Crystal’s Adventures

Clinton and I discovered Wickles about a year or two ago. It is pretty darned near the best relish on the planet. Basically, it makes any sandwich you put it on ten times better!
Recently though, we scraped out the last bit from the bottom of our very last jar in the refrigerator, and we were [...]

Very soon we will replace Clinton’s older Corolla with something newer. We are looking at a 2006 Scion xA for him - highly rated for dependability and value, per Consumer Reports - which we will test drive on Wednesday.
Ah, but the memories of the Corolla… She was such a good camping companion, grad school mobile, [...]

Here is a piece of weird news that will make you chuckle. It’s about a man named Kory McFarren whose girlfriend - out of fear of leaving the bathroom - sat on his toilet for two years and got stuck there. The police had to pry the seat off with a crowbar, and then the [...]

I have been pretty sick for over a week now. This is weird for me, because I so rarely (KNOCK ON WOOD!) get sick. I took a whole week off from exercising, which was doubly weird for me. I tried to get back into running today with the group, but I could only manage two [...]

I just want to say again how much I love Durham. Let me count the ways…

the Durham Farmer’s Market (the best farmer’s market in the world)
the Eno River (including secret swimming holes and associated tales of pirate treasure)
Duke Forest and its perfect, perfect running trails
Wafting on the Eno
Frog Hollow Outdoors - canoes! kayaks! geo-caching adventures!
Ninth [...]

This is a great 10-minute video from Oprah’s show and is really worth watching. In it, Dr. Randy Pausch pretty much (in my opinion) sums up what the meaning of life is.

Just discovered the music of Clare Fader and the Vaudevillians. I love the description of this album:
The Elephant’s Baby is indescribably witty, urbane, slick and all around unique. Fader has the proverbial way with words and her imagination is a frightfully bizarre living room full of animal noises, weird lovers, threatening furniture, strange childhood stories, [...]

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