Guns In 2012 I was living in Palau, in the equatorial pacific, for work. Palau is 17 hours ahead of Utah time, where I was from. I woke up that morning
Skylar Graduation It began at 9:00 and ended three months from now. At least, that's how long graduation felt. I made the mistake—a regrettable misjudgment—to arrive promptly
Louie Vegas With Puppies Over the years I've had friends tell me that once you start having kids, everything takes ten times longer. No outing is uncomplicated. No activity can ever truly
Skylar Handyman "I can't find the charger for the drill," the ominous text said without any further explanation. I started typing back. The first word of my text
Skylar What Color Are My Eyes? "What color are my eyes?" Skylar had shut them before he asked me, a measure aimed at preventing me from "cheating." "Dazzling?" My answer
Grandma La Donna My great aunt La Donna called me last week to let me know she was coming into town from Palm Desert to attend my grandma's 90th birthday party.
Louie Brownies Look. I didn't intend to fill your lives with puppy poop stories this year. I had hoped to have a more diverse catalogue of anecdotes for you in
Skylar The Sock Drawer "Are you doing this just to annoy me?" I answered by telling Skylar he needed to be more specific. That's when he held up a sock.
Skylar Emergency Wedding Skylar's mother has had some health scares recently, which has stressed both of us out greatly. I won the mother-in-law lottery and it makes me sick to think
Louie The Gate I was pulling weeds from the flower bed in the front yard when I realized I suddenly had company. "Oh, hello there," I said to Louie who was
Louie The Side Door There's a door to our house that you access through the driveway. We call it "the side door." We don't have any door that
Skylar How Match Day Went Skylar's parents flew in on Thursday. He told us Match Day (when he'd find out where his residency will be) is a much bigger deal than
Skylar Match Day Somehow Skylar's four years of medical school are coming to an end next month. "Wow. That really wasn't so bad!" I told him recently,
Ukraine Ukraine Fundraiser Report If you follow me on any social media, you might be aware that I've been The Most Sad And Tired Man In The United States Of God Bless
Ukraine Ukraine, A Brief History In light of recent events, and feeling somewhat helpless and sad, I thought I'd try to give a concise overview of the recent history to help anyone interested
Louie Muddy Puppy My phone was propped up on the ledge of the bathtub—a man was asking another man some question about his educational background. I kneeled, hunched, bent, over the side
Skylar Civic Duties "I'm the new Erin Brockovich." Skylar whispered that to me just now. He's sitting across from me at a tea shop near our house
Skylar Are you disappointed? "Oh darn." Skylar was scrolling through his phone when he said it. "No reservations?" I asked him. "None. Well, none before 7:30, anyway."
Skylar Hungary This week's Strangerville story is one I wrote about a very stupid fight Skylar and I had on our first big trip together. Text included below. I had
Essays Pioneers In Petticoats: A 1969 BYU Film About Trashy Women I've been putting this one off for years because it felt too overwhelming. But at long last, please enjoy my recap of the 1969 BYU cinematic masterpiece, Pioneers
Skylar Phone Calls This man I'm married to has been on a break from school since before the Titanic. It's been mostly a good thing. Obviously I love having
Palau Straight and Narrow In the summer of 2013 I was living in Palau, on the Equatorial Pacific, for work. I had been on the islands for nearly a year—a very hard year.
Skylar Skyman's Birthday It's Skylar's birthday today, or so he reminded me promptly at 8:18 this morning with a pointed throat clearing from the other room, followed by
Louie Baby Monster I'm not sure Louie is ever actually going to learn his real name. Not because he's dumb. This dog is not dumb. I wish he was
Skylar 2021 Our house is covered in pee. I know that's probably not literally true, but I still think it might be. As it turns out, 10-week old puppies are