Ridiculous I made cookies to prove to you that I'm not incompetent. Look, I know you people think I'm incompetent. In the kitchen. Shame on all of you who started nodding your heads after the first sentence and before I
Ridiculous Twenty-Two (Yo. Strangerville Live is February 22. You should get your tickets. Meg and Jolyn are doing a circus routine. Something about a bearded lady and roller skates. I'm
Podcast Episodes Episode 66: Mary Kay This time in Strangerville, Eli nearly commits mass genocide in his neighborhood, Meg is like so good on the slopes, and a Mary Kay rep has an unfortunate encounter in a small town gas station. Story Mary Kay, by Brenda Larson Production by Eli
Ridiculous Swearwords Skylar is making "ramen" for dinner tonight. I always put the thing he says he's making in quotes until I actually see the end the result.
Gay Better or Worse I woke up on Saturday morning to tweeted videos of boys from a Catholic school taunting and mocking elderly indigenous people. If you somehow haven't seen this yet,
Ridiculous Wedding Planning Part II I'm caught in the the nine circles of Hell right now. This is because I'm suddenly required on a much more frequent basis than I signed
Ridiculous Vegetarian Dinner "I'm making a healthy dinner tonight, so don't eat." Skylar said it almost like a threat yesterday afternoon. I've tended to try
Podcast Episodes Episode 65: Refrigerator Death This time in Strangerville, Meg Walter joins us via phone to tell us about how a baby pooped inside of her and then ate it. Seriously. Also, we revisit an era when family television programs actually taught valuable life lessons. Story: 3. [Repeat] Refrigerator
Book Fear of Failure Years ago, when I was living in Palau, I decided to try to write a book. It was a good time to make a first attempt because there are, let&
Ridiculous The Magic of Throwing Crap Away We made the mistake most of you have made when pressing play on an episode of Hoarders last night while making dinner. We were at Matt's house. Skylar
Duncan The Year Of As you know, because you all did your 10.5 years of assigned reading on Stranger, every January I pick a new theme for myself. I do this rather than
Gay 2018 I sit at my desk at home on this snowy Sunday in Salt Lake City. Two dogs are wrestling at my feet, occasionally humping one another even though both are
Meg The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts of 2018 It's time for one of my favorite Stranger traditions! MAKING A LIST OF ALL OF THE THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT ME. But for real. 2018 has been an
Ridiculous Wedding Planning I had been dreading the prospect of planning a wedding for a while when I asked Skylar to go to hell with me (which is how I refer to getting
Ollie Food Poisoning Matt said he had food poisoning on Saturday, which was annoying because he was supposed to go to a party with me. Skylar was out of town, presumably because he
Gay Skylar Last week I got engayged. That's the same as getting "engaged," except cuter. Skylar made it clear to me a while back that if he was
Podcast Episodes Episode 64: Food Coloring This time in Strangerville, Meg and Eli are snobs and Meg might be faking her own pregnancy. Also, a girl with sensory processing disorder explains how she caused her mom to have a twitch. Story Food Coloring, by Lilli and Laurel Production by Eli
Skylar The 12 Days of Christmas A present suddenly showed up on our front porch on December 1. We opened it, and soon realized that someone was doing the 12 Days of Christmas for us. Gifts
Ridiculous Some Really Bad Music Meg's full-time job is as a writer for thebeehive.com [http://thebeehive.com/]. Well, that and mob boss. And serial killer. And thermal underwear model. If you can
Podcast Episodes Episode 63: Utah’s Great Musicians This time in Strangerville, Meg conducts her personal business on our time. And Eli reviews truly the worst music you will ever hear in your life. No apologies. Segment Utah’s Great Musicians, by Eli McCann http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Episode_63_Utahs_
Ridiculous Thing of the Day Eli: We can't leave the house until we go through the pile of sheets in that closet and get rid of any we haven't used in
Ridiculous Track Workout I've been going through this phase for the past couple of years called "getting fat and aging" and apart from all of the fun parts, like
Podcast Episodes Episode 62: Hairbrush This time in Strangerville, Meg has a meltdown about pregnancy. And a young woman gets more than she bargained for while meeting a new boyfriend’s family for the first time. Story Hairbrush, by Jessie Thurston Production by Eli McCann & Preg Walter http:
EMBARRASSING Towels I thought that I was probably done having embarrassing things happen in a locker room. I know. I was delusional. But really. Surely I've met my quota by now. Surely it's someone else's turn to humiliate himself while
Ridiculous Brothers? Skylar and I traveled to visit his family in Portland for Thanksgiving. Matt came with us because he is our child and we are proud of the boy he is
