Postcard - Los Angeles, California

"Electroluminescent Downtown Los Angeles. Twilight falls on one of the world's most colorful and exciting cities - The center of one of the most spectacular skylines in the world."

ca. 1980?

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Spang!

I love it when streets are named after comic book sound effects

Butler, Pennsylvania

Morty Comix # 2626

Morty Comix # 2626 was placed in a strange little plastic dispenser at a bulletin board in a restaurant, Elma, Washington

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Hettie Ave., Butler, Pennsylvania

Hey, a street named after one of my cats!

Random Face, 8-19-13

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Pittsburgh

Postcard - Los Angeles, California

"Beautiful San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California. This modern area surrounded by rolling hills is affectionately known as the 'Bedroom' of Los Angeles."

1970s.

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A close-up of one of Pittsburgh's yellow bridges

Favorite Movie Quotes: Of Human Bondage

"In my youth, it was all so beautiful to me. But now, it is the city of lost illusions."

Cake summarized this film in their version of I Will Survive.

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"Service Area"

Pittsburgh

Near the Warhol Museum

Meeting Notes, 8-19-13

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Penn Theater derelict

Butler, Pennsylvania

Morty Comix # 2625

Morty Comix # 2625 was carefully slid between the covering and the box itself supporting a model of the French warship Napoleon on display in an Asian cuisine restaurant, Tumwater, Washington. This operation required dedication and precision timing.  

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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

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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