It isn't easy being weird.
On the curl: BUTR-769307(c)RPP, Inc.
Someone gave this to me. I can't imagine why.
The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Morty Comix # 2493
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Buttons - Misc. - 1970s?
Buttons - Misc. - 1979
Burlington,
Vermont
Taxi, Driver
License
2414
This was my I.D. button when I drove a taxicab in Burlington
Morty Comix # 2492
I had relatives on both sides of that tragic event where Wobblies and vets clashed. My great-uncle testified at the trial. His mechanic business was next door to the IWW Hall. In the early 1970s I interviewed several people who were involved, including three eyewitnesses to Dale Hubbard's murder and Wesley Everest's capture. I also learned about the prosecutors wiretapping the defense during the trial at Montesano and what they did with the info. All in all, a pretty sordid story, and one day I'll publish it.
Family trivia: My great-great grandfather once lived in a house at the present location of the gray building in the background of the last photo.
Monday, December 31, 2012
Buttons - Misc. - 2009
Missing Since June 26, 2009
Lindsey Baum
Lindsey, who was 10-years old at the time, vanished while walking home through the middle of town. Hopefully the case will be solved soon.
Morty Comix # 2491
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Buttons - Misc. - 2002
Whale Done!
On reverse: China
A button designed to promote a book about management by Ken Blanchard. I have no idea why it turned up in my box of buttons.
Phone photo 2164
Favorite Movie Quotes: Giant
"You ain't even worth hittin'. Jett, you wanna know somethin' true? You're all through."
Phone photo 2163
Stevens has a controversial place in Washington history generated in part by his shabby treatment of the Indian population. After he left our corner of the world, he was killed in action at the first Battle of Bull Run in the Civil War while serving in the Union Army.
Morty Comix # 2490
Morty Comix # 2357 had been left in the yellow real estate box on the corner last May.
Phone photo 2162
Superior Courtroom, Grays Harbor County Courthouse, Montesano, Washington
It seems like I get a summons for jury selection once a year. But this time I was actually selected to sit on the jury. It was a criminal case and the trial lasted only a day. A fascinating experience.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Bezango WA Interview with Ron Austin
The TESC blog, The Evergreen Mind recently posted a nice interview with filmmaker Ron Austin about the Bezango WA documentary.
Also included in the post is the entire panel discussion (apparently) starring Matt Groening, Craig Bartlett, Drew Christie, Tommy Thompson, Megan Kelso, Ruth Hayes and yours truly from last May!
Thanks to Louise Amandes for directing me to this great blog.
Buttons - Commercial - 1980s?
Deluxe Bars & Grills
Another mystery button. I am guessing this was made for the De Luxe Bar & Grill on Seattle's Capitol Hill, a place I have never visited. The image on the button is very small and I'm wondering if the cartoonist here is someone I know. The style reminds me of Ed DeVore or Flicky Ford.
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