Ridiculous Growth Spurts Bob and Cathie think I'm still growing. I'm not joking about this. They legitimately think I'm still growing. Tonight, after Easter dinner and birthday cake for my niece Emrie who wouldn't acknowledge me but didn'
Ollie Workaholics Anonymous [https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EIl-PE5xlP0/Vrq8jCBd3RI/AAAAAAAADc8/Y6z_1aw9yhE/s1600/052.PNG] Hashtag Selfie I am sick. So so sick. My voice is exactly 20 octaves below normal. I
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
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
Life A Girl with Pigtails 140% of all posts on Facebook right now have something to do with refugees. It's been an interesting few months to watch this debate unfold. It's a confusing debate to me. A nuanced and complicated one. And one that has
Life The Selfie Generation I recognize that I'm about to sound the like the oldest man on the planet. And I also recognize that everything I'm about to say has probably already been said by someone who has conducted scientific studies and has actually
Ironman Ironman Boulder, 2015 Young Wade and I stayed with my childhood best friend Sam who lives just outside of Boulder. I dragged Young Wade out of bed at the witching hour on Friday
Grandma Things My friend and I were sitting in a bookstore a few hours ago watching a hipster play a violin (quite well, I might add). He interrupted his own music every once in a while to give a very long explanation about how we are
Wade Sometimes They Go Rebecca: Do you want my bed? Eli: Your twin sized child bed? No. No I do not. Rebecca: Well I don't know what to do with it. Eli:
Ironman I Took the Road Less Traveled By It was the same course I usually ride. A canyon opens near my house. It's a quick access way to get my bike out of the city and into nature. It's a beautiful place with a challenging climb. I rushed
Salt Lake City Man on a Corner I walk passed him every morning. He sits on the same downtown Salt Lake City corner. I think he might be schizophrenic. I'm not a doctor. I don't know. But something is clearly causing him to behave in odd ways.
Rebecca Blog Comments More often than you might expect I get emails from blog readers who are curious about how I feel about the comments on Stranger. My friends and family are constantly asking me about this, too. "Don't you think it's
Law A Young Lawyer I rolled into my house sometime late in the evening last night to get some rest. As usual, it took me three or four times longer than I anticipated to get ready for bed. No matter how tired I am and no matter how
Work The Client, Part II Yesterday I wrote about hearing the news that a pro bono client of mine had suddenly taken a bad turn and the doctors suggested he didn't have much time left. Two states away, I struggled throughout the day with the mostly-irrational guilt
Bob and Cathie The Client I'm out of town with my family. I hoped to have a relatively work-free few days so I could be "tuned in." I thought that would happen. Then this morning I found myself wandering Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth,
Ollie Up On A Soapbox This weekend I dragged Matt and Ollie across the great state of Utah to help me collect 100,000 new things for my home improvement projects. Matt has become my general contractor who I have do at least ten new projects in my house
Ironman 2014 Each year when I sit down to write the New Year wrap-up post, I begin the process by reviewing what I wrote the year before. It gets me in the mood to reflect. And it's always fascinating to me to review the
House How to Become a Grownup Megan texted me and told me to show up at some address on Monday at 4:00. I didn't really know what would be happening but that was more or less par for the course in this process. Buying a home is
Ridiculous Buying a House = Complicated I don't know where this month is going. I expected it to be a pretty quiet one and foolishly thought that my job was going to be peaceful and simple. It was not. It was a jealous mistress. NOT THAT I KNOW
Nostalgia November Regrets We're in that really weird time of year right now where the days are short and the dark nights feel disorientingly long. I never can quite get used to the time at which it gets dark in Salt Lake City. Night after
The Siblings The Next Big Move Is everyone sitting down? No? A few of you are standing? Can you get into the sitting position? I'll wait. . . . [I put my hands up, they're playin' my song and the butterflies fly away . . .] Sitting now? No? Some of
Ironman After Shocks A few days have passed since Ironman Lake Tahoe. After they announced that the race had been cancelled, we were told to wander around to the various places where we had dropped off all of our gear the day before to gather it up.
Nostalgia A Year Later The date sort of crept up on me. It seems odd, but it's true, that I left Palau, the Land of Coconuts, one year ago. Gosh I'
Ridiculous BREAKING NEWS!!! Look. I know. This is supposed to be a Pictures and Distractions post. I know the rules, you guys. Can everyone please stop yelling? I can't do a
Nostalgia The Flight of the Black Hoody Last night I was in my office until 1:00 in the morning. I'm not a workaholic. Not trying to convince anyone that this is something that happens to me often. Usually I have a very predictable schedule. But every once in
