EMBARRASSING I'm So Brave To Share This I'm finally ready to tell you the full story of the thing that happened to me two years ago just behind my house. I had just gotten home from work
Skylar Cracked Pot Our neighbor, Lynne, has decided to move and we are not pleased about this. We've developed a co-dependent relationship with Lynne over the years and it's probably very unhealthy but
Strangerville What brings you in today? Emily: What brings you in today? Eli: I need to open a bank account for my new business. Emily: Congratulations! What's it called? Eli: Strangerville. Emily: Ok, I'll just need
Wedding My Trashy Self Is In A Wedding Magazine I literally almost laughed myself into a coma several months ago when someone reached out to me and Skylar and said they wanted to put us in a wedding magazine.
Essays My Elderly Parents Got Covid And It Was Terrifying When we entered These Unprecedented Times due to the Covid pandemic, my immediate thought was "my parents better not catch this thing." It occupied much of my brain power for
Trees When I bought my house in the Year of Your Lord XXKIV, there were exactly zero trees anywhere on the property. I was confused by this because my house was
Duncan Adoption Anniversary One thing they don't warn you when you choose to be gay and get a very gay dog is you will suddenly be required to spend a lot of your
Grandma Grandma's Knitting Needles We visited my parents on Saturday night to bring them dinner as they (hopefully) wrap up their attention-seeking brushes with covid death. We've been texting them every day for updates
Essays Measure of a Man: A Recap of a 1962 BYU Film About BEER Ever since I started recapping bad old Mormon movies people have been telling me I “must” check out Measure of a Man. It appears to be a 1962 film produced
Nostalgia Sleep Last Thursday I stayed at my parents' house so I could babysit my mother. She said it was unnecessary, and I think she was probably right, but with dad in
Bob and Cathie Soup My parents tested positive for Covid a couple weeks ago. I'll probably share more about how stressful (I mean, like, living in a nightmare concocted by Satan itself) this has
Essays Stepping Out This piece was submitted by a writer who has requested anonymity. I squirmed on the backless wooden bench where I sat, hoping my face was not turning red. The minister
House A Little Secret I'll let you in on a secret They don't tell you when you buy a home with a yard because They want you to fail. I don't know who They
Ukraine The BBC A few months ago the BBC reached out to me and said they had found my Ukrainian appendectomy story on Strangerville and they wondered if they could feature it in
Skylar None Of It Is Sexy I'm not sure why we create media around sexing up the profession of physicians. This is not a sexy job. I'm sorry to dismantle the decades of brainwashing you've allowed
Nostalgia Life Is Good It's short day at school—Friday. The bell just rang and you are heading home at 1:45 PM. It's springtime and you're carrying the Bright Neon Green jacket your
Duncan Teeth Cleaning We were told some time ago that you really should get your dog's teeth cleaned. This was a part of a lecture that included advice that I'm 100% positive no
Skylar The Holy First Church of Saint Peloton I learned about Peloton a couple years ago, probably from Meg. She told me at that time that the most supportive friend in her life was an exceptionally gay Peloton
Jude A True Democracy One of the plus sides to living in These Unprecedented Times is many of my friends realized all at once that they could actually just go ahead and get really
Ridiculous Just In Case Cookies A few weeks ago @gimmeplants on Twitter posted a picture of an absolute abomination called "Just In Case Cookies." We talked about it on Strangerville last week. If you haven't
Medical School Things Are Looking Up Skylar no longer has time for basic news. If I'm being honest, I'm jealous of the result, but not of the means and methods to get to that result. Medical
Meg Help me I'm poor. A couple of quick things: First, your comments on the Shannon recap are giving me life. Also, SOMEONE IN THE COMMENTS LITERALLY FOUND HER GRANDMOTHER IN THE FILM. Stranger is
Essays Shannon: A Recap Of A 1961 BYU Film About A Very Naughty Girl When I saw there was a BYU film from 1961 called “Shannon” I pulled the trigger and that’s how we ended up here. I have not seen this. I
Skylar If We Ever Do Meet Again It Will Be Zion To Me We decided to take the weekend off and drive down to Zion National Park. This was a risky thing to do, we admit, considering our last few attempts to visit
