Podcast Episodes Shorts: Couchsurfing Eli McCann tells a story on The Porch in 2012 about some surprising encounters with strangers while couchsurfing through eastern Europe with a friend. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Couchsurfing.mp3
Quinn Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So tired. But Matt's going out of town and Adam has some crap going on so I'm having a puppy slumber part tonight and you can&
The Siblings A Special TV Surprise It was Survivor night, so the usual crew gathered in my home. I flipped on the TV. There we were, minding our own business, like good Christians/Jews/Muslims/Americans/
Herminda Herminda One quick word: Halloween is the last day we can all vote for Jolyn to get the grant for her kindergarten class. Apparently she is on the cusp of winning this thing. Please take a second and go to this link [https://www.farmers.
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Poems from the Heart This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli and Jolyn read some of the poetry they’ve written over the years and discuss some very heavy topics. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Poems.mp3
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today is Jolyn's birthday. And by today, I mean Thursday. Because that's when I post Pictures & Distractions. Most of you don't see this
Work I Sat Down To Write Something I am burned out tonight. I sat down to write something. I thought this creative outlet might be a helpful break from preparing for a court hearing I have in the morning. Work has been a special kind of overwhelming lately. Not an exciting
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part XII It's been a full year since we heard from young Eli. And so today I give you the next edition of The Lost Journal Series. February 23, 1995 (10 years old): The goverment has a lot of responsibilty and it is importent
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Skylar: Why did you just pour half a bag of grated cheese into that? Eli: Because it's mac & cheese. Duh. Skylar: You do realize that the box
Brianne How Do You Overcome Anxiety? [https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WUMQtJac6XY/WAcI8ABmliI/AAAAAAAAEuA/wbNluZm81uIJIKHMkNTJimvklve6uVVCACLcB/s1600/013.JPG] Oh, to be Mr. Pants.The other day I told you about my anxiety attack in the middle
The Perfects Episode 9: The World of Fear You guuuuu-uuuuuys. (I hope you read that the way I said it when I typed it. And yes, I do read everything I write out loud as I'm
Podcast Episodes Episode 9: The World of Fear In this episode of Strangerville we explore stories about fear to ring in Strangerville’s first Halloween. A five-year-old regales us with tale of a hairy toe. A woman wakes up on a basement floor, alone and terrified, somewhere in Thailand. And a family
Ollie This Might Be My Last Post This might be my last post because I am so so sick. Like, exorcist girl during the the swine flu year at a daycare sick. I don't even
Ridiculous Lost Millennials So the other day I posted that thing about how Skylar orders food the wrong way [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/10/how-to-order-thai-food.html] and needs to be severely reprimanded
Ridiculous How to Order Thai Food Ring ring Woman: Thai restaurant, can I help you? Skylar: Yes, you can, thank you. Woman: Ok . . . how can I help you? Skylar: Well, my friend and I would like
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Debate Coverage Eli and Jolyn analyze the most important parts of the recent presidential debate. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Debate_1.mp3
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So I'm on a layover in the Phoenix airport right now and I have a bag of Swedish Fish, because candy. And there's this guy/kid
Ridiculous Jolyn is a Kindergarten Teacher Jolyn is a kindergarten teacher, which means she is responsible for our children. This is not a drill, people. Jolyn Metro is responsible for America's children. Can you
Wade Halloween Costumes I love Halloween like a fat kid loves cake. And when I was a child I was actually pretty creative when it came to Halloween costumes. I got this gene
Podcast Episodes Shorts: Korean Bathhouse This week on Strangerville Shorts, Eli tells a story live at The Porch about a time he wandered a foreign airport naked, searching for his clothes. http://traffic.libsyn.com/strangerville/Short_Korean_Bathhouse.mp3
Ridiculous Our Next President The silver-haired nearly-naked senior citizen on the podium instructed me to fold my body into such an unnatural position that I think she could be charged with attempted homicide. I
Ridiculous Norwegian Ridgebacks This weekend I was in Portland and I went hiking with Skylar and THE WORLD'S MOST WHINY DOG. I'm not kidding you about this dog. I
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I found out that the best way to get Matt to do something is to text him and act as though he already committed to that thing. So just a
Ollie The Perfect Storm Rebecca got married on Friday and Saturday. Notice I said Friday AND Saturday. I say this, because this person who told me she just wanted to elope had a TWO-DAY
Rebecca Episode 8: The World of Discovery After Jolyn's many unsuccessful attempts at entering the witness protection program to get away from me, I found her and forced her to produce this month's
