TBH, it’s really dumb.
I live in Oregon, so not too many aspens where I am.
However, I have always been a fan of the alpenglow phenomenon. That’s what I was trying for when I signed up. A slip of the finger made me Aspenglow – which I only recently learned from @burpo_the_wonder_mutt was a John Denver song in the origin of your SDMB name thread. I’m not bothered enough by the error to ask the mods to change it. 
As for how crabs figure into that, well… they don’t. I thought the crab pic was more representational of my sometimes-crabby online persona, so I picked it. (That was a delicious crab, by the way!)
That does actually remind me of another amusing kitchen accident, but it was simultaneously awful and I was shattered by the experience.
I am very fond of Dungeness crab, and a few times a year when they are in season, I’ll treat myself to one. I pick out a nice, big heavy and leave it on ice until it’s time to… do the deed. When plunged head first into boiling water, the half-frozen creature is instantly killed.
Once I lost my mind and used a boiling vessel that was too small for the breadth of the crab’s reach. And naturally I had gotten the rare feisty specimen who was still full of fight when it was time to go into the pot. Instead of plunging in a docile way headlong into the water, he became a living crab spiderweb. He gripped the sides of the pot and would not relent. I tried to tip him in sideways. No dice. Upside down? Eff you! Bass-ackwards? The hell!! He won that battle.
After fighting hard with him for what felt like an eternity, I threw him back on ice while I boiled more water in a properly sized pot. This time, things went as planned, but I couldn’t enjoy eating him.
That crab had heart.
And please, before anyone gives me a lecture on how to slay one “humanely” by putting a knife tip through his head, just stop. If you’ve ever slipped a little with that knife in the attempt, you’ll know why I don’t use that method. The boiling water head first plunge is by far and away the most humane method I know.
I didn’t eat crab for a few years.