Morty the Dog

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

Monday, July 15, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: I familiari delle vittime non saranno avvertiti = Crime Boss

"You have a tough face. What did your mother do to deserve you? Eat cement?"

Sunday, July 14, 2013

Favorite Movie Quotes: The Color of Money

"You remind me that money won is twice as sweet as money earned. 25 years ago I had the screws put on me. I mean it was over for me before it really got started. But I'm hungry again and you bled that back into me. You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains, and you gotta have balls. Now you got too much of one and not enough of the other."

Phone photo 2608

The rising sun hits my big elm tree

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Romantic vantage point from Cliff Drive, shows in the distance of this downtown photograph, two major thoroughfares, North Monroe (center) and North Division (right). In the foreground, this time exposure reveals, from different colors from car lights, two one-way streets, Stevens (left) and Washington (right). Interestingly, the strong red from the tail-lights, indicates a common application of brakes on this down hill thoroughfare. With 4,000 rooms, Spokane provides comfortable headquarters for enjoyment of the Inland Empire."

Probably from the 1970s. This is one of the more surreal bits of postcard prose I have posted, and it describes one of my favorite cities, Old Spoogaloo.

Saturday, July 13, 2013

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The Boys: Buster, Dreamer, and Charlie

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"The National Municipal League selected Spokane as one of 12 cities throughout the USA an an All America City. A timely award to the competition, and Spokane was the only city in the Northwest, and one of the only two in the West to receive the honor. Judging was based on urban improvement, imagination, and reinvigoration achieved through citizen efforts. View is from Cliff Drive, looking north over the constantly changing skyline."

Photo taken in the late 1970s.

I was born near the spot where this photo was taken and we lived in what would've been the newer part of town back then, in a tiny house near the horizon line of this shot.

One of my favorite animators, Chuck Jones, was also born in Spokane.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Phone photo 2606

It's been awhile, but here is an additional entry to the gallery of discarded portable dental floss. I think I took this photo right here in McCleary, Washington

Killed Because of "Funnys"

Killed Because of "Funnys"

CHISHOLM, Minn., Oct. 12. --Because, friends say, he believed the 'funny' sections of the Sunday papers were drawn for the purpose of making him a subject of ridicule, Charles Marila committed suicide here by blowing himself up with a huge charge of dynamite.

--Wenatchee Daily World, Oct. 12, 1916

Phone photo 2605

Yeti

Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"These upper falls take on varied appearances. Depending on time of year, from a wild torrent during spring run-off to a babbling stream in late summer. This northern portion of the river is split around Canada Island in Riverfront Park and is crossed by a unique suspension footbridge. Man's earliest utilization of the river was near this site."

1970s.

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Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"The mirrored reflections in the placid Spokane River are viewed here from near the end of the Division Street bridge. A matchless setting for a revitalized city on the move. New and remodeled stores, skywalks, parking buildings, a convention center, and the impressive Riverfront Park make Spokane, Washington, an exciting place to live and to visit."

Probably later half of the 1970s.

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Phone photo 2603

Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Spokane, Washington

"Spokane, Washington, U.S.A. Sprague Avenue is a vital part of Spokane's metropolitan shopping area. 'Spokane'-- Indian name meaning 'Children of the Sun.'"

Possibly from the early 1970s.

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Light Fixture Heaven

Portland, Oregon

Postcard - Snoqualmie Summit

"Snoqualmie Pass Ski Area -- Night skiing is popular along the various slopes through the winter. Lake Keechelus sets in the background."

1970s.

Phone photo 2601

Portland, Oregon

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Morty Comix # 2593

Morty Comix #2593 was tucked under a table at a Tumwater, Washington fast food outlet. At this particular place it is my goal to hit every designated dining spot in this establishment, which amounts to a real caper since I only go there during the busy lunch hour. So far I believe I have left at least six Morty Comix there. The spot has been illustrated by a planetary zoomout.