Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions So I'm on a layover in the Phoenix airport right now and I have a bag of Swedish Fish, because candy. And there's this guy/kid
Ridiculous Jolyn is a Kindergarten Teacher Jolyn is a kindergarten teacher, which means she is responsible for our children. This is not a drill, people. Jolyn Metro is responsible for America's children. Can you
Wade Halloween Costumes I love Halloween like a fat kid loves cake. And when I was a child I was actually pretty creative when it came to Halloween costumes. I got this gene
Ridiculous Our Next President The silver-haired nearly-naked senior citizen on the podium instructed me to fold my body into such an unnatural position that I think she could be charged with attempted homicide. I
Ridiculous Norwegian Ridgebacks This weekend I was in Portland and I went hiking with Skylar and THE WORLD'S MOST WHINY DOG. I'm not kidding you about this dog. I
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I found out that the best way to get Matt to do something is to text him and act as though he already committed to that thing. So just a
Ollie The Perfect Storm Rebecca got married on Friday and Saturday. Notice I said Friday AND Saturday. I say this, because this person who told me she just wanted to elope had a TWO-DAY
Rebecca Episode 8: The World of Discovery After Jolyn's many unsuccessful attempts at entering the witness protection program to get away from me, I found her and forced her to produce this month's
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday I came home from work and there was enough wedding picnic crap in my house to host all of the wedding picnics Rebecca will ever have in her entire
Rebecca Wedding Picnics This weekend is Rebecca's wedding, which she purposefully planned at the exact times that I have eleventy other commitments. And because Rebecca insists on being a complication in
Emily I. Went. Camping. A couple of weeks ago I got to thinking about how much I hate camping and how I don't trust anyone who claims to like it because it&
Ridiculous The 19 Steps of Building IKEA Furniture By Skylar Westerdahl I secretly think there is a small masochistic part of everyone. A tiny desire to make our physical lives match the twisting turmoil that lies within. Or
Life A Colorado Wedding My childhood best friend Sam asked me a few weeks ago to officiate his wedding in Colorado, a wedding that happened on Saturday. Obviously I immediately began preparing FOR MY
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Brianne: AND DON'T YOU DARE STEP OUT OF THIS OFFICE UNTIL ALL OF YOUR CLOTHES ARE PICKED UP OFF THE FLOOR!!!! Eli: What does it matter? They'
Ollie And Then I Met Ruth As I mentioned to you recently, I've been engaged in a new quest to meet all of my neighbors and become the most popular person on the block,
Ridiculous Strangerville Fan Mail Somehow it has been about eight months since Jolyn and I launched Strangerville. If our announcement of Strangerville was equivalent to conceiving a child, you would have to watch the
The Siblings Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday someone accused me of "making up" the phrase "the squeaky wheel gets the grease/oil" and this was a pretty intelligent person and it caught
Ridiculous I See Dead People. They're Everywhere. Last week I was on a cruise ship for seven days with my family. It was basically the Titanic. I can still smell the paint. It was an Alaskan cruise.
Matt The Year of Productivity I realized some time ago that New Year’s resolutions work as well for me as they do for most people. I embrace them enthusiastically on January first and then
Jolyn Episode 7: The World of Travel Welcome back to Strangerville, the Titanic of podcasts. Actually, I don't know what that would mean. I might have just insulted Strangerville. UNLESS I was saying that it&
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My new best friend/neighbor has 100 billion potted plants in her backyard and since I'm now house sitting for her (you thought I was joking about this)
The Perfects Hi. I'm Your New Neighbor. I walked two houses down the hill to greet my neighbor, a blonde woman, age 50 or so, who rivals The Perfects in magazine-cover landscaping and lawn care. It was
Ollie The Magical World of Broome Bungalow The Broome Bungalow project (Matt's house) is finally about to hit "move-in" date. And everyone is looking forward to this more than any child has ever
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Mr. Pants is sleeping over at my house right now because we love each other and we don't care who knows it. Last night I tried to take
Nostalgia My Favorite Posts With some regularity people will email me and say they just found Stranger and they wonder if I have any "favorite" posts they should make sure to check
