EMBARRASSING Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today I was sitting in my office, minding my business, working like a good Mormon boy, when suddenly something that has never really happened to me before happened to me.
Emails Dear Marsha I know that this month I haven't been the most consistent blogger of all time. My life has been a roller coaster in January and it's been difficult to keep up with a lot of things, including Stranger. And now
Ridiculous Hot Yoga I have the very good fortune of working with my very good friend Annie, with whom I went to law school. Our offices are right next to each other and she is the person I go to 100 million times every day with a
Daniel Eli's 10 Favorite Cities Frequently Strangers email me and ask for travel suggestions. I've been fortunate to be able to hit a decent portion of the world in my 20s. And besides
Corey Sundance Right now the Sundance Film Festival is happening in Park City, about a thirty minute drive from Salt Lake City. The Festival happens every year and every year people scramble
Church Feed the Birds There's a popular movie out right now called "Saving Mr. Banks." It's about the making of the Mary Poppins film with Julie Andrews. I don't tend to go see movies very often in the theater because
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I just pulled up the pictures from my phone this week and almost all of them sucked. So this is probably the most lackluster Friday picture performance in Stranger history.
Ridiculous A Late Night Phone Call Last night I had entered into full zombie mode. This is because for the past week I've basically only slept for about 12 minutes, total. I feel like a workaholic right now, which is not at all glamorous, by the way. Fortunately
Ironman A Punderful Idea I've suddenly become very busy at work. For the past week I've spent much of my time in a zombie-like state. Except for when someone approaches
The Siblings IKEA On Saturday my sister Krishelle asked me if I wanted to make a "quick trip" to IKEA with her. I agreed, and in so doing made the biggest
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's the middle of the night and I'm sitting here in my office because I suddenly seem to have a million things to do in my
Ridiculous A Car Earlier this week I made a very significant purchase. I bought a car. I've had the same car for 8 years or so. It was never anything fancy and in recent years it has threatened to give up the ghost many times.
The Siblings Cathie's Music Suggestions And in slightly less controversial news . . . The other day I was trying to find some new music to listen to. Having been in Palau for a year, and generally aloof
Church The Gay People Are Getting Married For the last many years there has been a huge fight in America about marriage equality. How do I know about this? Because I've seen people scream about it on Facebook since at least 2008. In recent weeks the issue of marriage
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Today is my baby sister Micalyne's 60-somethingth birthday. For some reason she's always stuck at age 16 in my mind. Which makes her story a really
Ridiculous January is Happening. AGAIN. Last year I was the guy who informed you that the magic of the season had come to a screaming halt [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/01/reality-check.html] on January 2. Some of you still blame me for the close of the holidays.
Mexico 2013 I just read the 2012 wrap-up post. I read about how it was my best year. About how our past can be an asset or a liability depending on how we use it. About how if we are living the right way, the best
Daniel A Christmas Gift I've never been much of a Christmas person. There are a lot of reasons for this. But one of the big ones is that I really struggle with
Corey Corey Came to Town This feels like a fake post. I don't really have a story for you. I'm just going to be blathering for a minute. You should probably
EMBARRASSING I CAN NEVER GO BACK TO THAT LOCKER ROOM This post was written on Friday, in the heat of the moment. Oh my gosh. You guys. The most embarrassing thing EVER happened to me just now. I want to die. I want to die. I have to move. I can't be
The Siblings Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Merry Christmas, all. It's been snowing here. There is great misery in all the land. My best friend Corey is coming into town today for a wedding. I
Church Still Here At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I want to share some thoughts with you. And forgive me that these thoughts are coming from the deepest part of my soul and might sound awkward and are sort of uncomfortable for me to
The Siblings Other Idiots on the Road On Saturday we had our annual family adult Christmas outing. Wait. That sounds wrong. That sounds like my family once a year engages in x-rated Christmas festivities. You know what I mean. The adults get together and have an evening in December where nobody
Ridiculous Daniel Discovers Stranger Daniel called me the other day. We hadn't talked for a little while. The following conversation happened. Daniel: Eli. I canNOT believe you shared that video with people. Eli: What video? What people? I WAS YOUNG! I NEEDED THE MONEY! Daniel: Huh?
The Siblings Swine Flu Christmas It's a world record. The video from last Thursday's show at The Porch is up on Youtube and available for your viewing pleasure. Or displeasure. Or to your great frustration. It depends on how you feel about it. The point
