Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt thinks he has Ebola and I've been very insensitive about it each and every time he calls or texts to provide me unsolicited updates. I've
EMBARRASSING The New Locker Room Locks I usually go to the gym sometime in the middle of the afternoon. The gym is a two-minute walk from my office so it's nice and convenient and I've found that mid afternoon is the best time to go because
Ridiculous Visiting Sam I'm visiting Sam in Boulder this weekend. Well, that's a lie. He lives in a place called "Broomfield." I don't know why I put quotation marks around that word. It looks like I don't
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distraction So you may have noticed that the banner on the top of Stranger has changed. And if you haven't noticed, you should probably get some sleep. Because it&
Ridiculous Because Sleeping. Last night I got an email just as I was about to get ready for bed from someone at the office asking me to do some relatively time-consuming work by 9:30 AM the next morning. This meant that I basically had 12 hours
Ollie Adam's Bare Hands Recently my friend Adam, who is the most talented human being who has ever lived in the history of all living AND I'M INCLUDING EVEN THE BAND HANSON
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I mentioned on FB last week that, realizing I was going to be in Madison Wisconsin, I simply had to try to stalk Dean Strang. So obviously I emailed him
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions My office is a disaster right now. As a form of public shaming, Brianne will often take pictures of the mess when I've stepped out for a moment
Nostalgia Sandals I was glancing through some old Stranger posts when I came across the image above. I shared that one with you on January 11, 2013, just over three years ago
Bob and Cathie Hostage Bob and Cathie sounded relatively threatening when they demanded that I consume Netflix's Making a Murderer, like all the rest of America has obsessively done in the last
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last night Matt went night skiing, WHICH SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I had Mr. Pants (aka rat dog hashtag grooming disasters hashtag pray for Ollie). Apparently it was a blizzard in
Ollie When Things Break Ring ring. Bob & Cathie: Hello? Eli: How do you guys always answer the phone at exactly the same time? Cathie: Years of practice. Eli: I need help. Desperately. Cathie:
Ollie Ineffective Superhero It was rush hour at the time, which is what made the thing I saw so much more dramatic. I was driving home from work last week after a very long and stressful day. I had just spent the last hour or two in
Ironman 2015 As this wet and now snowy year winds down, I continue one of my favorite Stranger traditions. In the days after Christmas each year I start compiling my frustratingly-vague and
Ridiculous People of the Gym We all fall within one of these designations. ALL OF US. January Man/Woman: This is someone who comes to the gym in January only. This person can be seen wandering the floor, politely using half a dozen machines incorrectly and dangerously. He/she
Ollie The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts of 2015 As the year starts to come to a close, I decided to bring you another year in review. I went through Stranger's posts of 2015 and picked out
Ridiculous Christmas Concerts Every December my family goes to some kind of Christmas concert together. We all look forward to it greatly, even if the concerts sometimes turn out to be terrible. Actually, attending phenomenally-bad musical productions is my family's absolute favorite thing to do
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Tonight I was at a concert with my family. Part-way through Cathie asked if I wanted any gum. Then she opened her purse and it was filled almost to capacity
The Perfects Snowmageddon You guys. The worst thing that can ever happen happened today. Snowmageddon hit Salt Lake City. WHERE I LIVE. Bob woke me up this morning with his routine phone call
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions The other day I wrote about how I'm basically Oprah now [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/12/paparazzi.html] because I was on the news. I shared the
Ridiculous Paparazzi You guys, I had my five seconds of fame yesterday. I was wandering down Main Street, minding my business, politely singing Jenny From The Block quietly and to myself, when
Ridiculous When Cathie Gets Bored Bob and Cathie came to my house on Saturday to dump a bag of Christmas decorations on me. Cathie knows that if she doesn't engage in this annual ritual, very little to no Christmas decorating will happen in my home. And Cathie
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I texted Rebecca yesterday to tell her that I decided not to eat gluten this week in order to prove to her that gluten allergies aren't real. She
Ollie Christmas Sweaters Recently I told you about how I went to IKEA [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/11/ikea-is-where-happiness-goes-to-die.html] even though it is the worst place in the history of all
