Ridiculous Jolyn is a Kindergarten Teacher Jolyn is a kindergarten teacher, which means she is responsible for our children. This is not a drill, people. Jolyn Metro is responsible for America's children. Can you
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
Ridiculous Our Next President The silver-haired nearly-naked senior citizen on the podium instructed me to fold my body into such an unnatural position that I think she could be charged with attempted homicide. I
Ridiculous Norwegian Ridgebacks This weekend I was in Portland and I went hiking with Skylar and THE WORLD'S MOST WHINY DOG. I'm not kidding you about this dog. I
Ollie The Perfect Storm Rebecca got married on Friday and Saturday. Notice I said Friday AND Saturday. I say this, because this person who told me she just wanted to elope had a TWO-DAY
Rebecca Wedding Picnics This weekend is Rebecca's wedding, which she purposefully planned at the exact times that I have eleventy other commitments. And because Rebecca insists on being a complication in
Emily I. Went. Camping. A couple of weeks ago I got to thinking about how much I hate camping and how I don't trust anyone who claims to like it because it&
Ridiculous The 19 Steps of Building IKEA Furniture By Skylar Westerdahl I secretly think there is a small masochistic part of everyone. A tiny desire to make our physical lives match the twisting turmoil that lies within. Or
Ollie And Then I Met Ruth As I mentioned to you recently, I've been engaged in a new quest to meet all of my neighbors and become the most popular person on the block,
Ridiculous Strangerville Fan Mail Somehow it has been about eight months since Jolyn and I launched Strangerville. If our announcement of Strangerville was equivalent to conceiving a child, you would have to watch the
Ridiculous I See Dead People. They're Everywhere. Last week I was on a cruise ship for seven days with my family. It was basically the Titanic. I can still smell the paint. It was an Alaskan cruise.
The Perfects Hi. I'm Your New Neighbor. I walked two houses down the hill to greet my neighbor, a blonde woman, age 50 or so, who rivals The Perfects in magazine-cover landscaping and lawn care. It was
Ridiculous We All Wear Masks Ring ring Skylar: Hello. Eli: Someone called you a "hotty mc hotty" in the comments of something I posted on Stranger last week. Skylar: Wait. I'm
Ridiculous On Being a Mom Brianne: Why do you already have a late fee on your phone bill? Eli: Sorry, I think you have the wrong number. Brianne: You know that line doesn't
Emma Pioneer Day Miracle We gathered aboard the raft, the five of us, unaware of the trauma that awaited us. Bats flew overhead, and the sounds of water churning on the cliffs of rocks
Emails Fan Mail Please enjoy the below email exchange I had with an avid fan recently: From: Larry To: It Just Gets Stranger Subject: Pathetic Eli I wanted to let you know that
The Siblings Macy I love titling posts with a female's first name because I know that at least 15% of you are terrified that I'm about to introduce you
The Siblings Lifetime Original Movies When I was growing up my older sister Krisanda and I used to play this game where we would take turns reading the names of movies printed in the weekly
Ridiculous Independence Day Resurgence: America is Definitely Getting Dumber You guys. I went into this with very low expectations. After Jurassic World happened last year [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/06/jurassic-world-is-america-getting-dumber.html], I was convinced that the United
Yahoo Answers Yahoo! Answers XII Question 1: How long does Ambien take to wear off on cats? I like to take my cat Trixy to work but my boss is so prejudice and said she
Rebecca Wedding Dress Shopping [https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4BvJQo2mZug/V3BMGkxuf8I/AAAAAAAAEOk/_VDCqXSi3kg97QckxLtxHM1_OwCB62DtQCLcB/s1600/Rebecca.jpg] An obviously-candid shot of Rebecca and her lucky man. Eli: Wait. How did I end up here?
The Perfects Beware of Sisters My sister Krishelle house-sat for me while I was in the Baltics. And by "house-sat" I mean "killed all of my flowers and broke my A/C.
Ridiculous Cat Videos When I last left you on mine and Adam's increasingly stinky road trip through the Baltic States, I was recovering from twelve-inch lacerations caused by being severely beaten
Ridiculous A Latvian Banya The Internets, or what we could access of them, told us that the drive from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to Riga Latvia would take about three hours so
Ridiculous We Made it to Hogwarts We spent a couple of days in the fairy-tale land of Tallin before receiving a lecture from Estonia's skinniest man about all of the ways the police were
