Morty the Dog

Friday, May 31, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: A View to a Kill

"Intuitive improvisation is the secret of genius."

Morty Comix #2580

Morty Comix # 2580 was tacked up on a community bulletin board in the back room of a nice restaurant in Portland, Oregon. The food was great and they were playing Lou Rawls.

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The derelict old Olympia Brewery on the shores of the southern end of the Fetid Lake of Doom, Tumwater, Washington

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"An impressive panorama of Seattle, Washington as seen from downtown in a northwestern direction toward Puget Sound. The prominent tower dominating the scenery is the 600 ft. Space Needle, situated within a center of cultural and athletic activities-- appropriately named Seattle Center."

1970s.

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Portland, Oregon

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Morty Comix #2579

Morty Comix # 2579 was left, ironically enough, under the rug at a pretty amazing vacuum cleaner museum in Portland, Oregon sponsored by a company that has been in the biz for over 70 years. The display could probably a use a good professional curator to take it over and supply a narrative educating us laymen on the importance of what we are viewing. Might be a good project as an internship opportunity for a student in the museum field since this collection is unique and educational.

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I'm lost.

Please take me home.

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"An interesting view of Seattle, Washington from the central business district across Lake Union toward the northern residential area. Showing on the right is the freeway, part of U.S. Highway 5, which runs from Mexico to Canada without a single stop sign."

1970s. I was living in the Ravenna/Bryant District (top right) at the time when Cranium Frenzy #1 was drawn in 1981.

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Dalmatian fire hydrant in front of the former Fire Dept.

DuPont, Washington

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Verdict

"You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, 'Please, God, tell us what is right, tell us what is true.' And there is no justice. The rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead, a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims and we become victims. We become, we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You are the law. Not some book, not the lawyers, not the, a marble statue or the trappings of the court. See, those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are, they are, in fact, a prayer. A fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, 'Act as if ye had faith, and faith will be given to you.' If, if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And act with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts."

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Free

Olympia, Washington

Morty Comix # 2578

Morty Comix # 2578 was placed in an opening on a bit of table siding at a restaurant on the extreme eastern boundary of Olympia, Washington.

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Locals call this, "The Mistake by the Lake" but I say we save it!

Olympia, Washington

Postcard - Seattle, Washington

"Seattle's unique Freeway Park acts as a lid over Interstate 5 Highway in the downtown business district. This beautiful park design, the first of its kind in America, incorporates a spectacular 32 foot (9.7 m) sculptured waterfall, over which 10,000 gallons (37,850 l) of water cascade per minute. Lake Union is in the background."

Late half of the 1970s.