The Perfects Snow Angels This has been a snowy winter for us good folks of Salt Lake City. And I've actually been pretty happy about this even though snow is Satan's pollen. Or insecticide. Or feces. I'm not sure which analogy to
Rebecca A Terrorist Plot First of all, I want to thank all of you for your amazing support of Strangerville, the podcast Jolyn and I kicked off last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2016/
Ridiculous Haterz Gonna Hate Matt: You should make t-shirts. Eli: Like, for my job? Matt: For Stranger. Eli: Oh. Well I did that once but then I stopped. Matt: Why did you stop? Eli: Because lazy. Matt: Because lazy is why you do a lot of things. Eli:
Ridiculous Stealing I don't know exactly where or when I picked up this habit but some time ago I started eating unpurchased food in grocery stores. Look. It's not stealing. It's not like I eat it, hide the wrappers, and
EMBARRASSING The New Locker Room Locks I usually go to the gym sometime in the middle of the afternoon. The gym is a two-minute walk from my office so it's nice and convenient and I've found that mid afternoon is the best time to go because
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
Ridiculous Because Sleeping. Last night I got an email just as I was about to get ready for bed from someone at the office asking me to do some relatively time-consuming work by 9:30 AM the next morning. This meant that I basically had 12 hours
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last night Matt went night skiing, WHICH SHOULD BE ILLEGAL. I had Mr. Pants (aka rat dog hashtag grooming disasters hashtag pray for Ollie). Apparently it was a blizzard in
Ollie When Things Break Ring ring. Bob & Cathie: Hello? Eli: How do you guys always answer the phone at exactly the same time? Cathie: Years of practice. Eli: I need help. Desperately. Cathie:
Ollie Ineffective Superhero It was rush hour at the time, which is what made the thing I saw so much more dramatic. I was driving home from work last week after a very long and stressful day. I had just spent the last hour or two in
Ridiculous People of the Gym We all fall within one of these designations. ALL OF US. January Man/Woman: This is someone who comes to the gym in January only. This person can be seen wandering the floor, politely using half a dozen machines incorrectly and dangerously. He/she
Ollie The Top Ten Most Viewed Stranger Posts of 2015 As the year starts to come to a close, I decided to bring you another year in review. I went through Stranger's posts of 2015 and picked out
Ridiculous Christmas Concerts Every December my family goes to some kind of Christmas concert together. We all look forward to it greatly, even if the concerts sometimes turn out to be terrible. Actually, attending phenomenally-bad musical productions is my family's absolute favorite thing to do
The Perfects Snowmageddon You guys. The worst thing that can ever happen happened today. Snowmageddon hit Salt Lake City. WHERE I LIVE. Bob woke me up this morning with his routine phone call
Ridiculous Paparazzi You guys, I had my five seconds of fame yesterday. I was wandering down Main Street, minding my business, politely singing Jenny From The Block quietly and to myself, when
Ridiculous When Cathie Gets Bored Bob and Cathie came to my house on Saturday to dump a bag of Christmas decorations on me. Cathie knows that if she doesn't engage in this annual ritual, very little to no Christmas decorating will happen in my home. And Cathie
Ollie Christmas Sweaters Recently I told you about how I went to IKEA [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2015/11/ikea-is-where-happiness-goes-to-die.html] even though it is the worst place in the history of all
Ridiculous Bob & Cathie Tonight I stopped by Bob and Cathie's house for dinner. They had placed some leftover rolls in the oven to warm them up. I walked into the kitchen
Rebecca Some Things Never Change Rebecca came into town last week and it's a good thing she did because I miss her and this living across the country business isn't funny
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Matt texted me yesterday and told me that Stranger "looks like Microsoft 1995" and that this was unacceptable and I should be ashamed of myself and shouldn'
The Siblings Not Far from the Tree Recently I was in the car with Matt and Wade. I was ranting about how my mother will reluctantly agree to allow me to bring something to a family dinner
Ridiculous 30 Things You Start Saying By Age 30 1. "I wonder if there will be somewhere to sit down at that party." 2. "Do their parents know where these kids are/what they're doing/what they're wearing/what they're saying?" 3. "
Corey This is What Friendship Looks Like I got to spend a great deal of time with Corey in New York City over the weekend. Corey is one of the closest friends I've ever had.
Ollie IKEA is Where Happiness Goes to Die I’ve mentioned to you before that the stairway to my basement is basically one of those caves from The Descent. To get through it, you have to lie upside-down at a 45 degree angle, suck in your stomach, and have someone slowly lower
