COLTS VS. BEARS

The ultimate Super Bowl match up. Colts and Manning versus Grossman and the Bears! Could there be a better Super Bowl match up?

Just Thinking

I just got off the phone with Peter. We talked about various things for about an hour but neither he nor our conversation has anything to do with this post. For some reason an idea just came to me that I want some feedback on. It's the idea that some people we meet are very much like mythical beings. For example, Gloria, the flower girl at Michal and my wedding was very often like a farry or sprite. How many of you remember Mr. Steele from Landisville? Think for a moment of him praying, now what does that remind you of?

I think Mr. Steele was an Ent. It's just an idea and I know it won't apply to everyone but I think we can all think of someone who remind us of a ficitional character or creature.

Horse Race

It hasn't quite been two weeks yet, but Dumb Dumb's newest Dlog is so imprtant and current that we felt it best to realease a couple days early. After much debate, we decided it is best to only post on his personal site (There is a link to the left, thanks Ben). There may be some objectionable content in this Dlog and in upcoming Dlogs, nothing that Simon and Garfunkle haven't already covered, but nevertheless best left off the family site. Dumb Dumb feels that there is some discrimination going down, but I think this is best.

Ladies and Gentlebeans

Today marks the next step in the saga of the Crum Family Blog. Today is the first day that the blog runs on the new Google Powered Blogger. Some of you (my family members) may not have Google accounts, if this is the case you will need to set one up next time you wish to post to the blog. Sorry if this is inconvenient, we will end up having a better site because of it.

Dlog

Dumb Dumb Dog has a few things to say, and today he begins with the first in a bi-weekly series.

New Years in Baltimore

Hey everyone, just wanted to forward this on to you all. Jessica, who came out with Michal and me to Baltimore, has just posted some pictures on her Flickr site. They're really good. Check them out [here].

Here's the picture she took of Stephen at the park.

Will and J-Dogg

So Ben posts a new video with a song by the same group (and from the same album) that I have a new video for (also featuring two of our brothers). Mine is not as produced but just as kick-A!!

Thief - a Benjamin Crum film

Check out my new film. Thomas, Jon and I worked on this one yesterday and I spent last night and this morning finishing it up. Nothing to fancy, just a little cold-weather fun. Enjoy!

Res-o-lut-ions

Every year I have the same problem with "New Year's Resolutions." I think of a really good one around February 10th.

But, looking back on the weeks prior to this discovery, I realize that I've already broken it many times. Examples of this include not eating chocolate or not watching movies or not talking in-depth about the new Harry Potter book before it comes out.

The last few years I have resolved not to make any resolutions. That didn't get me very far. I was disqualified from the start.

So this year, I'm just not going to resolve. At all.

Happy Freakin New Year

Happy new year y'all.

End of Year Video

This really has nothing to do with the end of 2006 except that I made this with my new video camera and will be doing more of this in the year to come. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!



More of my videos appear on Google Video

Colorado

This might be another good time to discuss my theory on how snow is a direct result of Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit, but rather I thought I would talk about the benefits of snow:

Snow in Colorado is almost always powdery. This is not good for snowballs or for snowmen, but it is great for shoveling. It's almost like no work at all. The last two winters I didn't even have a shovel, I merely swept our porch, sidewalk and driveway. This year I carry a shovel in my Pathfinder for work, so I've been breaking it out to shovel the above mentioned surfaces. I'm not going to go so far as to say I enjoy the act of snow removal, but there's worse things one could be doing. I guess it's just nice for a break from sitting around inside all day, to actually get outside and do some physical labor.

I really didn't list a benefit of snow, perhaps looking at snow is it's only benefit. How can a result of an act of disobedience be so beautiful. Maybe it's like a painting by a convict, or a quilt by a lawyer. We should just appreciate it for what it is, and not ask too many questions.

Jon's Blog Must Die

Hello Everyone,
Just getting back from Africa the last thing I want is to start a fight... wait, check that. Just getting back from Africa the thing that I want to do more than anything else is start a fight. So here goes: As I was catching up on the goings-on in the Crum family I did what any good brother and son would do, I looked at your blogs. I found out that Matt has a cool Christmas sweater that plays music by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra and that Mom now realizes that no matter how bad of students we were as kids, at least she could spank us. This brings me to my point, Jon needs some serious discipline. I mean, how am I supposed to know what is going on in your life if I can't read it in a public forum?

