When you cry manly tears of manliness

Speaking of wishes, my son's unit is participating in a Make a Wish fulfillment for a 15 year old boy who has a month to live. He wanted to be a Ranger, so they're going to make him an honorary member of the battalion with all the works and put him to work for a day as a team leader on exercises down at the range. There's a LOT of dust around here, and down at HQ for some reason.

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

They ruined cricket at school when they introduced the real cricket ball. We went from a nice soft tennis ball to something that resembled a large bullet.

wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Why use a 90 degree arc of play when you could use 360?

And really? More bunting? (Warning, Dave: pyjamas.)

wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Methinks you're comparing apples to slightly different apples. Both "sports" involve a lot of standing around on the part of the players, take fricking hours to finish a game, and are mostly enjoyed as a venue in which to get drunk for those several hours.

El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Jonman wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Methinks you're comparing apples to slightly different apples. Both "sports" involve a lot of standing around on the part of the players, take fricking hours to finish a game, and are mostly enjoyed as a venue in which to get drunk for those several hours.

You must be watching the Cubs.
/rimshot

I'm just saying that baseball is long and slow enough already. Sometimes games take, like, four whole hours.

wordsmythe wrote:
Jonman wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Methinks you're comparing apples to slightly different apples. Both "sports" involve a lot of standing around on the part of the players, take fricking hours to finish a game, and are mostly enjoyed as a venue in which to get drunk for those several hours.

You must be watching the Cubs.
/rimshot

I'm just saying that baseball is long and slow enough already. Sometimes games take, like, four whole hours.

Ick.. AL baseball.

Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

AnimeJ wrote:

Self-quote double post? New crazy posting meme: Pulling a Taco.

Eheheh, this has to happen.

davet010 wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

Real World Cup, King of Sports.

FTFY

Feels real good to be the King after 28 years

lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

HedgeWizard wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

Which episode is it?

Polliwog wrote:
HedgeWizard wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

Which episode is it?

Anthony Griffith - It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of times.
3/21/11

To those who mentioned Taking Chance.

You are both horrible people, and amazing people.

20 minutes in, and the film is amazing.

HedgeWizard wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

Wait wait wait. Does this involve a child's death? Because, if so... nothanks.

lostlobster wrote:
HedgeWizard wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

Wait wait wait. Does this involve a child's death? Because, if so... nothanks.

It does. And the emotion is about as raw and real as you can get.

An episode of Farscape. Self-Inflicted wounds Part 2. Don't judge until I tell the story.

My grandfather on my mom's side fell at his job at K-Mart and hit his head. We were presented with a Catch-22. His brain was hemorraging, but to take him off his blood thinner medication would give him bad problems with his pig's aorta. Eventually, the bleeding stopped but he'd lost about 20 years worth of memories and was perpetually confused about most things. He kept calling his daughter by his wife's name and couldn't even remember who I and my little sister were. Mom moved him to a home in our town, then eventually to a better place a couple towns over. As such, Grandpa Kenny got a lot of attention from our family. We just moved him to a really nice place right next to mom's work a week prior when I got the call that he had passed one Sunday morning. We had the funeral on Friday in Indiana at his home town. Whenever my family get together for any reason, its utterly ridiculous. More of a celebration of the man's life than a really sad event. So after spending the day with cousins and such we went home. The next day I picked up where I had left off in Farscape around 11:30 PM or so. Season 3, episode 3 I believe. Called Self-Inflicted Wounds Part 2. One of the characters named Zhaan dies. Towards the end of the episode, another character named Stark explains why he isn't all that sad that she died. He says that he touched her mind and said he'd never seen a soul so at peace with itself and that it was ready to go and wanted the survivors to go on in her spirit. This mentality perfectly described my grandfather before his injury and, in many ways, after. The gravity of it all hit me like a freight train. I spent the next 30 minutes or so sobbing as I truly, for the first time, felt the loss. I can watch it now and be fine, but I'll never forget that feeling.

I had a zipper incident recently. Manly tears were shed.

Jonman wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Methinks you're comparing apples to slightly different apples. Both "sports" involve a lot of standing around on the part of the players, take fricking hours to finish a game, and are mostly enjoyed as a venue in which to get drunk for those several hours.

Be honest now, Jonman - you didn't emigrate from the UK, you were banished as a heretic.

When I was young I used to watch Star Trek TOS in the afternoons, right after 3-2-1 Contact. I really dug it. Not enough to consider myself a Trekie...more of a Star Wars guy. Anyway, I was maybe about 8 when Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came out. When Spock died, I had to be carried out of the theater I was balling so much. That scene still gets me to tear up even now.

I like to pretend I'm a cynical guy and a lot of time I like to be a cynical guy, but I am so so easy to manipulate when it comes to books and movies and TV shows. I get lumps in my throat for the most contrived and transparent scenes even as my brain is shouting "DO NOT make tears, tear ducts, IT'S A TRAP!!"

mudbunny wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
HedgeWizard wrote:
lostlobster wrote:
Ranger Rick wrote:
El-Producto wrote:

My god, I've been catching up on my podcasts, and have listened to a few weeks backlog of The Moth. I heard the episode Certis was talking about, and I absolutely got choked up. Might have something to do with the recent birth of my 3rd child, but that was a MOVING piece, that everyone should listen to.

I was bawling in my car on the way to work. It was incredibly told, and heartbreaking as hell.

Dammit. I've been avoiding it because, well, I don't know why. But I'm going to have to suck it up and listen.

It's crushing. Really. And as a parent? Damn. But the story is very well told (like nearly all Moth stories are), and is a primal experience that really highlights the human condition.

Wait wait wait. Does this involve a child's death? Because, if so... nothanks.

It does. And the emotion is about as raw and real as you can get.

THAT just saved a very embarrassing explanation at work. I shall listen this evening... [size=6]MAYBE[/size]

I listened to it, you'll be thankful you waited until after work. His voice is so powerful.

HedgeWizard wrote:
Higgledy wrote:
Certis wrote:

This weeks The Moth podcast destroyed me.

I see what you mean.

Hopefully getting it out helped him and will help others in similar situations.

Yeah. That episode gutted me.

The Moth tends to get me more than anything. It's hearing the emotion in their voice. Such great stories. The Moth is like This American Life, but downsized to 15 or 20 minutes with all the emotional involvement of an hour long show.

People, seriously, this is one of the best radio/podcasts on air.

Agreed. Few podcasts have the long-lasting impact on me that The Moth does. Truly something everyone should listen to.

Hachi: A Dog's Tale, I know what I was getting myself into but didn't really read about the story on wiki.

Lets just say I'm never watching another dog movie, ever, ffs.

The end of Toy Story 3.

Just remembered another one...The Abyss. The two parts you'd think. No matter how many times I see it, even though I know how it ends, they get me every time.

I want that James Cameron back.

wordsmythe wrote:
Jonman wrote:
wordsmythe wrote:

"I wish baseball had less action and more bunting."

Methinks you're comparing apples to slightly different apples. Both "sports" involve a lot of standing around on the part of the players, take fricking hours to finish a game, and are mostly enjoyed as a venue in which to get drunk for those several hours.

You must be watching the Cubs.
/rimshot

I'm just saying that baseball is long and slow enough already. Sometimes games take, like, four whole hours.

I was catching up on this thread and had the exact thought after reading that. My greatest baseball experience was getting a call at work that a friend had free tickets, walking to the park at about the 6th or 7th inning, getting a beer and hot dog, and when they were done the game was over and the Cubs had won. I am getting choked up just thinking about it. *sniffles*

Putting my kids to be for the last time for the next 8 months. I freaking bawled.