Bad Crazy Vs. Good Crazy

So, as some of my regular readers know, I like to follow the antics of Paula Abdul on occasion for my own personal entertainment.  Recently, she was interviewed in Glamour magazine.   If you will - a tiny excerpt:

Do look for a way past "no".  My first audition to become a Laker Girl was a cattle call and no one even saw me.  i got cut immediately, but I sneaked into another room, changed my leotard, put on brighter tights and changed my hair.  Then I went back in and used my middle name - and I got it!

Needless to say - I find this story a little crazy - but GOOD crazy.  Perhaps there's a fine line between bad crazy and good crazy.  And this woman toes said line quite often.  However, I enjoy something about this story - in fact, I might feel a twinge inspired.  The next time I don't get a job or something of the like, maybe I'll send in a resume under another name.  Rock on, Ms. Abdul!

Is He Crazy?

So, as my readers know, I am part of a brilliant blog network.  One of my fellow bloggers raised an interesting point.  Basically, the question is if his exes are crazy, is he too?

Now, don't get me wrong, I know firsthand that there are PLENTY of crazy women out there.  However, whenever a guy tells me his ex-gf is crazy, I default to blaming him for either a) doing something to piss her off, and she reacted with the normal human emotion of anger or b) having bad judgment in partners (which then opens the can of worms of 'does he have bad judgment in general? does he not have a keen sense of the obvious? etc., etc.)

What are your thoughts?  When a guy says his ex is crazy, do you take it at face value, or somehow place some of the blame on him like I do?  What if there's more than one crazy ex?  Is this red flag of the year?  Did he then pick you cause he's in a pattern of picking, well, crazies?  Has anyone out there dated a guy with a 'crazy ex' who turned out to be totally normal?   Do normal, functioning members of society sometimes just go crazy on a dime, or did they always have it in them in the first place?!