Saturday, July 19, 2008

Laura's tearjerker:



Les Miserables last night at the Walnut Street Theater

Mary Ellen's tearjerker:




The end of Act I of Wicked

J's tearjerker:



Gorecki's Symphony No. 3, Movement 1 (if you have 27 minutes to spare, listen to it here)

Friday, July 18, 2008

Alisa's tearjerker:




The father-bride dance at the last wedding I attended

Rick's tearjerker:



Watching my brother-in-law walk his daughter down the aisle at her wedding a few weeks ago

Brandon's tearjerker:




Obama's speech on race in America

Rob McK's tearjerker:




"Your CT scan looks great!"

Thursday, July 17, 2008

Trey's tearjerker:




Paul Potts singing Nessun Dorma on Britain's Got Talent

Rita's tearjerker:

Finding a CD with a PowerPoint slideshow made by my childhood friends, filled with photos of us from ages 7 to 20 and "That's What Friends Are For" playing in the background

Brian's tearjerker:



Any feel-good story, like the current one about Josh Hamilton

Tim's tearjerker:



My doctor telling me, "You didn't tear your ACL."

Nancy's tearjerker:




Olafur Eliasson's Beauty at P.S. 1

Tom's tearjerker:



Fossils of proto-primates from about 60 million years ago (seen on Nova ScienceNow)

Henry's tearjerker:



My newborn son

Wayne's tearjerker:


Nessun Dorma always chokes me up, especially when sung by Luciano Pavarotti. (Check out what I mean here.)

Matt's mental block:



If I'm looking at, say, a cupboard, I'll see all the items inside. But if i'm asked to go search for a particular item, it's like there's an invisible spell cast upon it.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Eugene's mental block:




Forgetting what I had to do by the time I get to my destination.

Sunday, July 13, 2008

Trey's mental block:




Repeatedly urging people to do things while calling them by the wrong name.