Nostalgia A Decade Later I had been writing emails to my family members, telling them exaggerated stories about what I was up to. They were supposed to be funny. They weren't funny.
Ridiculous Shoe Molding I finished putting the new laminate floors into my office and bedroom a few weeks ago and subsequently vowed to never do a day of work again in my life.
Strangerville Live Strangerville Live III All y'all. I told you, nay whined at you, about how essential oils are ruining my life. Today you get some evidence of it. We have for you
Podcast Episodes Episode 20: The World of Strangerville Live III This time in Strangerville, the recording from our third Strangerville Live show. A puppy teaches a man in his underwear the meaning of irony. A teenager learns about consequences the hard way. A young woman accidentally becomes a kindergarten teacher. A little girl begins
Ollie Breaking & Entering Look. I know. I should have been paying more attention. That's what a responsible person does. He pays attention to the dogs in his care. Because dogs can
Strangerville Live Essential Oils Strike Back Last week I told you about my essential oils nightmare [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/09/essential-oils-are-killing-me.html]. All seventeen hundred ladies were scheduled to stay in my place until
Airbnb Essential Oils Are Killing Me The other day I tweeted this: > I have 4 Airbnb guests staying with me. They are in town for an essential oils conference so my entire house smells like
Ridiculous Romeo & Juliet When I was in the sixth grade we had to put on a Shakespeare play. Our class was assigned to do Romeo and Juliet and I wanted to be Romeo
Palau A Binder of Documents I poured over a binder of documents that if presented carefully should have helped someone in court. It was late, and I was tired. But it didn't matter. The contention of litigation didn't care that I was tired. Fighting. That&
Duncan The F Word I was playing throw the ball with Duncan on campus at the liberal arts college next to my house when two female students approached and asked if they could pet
The Perfects Laminate Flooring Comes Straight From Hell, Part II Before you read about today's drama, let me remind you SINCE YOU ALREADY FORGOT HOW COULD YOU that Strangerville Live is somehow already next. freaking. week. I don&
Ridiculous Laminate Flooring Comes Straight From Hell There's this room in my house that you have to walk through to get to my bedroom and I have no idea how any of the prior owners
Jared Bird Crime & Punishment I have spent my weekend in home improvement hell and I need to tell you every single detail but right now I don't have time and at least
Podcast Episodes Episode 19: The World of Crime & Punishment This time in Strangerville we explore stories about crime and punishment and how those two things don’t always align. A mother mostly fails in her efforts to teach her six-year-old that stealing is wrong. A little boy’s parents take things a little
Life A Charlottesville Vigil A long day went by. It was long for me but surely much longer for others. I felt a heaviness that I've felt too much lately. A heaviness
Life Things I Never Thought Would Need To Be Said White supremacy is wrong. Nazis are evil. All of them. Misogyny is disgusting. Antisemitism is unacceptable. White people are capable of committing terrorism. Christians are capable of committing terrorism. Hurting or killing people for standing up to white supremacy is terrorism. This [https://www.
Ridiculous I Just Sent You Something Really Important Skylar: I just sent you something really important. Eli: To my house? Skylar: No. It's an email. You need to go look at it. It's one
Ridiculous The Perfect Omelette Originally published by Skylar in 2013 in Facebook notes, which Skylar does not understand nobody ever views: The Perfect Omelette I find myself in the kitchen today. The scene of
Ollie How Do You Know When It's Time For An Intervention? As a follow-up to last week's post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/08/its-his-dream-come-true-diving-into.html] in which I implied that Matt may need an intervention if he allows
Daniel Hard Conversations For the last couple of years I've been silently obsessing over something about which I have been unable to come to a conclusion. I don't love
Podcast Episodes Shorts: What the Hell Happened This week, Eli and Jolyn (badly) play their favorite game: What The Hell Happened. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_What_the_Hell_Happened.mp3
Ollie It's His Dream Come True: Diving Into A Pile of Dogs Matt's birthday was on Monday so we had his birthday party on Tuesday because we're badasses like that. He turned eleventy, but if you hear the
Ridiculous My Falling Out With Jolyn Metro One of my coworkers told me yesterday that his wife is very concerned about Jolyn. So much so that she asked him to check with me and make sure that
Strangerville Live Our Big Announcement It is with great excitement that we announce our next Strangerville Live show, an event that is already being described by OWN as "probably a safe place to be
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions TSA: Sir, is this your bag? Eli: Yes. TSA: So this giant bottle of self-tanning lotion belongs to you? Eli: Oh. No. I don't know . . . uh . . . TSA: What
