¡Feliz Navidad from Clinton & Crystal!

Lists of One

In 2008 Favorite musical group I found: Bodies of Water Favorite album that came out this year: Un...

RailsConf 2008 + iPhone + CameraBag

Great conversation with my wife from...

Crystal: I hope you have a real nice evening.
crnixon@gmail.com: Thanks. I'm going to dinner soon.
crnixon@gmail.com: There are a lot of Japanese people here.
Crystal: I'm going to figure out something to eat, myself.
Crystal: Really?
crnixon@gmail.com: The creator of Ruby is Japanese. It's very popular there.
Crystal: Aha!
Crystal: Who's the creator of the "On Rails" part?
crnixon@gmail.com: David Heinemeier Hansson
Crystal: Every time you say/type creator, I think "Kraaator".
Crystal: Ah, the cute one?
crnixon@gmail.com: Yes,
crnixon@gmail.com: KRAATOR!
Crystal: I wanna play duel of ages!
crnixon@gmail.com: I have to go to dinner now! I want to play DOA too
Crystal: Okay, bye!

“Serious Cookie Monster death metal — faster than you can...”
— Best album review I’ve...

I think it’s kind of obvious who I’m voting...

Road school

In my dream life, when our oldest kid turns 5, we’ll get rid of most of our possessions, sell...

Two more reasons my wife is awesome

10 great reasons to quit your desk job and not get another one Home organization expert on...

I’d been waiting for the right thing to show up before...

Durham Central Market | Eat local, y'all!

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The Saturday Profile - A Blind Boxer Inspires...

Bull City Rising: Raleigh mall melee: A new...

The Mountain Goats | Solo Set, At Home, In...

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Re-evaluation

About a year ago I sat down with Crystal and wrote out my life goals. I’m having a hell of a...

Now I have to go buy something at McDonald's.

Religion in American Culture -- Pew Forum on...

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Things I am aware of

The positivity of my mood is directly proportional to the frequency of my posting. Hold on,...

My day’s been a little like this.

Moustache: week 1

Crystal and I had a great Friday night. We had reservations for a fancy dinner at Piedmont in...

Clinton Thinking (via teamviget) I never knew I made this...

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We just scheduled a more-than-two-weeks vacation in...

“D as in delicious, … S as in super, … B as in...”
— My wife, spelling her name for...

Unclutterer » Saying farewell to a hobby

What I did this weekend: Troy Sterling’s Air Guitar...

Magnificent Bloodstep

From an e-mail I just got: Yo! This Saturday at 9:30pm the DSI Comedy Theater will play...

Music for Cold Days

Yesterday was exhausting. I got up at 4am, drove from DC to Durham, worked a full day, met Crystal,...

Bull City Rising: Durham lowers drought...

via How to set up your own rain barrel

A Victim Treats His Mugger Right : NPR

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pentecost project

My power mixtape for my co-worker

Overheard in our bedroom

Me: (looking at Netflix email) Hey, we get Monk tomorrow.
Crystal: You're a monkey.
Me: Did you just say "you're a monkey"?
Crystal: Don't be calling me a monkey!

I am married to a comic genius

This email awaited me when I got to work this morning: I meant to mention to you this morning...

“We can’t have sex until after I finish this Excel...”
— My awesome wife

Fed dogs; went to work; still in love

It’s tempting not to write about things are aren’t exceptional; but, when every day is...