var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : "http://www."); document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + gaJsHost + "google-analytics.com/ga.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E")); try { var pageTracker = _gat._getTracker("UA-692724-3"); pageTracker._trackPageview(); } catch(err) {}Tumblr (3.0; @scottkurtz)http://www.scottkurtz.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lag7p69l1b1qao48yo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I know this is a nerdy thing to do, but I just got done simplifying my desktop and I thought I would post a screencap of it.</p> <p>Date, Time and iCal list all update live as a part of the desktop via Geektool and iCal buddy. Wallpaper is from <a href="http://www.fiftyfootshadows.net">www.fiftyfootshadows.net</a></p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/1337832267http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/1337832267Sun, 17 Oct 2010 15:05:30 -0400Scott: Wait. Did Dio die?<br /> Kris: Yeah.<br /> Scott: What did he die from?<br /> Kris: He died from being an ancient man whose body was filled with drugs.http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/607438315http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/607438315Mon, 17 May 2010 13:55:02 -0400Dale: We gotta start thinking bigger, though, Brennan. Listen. What are you really good at?<br /> Brennan: I'm a world-class singer.<br /> Dale: See? Right there. That's an amazing skill. Now what am I good at? I can shred on the drums and I'm a marketing whiz. Put it all together and what do you get?<br /> Brennan: I don't know, a band?<br /> Dale: No, that's been done before. Even better: we are gonna start an international entertainment company. The biggest and the best. And we're gonna call it Prestige Worldwide.<br /> Brennan: That sounds so cool. I feel like a lightning bolt just hit the tip of my penis.<br /> Dale: Yeah. Yeah.<br /> Brennan: We're brothers. This is why we met. To form this alliance.http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/557607744http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/557607744Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:36:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/YtGSXMuWMR4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Charlie Brooker - How To Report The News</p> <p><br/>“Next a walky-talky preamble from the auteur, pacing steady towards the lens, punctuating every other sentence with a hand-gesture and ignoring all the pricks milling around him like he’s gliding through the fucking Matrix.”</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/513936184http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/513936184Sun, 11 Apr 2010 17:04:00 -0400<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/gZocvTsi5Rg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Picard on Death</strong></p> <p>While we’re on the subject of Star Trek, I wanted to also bring this up.</p> <p>Why is it that Science Fiction has done more to help me understand God than my church or the religion I was raised in? And I’m not just talking about Star Trek. I’m talking about a lot of Science Fiction literature I’ve read. Carl Sagan’s books <strong>Contact</strong> and <strong>Demon Haunted World</strong> have brought me closer to God than the Bible ever has.</p> <p>How is that possible?</p> <p>Something to think about.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/506446122http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/506446122Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:52:22 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8xKo6-xu6dc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Far Beyond The Stars</strong></p> <p>If you can watch this episode without losing your shit, then you don’t have a heart. Far Beyond the Stars is a zenith of Star Trek. I think it proves unequivocally that Deep Space 9 is not only the best of the Star Trek series, but better than anything that’s come since.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/506420934http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/506420934Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:38:07 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/484922586/tumblr_l0446kCv1F1qao48y&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>If you need me, I’ll be in Stellar Cartography</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/484922586http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/484922586Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:20 -0400<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5yRX55jnJOw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bella’s rock collection</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/467203769http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/467203769Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:12:03 -0400<object width="400" height="300"> <param name="flashvars" value="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoonhound%2Fsets%2F72157623663844676%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoonhound%2Fsets%2F72157623663844676%2F&set_id=72157623663844676&jump_to=" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.flickr.com/apps/slideshow/show.swf?v=71649" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="offsite=true&lang=en-us&page_show_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoonhound%2Fsets%2F72157623663844676%2Fshow%2F&page_show_back_url=%2Fphotos%2Ftoonhound%2Fsets%2F72157623663844676%2F&set_id=72157623663844676&jump_to=" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Snow Day!</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/463524980http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/463524980Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:47:21 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzn51rJQ721qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Five inches of snow in Dallas. On the first day of spring.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/463515308http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/463515308Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:41:51 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzlb7zFfu21qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Smile!