Ironman The Amazing Race I feel like a broken record announcing this for the third day in a row. But you've come to expect that around here. I really only have about three different jokes that I just use over and over again, interspersed with references
Church Choices On Sunday I attended a giant Mormon congregation in Salt Lake City. Sitting in the middle of it all was interesting because I immediately found myself thinking about the contrast between this and my Palauan church-going experience that ended just two short but significant
Nostalgia Happy Trails, Palau The time has finally come for me to say farewell to the land of coconuts. I've wondered for weeks how to write this. And I can definitely say that what I will write is going to be so much different than what
Daniel Happy Trails, Mr. Daniel Dear Mr. Daniel, I dropped you off at the airport just a few hours ago. You left a trail of personal belongings through the apartment and in the Stormtrooper. I
Ridiculous A Post About Nothing First of all, it's a Father's Day miracle! Dean received enough votes to make it to Ironman Kona. His family is bouncing off of the walls with excitement. Thank you all so much for voting and caring. You've
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
Daniel This is Very Strange I've been sort of tired this week. Not really sure why. Jet lag? It's been 8 or 9 days so it seems like I should be pretty over that by now. Last night I had a quiet night in. After
The Siblings Journey Back to a Dot Last night I made it back to the land of coconuts. Daniel picked me up at the airport at 8:15, drenched completely in sweat, just like he was when he dropped me off at the same spot over two weeks ago. After 34
Nostalgia Cure for Anxiety? I'm sitting in my office right now, full all the way to the top with anxiety. Eleventy million things to get done at work before the Twice Up the Barrel tour to the U.S., which starts in about two days. Also
Ironman 2012 How did we already get to the 2012 wrap-up post? What a year. For several years now I have measured my life by the mantra that if I'm doing things right, the best year of my life at any given time should
Ridiculous Snuggie Texts, One Year Later One year ago today I posted Snuggie Texts [http://itjustgetsstranger.blogspot.com/2011/12/snuggie-texts.html]. I cannot believe it has already been a year. You people are getting old. Over the past year, many of you have asked a lot of questions about
Ukraine Pictures from My Phone: European Edition A little late coming, but here at last, I give you Pictures from My Phone: The European Edition. I know, I know. I'm in Palau now. I should
Nostalgia All At Once I'm sitting in an airport in Taipei now with Daniel. This is our second layover of two. Our first was in San Francisco where my dear friend Elsa picked us up and drove us across the Golden Gate bridge for some dinner
Ridiculous Summerfest Last night I helped some of my closest friends peel 2 billion mangoes. I now firmly believe that mangoes are the most satanic fruit of all the fruits. What was the fruit God told Adam and Eve not to eat? Mangoes. Fat, juicy, sticky,
Ridiculous High School Reunion Next week is my 10 year high school reunion. I know. How the crap is Eli old enough to have a 10 year high school reunion? I'll tell you how: I graduated in 2002. It's currently 2012. Take the square
The Siblings The First Eye This weekend the winds of strange blew me southwest to southern California and Mexico. My friend Dan and I decided sort of last minute to roadtrip our way to the
Ridiculous 2011 2011 was good to me. It was also my strangest year to date, which is how I measure success. I believe that if I'm living my life the way I should, the best year of my life will always be the last
The Siblings The Lost Journal Series: Part VI I'm back with some more entries from 1996. Everything in [brackets] is tonight's commentary. May 20, 1996 (age 12): We are practicing for Romeo and Juliet. In the play I 'm Benvolio and Sam is Romeo. I think we
Law The Lost Journal Series: Part V Welcome back. Enjoy Part V tonight. Again, anything in [brackets] is tonight's commentary. February 19, 1996 (age 11): Today was President's day so we didn't have school so we could celebrate all of the presidents. Except my dad
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part IV Tonight I bring you Part IV in my ongoing series. Tonight's entries take you through the end of 1995 and into 1996 with additional commentary in [brackets]. [Before I start on the journal entries tonight, I would like to first mention that
Ridiculous The Lost Journal Series: Part III Tonight I bring you part III of my childhood journal entries, full of adventure and enlightenment. Everything in [brackets] is commentary from tonight. August 15, 1995 (age 11): School started yesterday and I am in sixth grade. I have a nice teacher named Mrs.
The Siblings The Lost Journal Series: Part II I now present for you part II of The Lost Journal Series. Again, these are exact passages from my childhood journal. Anything in [brackets] is my current commentary and explanation. Enjoy. December 20, 1994 (age 10): Yo. I'm Eli W. McCann. I&
The Siblings The Lost Journal Series: Part I Recently I rediscovered my childhood after finding a very entertaining pile of journals. After staying up late for a couple of nights in a row to read entry after entry, occasionally looking over my shoulder to make sure nobody was around because of how
Law Pomp & Circumstance When I last left you, I was exhausted and wondering how to prepare for a graduation speech. In those few days that have since slipped away, I lived through all of the graduation festivities and moved away from Provo. Commencement happened on Thursday when
