Ridiculous And the Award Goes To A few years ago Skylar and I started this thing where we try to see all of the Academy Award best picture nominees before the Oscars. Then we fill out
Ridiculous Foot Disease First of all, I wrote an article this week about how we all grew up in Utah spreading rumors that every celebrity was Mormon [https://www.thebeehive.com/did-you-hear-steve-martin-is-mormon/]. You
Essays Did You Hear Steve Martin Is Mormon? It started right after the first Father of the Bride movie came out, a film that, if turned into a lightbulb, would most definitely be called “Hue White.”
Skylar Children One thing they don't tell you when you choose to be gay is that family planning is going to be complicated. No one told me that. When they
Ridiculous Airports The most stressful place in the entire world is the inside of every airport. I just looked it up. There are 40,000 airports on Earth. That means there is
Palau The Only Footprints I Shall Leave I walked out onto the beach. It was sunny, already pretty warm even though it was only 9:30 AM. There aren't waves in the water in Palau.
Skylar The Year Of We flew into Salt Lake City a few hours ago and I'm trying desperately not to fall asleep until at least 9:00 PM. I don't
Ridiculous Cookie Present I booked a tour with a Japanese company several weeks ago to go see Kayangel, which is the northernmost island in Palau. I had never been, but heard it'
Church Worlds Collide Palau is so much more beautiful than I remembered. I knew it was breathtaking. At least, that's how I described it when people asked. But coming back here
Palau The Land of Coconuts Alii, from the land of coconuts. It feels weird to be able to say that again. It's still hot in Palau. Still humid enough that walking feels more
Palau He'll Love Palau A high energy version of "Walkin' in a Winter Wonderland" is blasting through a not-so-bad sound system embedded in the airport ceiling. It's New Year&
Life 2019 Every year when I write my year-end post I try to think about what made the last twelve months "good." There certainly have been years in which that
The Top Ten Posts of 2019 I started this tradition a few years ago and I've enjoyed taking the walk down memory lane so I always look forward to it now. These are the
Ridiculous I Don't Understand. Years ago I told you that I was well into my twenties before it occurred to me that eggs were not a dairy product. I know that seems obvious, but
The Beehive Space Jesus Today I published an article on The Beehive called "Space Jesus." I decided I wanted to write a humor piece on Temple Square (and Salt Lake City in
Essays "Space Jesus" There I stood; swayed, really. I was eight years old, in an ascending line curving up a long ramp into a domed rotunda. My parents insisted we stop by and say hello to the eleven-foot statue up top.
Gay Banana Bread I work at a pretty big law firm (for Utah). There are nearly 200 attorneys spread out over several different offices, plus lots of staff. What this means is there are a lot of people at my firm I don't know. The
Palau Have you ever let yourself quit something? We're leaving for Palau in a few weeks and that is feeling very surreal to me. I've started trying to make plans for some activities while
knitting Meltdown City I told you that knitting has become an anxiety coping mechanism for me but recently it turned into THE MOST STRESSFUL THING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE. I guess I thought
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Hi I just took Duncan outside and he didn't want to walk in the snow so he just stood on the patio for five minutes so I walked
Essays I Know, You Know, We All Know a Mormon House I’ve been trying to put my finger on something for as long as I’ve been a person with a quasi-developed prefrontal cortex. Growing up almost entirely outside of
Ollie Our Snowy Graveyard Last week we went to Vancouver Washington for Thanksgiving. Skylar grew up there and all of his family still lives in Vancouver or across the river in Portland so the
Essays War & Peace: Smith's & VISA Things were fine. Birds nested in trees and the sun glistened off of The Great Salt Lake. The valley was peaceful. Almost too peaceful. And then one day a sign was hung.
Ridiculous Saved By The Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas Here's my recap, completely from memory, of the 1994 made-for-tv cinematic masterpiece, “Saved By The Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas.” Proof of qualifications: a very worn out VHS
EMBARRASSING HR I haven't talked about her for a while, but rest assured, Herminda is still around. I know she's still around because she saw me naked today. Twice. For those unfamiliar, a few years ago I "hired" someone to
