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
Ridiculous Pioneer Day Marathon Yesterday was Pioneer Day and Tami's birthday so obviously Tami and I did our favorite activity--the one that brought about her existence--and ran the Pioneer Day marathon. A
Herminda Medical School If you've been reading Stranger for a while, these might be your general impressions about the people of Stranger: Bob and Cathie: Hippies who don't want
Rebecca Rebecca and Pillows Ring ring Eli: Becky?! Rebecca: I HAVE TRIED TO CALL YOU 27 TIMES! Eli: No. You have tried to call me 2 times. Rebecca: I COULD HAVE BEEN MURDERED! Eli:
EMBARRASSING The World of Embarrassment We have somehow arrived at Episode 18 in our Strangerville journey. I don't know why it took us so long to do this episode. It is basically It
Podcast Episodes Episode 18: The World of Embarrassment This time in Strangerville we explore stories from people (including many of you!) who have survived a nearly insurmountable amount of embarrassment. A young woman experiences the unthinkable during a college class presentation. A tanning bed mishap invokes a panicked response that only makes
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I swear to you I'm going camping this weekend. I KNOW. This basically isn't even America anymore. I've been writing Stranger for hundreds of
Annie Waiting For Brunch This weekend my 14-year-old niece who is 1,000 times cooler than I could ever dream of being and who will probably never again go anywhere in public with her
Ridiculous The One Day Last year, in honor of one of the top 1,200 best lines from the cinematic classic Mean Girls, I tweeted on our nation's birthday the following: > Independence Day is the one day a year when a girl can dress like
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions On Sunday Gmac told me she recently found a restaurant pager in her purse and she doesn't remember where it came from so she's going to
Ridiculous Utah! This is the Place! Last week Meg found herself in a Pioneer Day crisis AND IT WASN'T EVEN PIONEER DAY. She desperately needed a non-copyrighted audio version of the State Song, UTAH! This Is The Place! for some project at work because Meg has a very
Ridiculous So, are you like famous? Attorney: I was googling you recently to find an article you wrote and I found out there's someone else out there with your name who is kind of
Ridiculous Cathie with a C My mother, Cathie with a C Whittle McCann (her full legal name), was a force to be reckoned with from the years 1978 to 2004 during which she was legally
Ridiculous Puppy For Sale There's a puppy at my house who has decided that every hour of the night is the best possible time to scratch at any closed door, bark, and
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Our Next President This week, a story from Eli about hot yoga. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Our_Next_President.mp3
Meg Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I have a red eye flight to Boston tonight (thank you for your prayers) so I took Duncan over to Meg's house this evening to drop him off.
Ridiculous I Made A New Best Friend On Twitter 1996: "The Internet is going to allow people to connect in such important ways!" 2017: > I would pay any amount of money to be a dog owned
Meg The World of a Special Need It's a big day in Strangerville. Jolyn and I got divorced. She took the kids, the house, the car, and my entire rubber stamp collection. I got her
Podcast Episodes Episode 17: The World of a Special Need This time in Strangerville, we explore a unique subset of mother/son relationships. What do these relationships look like through the lens of an uncommon limitation? A man apologizes for his mom failing to respond to friendly greetings. A heartbroken mother recounts the most
House Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Duncan has been going through this phase since he was born where he likes to get up in the middle of the night, jump off of the bed, and then
Ridiculous Broken Windows I have two giant windows at the front of my house. The larger one is five feet tall and nine feet wide. Just one, giant, single pane. It basically covers
Ridiculous I Saw Wonder Woman Yesterday Skylar told me that everyone has to see Wonder Woman and then talk about how much they like it because if you don't it means you hate
Corey Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Mr. Duncan Doodle has been doing this thing where he starts following me around as I'm getting ready for work because he senses that I'm about
Ridiculous Life Changing Library Skylar: That reminds me. Eli: Of what? Skylar: Of that time in the library when that guy tried to change my life. Eli: Ok. You've piqued my interest.
The Perfects CSI Salt Lake City I pulled up to my house on Thursday and there was a cop car and a CSI van out front. I had the following instinctual reactions in the following order: 1. Keep driving; never look back. 2. Pull in, act surprised at whatever they