</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/461268596http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/461268596Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:59:15 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxyk8tgEPA1qzn4vjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://mostexerent.tumblr.com/">mostexerent</a>)</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/429131386http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/429131386Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:23:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyfr05FIkL1qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There is no comeback for this. It’s bulletproof.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/412791739http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/412791739Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:21:41 -0500friendsfunnytwitter<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxjm3xyto51qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is my father and my Uncle Bill. The two are related by marriage only, however when they say “brother” to each other it feels more real and genuine than when I say it to my biological brother.</p> <p>My father was an only child and Billy was a real blessing. He’d always wanted a brother and he got a good one.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/378691169http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/378691169Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:52:15 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwd0lgpvBs1qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>When my friend Gary Tyrell over at <a title="Fleen.com" href="http://www.fleen.com">Fleen.com</a> saw I was going to have my sister-in-law knit me a Doctor Who scarf, he twittered me to let me know he had one he was willing to part with.</p> <p>His mom knit it for him when he was younger and it’s not getting used much these days. I was reluctant to take something that was made from a mother’s heart, but he assured me she would be happy to see it getting use. So I took him up on the offer.</p> <p>The scarf is huge, warm, soft and long. Even wrapped around my neck twice it reaches past my knees and I’m 6’4” tall.</p> <p>It’s an awesome scarf. I just wish it stayed cold enough here to enjoy it more than a couple days a year. Hopefully, I’ll get more use out of it in Seattle.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/337980312http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/337980312Sat, 16 Jan 2010 16:48:00 -0500Ashely: Seimens<br /> Me: Heh he he hhe heeee...<br /> Ashley: Someone actually named their company that.<br /> Me: It's so stupid. Nobody is going to take you seriously.<br /> Ashley: Yeah, but It's spelled S-E-I-<br /> Me: It doesn't matter HOW it's spelled. People still hear the word in their head and think of Jizz.<br /> Ashley: People, or YOU?<br /> Me: They should just call their company Cumstains.<br /> Me: "We'll shoot you in the eye...with savings."http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/332846990http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/332846990Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:52:10 -0500Scott: I think I'm going to order the Monte Cristo.<br /> Angela: yeah?<br /> Scott: Do you think it'll be good?<br /> Angela: You're chasing that Bennegins Monte Cristo, and nothing ever tastes like it.<br /> Scott: Yeah. I just...I want one.<br /> Regean: The Count of Monte Cristo was a good movie, so...<br /> Scott: Yeah. That's true.<br /> Scott: A really good Monte Cristo is served to you while you're bricked into a wall.<br /> Angela: WHAT?!<br /> Scott: Isn't that in that story?<br /> Angela: That's The Cask of Amontillado!<br /> Scott: Oh. Right. Damn. That was almost a perfect joke.http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/313597299http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/313597299Sat, 02 Jan 2010 18:42:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvefx3EDPt1qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Bella reclining</b></p> <p><br/>Anyone who says that Webcomics don’t have something special with their readers needs to hear about Bella. We found out today that Bella has Entropion, a curling in of her lower eyelid. It’s going to require a simple surgery.</p> <p>I twittered about it and hours later I have been provided, by readers, a dog eye specialist in my area who comes highly recommended.</p> <p>If that happens with newspaper cartoonists, I’ll eat my hat.</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/305649618http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/305649618Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:43:00 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbvsjzJ7y1qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Two of my favorite people in the world.</p> <p>I find it interesting that my father chose to wear a Granite Construction Company shirt on the first official day of his retirement. I think it’s symbolic. Dad worked at Granite before I was born and the day this photo was taken he woke up for the first time knowing he never would go to work again.</p> <p>I always knew one day I would end up here. That I would grow up and be a cartoonist and be married to a beautiful and formidable woman and that one day my dad would retire. But now it’s here. Now it’s today. It’s just just something that is assumed I’ll reach one day in the future.</p> <p>I bet you didn’t think all that was in this photo, did you?</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/303162557http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/303162557Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:33:55 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvbvmpnaEy1qao48yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Still crazy after all these years</p>http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/303158637http://www.scottkurtz.com/post/303158637Sun, 27 Dec 2009 15:30:24 -0500