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The Final Encyclopedia

kurt@crydiary.com — 2012-02-16T00:57:41-06:00

The Internet in its current form is essentially what he was describing the Final Encyclopedia to be; a tool that a scholar can use to bring whatever knowledge he or she doesn’t already have immediately to hand.

ClamXav

kurt@crydiary.com — 2012-01-19T14:49:47-06:00

A lot of friends and family have been buying Macs, recently, so I thought I’d post some tips and tricks to help out those who might be newcomers to the world’s best consumer OS.

Poor guy...

kurt@crydiary.com — 2012-01-12T03:11:58-06:00

Thunderstorm

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-02-16T23:03:02-06:00

AppleJack is Back!

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-01T19:27:41-05:00

AppleJack 1.5 has just been released, and now it's finally Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Compatible.

Deals at the OWC

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-30T17:13:41-05:00

It's fantastic, but it's also all that I need so I don't really have any excuse to spend money even though I'd love to have these toys.

Friday Twitter Feed - August 22, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-22T08:41:39-05:00

"When one has grown tired of loudly singing The Proclaimers' "500 Miles" in a Groundskeeper Willie voice, one has grown tired of life itself. - Andy Ihnatko 07:11:51

Eye of the Storm

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-19T20:00:37-05:00

You'll notice by the scores that I wasn't the only Elemental Shaman there and that we lead the damage totals (and heals, I think).

Please, not Leonard Nimoy, again...

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-26T21:49:09-05:00

I liked Next Generation and Enterprise, but my son just drinks up all things Trek, including Voyager, DS9 and the original TV series.

15 Great Games That Are Playable On Low-End PCs (Especially Blizzard Games)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-26T20:54:53-05:00

So far he's doing as well as you'd expect a 9 year old to do, and he does have the odd distinction of already knowing quite a bit of the lore from he and I talking about WoW (I'm a warcraft lore junkie - I actually have ready a few of the novels and have a few more that are just waiting for an opportunity to be picked up).

The Ladders Commercial

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T21:51:45-05:00

Dammit!

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T12:52:32-05:00

I've never met a flavor of Windows I've cared much for, but so far the infrequent re-installs of Win2K are actually easier to deal with than the constant opening of a terminal in order to kill a hung process.

Off and on but never given it up.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-16T19:48:40-05:00

I have still caved from time to time to the itch to try something new and have put various Linux distros on my PowerBook G4 and the old Dell I have in the front room (it usually runs Win2000 so my boy can run his Star Trek Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual).

Radio II

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-14T11:01:26-05:00

Last.fm just released an iPhone application.

A brief, personal history of radio.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-12T19:44:26-05:00

Well, now we've completely broken down every barrier - Pandora is an iPhone 2.0 app, and it works over AT&T's EDGE (no 3G where I live and won't be for probably ages).

Resistance is Futile

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-05T12:19:27-05:00

He was in the front room while my daughter was watching a movie so I decided to have a little fun.

Vilayanur Ramachandran: A journey to the center of your mind

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-04T15:11:22-05:00

Bumper Sticker

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-03T22:20:16-05:00

I live in the NorthWest corner of Arkansas, and between Wal-Mart HQ and all the racist organizations and Christian Fundamentalist sects that have compounds, out here, it's almost a guarantee there will be somebody who'll try to damage the truck or me over it. 10 years ago I'd say, "bring it on," but now if I travel I have both my kids with me.

ScreenFlow and ScreenSharing

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-29T22:49:51-05:00

I wanted to make a little Screen Cast about discovering how to make .vncloc files for quick screen sharing access, and in the process I found ScreenFlow. $100 is a lot of cash for an app, but this is pro-level screen casting software.

Mmmm... that's geeky!

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T15:59:11-05:00

Newer Technology USB 2.0 Universal Drive Adapter

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-12T08:10:54-05:00

All the files were MP4s that I'd ripped from my own CD collection, and I was able to re-rip some of it, but it turned out that when I sold my Miata, I left a 40 CD case in the car that had my absolute favorites.

Final PvP piece.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-23T20:42:49-05:00

Someday, I'll get bored enough to grind out a new set, but for now I'm actually pretty happy with Moofe's gear.

Why did we find Nemo, again?

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-04T15:10:30-05:00

I'd been a widower for less than a year when we got the DVD, and I remember now how much it shocked and hurt me to see the Marlin character have to lose his loving spouse and have to struggle on and raise his kid as best he could, alone.

