Ridiculous East Jesus Last weekend I wandered to southern California to visit my grandma and my Uncle Will. So, naturally, we spent a good portion of our Saturday hippie hunting in the hot
Ollie 1:00 On A Weekday I worked late on Thursday night in an attempt to meet a few early Friday morning deadlines. By the time Friday morning hit, I was relatively burned out with work.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Sometimes Stranger becomes something I never really imagined before. Like that time that I made a joke about genealogy and then we all did family history work and established that
Ridiculous Nirvana A couple of weeks ago my friend Kate told me that she found a free meditation class near our houses and she thought it would be a good idea for me to go to it. And I was like, "I DON'T
Wade Fuller House Came Out and It's Even Worse than You Imagined Where to even begin. When Netflix said they were producing a season of a Full House reboot, we all quit our jobs to make sure there would be no distractions
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Grocery Store Woman: Hmmm . . . Eli: What? Grocery Store Woman: Oh. I just noticed that you are buying another 10-pound bag of peanut M&Ms. Eli: Are you keeping track
Ridiculous THIS IS WHY WHAT IF PAUL SIMON! Yesterday "Gretchen in PA," that being of wonder and light, commented on Stranger that Paul Simon announced that he would be doing a concert in Salt Lake City
The Perfects Snow Angels This has been a snowy winter for us good folks of Salt Lake City. And I've actually been pretty happy about this even though snow is Satan's pollen. Or insecticide. Or feces. I'm not sure which analogy to
Wade Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So I made a joke earlier this week about making t-shirts and a bunch of you actually seemed interested in this so I learned how to use the Internets and
Rebecca A Terrorist Plot First of all, I want to thank all of you for your amazing support of Strangerville, the podcast Jolyn and I kicked off last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/
Ridiculous Haterz Gonna Hate Matt: You should make t-shirts. Eli: Like, for my job? Matt: For Stranger. Eli: Oh. Well I did that once but then I stopped. Matt: Why did you stop? Eli: Because lazy. Matt: Because lazy is why you do a lot of things. Eli:
Matt Episode 1: The World of Love Jolyn and I are ecstatic to make the biggest announcement on Stranger since Tami. No, we aren't getting married. We don't think the world is ready
Ollie Workaholics Anonymous [https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EIl-PE5xlP0/Vrq8jCBd3RI/AAAAAAAADc8/Y6z_1aw9yhE/s1600/052.PNG] Hashtag Selfie I am sick. So so sick. My voice is exactly 20 octaves below normal. I
Ridiculous Stealing I don't know exactly where or when I picked up this habit but some time ago I started eating unpurchased food in grocery stores. Look. It's not stealing. It's not like I eat it, hide the wrappers, and
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt thinks he has Ebola and I've been very insensitive about it each and every time he calls or texts to provide me unsolicited updates. I've
EMBARRASSING The New Locker Room Locks I usually go to the gym sometime in the middle of the afternoon. The gym is a two-minute walk from my office so it's nice and convenient and I've found that mid afternoon is the best time to go because
Ridiculous Visiting Sam I'm visiting Sam in Boulder this weekend. Well, that's a lie. He lives in a place called "Broomfield." I don't know why I put quotation marks around that word. It looks like I don't
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distraction So you may have noticed that the banner on the top of Stranger has changed. And if you haven't noticed, you should probably get some sleep. Because it&
Ridiculous Because Sleeping. Last night I got an email just as I was about to get ready for bed from someone at the office asking me to do some relatively time-consuming work by 9:30 AM the next morning. This meant that I basically had 12 hours
Ollie Adam's Bare Hands Recently my friend Adam, who is the most talented human being who has ever lived in the history of all living AND I'M INCLUDING EVEN THE BAND HANSON
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I mentioned on FB last week that, realizing I was going to be in Madison Wisconsin, I simply had to try to stalk Dean Strang. So obviously I emailed him
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My office is a disaster right now. As a form of public shaming, Brianne will often take pictures of the mess when I've stepped out for a moment
Nostalgia Sandals I was glancing through some old Stranger posts when I came across the image above. I shared that one with you on January 11, 2013, just over three years ago
Bob and Cathie Hostage Bob and Cathie sounded relatively threatening when they demanded that I consume Netflix's Making a Murderer, like all the rest of America has obsessively done in the last
