Bob and Cathie Pictures & Weekly Distractions Happy Father's Day weekend, Strangers. Special shout out to Bob. Remember when I was ten and you exchanged five days of being grounded for getting to watch me
Ridiculous The Joys of Island Living The other day I was running some errands during lunch and I happened upon Daniel, who was also out and about. He told me he wanted to slip into a small clothing store nearby to get some shorts and since I don't
Ridiculous The Precipice of Innovation [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tK7tE4aTvbY/UbfKwY9zWKI/AAAAAAAADds/Ts6FCe7eFOU/s1600/DSCN0660.JPG] The next wave of technology. This week I am doing a REALLY important video conference with people in
Life Trust and Haikus A few weeks ago I wrote the longest post of all time about trust [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/trust.html]. If you don't have time to go back and read it, let me summarize it for you in this haiku:
Ridiculous Sex, STDs, and Hieroglyphics On Friday just after lunch I was walking down the main road in Palau with Daniel. Actually, I should say, we were walking down THE road in Palau. There's a piece of the road "downtown" that is the frequent location
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions I saw Leotrix last night! I need everyone on high alert! And NO, this is NOT one of those things where I "see" Leotrix everywhere. I saw the
Ridiculous Out of Context The other day I got some notification that a person had Twittered a Tweet on what the kids are calling the Internets and this Twitation invoked my name somehow. It's all very confusing, I know. Just try to follow along. Anyway, the
Ridiculous The World's Largest Cat A little while back I posted the link for you all to vote for Dean Bullock to get a spot in the world championship Ironman race. Dean has terminal cancer and has a dream to compete in the Ironman in Kona. His family posted
Ridiculous Video Rental In the immediate days before moving to Palau, my life was utter chaos. My belongings were spread to and fro across the face of the Earth and I had shipped twenty or so boxes to the equatorial Pacific without really knowing exactly what I
Ridiculous Deviled Eggs On Friday I had a conversation with Daniel about deviled eggs. A Conversation with Daniel about Deviled Eggs Eli: Um . . . why are there . . . [counting] . . . SIXTY deviled eggs in the refrigerator!? Daniel: For an afternoon snack. Eli: For whom?! Are we hosting a town hall
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions We have made it to another weekend and it has started off nicely for me. Today is a holiday in Palau and to celebrate, I ran a 10K sponsored by
Yahoo Answers Yahoo! Answers IX It's been too long guys. So I went to Yahoo! Answers to get some feedback on more of life's most important questions. And as usual, the
Palau The Best and Worst of Palau Family, friends, and Strangers have frequently emailed and asked me about what I have liked and haven't liked about living in the equatorial Pacific. The answer to those
The Siblings Last Minute Notice Last week amid all of the Leotrix drama [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/nothing-worse-than-this-has-ever.html] Daniel informed me that he had invited some people over for dinner for the next day. Daniel: Oh, by the way, last Sunday
Daniel Validations I had sort of a bad experience this weekend. It was an embarrassing one. Not the haha I-accidentally-got-naked-in-a-public-place kind of embarrassing. The sad-and-ashamed kind of embarrassing. I responded to a mostly innocuous situation that I
Church Pictures & Weekly Distractions The great and terrible week has come to a close. Leotrix is probably off somewhere eating the rat poison left out for him and becoming stronger in the process. The
Ridiculous THE WORST UPDATE EVER!!! First of all, Stranger was surprisingly in the news [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1014&sid=25276718] today! And the first part of this article totally makes it sound
Ridiculous NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED EVER! I NEED EVERYONE'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHILE I HAVE A MAJOR ONLINE FREAK OUT AND MELTDOWN IN EPIC PROPORTIONS. No. Put down that cat and turn off the tv.
Nostalgia Graduation Nuggets of Wisdom Graduation is happening across Palau right now. I got an invitation to a graduation for this coming Sunday, which I'm excited to go to because when they call the names I like to wait until the people sitting next to me cheer
Ridiculous Birthday Marathon The photo above is how I always want to remember Daniel, long after he has died from food poisoning or from sticking his hand into a blender or something equally
Palau Pictures & Weekly Distractions Dear Strangers of the world. Tomorrow (May 18th) is my birthday. I can't believe I'm turning 65 again. I know you all want to send me
Church Daniel Snaps Last night Daniel snapped at one of the teenagers. Remember last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/twenty-teenagers.html] when he got high and mighty after I went all Carrie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFbAINOlnY] on them? And Daniel was
The Siblings Solomon I'm working on something for the court now that has just about ripped my brain out of my head and thrown it into a blender. You're welcome for the visual. You all know that I have a job, right? I
Ridiculous ANTS! Ants. Everywhere. And I know what you're thinking. We are NOT dirty people. And yes, I have been working out. Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm totally blushing. Our apartment is clean! Sure we leave crumbs out all over the
Palau Trust The other day I was running home from work: my ongoing attempt to combat adult onset diabetes. In my first four or five months in Palau I gained 25 pounds. And not the good kind of 25 pounds, whatever that is. I did the