Today's Ctl+Alt+Del Comic

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-02T15:51:54-05:00

It took me almost three years before I was done grieving for them, and it’s now close to six since the accident and I’m only writing about it because it’s upsetting to see people (even fictional characters) in this situation.

Rules & Bylaws Committee

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-31T12:49:10-05:00

Personally, I'm an Obama partisan (though I would vote for Hillary if it were between her and McCain) so it's been tough to watch obvious Clinton partisans like Harold Ickes keep shoving their oar in when the Obama people are talking.

Oral is Normal

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-29T09:30:07-05:00

So our jobs (as their parents, relatives, or friends) is to make sure they're educated and able to assess and reduce the risk involved with being sexually active - and it certainly doesn't hurt that their knowledge makes them enjoy and appreciate their sexuality more than we did.

Crier

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T19:23:03-05:00

I remember more than once we'd be watching TV together and something emotional would happen, and we'd look at each other at the same time with tears in our eyes.

The Resistance

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-27T16:43:12-05:00

Back in May of 2000, I registered this domain (as well as macresistance.org and macresistance.net - ha ha ha) along with a whole slew of other domains, over time, that I thought would come in useful.

End of Term

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-26T10:58:57-05:00

My son is wrapping up second grade, and I've always seen this age as a pivotal one because of what happened to me at that point in my own life.

NASA Family gathering.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-25T19:05:31-05:00

Even as a kid I found most TV to be a waste of time, and that's exactly what I used it for - to burn through my childhood because I was clueless as to how better spend it.

Blue Brick

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-12T03:25:24-05:00

The power-strip behind the TV was full so I just went ahead and plugged it directly into the wall socket instead of digging out another surge suppressor from the closet (there's a ton of stuff in the TV cabinet: Mac Mini, Wii, Dish DVR, External USB hard drive for the DVR, DVD player, Ethernet HUB, and the TV).

LAN Bandwidth

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-11T18:37:41-05:00

It's all still in process as I get components and as I wait for a chance to pull two 50ft CAT5e cables under the crawl-space of the house from the office to living room, but when it's all said and done, we'll have this gigabit switch hooked directly to my workstation, mini, and the old ethernet hub (now relocated to the TV cabinet).

Anti-Christian Antics in Wisconsin School

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-04-02T01:44:18-05:00

I, in turn, had to explain to the teacher that by officially punishing my son for not following a particular religion's tenets she was in fact establishing a preferred religion.

A whiny voice still has something to say.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-07-04T13:10:40-05:00

Over the years I've slowly found the time to listen to every single TAL episode that was in their website archive (all but 2 or 3 of the earliest shows) and I have become an admirer of Ira Glass and his team of producers. they've consistently educated and moved me - often simultaneously.

Daily Show - Mar 4, 2009 - CNBC

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-03-05T13:10:54-06:00

Inauguration

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-01-20T09:01:12-06:00

As disastrous as his administration has been, he's at least united and galvanized us.

1549

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-01-16T17:18:31-06:00

These are some fantastic people and I'm glad I live in a culture that allows people to be the best of what they can be.

Delivery

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-01-06T11:34:34-06:00

Until recently, the young man that drove the route through our town for FedEx understood that my parents both work during the day and might not be home to accept delivery and was perfectly happy to grant their request to simply leave the package at their front door so they could have it the day it was delivered instead of delaying arrival until one of them happened to be home.

Springfield Victory Mission

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-12-10T08:46:13-06:00

That's great, as far as it goes, but the infuriating part was that the end of the commercial had a narrator saying the tag line; "Springfield Victory Mission... eliminating poverty from the inside out."

Community of Veterans (iava.org)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-11T21:19:34-06:00

Obama's acceptance speech.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-04T23:00:10-06:00

We've done it. 3 hankies

Obama wins (part II)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-04T22:40:40-06:00

Even the talking heads on the networks are crying.

Obama wins.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-04T22:28:16-06:00

Tonight we saved the country. 4 hankies

Obama's Grandmother

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-03T15:56:10-06:00

I cry for Senator Obama, for his daughters and family, because of the loss of somebody so important, but I also cry for Madelyn Dunham for not being able to witness this historical election in which her grandson plays such an important role.

