Ridiculous It's A Classic! When I was in high school I read nearly zero books and I've been feeling guilty about this for mumble mumble cough years. So guilty that if I
Nostalgia A Decade Later I had been writing emails to my family members, telling them exaggerated stories about what I was up to. They were supposed to be funny. They weren't funny.
Ridiculous Romeo & Juliet When I was in the sixth grade we had to put on a Shakespeare play. Our class was assigned to do Romeo and Juliet and I wanted to be Romeo
Ridiculous So, are you like famous? Attorney: I was googling you recently to find an article you wrote and I found out there's someone else out there with your name who is kind of
Ridiculous Cathie with a C My mother, Cathie with a C Whittle McCann (her full legal name), was a force to be reckoned with from the years 1978 to 2004 during which she was legally
Ridiculous Weirdest Birthday Party Ever It was my birthday last week ("oh em gee eli no way you look so young you never age!" stop it you guys). I was informed by friends
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series, Part XIII Today I give you the next edition of The Lost Journal Series. March 14, 1995 (10 years old): If I had to disect a cat I would throw up. Even though I hate cats it would still be sick. I hate disecting things mostly
Ridiculous Beethoven So I'm sitting on the couch at Matt's house editing Meg's hilarious Bachelor recap [http://www.tvjelly.com/2017/03/01/the-bachelor-s-21-wk-9-i-guess/] and Matt
Nostalgia The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts of 2016 [https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHiWoFKsZfk/WGMfMrlp2gI/AAAAAAAAE84/i0ZmGL0a4OMkV30dedyxU3pRMGm4gB84wCLcB/s1600/Snuggie.jpg] Just BecauseWe have somehow made it to Stranger's second to last post of 2016. I'
Wade Halloween Costumes I love Halloween like a fat kid loves cake. And when I was a child I was actually pretty creative when it came to Halloween costumes. I got this gene
Nostalgia My Favorite Posts With some regularity people will email me and say they just found Stranger and they wonder if I have any "favorite" posts they should make sure to check
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'
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
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
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series, Part XI Because it's been a while. February 15, 1995 (10 years old): Did you know that if you turn a butterfly from a slug it doesnt turn back and thats why when a persen changes in to a better HUMAN BEING they will
Ollie Roll-top Desk It was Labor Day on Monday so Matt, Ollie, and I decided we should labor. We made a stop at Home Depot, where all 7 billion of Earth's
The Perfects Musical Cars and Meth Labs At any given time there are eleventy cars in my driveway. This is mostly because at any given time Young Wade owns eleventy cars. I'm not kidding you about this. He has this hobby where he buys cars at auction, drives them
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
Ridiculous Ms. Painter The year was 1993. It was a warm Spring day. I was in Ms. Painter's 3rd grade class. Torie Thomas and I were both required to sit at the front of the classroom because, as was noted on our report cards, "
Wade Generation Gap Recently my good friend Wade came to live with me. I hadn't planned on having any roommates, mostly because I'm still in Rebecca-recovery, WHICH DOES NOT NECESSARILY CARRY NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS ABOUT REBECCA. But Wade is in transition and trying to
Ridiculous Class Election Last week I shared with you my political desires to run for class election [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/03/the-thing-that-happened-on-friday.html] of the early risers of Salt Lake City.
Grandma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Bob and Cathie showed up at my house tonight for another landscaping consultation. You guys. Everyone in this world needs a Bob and Cathie. No. I'm taking this
Ridiculous Fifth Grade Notebook After her last visit to my home, at the end of which Cathie ominously announced to all within earshot that she would expect me to clear out all of my
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