I think that explains it. As we all know Jon has been uttering thoughts non-stop for the past four or five years. I knew that eventually he would run out of thoughts and I guess that day has come. Here's a tip Jon, blogs are not actually intended to be "thought depositories" (not to be confused with "thought suppo..." never mind). Just recycle things that other people say, neglect to site your source, and claim it as a new "idea" or thought and bingo, you have a blog. case in point.

Merry Christmas

Wow, 11 o'clock and I'm the first one to post a "Merry Christmas". Either you all are sleeping in or I am a loser who is posting on Christmas. Anyway, I hope you all (Crums, not other people reading this blog) have a great Christmas and I'll see some of you soon.



PS: click here to see one of Michal's presents.

OHIO STATE IS GATOR BAIT

Midwest Farmer's Daughters

Hello, All!

I do believe (I may be wrong) that this is the first post I have ever contributed to the Crum Family Blog. I got online yesterday and caught up on the last four months of posts (which wasn't much). Well, here we are. Back in the USA after four months in South Africa. We are happy to be home, eating normal foods, enjoying good cold weather, and surfing the web. Ben and I were singing the Beach Boys a few weeks ago, pining the good ol' U.S. of A. and I had to complain about the line about the "midwest farmer's daughters really make me feel alright..." I'd much rather be a northern or a southern girl. Anyway, I think this blog rivals Nates' in random rambling. I love you all.

Movies (without Popcorn)

Just a quick note: If you want to watch a lot of movies in one sitting, fly over the Atlantic in an Airbus A330. On Michal and my flight to South Africa we were booked on two 747s, the first from Chicago to Amsterdam and the next from Amsterdam to Johannesburg. On the way home, though, we were put on an Airbus, a much newer plane with video screens built in to the back of the headrests. We had remote controls built in to our arm rest with which we could select movies, music and games to entertain ourselves. I must admit, I watched four movies on that flight. Granted, it was a 10+ hour flight, but still, that's a lot of movies. The Illusionist was good (actually, I really enjoyed it), Invincible was fun, Little Miss Sunshine was funny in that sick kind of timid "ha, ha" way, and Wicker Man was stupid with good acting. Anyway, I'm home now and unlike Peter and Nate, I think I have met my movie quota for a while.

It's In The Mail

It's been six months in the making, and the wait is almost over. Of course your last name has to be Crum in order to recieve a first-run copy, so if you're not a Crum, seek one out and slip him/her a fiver, because this one's a keeper.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Multimedia Dad

Here are some cool pictures I found (and created) that include someone you should recognize. Of course it's Pop!! When he came to visit a few months ago, Jon showed us a book he had with Pop's picture on the cover. Pop told me about a Big & Rich video "8th of November" that had his picture in it and also said that there was a video series on the Vietnam War that had his picture on the cover. I did some research and found the VHS cover and also downloaded the B&R video and made a screen shot of the scene with Pop's picture. Enjoy.

Thanksgiving

We were glad to have Nate home for a week at Thanksgiving. We had not seen him since last Christmas, so this was his first visit to Maryland. Matt arrived at dinner time on Tuesday, so we had three full days with both of them together. Aunt Sandi, Uncle Bob, Lauren and Katelynn came for dinner on Thursday which was great fun. And, we spoke with all the brothers who weren't home by phone--even Ben who had gotten a sunburn on Thanksgiving Day in summery South Africa. So much to be thankful for!

On Friday we went to Washington, D.C. so that Nate "Boticelli" Crum could see "his painting" in the National Gallery--remember that fine Adoration of the Magi he did for Renaissance Art History class? We didn't see any of Thomas "Giotto" Crum's sheep in the museum, however, for some reason. Those who didn't tour the museum walked the Mall looking at all the monuments from Lincoln to Washington. Then the whole gang went to the Air and Space Museum.

Matt drove back to Indiana on Saturday, and Nate flew to Texas where some friends met him. Nate is now back in Louisiana, recovering from oral surgery today; he had all four wisdom teeth extracted this morning. He has three days off to recover.