Shenanigans

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-11-03T14:50:45-06:00

Mars Phoenix

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-30T08:49:55-05:00

Add in the fact that the mission team also has a Twitter profile for the lander and it's even harder not to feel for that little machine.

Barack Obama Half-Hour TV Special

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-30T01:11:24-05:00

Ezra Phoenix Chatterton 1996-2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-28T23:36:15-05:00

He's the young man who went to Blizzard Entertainment and made a World of Warcraft Non Player Character in Bloodhoof Village through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Charles Meets Barack

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-28T22:30:28-05:00

Wasssup for 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-28T10:25:23-05:00

5th Grade Reporter Interviews Senator Joe Biden

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-26T18:30:11-05:00

Obama '08 - Vote For Hope

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-20T11:40:02-05:00

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Tom Udall Ad

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-16T17:32:24-05:00

Rachel Maddow Show 10/9/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-10T10:43:14-05:00

Death of Hellscream

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-07T10:03:33-05:00

Craig Ferguson - 10/2/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-03T16:40:00-05:00

Joe Biden at the Vice Presidential Debate

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-03T03:10:18-05:00

Richard Trumka 2008 Steelworkers Convention

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-10-02T15:34:26-05:00

PvPonline.com - 09/25/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-25T16:53:13-05:00

http://www.pvponline.com/2008/09/25/reunited/

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - 9/24/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-25T11:21:26-05:00

The Abominable Charles Christofer - 9/24/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-25T07:23:10-05:00

This had been building over the last few strips. 2 hankies

Real Time with Bill Maher - 09/19/2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-22T09:40:01-05:00

The Order of the Stick #593

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-18T12:25:53-05:00

It's not the only stick-figure comic I read, but it literally is the only stick-figure that I actually enjoy.

Early morning conversation with the boy - 9/15/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-17T12:22:39-05:00

A little while later I was just chattering at her while I was dressing her (she's completely non-verbal all conversations with her are one-sided) and told her that I was going to be taking care of her for the rest of my life, so she'd just better get used to putting up with me.

Alaskan Anti-Palin Rally

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-15T09:14:47-05:00

She scares me because she might be the wedge that allows McCain to take office and drive the final knife into America's heart.

American Elf

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-15T08:14:23-05:00

I've been through this, as I'm sure most parents have.

Les Misbarack

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-12T17:53:55-05:00

Give 'em hell, Joe!

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-06T06:35:55-05:00

Signs of Hope

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-04T20:41:14-05:00

Jonathan Winters on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-02T10:40:34-05:00

Dog Whisperer: ATF K-9 Gavin

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-09-01T14:14:43-05:00

Coverage of Obama's Acceptance Speech at the DNC.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-28T22:49:55-05:00

I'm watching MSNBC's coverage, so there's lots of skipping around to avoid Chris Matthews and Pat Buchannan commentaries... (this isn't the "angry-yelling-at-the-TV-diary") I'm catching as much Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow as I can.

Invesco Field National Anthem

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-28T16:00:05-05:00

Tonight, though, as I'm fully prepared to cry buckets as I listen to Obama's acceptance speech, it's really flooring me. 4 hankies

Hillary Clinton Moves to Nominate Barack Obama by Acclimation

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-27T19:53:56-05:00

I just watched the roll-call vote of the Democratic National Convention, and I watched as Senator Hillary Clinton moved to suspend the roll-call and in a show of unity move to nominate Barack Obama as the Democratic Nominee.

Oregon Democratic Party Ad

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-26T16:15:17-05:00

Michelle Obama's Speech at the DNC

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-26T02:56:54-05:00

In a political season where her husband routinely makes me weep in anger at the injustices of the past 8 years and with hope at the potential for the next 8, her speech really got to me.

Colin the Whale Euthanized

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-22T09:51:56-05:00

It's so easy to empathize with higher mammals because in so many ways they are like us. 3 hankies

Obama town hall in Raleigh, NC

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-19T17:52:37-05:00

I didn't catch her last name, but there's a local North Carolina woman named Gloria introducing Obama and relating the devastation that 8 years of Republican rule has wrought. 3 hankies

Olympics

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-19T07:53:43-05:00

My son and I had watched a couple matches while getting ready for school, but I hadn't realized the US had already taken the gold.

Freethought Radio 8/15/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-17T03:36:16-05:00

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-15T11:58:06-05:00

Kathy did an interview with Rachel about this episode - the season finale - where she went to Walter Reed Army Hospital and visited with injured and recovering troops.

