quotes: 2001: a Space Odyssey

"Just what do you think you're doing, Dave? Dave, I really think I'm entitled to answer to that question. I know everything hasn't been quite right with me but I can assure you now, very confidently, that it's going to be alright again. I feel much better now. I really do. Look Dave, I can see you're really upset about this. I honestly think you ought to sit down calmly, take a stress pill, and think things over. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission and I want to help you. Dave, stop. Stop, will you? Stop, Dave. Will you stop, Dave? Stop, Dave. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm afraid. Good afternoon, gentlemen. I am a HAL 9000 computer. I became operational at the H.A.L. plant in Urbana, Illinois on the 12th of January 1992. My instructor was Mr. Langley, and he taught me to sing a song. If you'd like to hear it I can sing it for you."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 27]

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Ivy and horsetails

Olympia's Eastside

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Inglorious Bastards

"That's just great! That's just Jesus H. great!"

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: 2 Days in the Valley

"I'll take his word over yours. It's been my experience, more often than not, that a loser has more honor than a winner."

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Favorite Movie Quotes: The Truman Show

"Somebody help me, I'm being spontaneous!"

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Rotary Log Pavilion interior

Aberdeen, Washington

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità = Trinity is Still My Name

"When the lead hits you, it'll hurt less with a little whiskey in your gut."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 64]

Morty Comix # 2389

Morty Comix # 2389 was tucked into a sake list at an Olympia, Washington restaurant specializing in Japanese cuisine.

I was taking my daughter, now in her mid-20s, out to dinner. She asked me what I was doing and I responded, "Nothing." She responded with a monotone "Oooookay" as I documented the Morty Comix distribution with my phone photos. We then continued our conversation on another topic as if nothing had happened.

All quite, quite normal, thank you very much. Ding!

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Rotary Log Pavilion interior

Aberdeen, Washington

Neighbor Mars is Inhabited

From the Clallam Bay Record, July 19, 1907

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Rotary Log Pavilion interior

Aberdeen, Washington

A Frank Talk on the Olympia Comics Festival

Frank Hussey of the Danger Room was the subject of an interview about the origins and purpose of the Olympia Comics Festival broadcast online on Discover Thurston!

Some nice shots of the expo in this very brief piece, including a few seconds where Shannon Wheeler endures my questions.

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Hawaiian Chieftain on the Chehalis River, Aberdeen, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Lo chiamavano Trinità = They Call Me Trinity

"This was a quiet town before you came-- disgusting town-- but quiet."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 63]

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The Lady Washington on the Chehalis River, Aberdeen, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: La collina degli stivali = Boot Hill

"I don't like to thank someone too many times."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 61]

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The Lady Washington on the Chehalis River, Aberdeen, Washington

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Favorite Movie Quotes: Treasure of the Sierra Madre

"Fred C. Dobbs don't say nothin' he don't mean."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 13]

The character of Fred C. Dobbs as portrayed by Humphrey Bogart was definitely one the ingredients in the creation of the personality of Morty the Dog.