Ridiculous Halloween, 1995 I should be 100% way too embarrassed to share this photo with you. But I just can't help it. It is too horrifically glorious to keep it all
Ridiculous Buying a House = Complicated I don't know where this month is going. I expected it to be a pretty quiet one and foolishly thought that my job was going to be peaceful and simple. It was not. It was a jealous mistress. NOT THAT I KNOW
Nostalgia November Regrets We're in that really weird time of year right now where the days are short and the dark nights feel disorientingly long. I never can quite get used to the time at which it gets dark in Salt Lake City. Night after
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions You might have heard that there's a puppy named Ollie that is an exception to my be-afraid-of-all-animals rule. You might have also heard that Ollie lived with me
Ollie Five Little Pumpkins Ollie just left me and I'm not pleased. Matt showed up like a thief in the night to take him away. Rebecca and I knew our time with Ollie was winding down, and so we snuggled with him and said our goodbyes.
Ridiculous How To Win Cats and Influence Felines If you are reading this it’s because you’ve seen the light. You know that the destiny for you is one full of fur-balls, felines, and Fancy Feast. You’
Ollie Parenthood I had it on my calendar for a couple of weeks. If I wasn't so lazy, I would have made a paper chain to count down the days.
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I looked out my office window today and saw the thing I dread most: a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. And so it begins. Someone please give me a
Rebecca "Why do so many weird things happen in this house?" The night before Halloween I decided to try on my two costumes that I have rotated every single year since I was about 15. One of these is a hippie
The Siblings The Next Big Move Is everyone sitting down? No? A few of you are standing? Can you get into the sitting position? I'll wait. . . . [I put my hands up, they're playin' my song and the butterflies fly away . . .] Sitting now? No? Some of
Ridiculous EXPERIENCING THE GRIPS OF HELL! You guys. I found something that is worse than CAMPING. It's worse than surprise camping. Even worse than camping for more than one day. IT'S WORSE
Ironman Eli McCann: World's Leading Environmentalist You guys. I done be savin' the world up in here! Because yesterday I finally put my foot down for the environment. And America. And righteousness. Hashtag 'merica. There's this place at the food court in the building in which
Ridiculous Peer Pressure A long long time ago When the proposed date still felt so far away A conversation happened James: I know we don't know each other well but you run, so would you like to do a relay race with me in a
Ridiculous Hospital Bokhdan Happy Monday one and all. We had a great time at The Porch this weekend. It was great to see some of you there. A huge thanks to Kyle for
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Dear Salt Lake Crowd, please don't forget to join us at The Porch on Saturday night at 9:00 [http://www.utahporch.org/events/14080601/do-over-slc]. The only
Ironman Dentist Appointment Announcement: I'll be telling a story on The Porch at 9:00 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. It's the best story from my life--one some of you have heard, but with some new details and updates that nobody
Bob and Cathie Giving Back A quick announcement: I'll be telling a story on the Porch this Saturday evening at 9:00 in Salt Lake City (link [https://www.facebook.com/events/355674381272987/
Annie Eli and 1,000 Women So I'm a lawyer and as a lawyer there are a bunch of requirements I have to meet every year in order to be able to keep practicing law. These include attending eleventy million legal training classes and submitting certificates of completion
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions By the good graces of God, Matt got very very sick this week. He asked me if I could come to his place and take Ollie for a day or
Rebecca The Pomelo Project I've alluded once or twice to my dear friend Rebecca's innate desire to save the world. While I wish she would devote the same amount of
Rebecca Rebecca Rates Eli Rebecca: And GUESS WHAT ELSE?! Eli: No. I don't have time for this. We said we were going to be getting work done right now. Rebecca: I know. But the pillow barrier fell over. Eli: Huh? Rebecca: I put up this large
Ollie The Ollie Freeway Barf Massacre You guys. You know how I don't love animals? I mean, it's not like I hate them. It's just that I don't
Ironman Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So the other day I wrote about how I decided to sign up for Ironman Boulder. And in that post I explained that trying to prepare for and get to
Ironman Step One, Fail an Ironman. Step Two . . . You may have heard because I think I mentioned it a little while ago but I tried to do an Ironman this year. You may have also heard that that Ironman did not go, let's see, how do we say this, super
Ridiculous Who Will Die First Eli: Who do you think will die first? Nic: Rebecca. Eli: Uh . . . what? Nic: I think Rebecca will die first. Eli: I meant between you and me. Nic: Oh. I thought you were asking who would die first out of everyone in the world.