Women's Fencing

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-15T11:24:08-05:00

The one of the young woman doubled over, crying after her defeat made me teary-eyed. 1 hankie

Book of Love

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-12T15:36:42-05:00

Republicans and miltary men on John McCain

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-12T15:34:05-05:00

Journey to the Undercity

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-11T21:46:51-05:00

You take the amulet to Sylvanas and the script has her pretending that it's unimportant and tosses it aside, but as soon as you complete the quest, she does an emote:

Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (DVD) #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-09T02:22:18-05:00

I took my son to see this in the Theatre, last year, and watched it with him, again, when the DVD was first released, but either he and my daughter are much more distracting than I realized, or I just wasn't paying attention the first two times I saw this movie.

Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (DVD)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-09T00:20:17-05:00

In the beginning of the movie, when Harry goes to 12 Grimmauld Place and is reunited with the Weasley's and Sirius had me worked up a bit.

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire (DVD) #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-08T23:41:12-05:00

The echoes of Harry's parents coming out of Voldemort's wand, Cedric begging that Harry take his body back, Cedric's father wailing over the body of his son.

Thomas Jefferson (PBS Documentary)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-08T22:07:03-05:00

They loved the spot so much, that they formed a pact that if one predeceased the other, the survivor would make sure his friend was laid to rest on the mountain.

Grassroots Obama Ad

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-08T15:23:08-05:00

Discovery Channel Song

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-06T18:54:31-05:00

I haven't seen this commercial in months, but a short version was just on as I was watching "Dirty Jobs."

Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire (DVD)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-05T22:17:14-05:00

Just knowing what's about to happen to Cedric is enough to make me weepy (1 hankie), but the thought that the end of this movie - good as it is - is going to put me through the wringer is enough that I'm actually pausing the movie.

Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-05T14:34:52-05:00

Still, I did OK until the movie got to the point where the group of them were caught off-guard by the full moon outside the Shrieking Shack.

Harry Potter & The Chamber of Secrets (DVD)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-04T15:18:41-05:00

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Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (DVD) #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-04T13:25:26-05:00

Good lord, I'm such a pushover. 1 hankie

Harry Potter & The Sorcerer's Stone (DVD)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-08-04T00:21:47-05:00

Not because of what was going on, in particular, but because I know all the backstory and outcomes, already. 1 hankie

Gromm Hellscream

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-30T16:26:59-05:00

There are times when I'm glad that I'm able to have such depth of feeling, but other times it just leaves me feeling slightly foolish.

PvPonline.com (Avery Brooks Post)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-29T16:02:32-05:00

The fact that a celebrity was a couple sheets to the wind isn't significant - we've all done it and it's not even remotely inappropriate given the time and place - what's significant is that they were having a relaxed moment and ended up mocked for it.

Stephen King's "On Writing." (Audiobook)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-27T20:17:07-05:00

I first bought this as a book on tape when we were living in Chicago and I had driven back to Arkansas for a couple days, leaving the wife and kids in Illinois.

Mythbusters #74 (Dog Myths)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-27T11:02:00-05:00

It's an experience I'd like my son to have, but with all the work and care involved in taking care of his sister, I'm just not up to raising a puppy.

Freethought Radio

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-26T17:16:24-05:00

In it, she mentioned the realization that all the people she'd loved who'd passed away - including her brother - weren't waiting for her in some magical fairyland, but were actually, irrevocably gone.

The Rachel Maddow Show 7/24/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-26T12:31:18-05:00

I'm catching up on back episodes of TRMS because they didn't post their podcasts for a couple days.

Conversation with my son before he fell asleep.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-26T00:14:52-05:00

That means that restaurants or the movies or swimming - instead of being relaxing - are merely long nightmarish marathons of keeping a step ahead of her and hoping that whichever relative had enough clout to talk us into being there would soon be satisfied enough to allow us to head home before I collapse.

Maxed Out

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-25T18:23:53-05:00

Her husband passed and she couldn't keep up with her house payments and basically sold every item she owned trying to stay afloat but was still being foreclosed.

Countdown - July 24th, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T21:40:06-05:00

Maybe it's because I've just not seen this type of leadership in my lifetime, but this man simply floors me yet fills me with hope every time I listen to him intelligently discourse with other people and speak knowledgeably and correctly about matters of importance.

