Life The Year Of To recap this other post [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/08/the-year-of-productivity.html]: Rather than have New Year's Resolutions that I abandon with reckless disregard on January 7th,
Life 2016 When 2016 began I decided I was going to be much more productive. I was going to be brave enough and work hard enough to get whatever it was I
Nostalgia The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts of 2016 [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHiWoFKsZfk/WGMfMrlp2gI/AAAAAAAAE84/i0ZmGL0a4OMkV30dedyxU3pRMGm4gB84wCLcB/s1600/Snuggie.jpg] Just BecauseWe have somehow made it to Stranger's second to last post of 2016. I'
The Perfects A Friendly Reminder to Make Some Spare Keys We all get to agree that 2016 was a weird year. I say "was" even though it isn't actually over yet. I'm confident in
Ollie I Called 911 Again Matt had a Christmas party on Friday and I went even though I'm not very good at parties lately. See this [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/12/popcorn.
Politics Episode 11: The World of Guardians We somehow made it through our first year of Strangerville. The learning curve has been steep, and will surely continue to be so. But somehow Jolyn and I have survived
Podcast Episodes Episode 11: The World of Guardians This time in Strangerville, we explore stories about awkward and complicated encounters and relationships with parents and guardians. A first-time mom suffers wrath after destroying Christmas magic. A father surprises his six children with an unexpected gift. A young boy brings a present home
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This morning I woke up with zero puppies, which is exactly too many fewer puppies than one should have. So tonight I drove to Adam's house and made
The Perfects Popcorn Part II AND THEN. You guys didn't think there was going to be an "and then." You thought that dumpster fire of a life I told you about over the weekend [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/12/popcorn.html] was the finish
EMBARRASSING Popcorn On Friday Skylar told me he was going to some party at some woman's house and he asked if I wanted to come along. I wasn't
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I'm going to choose this one time to say a word that I literally never say beause I feel like it's appropriate: y'all, I&
Brianne Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself You know I'm a hypochondriac. What you don't know is that I only tend to believe I have a disease when I don't actually
Rebecca Airbnb I'm having some sort of midlife crisis recently, one that I don't have the stamina to try to explain right now. It's causing me
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Yahoo! Answers This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli and Jolyn read some of Yahoo! Answers most important questions. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Yahoo_Answers.mp3
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So last night I went to Wendy's at 11:00 PM because last I checked this is still America and I can do what I want STOP JUDGING
Facebook List What Constitutes "The Midwest"? Last week I complained to y'all on the Stranger Facebook page [https://www.facebook.com/itjustgetsstranger/] that Skylar keeps referring to Salt Lake City and Denver as "
Herminda Can Dogs Be Racist? Recently I told you about Herminda [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/10/herminda.html]. She comes to my house every two weeks. I never know what time, exactly, she'
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Swine Flu Christmas This week on Strangerville Shorts, please enjoy a story Eli told live at The Porch in 2013 for The Porch’s special Christmas-themed show. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Worst_Christmas_Ever.mp3
Ridiculous Idaho City This weekend Skylar and I drove from Portland to Salt Lake City. In case you're not familiar with maps, that is just under 600,000 miles and it
Rebecca The Tenth Circuit Some time ago I took on this interesting case with a partner at my firm. It's an Eighth Amendment case (the right to be free from cruel and
Jolyn Episode 10: The World of Hard Conversations It's an ultra packed episode this week in Strangerville, in large part because of all of the happenings in America over the last week. We invite you to
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions We're all exhausted. So let's just enjoy some pictures of puppies and some links of stuff to waste your day. Because if we can't
Life Transitions A lot of people were shocked last night when the election results unfolded. There's disappointment in many people today. This disappointment is the most consistent part of American
Life A Whole Bunch of People Decided to Vote A whole bunch of people got up today in my country to vote. A bunch of others already voted days or weeks ago by mailing in their ballots. The ballots
The Perfects Repurposing a Cupboard Door A couple of weeks ago I got home from the office after a particularly stressful day amid a particularly stressful week/month/year. The weather was nice so I decided
