Archive for February, 2008

Crystal’s thoughts on The Story of Stuff

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Friends and family, here is a video with a very important message about consumption. It’s called The Story of Stuff and is 20 minutes long. How I wish every person in our country - every man, woman and especially child in school - could watch this video! It is both enlightening and inspiring.
I’ve always known [...]

Diamonds are not the world’s best friends

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

Friends and family, I hope you will take a few minutes to watch this interesting and very educational clip about the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
The DRC is a jungle-y country in sub-Saharan Africa not so far from Gabon where I lived during the Peace Corps. It is not easy to grasp how the world’s [...]

Haircut and race

Saturday, February 23rd, 2008

Haircut
So, I got one of the best haircuts I’ve ever had in my entire life yesterday. I had been going to Mina’s Studio in Chapel Hill, which is a fantastic place, but it’s now too far of a drive for me from ole North Durham. Then I switched to Wavelengths on Ninth St for [...]

Catching up on the blog

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

It has been such a long time.
Here’s what’s going on with me:

A few weeks ago, my mom came down to Durham, NC to stay with us for a week and to experience what our lives are like these days. Of course, she stocked our pantry and refrigerator, ironed all our clothes and managed to put [...]

Radio-controlled sperm ‘tap’ turns off vasectomies

Friday, February 1st, 2008

It is great to work in the reproductive health world, if nothing else to hear about amazing (and funny) new technologies like this one. Read this article from New Scientist to find out more.