Obama Berlin Speech #5

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T18:32:13-05:00

This speech has left me a weepy - but hopeful! - mess.

Obama Berlin Speech #4

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T18:21:18-05:00

"These now are the walls we must tear down..." 4 hankies

Obama Berlin Speech #3

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T18:15:22-05:00

As he's speaking the camera is panning over the crowd, and there is a sea of American flags being waved over the crowd.

Re-reading the blog

kurt@crydiary.com — 2011-11-14T11:31:01-06:00

I’m moving posts from the old blogging system to my new system and re-reading and re-watching a lot of them on the way.

Obama Berlin Speech #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T18:12:53-05:00

Listening to this speech just inspires me that we CAN have leaders worthy of the title... 4 hankies

Obama Berlin Speech

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-24T18:08:39-05:00

Just read that it drew a crowd of 200,000 people.

The 27 Things I Learned at Nerdtacular ‘08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-21T18:08:03-05:00

All of this is a roundabout way of getting to the fact that when I followed the link from the feed, the first thing my eye caught on the page was:

This American Life (#359 Life After Death)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-21T00:44:38-05:00

There was one point, though, when the narrator of the first segment was telling about meeting the parents of the girl who'd swerved in front of his car on her bicycle, that was very painful to listen to.

Senator Ted Kennedy Returns to the Senate

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-20T19:57:07-05:00

Tonari no Totoro (My Neighbor Tortoro)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-19T18:45:59-05:00

It was set in rural japan, and was a story about two little girls with a sick mother.

Netroots Nation - Molly Ivins Quote

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-18T14:48:35-05:00

I don't exactly embrace Southern culture, but it is my culture, for the most part, and Molly was such a brilliant and moving example of what a Southern Liberal should be (I know, I know, she was actually Texan, but it's close enough for my purposes).

Homesick

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-18T11:56:50-05:00

Also, my wife was laid to rest there, so, in a very real sense, Chicago will always have my heart. 2 hankies

Rachel Maddow Show 7/17/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-18T00:02:28-05:00

Just woke up - July 17, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-17T09:45:07-05:00

I think that along with all the buildup to their appearance on the show, their announcement gave me another bit of a push and I got another surge of emotion and weepy-eyes. 2 hankies

Countdown - July 16th, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-16T23:05:31-05:00

Only Keith Olbermann could make me weep for Tony Snow. 2 hankies

Barack Obama at the Annual NCLR Conference

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-13T10:35:34-05:00

The Sugarmonster

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-13T10:31:27-05:00

I was convinced by my family to leave the suburbs and use the life-insurance money to buy a house down in my hometown in Arkansas where the cost of living was about a quarter of what it is in the Chicago suburbs and I could more easily afford to be a single parent.

America's Funniest Home Videos

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-12T18:09:32-05:00

Today, we were watching a time-shifted re-run from 1990 and they had a clip of a young man surprising his girlfriend as she came home with a proposal of marriage.

Harry Potter & The Order of the Phoenix (Wii Game)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-11T16:01:06-05:00

The fact that they found each other, were so good for each other, had a child together yet were only together for a such a brief time before Harry lost them both... well, it really rips me up.

Stone Soup - July 9, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-09T12:38:19-05:00

Bah, it's hard to really describe so just go back a week or two and read all the strips up until today (and keep going, if you like - this is a good comic).

Buzz Aldrin punches conspiracy theorist.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-08T15:27:46-05:00

Barack Obama Addresses A.M.E. Church General Conference

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-08T12:49:14-05:00

I'm not religious in the sense that I don't believe in the supernatural, but I do respond to a good sermon because I am culturally Christian and my Liberal values do coincide with the Christian values that drove the major social movements in the U.S.: Abolitionists, Suffragettes, Civil Rights activists, etc.

Amy Silverman & Sophie

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-07T23:32:38-05:00

At the risk of being self-referential, Amy Silverman (the mother from the July 30th, TAL#358 post) left a comment on that post that made me misty-eyed (1 hankie).

My Name Is Earl #39

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-07T22:52:32-05:00

The whole premise of the episode was the fact that they couldn't find anybody who knew him, and therefore nobody to mourn his passing.

Don S. Davis: 1942-2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-04T20:45:30-05:00

I was never a big fan of the Stargate TV show, but my mom was, and it wasn't bad so I ended up seeing quite a few episodes.

