Emily Michigan A few years ago my friend Emily bought a cabin in Michigan. Emily grew up in Michigan and now she lives in Salt Lake City down the street from my
Skylar Covid Vaccine The granola vaccine lady with spiky hair told me yesterday afternoon that with my second Covid shot I may experience "some symptoms." I, of course, waved her away
Skylar Think . . . Cold. Skylar of Sugarhouse, my lawfully wedded something or other, the man who vowed in front of all the spirits of the universe to never harm me in any way and
EMBARRASSING I'm So Brave To Share This I'm finally ready to tell you the full story of the thing that happened to me two years ago just behind my house. I had just gotten home
Skylar Cracked Pot Our neighbor, Lynne, has decided to move and we are not pleased about this. We've developed a co-dependent relationship with Lynne over the years and it's
Strangerville What brings you in today? Emily: What brings you in today? Eli: I need to open a bank account for my new business. Emily: Congratulations! What's it called? Eli: Strangerville. Emily: Ok, I&
Wedding My Trashy Self Is In A Wedding Magazine I literally almost laughed myself into a coma several months ago when someone reached out to me and Skylar and said they wanted to put us in a wedding magazine.
Essays My Elderly Parents Got Covid And It Was Terrifying When we entered These Unprecedented Times due to the Covid pandemic, my immediate thought was "my parents better not catch this thing." It occupied much of my brain
Trees When I bought my house in the Year of Your Lord XXKIV, there were exactly zero trees anywhere on the property. I was confused by this because my house was
Duncan Adoption Anniversary One thing they don't warn you when you choose to be gay and get a very gay dog is you will suddenly be required to spend a lot
Grandma Grandma's Knitting Needles We visited my parents on Saturday night to bring them dinner as they (hopefully) wrap up their attention-seeking brushes with covid death. We've been texting them every day
Essays Measure of a Man: A Recap of a 1962 BYU Film About BEER Ever since I started recapping bad old Mormon movies people have been telling me I “must” check out Measure of a Man. It appears to be a 1962 film produced
Nostalgia Sleep Last Thursday I stayed at my parents' house so I could babysit my mother. She said it was unnecessary, and I think she was probably right, but with dad
Bob and Cathie Soup My parents tested positive for Covid a couple weeks ago. I'll probably share more about how stressful (I mean, like, living in a nightmare concocted by Satan itself)
Essays Stepping Out This piece was submitted by a writer who has requested anonymity. I squirmed on the backless wooden bench where I sat, hoping my face was not turning red. The minister
House A Little Secret I'll let you in on a secret They don't tell you when you buy a home with a yard because They want you to fail. I
Ukraine The BBC A few months ago the BBC reached out to me and said they had found my Ukrainian appendectomy story on Strangerville and they wondered if they could feature it in
Skylar None Of It Is Sexy I'm not sure why we create media around sexing up the profession of physicians. This is not a sexy job. I'm sorry to dismantle the decades
Nostalgia Life Is Good It's short day at school—Friday. The bell just rang and you are heading home at 1:45 PM. It's springtime and you're carrying
Duncan Teeth Cleaning We were told some time ago that you really should get your dog's teeth cleaned. This was a part of a lecture that included advice that I'
Skylar The Holy First Church of Saint Peloton I learned about Peloton a couple years ago, probably from Meg. She told me at that time that the most supportive friend in her life was an exceptionally gay Peloton
Jude A True Democracy One of the plus sides to living in These Unprecedented Times is many of my friends realized all at once that they could actually just go ahead and get really
Ridiculous Just In Case Cookies A few weeks ago @gimmeplants [https://twitter.com/gimmeplants] on Twitter posted a picture of an absolute abomination called "Just In Case Cookies." We talked about it on
Medical School Things Are Looking Up Skylar no longer has time for basic news. If I'm being honest, I'm jealous of the result, but not of the means and methods to get
