Sunday, August 18, 2013

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Butler County, Pennsylvania

Favorite Movie Quotes: Les misérables (1958)

"Jean Valjean, my brother, I don't believe in riches. But this silver may change you into another man. You now belong to God, no longer to the Devil. I have just purchased your soul."

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Mud dauber nests, Butler County, Pennsylvania

Postcard - Los Angeles, California

"Harbor Freeway, looking north from Sixth Street, Los Angeles, California. Showing a series of over-passes and approaches for the diversion of traffic, near the downtown business district of Los Angeles."

1950s

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Hillary

The Franklin Pierce Song

Frank listened to a silver penguin
He told him what it was all about
He talked of pink fish that wore green hats
He said he heard it from a trout

Then Pierce was elected President
But the penguin's words only brought pain
Frank let Kansas get bloody
And his single term went down the drain


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Tom's yard, Butler, Pennsylvania

Morty Comix # 2624





Morty Comix # 2624 was slipped into the menu of an Asian restaurant in Tumwater, Washington as my daughter Rose rolled her eyes and shook her head sadly.

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McCleary, Washington

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Man Who Knew Too Little

"What, do you torture everybody like this, or just Americans? Look, Mr. Shakespeare, yes, yes, I want to bribe you. Is the Prime Minister there? I'll bribe him. I'll bribe anybody who will talk to me. You invented the damn language, talk to me! No wonder you people lost the Empire! And you know what? Scotland's next!"

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Recently uncovered business sign dating back to the early 1950s in Tumwater, Washington. The "FL" was for Fleetwood, which was the inspiration for the musical group of the same name (The Fleetwoods).

Postcard - Los Angeles, California

"Broadway, Los Angeles, California"

1930s?

Notice the United Artists sign, advertising a major film company that no longer exists thanks to Michael Cimino and Heaven's Gate

Saturday, August 17, 2013

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Professional Stand Behinders



Can I please have a job where I am a professional stand behinder? Where all I have to do is stand behind someone who is a true BS artist and I clasp my hands over my genital region while wearing a grave expression on my face? I think I am equal to this task if the pay was right.

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Detail of James Abbott mural on waferboard
An unusual texture and amazingly well-preserved after being two decades outside
Elma, Washington

Morty Comix # 2623





Morty Comix # 2623 was placed on the general bulletin board of the food co-op on the Westside of Olympia, Washington. I can recall this same building being a more capitalist store back in the 1970s where I used to buy beer.

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James Abbott mural, Elma, Washington
An unusual one, painted on waferboard

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Lost Boys

"Look at your reflection in the mirror. You're a creature of the night, Michael. Just like out of a comic book. You're a vampire, Michael. My own brother, a shit-sucking vampire! Well, you wait 'til Mom finds out, buddy!"

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Sculpture in Tom's yard
Butler, Pennsylvania

Postcard - Long Beach, California

"The beautiful Municipal Auditorium in the sparkling setting of the blue lagoon and the spectacular Rainbow Pier forms a vivid nucleus for California's fifth largest city, Long Beach. The forest of oil derricks of Signal Hill is in the background."

1930s?

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The Door to Every Thing is in Pittsburgh
But you need a key card to open it, sorry

Friday, August 16, 2013

The Millard Fillmore Song

Oh I love Millard Fillmore
He’s on the ball
He’s got the scoop
Oh I love Millard Fillmore
He’s so perfect
He doesn’t poop.
He’s got two eyes, a nose and a mouth
He bent over backwards to appease the South
Oh I love Millard Fillmore
Even though he was two inches shorter than Chester Alan Arthur
 

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Pittsburgh

Postcard - Long Beach, California

"Sheltering and surrounding Municipal Auditorium is Rainbow Pier, semi-circular and 3,800 feet in length. The pier can accommodate, without crowding, 75,000 persons."

1930s?

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Pittsburgh

Postcard - Long Beach, California

"Four miles of delightful bathing along the lagoon, enclosed by Recreation Park, is a paradise for those who prefer to swim in quiet waters. Then there are eight miles of gently slopping sand along the ocean beach, and the open sea for surf swimming, surf boarding and the thrilling sport of 'body surfing.'"

1930s?

Thursday, August 15, 2013

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"Help Bobo Escape From Mr. Death!"

Pittsburgh

Morty Comix # 2622





Morty Comix # 2622 was placed inside the secret chambers of a menu at an Italian restaurant in Olympia, Washington

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Pittsburgh

Postcard - Los Angeles, California

"Hollywood, California. Spectacular night view of Hollywood taken from Hollywood Hills, In the right foreground is one of the famous Hollywood Hills landmarks."

1960s?