Sir Ken Robinson: Creativity

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-04T13:42:10-05:00

TED: Arthur Benjamin and "Mathemagic."

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-04T13:12:20-05:00

TED: Jill Bolte Taylor on her stroke.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-04T11:34:47-05:00

Todd and Penguin

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-03T21:56:16-05:00

http://www.toddandpenguin.com/d/20080702.html 2 hankies

TED: Susan Savage-Rumbaugh on Bonobos

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-02T13:14:50-05:00

Barack Obama: Education Town Hall in Thornton, CO

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-01T21:47:20-05:00

During the Q&A after the speech, a young woman named Stephanie stood up to ask a question, and the first thing she said was, "I'm just really touched that you're here, that you're bringing hope to this country." and as she said it, she her voice broke a little as she started to cry.

Barack Obama: Speech on Patriotism

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-01T15:55:54-05:00

Relating how his mother read the Declaration of Independence to him as a child: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they're endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are the pursuit of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness..."

World of Warcraft (Ahab Wheathoof)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-07-01T13:40:05-05:00

I was wandering around Mulgore, today, and Ahab Wheathoof started muttering about his dog as I crossed the Stonebull Bridge.

This American Life (#358 Social Engineering)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-30T15:21:24-05:00

The lesson didn't work out the way it was intended, but what Dave learned was that there can be second chances and learning that helped his father feel better about the incident.

Blue's Clues (Blue's Sad Day)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-30T09:50:00-05:00

At the end of the show, the green puppy just didn't understand that repeatedly knocking down Blue's block tower was making her sad.

Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2006 DVD) #3

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-28T21:23:10-05:00

In the part of the Documentary about Senator Obama's visit to a Darfur refugee camp, there was as shot of a huge crowd of refugee children, and I got weepy at the idea that somebody could find any justification to force children into such dire situation. 1 hankie

Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2006 DVD) #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-28T05:35:17-05:00

Senator Obama was visiting a branch of a Chicago bank that was doing micro-lending to entrepreneurs, and as these local Kenyans were relating their stories of enterprise, Senator Obama's voice-over said:

Senator Obama Goes to Africa (2006 DVD)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-28T20:36:14-05:00

As Obama was talking about he and his wife getting publicly tested in order to get more people to participate in the CDC's testing program, a subtitle came on the screen about the fact that 1.3 million people in Kenya are living with HIV/AIDS and that a further 1 million children are orphans because of AIDS.

Appurushîdo (Appleseed 2004)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-28T16:14:55-05:00

Toward the end of the movie, just before the final fight, Doonan makes a little speech before jumping out of the building essentially saying that it doesn't matter that the computer projections see a dire future for humanity: the future is what we make it, so we have to fight to make it better.

Todd and Penguin

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-27T16:47:17-05:00

He and I have corresponded in the past and he's a nice guy doing his thing: raising a family with his wife and working on comics when he gets a chance.

Northern Exposure #90

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-25T15:41:44-05:00

Also, during the episode, when Ed sees the pain that Holling is in over the fact that he feels that he failed his oldest child, Ed offers to literally be a scapegoat and carry Holling's sin in order to give him relief.

State of Belief 6/21/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-23T14:37:53-05:00

Gold related a story about a young gay man in Texas who was raised Evangelical and who was so appalled by his own sexuality that he would repeatedly physically harm himself because he thought he was such an abomination.

Northern Exposure #87

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-23T11:44:35-05:00

When Barbara the Trooper confronts him, and he lies to facilitate the violinists escape, even when he knows it will cost him his own hopes of a relationship with Barbara.

Northern Exposure #84

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-23T00:03:56-05:00

It's hard to link yourself to one person supposedly for life, no matter how much you know you love them.

Where the hell is Matt?

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-22T18:27:23-05:00

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Northern Exposure #78 (2)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-21T18:14:55-05:00

It was a cute mash-up of the town being excited and the impending parents working their way through the labor.

Northern Exposure #78

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-21T17:48:50-05:00

Watching my son grow from infant to toddler to boy has been one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had.

Discover Magazine - The Body Electric

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-20T15:18:14-05:00

I explained that the accident had broken some of the bones in José's neck, and the pieces of bone had then damaged the nerves that allowed José to control his arms and legs.

