Ollie Mr. Ollie Pants's Birthday This week it was Mr. Pants's birthday. So Matt texted me and gave me some birthday party info and said that Mr. Pants specifically requested that I be
Rebecca So Rebecca Called First of all, check out the latest and greatest Strangerville Short, a brain-child of Jolyn Metro. Second, this happened: Ring ring Eli: Becky! Bonjour! Il y a des ours gommeax dons mon pantalon! Rebecca: You just said "Hello. There are gummy bears in
The Perfects Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Yesterday I was standing in line for a full eternity to get a burrito because burritos. After about 28 minutes, I noticed that the person in line in front of
Paul Simon Paul Simon You guys. The greatest thing that has ever happened in the history of happenings in the history of the entire United States of God bless Earth in order to form a more perfect union may the odds ever be in your favor with liberty
Ridiculous Hot Yoga, Take 2 Remember how I went to hot yoga two years ago [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/01/hot-yoga.html] and I told you that I sweated so much that when class
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt brought two birthday presents to my house yesterday and said one was from him and one was from Mr. Pants. He assured me that Mr. Pants thought for a
Ridiculous Puberty is the True Hero My oldest niece is in middle school now ("oh my gosh stop it Eli no way you look so young" "omg stop you guys!"). This means that she is transitioning from school activities and performances for which there is a
Ridiculous Pinkeye Monday Ring ring Cathie: How's my baby boy!? Eli: Still in his 30s, Cathie. I'm kind of freaking out. I think I got pinkeye and I wonder if I need to go to the emergency room. Cathie: And what were
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Thanks for your awesome support of our Fourth episode of Strangerville [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/05/episode-4-world-of-mothers.html]! If you haven't listened to it 1,000 eleventy
Bob and Cathie Episode 4: The World of Mothers Exciting news! I have pink eye! Wait. That's not what I wanted to tell you. I mean, I did want to tell you that. But the really exciting
Ironman 2016 Ironman St. George 70.3 You guys. You guys. You guys. You know this is serious because I never say "you guys" three times. I don't even say that more than
Ironman What Even is Punctuation?!?!~~ I'm skipping Pictures and Distractions this week because all of the sudden it's May 5th which means I have to leave at like negative 5:00
Life Stranger Hits BBC In January this woman from the BBC reached out to me and asked if we could talk about something I wrote on Stranger in 2014 [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/
Ridiculous International Driver's Permit I'm going to be doing some international traveling in places that Bob and Cathie claim are "full of terrorists." Adam and I are going together and
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This morning my tire blew out on my way into the office. After an excessive amount of effort that I don't have the face for, I replaced the
Ollie Broome Bungalow Recently Matt bought a new house. And when I say "new," I mean "super old and disgusting." I swear to you he was purposefully looking for
The Siblings Bob and Cathie Need Each Other Recently Bob and Cathie flew to Washington DC. The capital of the United States of God Bless America. They had a layover in Denver. And for reasons unknown to their
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My assistant, Brianne, walks into my office every morning and asks me what kind of "mood" I'm in before saying anything else. I don't
Ridiculous Return of the Ants I lived a nightmare recently. You guys. ANTS. Some of you are old enough to remember that this isn't my first foray into ant-tastrophe. Daniel and I participated in World War III with the creatures in Palau three years ago [https://www.
Ridiculous Troop Beverly Hills is One of the Most Important Films of Our Time If you're one of my 7 disappointed Twitter followers, you may have seen me what-the-kids-are-calling "tweet" this recently: You likely wondered what prompted me to express
Quinn Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I've been listening to Hamilton non-stop for 72 hours and now all of my thoughts are happening in rap. But then when I try to talk it just
Ridiculous Behind the Scenes You know how I can't technology? Remember how that's a thing? It's like one of the cornerstones upon which It Just Gets Stranger was
Jolyn Episode 3: The World of Pranks Welcome back! Join us for episode three of Strangerville, in which we explore the World of Pranks. A barbershop mishap, vehicle misidentification, police corruption, and destructive homemade projects teach us
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Cathie: Why do you always say "not that I know what that means, Cathie" on your blog? Eli: I'm covering myself so I don't
Ridiculous A New Flaw I've been having this really weird problem lately so I texted Sam about it because he's an orthodontist so I insist on going to him for
