Skylar This New Step of Covid When The Great Covid began earlier this year I was one of those people who was constantly telling you that actually we really had a lot to learn from this
Law When did we get old? I started teaching a class at the law school down the street from my house last fall. It's a First Amendment class. We read a bunch of cases
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We are so very overdue for a Pictures & Distractions post and I have some fun stuff to share with you. So here it is. [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/
Ridiculous Famine The first time I visited Skylar's family in Portland I thought maybe the Pacific Northwest was experiencing a famine that hadn't made the news in Utah.
Podcast Episodes Episode 132: Guatemala This time in Strangerville, oh the confidence of straight single men. Also, a story told on stage about getting stuck on a swampy island at the Guatemala/Mexico border. Story Guatemala, by Eli McCann Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.libsyn.
Ridiculous Gal Gadot When I bought my house in 2014 the inspector guy showed up and kicked the tires and then told me the place was unlikely to collapse but that my A/C unit was from The Year of Our Lord 1776. It was actually used
Medical School Skylar's World Skylar has moved onto his second rotation now, family medicine. As I understand it, that's the same as regular medicine except it sometimes posts racist things on Facebook
Podcast Episodes Episode 131: Footprints This time in Strangerville, Meg is moving away from Eli, waterbeds are birth control, and Eli tells the story of working for the Palauan judiciary. Story Footprints, by Eli McCann (music by Squire Tuck [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Squire_Tuck/2015021152908025/Ukulele_Blues]) https:
Dating Second Date Last week I tweeted this thing that went viral: > For my second date with my husband we met in NYC and went to a party and ended up at
Ridiculous The Friends We Made Along The Way We want to be the kind of people who go camping, but we don't actually want to go camping. That's the only way I can describe
Podcast Episodes Episode 130: Meghart This time in Strangerville, we’re stressed out by social media attention, Eli has no patience for fad jokes, and Meg takes us on a truly wild journey of a time an internet troll threatened to murder her. Story Meghart, by Meg Walter (music
Ridiculous My Mother's Pickle Canning Recipe None Of You Asked For, Which Was Rude I'm basically Martha Stewart now, except I've been to less prison and I look better in skirts. I thought I might as well fully lean in
Bob and Cathie Out of Gas We drove to a little farm yesterday morning to buy crap to put in jars and leave on our shelves to rot. Canning truly is one of my favorite annual
Podcast Episodes Episode 129: The Gym This time in Strangerville, there are dead rats, Meg misses movie theaters, and Eli takes the Strangerville Live stage to tell a story about his arch-nemesis at the gym. Story The Gym, by Eli McCann Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.
Ridiculous My Mother's Spaghetti Canning Recipe No One Asked For, Which Was Rude My most vivid memory from my entire childhood is stuffing my face into a giant green pillow in the basement during canning season as the house would fill with overpowering
Social Distancing Ghost Town Hunting We were supposed to go on an adventure last weekend, but our plans were abruptly canceled when Skylar plugged in all eleventy hundred of his nuclear devices at once and
Podcast Episodes Episode 128: One Scoop This time in Strangerville, everyone has become a walking pharmaceutical commercial thanks to COVID, and a woman tells the story about a time she was a very cheap date. Story One Scoop, by Shelby Hintze Production by Eli McCann & Meg Walter https://traffic.
Ridiculous Eternal Vine My parents have this Jumanji vine consuming a whole side of their house. They planted it back before the war when they were young and dumb and so full of
Ridiculous Excuse MY Christmas! Since 2011, I've been receiving emails from all of you on all sorts of topics and for all sorts of reasons. Some of the emails contain photos of
Podcast Episodes Episode 127: Excuse My Christmas This time in Strangerville, all Meg and Eli care about is money, if you wear a mask you don’t have to wear a bra anymore, and we go on a journey with internet sensation, Jan Terri. Story Excuse My Christmas, by Eli McCann
Medical School Rotations Skylar started his "rotations" this week, which as I understand it roughly translates to "wander around a hospital trying to look busy so no one asks you
Ridiculous Exhausted Broccolini On Wednesday I had one of those days where everything just a little bit sucked more than usual. I don't remember how it started. Technical difficulties. Ants in
Podcast Episodes Episode 126: Hive Mind This time in Strangerville, enjoy a conversation with Meg and Eli about the 2000 cinematic masterpiece about sexual harassment in the workplace, Miss Congeniality. And please subscribe to the Hive Mind Podcast [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hive-mind/id1487676016]. https://traffic.libsyn.com/
Church Mormon Phrases When Skylar moved to Utah in 2016, he basically had to take a Utah-immersion course just to understand basic life. He'd occasionally wander into the house and say
Ollie Indogpendence Day Yesterday was Independence Day (happy birthday, America. Sorry your party sucked.) Normally we throw a Fourth of July party where all of our friends come over and lick their hands