Double Dare 2000

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-20T07:03:53-05:00

My son and I were watching Double Dare 2000 on Nick GAS and as the episode ended, the family playing completed the obstacle course and won every prize.

Daily Show - Jun 17, 2008 - Lara Logan

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-18T12:10:48-05:00

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
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Rachel Maddow Show 6/17/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-18T06:25:00-05:00

I remember the Air America radio show where Rachel shared the sad news that Andi had been killed and vividly remember crying my eyes out as Rachel just broke down on air over the loss of her friend.

Phyllis and Del

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-17T21:02:19-05:00

The lesbian couple were the first to participate in a 2004 challenge of California laws against same-sex marriage, exchanging wedding vows only to see the ceremony voided later."

Jun 16, 2008 Daily Show - Moment of Zen

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-17T19:32:46-05:00

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Gore Endorses Obama

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-16T19:44:11-05:00

It contains some very powerful imagery to a civics-geek like me. 1 hankie

Northern Exposure #73

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-15T21:30:26-05:00

I didn't pick her most professional suit, or her most ornate; I chose a casual outfit she'd purchased just a week or two before that she was excited about and really looked good on her.

Watching MSNBC Russert Special Report

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-13T15:53:15-05:00

I didn't always agree with him, but you couldn't help but like the guy.

Requiem for Tim Russert

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-13T15:42:18-05:00

When a giant falls, it shakes the very foundations of the Earth.

Digg Zinger

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-12T12:42:57-05:00

The Matthew 25 Network

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-12T05:46:35-05:00

“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.”

Voting Republican

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-11T11:26:58-05:00

Politically Direct 6/8/08

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-10T05:42:00-05:00

They discussed how they didn't think he'd ever endorsed a candidate in his 50 year long career, and Durbin was just floored and immediately starts quoting Dylan lyrics!

WWDC '08 Keynote

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-10T03:50:02-05:00

With the 2.0 update, I can really see this becoming a computing platform, in it's own right, and with the GPS in the 3G iPhone, this is nothing short of a quantum leap in the way we interact with data, and how data interacts with us.

Northern Exposure #63

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-08T18:00:03-05:00

The scene where Shelly is singing to the crib and Holling joins in - totally made me laugh and cry at the same time.

Northern Exposure #60

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-08T14:18:51-05:00

The Instance #109

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-07T18:12:52-05:00

"The Instance" is a World of Warcraft podcast that I listen to, and this week, they dedicated the episode to a man, a father of a listener and a WoW player, himself, that had recently taken ill and passed away. 2 hankies.

Net Neutrality

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-07T13:07:01-05:00

Just watch it...

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T21:39:57-05:00

Northern Exposure #58

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T21:08:40-05:00

This obviously was a person who touched the lives of others, and now they're missing him, deeply. 1 hankie

Northern Exposure #58

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T21:01:35-05:00

Toward the end of the episode, Maurice is sitting in the house he grew up in and is visited by an apparition of his dead brother as a child.

Northern Exposure #56

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T18:33:48-05:00

Obama in 30 Seconds

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T09:17:17-05:00

The country actually has a chance of moving in the right direction, again.

NZ Book Council

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-05T05:16:15-05:00

Now, the site has me in full-screen mode, though, and my eye catches "encourage your friends, click here" at the bottom and I'm hurrying along and just assume that's the way to exit full-screen mode so I click.

Obama Video clip on Gawker

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-04T02:53:48-05:00

I was watching a clip of Obama's speech where he confirms that he'll be the nominee.

Bedtime

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-01-03T01:21:44-06:00

If I were to let her decide her own bedtime, she'd simply go on sampling the world well into the wee hours of the morning, only falling asleep at four or five in the morning when she's completely exhausted herself.

30 Days - Coal Miner #2

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-03T21:56:45-05:00

A knife engraved with, "For Morgan, now you're one of us." 1 hankie.

30 Days - Coal Miner

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-03T21:23:00-05:00

This is a dangerous job and it breaks my heart to see people shackled into a life they never chose by an economy they were never allowed a say in creating. 1 hankie

Barack Obama Clinches the Nomination

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-03T21:17:06-05:00

We need this man to lead us out of the hole that the Bush Administration has dug over the last 8 years. 3 hankies

My Name is Earl #27

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-03T12:30:55-05:00

At the end of the episode I got weepy when all the freaks showed up to cheer Earl on for his dive and decided they weren't going to be ashamed, anymore. 1 hankie

Obama Stump Speech - Mitchell, South Dakota

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T15:44:45-05:00

We so desperately need this man as president and we can't afford to keep giving McCain a free pass.

