Ridiculous The Tinder This week on “things the kids are doing” I bring you something called “the Tinder.” When I got back from Palau I came quickly to find that every single person
Ridiculous Wait. Is Today Friday? Look. I know. I KNOW. Today you're dying to see half a dozen out-of-focus pictures taken of the streets of Salt Lake City, my friends, and the occasional gratuitous selfie. And also, you've come to rely on a small list
Ridiculous Travel Texts from Cathie Bob and Cathie went out of town on Sunday for a week-long trip. They called each of their children before they left to let us all know that they were going to take Cathie's cell phone just in case we needed to
Snapchat The Snapchats Yesterday: Woman on the News: Up next, we're going to talk about text bombing and how it might be hurting your child. Eli: What on Earth is "
Ridiculous Whelp, TIME TO MOVE AGAIN! I woke up this morning at 5:00. Started singing at the top of my lungs. Dance-walked to the shower. Sang at the top of my lungs there, too. The
Church Choices On Sunday I attended a giant Mormon congregation in Salt Lake City. Sitting in the middle of it all was interesting because I immediately found myself thinking about the contrast between this and my Palauan church-going experience that ended just two short but significant
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy Friday. I hope we're all on sugar highs from stealing children's Halloween candy. If anyone gets judgmental, tell them you're doing it to
Ridiculous The Many Lives of O2 I have a plant named O2. I know I've mentioned him before. Usually when I've mentioned him it's because I'm comparing myself to all of my peers who practically have grandchildren by now and I want
Ridiculous Jolyn's Birthday Present This week was Jolyn's birthday. She says she turned 25. But I have my suspicions that she's actually one of those immortal people who sticks around
Kurt Moab Over the weekend a few of my closest friends and I headed south to Moab, Utah, to explore Arches and Canyonlands National Parks. These places are quickly becoming a couple
Life Anger I've been angry with someone for a little while. I don't get angry all that often. It's just not really my thing. Frustrated? Yes. Flabbergasted? Most days more than once. Annoyed? At least every time I see an
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's been a long and exceedingly difficult week here in Salt Land. Maybe when my head stops spinning I'll tell you about some of it. But
Ridiculous Making a Dentist Appointment I called the dentist to make an appointment today. I really hope they don't record their phone conversations: Dentist: Hello. How may I help you? Eli: I need to make a dentist appointment for as soon as possible. Dentist: Ok. We have
Videos Ringworm Survivor I think I've survived ringworm. Axel appears to have left me. On the way out he was all, "I'm gonna find a new family who will appreciate me!" And I was like, "Why does everyone I love
Ridiculous Cologne Recently I was informed by a multitude of individuals that apparently "smelling good" is not a thing I'm good at. I'm good at a lot of things. I know the Heimlich maneuver. I can quote word-for-word the entirety
Videos The Car Accident Videos Jolyn Metro has used technology from 1974 to provide us video proof on what the kids are calling "the Youtubes" that we recently visited The Porch. At Stranger, we only go in reverse when it comes to technology so this time we
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I hope you all have a nice one. My 10-year-old niece called me late last night to remind me that I said she could come stay with
Ridiculous Roommate Assessment Val: Kurt, what's it like living with Eli? Kurt: It's a little challenging. Eli: Guys? I'm right here. Val: Shush. The grownups are having a conversation. Kurt: It takes a lot of energy and I don't
Corey Lamps There's this really serious problem that I have that I didn't realize I had until I moved back to Salt Lake City. It's sort of a subset of a greater problem that I did know I had. And,
Ridiculous Window Washer The other day I was sitting in my 16th floor office, minding my own business. It was a beautiful fall day outside and I occasionally glanced a few inches above
Palau Settling Dust I got back to the United States of God Bless America about six weeks ago. The last six weeks have been a whirlwind of change. And it's been difficult to catch my breath and take a bird's-eye view of what
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, all. A huge thanks to those who came out to The Porch last night and said hello. It was fun to meet some of you. And due to
Ridiculous Emergency Contact One more reminder that The Porch is on Thursday evening. Doors open at 8:00 and the show starts at 8:30. I think there are still tickets and you can purchase them here [http://utahporch.org/provo]. Also, I know that even when
Bob and Cathie Bob & Cathie I was at Bob and Cathie's house the other day and they threw a photo album in front of me of a trip they took not too long
The Siblings Axel Remember last week when I was worried that I maybe had skin cancer? With my particular kind of skin (cough--FRECKLES--cough--hash tag, searchingforacure), skin cancer runs in the family and is,
