Favorite Movie Quotes: Zeiramu = Zeram

"Are you ready to get down to business?"

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Vashon Island, Maury Island, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Shin Zatôichi monogatari: Kasama no chimatsuri = Zatoichi's Conspiracy

"Your character, it seems, won't improve until you're reborn." 

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 36]

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M/V Chetzemoka

From Point Defiance to Vashon Island

Favorite Movie Quotes: Zatoichi Jigoku tabi = Zatoichi and the Chess Expert

"I don't kill opponents I like."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 35]

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Littlerock, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Zatoichi sakate giri = Zatoichi and the Doomed Man

"I have no desire to kill anyone else. Kindly step aside."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 33]

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Zatôichi abare tako = Zatoichi's Flashing Sword

"It's not the place of a gangster to go strutting around in broad daylight like he owns the world. A proper gangster bows his head and politely yields the way to the common folk."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 32]

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Zatôichi kenka-tabi = On the Road

"There is no one worse than a samurai."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 26]

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Zoku Zatoichi monogatari = The Tale of Zatoichi Continues

"You must be Samurai. No doubt you're staying at the inn. It's dangerous to draw your sword. You know the saying about a knife in a madman's hand. Just because your master is crazy doesn't mean his retainers have to act like madmen too."

[Reviewed in Cheaper by the Dozen 24]

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What is in Steve's Refrigerator Today?

"What is in Steve's Refrigerator Today?"

I actually get asked this question quite frequently, even by strangers on the street, post office employees, and very surly clowns who don't like to use their real names. So instead of repeating myself, I'll just post it. My refrigerator contains enough hamburger buns for one hamburger, a mostly full jar of Adams Peanut Butter (creamy), 3 sticks of butter, canola oil, mayonnaise, sweet honey mustard that expired over a month ago, and mango butter.

There. I hope that satiates the inquiring minds of people who need to know the sordid details of my dietary habits. In the freezer I have waffles and one hamburger patty.

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Morty Comix # 2400

Morty Comix # 2400 was rolled up and slid into a pipe supporting two parking meters.

The white van with the crappy parking job had yappy dogs that were cussing me out as I placed this issue of Morty Comix.

Olympia, Washington

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Out to Sea

"There's no such thing as 'too late!' That's why they invented Death."

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Morty Comix # 2399

Morty Comix # 2399 took advantage of the fact a downtown Olympia restaurant supplies clippy things for display. That's Ben Moore's next door, one of my favorite Oly dining spots, especially for breakfast.

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Favorite Movie Quotes: Our Town (1940)

Church Choir Director Simon Stimson: "Now listen everybody. Get it out of your minds that music's only good when it's loud. You leave loudness to the Methodists. You couldn't beat 'em, even if you wanted to. Once again now, 'Art thou weary, art thou languid?' It's a question, ladies and gentlemen, make it talk."

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Tacoma, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Malone

"I appreciate those sentiments, gentlemen. But I assure you if I am nominated I will run-- to Mexico."

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Seals

Tacoma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2398

Morty Comix # 2398 was slipped into a dessert/wine list at a Tacoma, Washington restaurant

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Red Wolf

Tacoma, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: Zardoz

"The gun is good. The penis is evil. The penis shoots seeds, and makes new life, and poisons the earth with a plague of men, as once it was. But the gun shoots death, and purifies the earth of the filth of brutals. Go forth and kill!"

I know the above quote sounds like it came from the National Rifle Association, but in fact it comes from the very worst movie ever made, Zardoz. Read the review in Cheaper by the Dozen 23.

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