Northern Exposure #48

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T10:39:05-05:00

I can think of the shows completely on a technical level and still be moved by them.

Northern Exposure #48

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T10:09:15-05:00

When the judge is calling up the townspeople as character witnesses on Chris' behalf, Holling is explaining how Chris had helped Holling pay back taxes with an "indefinite loan," (pay back as you're able, no pressure) and that "that's the kind of friend he is.

Northern Exposure #48

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T09:58:47-05:00

In the first courtroom scene where the argument is first made that Chris isn't the same Chris who'd jumped bail six years earlier, the judge says she's hear the case after a one hour recess.

Northern Exposure #47

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T09:31:18-05:00

The final scene, where Joel calls Yvgeny in Isreal and haltingly tries to explain why he's calling really choked me up. 2 hankies.

Northern Exposure #47

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-01T09:05:59-05:00

The Joel character is explaining to Ed the suppression of the Russian Jews as he looks over Yvgeny's dossier.

Battlestar Galactica 410

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-31T00:37:48-05:00

When Admiral Adama was boarding the Raptor and Apollo and Starbuck were saluting and they had that little call back moment about "nothing but the rain."

Northern Exposure #42

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-30T10:21:08-05:00

Got a little misty during the scene when Chris was cooking a meal for himself and his deceased friend Tooley.

Northern Exposure #40

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-29T15:50:59-05:00

At the end of the episode, the character Chris said, "who would have thought such a slight tilt in our Earthly axis could make such a big difference in our lives..."

The Hankie Scale

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T20:02:45-05:00

A tear or two might actually spill over the eyelids but can be ignored or wiped away with fingertips.

Barack Obama

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T17:58:13-05:00

Teared up with hope and pride watching a Moveon.org Barack Obama ad. 1 hankie.

Northern Exposure #38 (5)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T14:29:14-05:00

Cicely dies. 3 hankies

Northern Exposure #38 (4)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T14:26:09-05:00

Cicely collapses at the town meeting. 1 hankie

Damn BBC...

kurt@crydiary.com — 2011-11-10T01:25:14-06:00

I didn’t realize it was the final episode until it was almost halfway over and I was looking at what was coming next.

Northern Exposure #38 (3)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T14:19:06-05:00

Cicely falls ill with what’s obviously consumption. 1 hankie

Northern Exposure #38 (2)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T13:59:01-05:00

Teared up as I laughed at Rosalyn punching out the bully and asserting her dominance over the rest of the ruffians in the bar. 2 hankies

Obama Victory Speech - June 3, 2008

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-06-04T00:48:29-05:00

I know this is going to be rough for me because it's been so long coming, and so important.

Northern Exposure #38 (1)

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T13:54:15-05:00

Teared up when Rosalyn and Cicely first appeared in the “Cicely” Episode of Northern Exposure (the idea of love despite obstacles always chokes me up) and teared up some more immediately after when Rosalyn extended a hand to the boy in the gutter and gave a little speech on human potential and how evolution was about humanity rising up from the mud, not being stuck in it.

Northern Exposure #37

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T13:39:27-05:00

Got a little weepy during Chris’ monologue presiding over Adam and Eve’s Wedding in the “Our Wedding” episode of Northern Exposure. 1 hankie

Flushed Away

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-28T11:00:08-05:00

at the scene in “Flushed Away” where the Jammy Dodger boat sank and the girl rat said “Goodbye, me old mate.”

Northern Exposure #35

kurt@crydiary.com — 2008-05-27T23:14:54-05:00

Cried at the end of the episode during the little wrap-up of the episode where the town re-mailed the package, Chris reads “Paddle to-the-sea” and then Holling finishes burying Jesse the bear, with Enya “Carribean Blue” was playing over it all. 2 hankies

My girl's hidden masterpieces.

kurt@crydiary.com — 2011-11-01T18:02:41-05:00

Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie

kurt@crydiary.com — 2009-10-25T09:38:00-05:00

We laughed and were excited as we almost tricked it into walking into a sandcastle bucket from the toy box so I could transport it outside so it'd have a chance at a life likely no less dangerous, but at least not in danger from us.