Ironman St. George Misery This weekend Brandt (AKA Mr. Disney Prince Hair) and I ventured south to the magical land of St. George Utah. We thought this was a good idea because the half
Ridiculous Encounters with Strangers You guys, I have a million things to tell you. I feel like we are so behind on one another's lives right now. There's so much gossip floating around in my head. But I don't have time to
Ridiculous April Fools' Day Jolyn Metro is the worst human being who has ever lived. Yesterday afternoon I had noticed that things seemed far too quiet for April Fools' Day. Nothing had really
Rebecca House Rules First, an announcement. After a three or four month hiatus in which we didn't know whether we would ever be welcome again due to an inexcusable amount of talking about poop, The Porch has invited us back. I'll be telling
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I ran for two hours on a treadmill tonight. It was the stuff of nightmares. And I know what you're thinking. "Eli. Why didn't you
Ridiculous Daniel Searches for His Clothes Eli: Excuse me. What are you doing? Daniel: I'm going through your closet. Eli: And why would you be doing something like that? Daniel: Because I want my clothes back. Eli: What on Earth makes you think that I would have your
Ridiculous I Have Terrible Ideas in the Middle of the Night Do you ever do things in the middle of the night that make absolutely no sense? Sometimes in the middle of the day an idea will come to me about
Ridiculous Moving Heavy Things As you know, Mr. Daniel came to town last week. Him and all 12,000 of his heavy bags that were opened and spilled out over my apartment for five days. It was wonderful to have him around and it felt a lot like
Ridiculous Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Daniel flew into Salt Land last night. This morning I ventured off to the office, of course making sure he had food and that all of the child locks and
The Siblings At Least Learn the Words if You're Going to Sing It. The other day I got a phone call from my three-year-old niece, AKA "The Child Who Hates Me." [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/09/the-child-who-hates-me.html] Our rocky relationship hasn't improved much during the course of her almost four-year life.
Tinder Messing with People on Tinder Last week I was hanging out with my friend Brandt at his place. Then I took his phone and started Tindering for him. In case you're unaware, Tinder
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy weekend, Strangers. I just ran on a treadmill for 90 minutes. It was the worst 90 minutes of my life. Besides every 90-minute period of every single scout camp
Ridiculous Owls Last Thursday I got a text from Jolyn. "Eli, could you please accompany me to something tonight?" I know better than to ever accept any invitation from Jolyn
Ridiculous Cuddle Texts One Stranger, Amy V., emailed me on Friday a link to a Craigslist ad by a man looking for a beautiful woman to "cuddle" and "snuggle"
Ridiculous Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions It's Friday again. And I'm feeling kind of sad. What better way to cure the blues than through some pictures and distractions? Happy weekend, Strangers. [https:
Ridiculous Don't Let Strangers Borrow Your Phone The other day I went to a coffee shop to do some writing and I sat down at a table right across from the biggest man I have ever seen in my entire life. He was from Ghana and he was wearing a lot
Ridiculous I'm Going to Need to See Some I.D. On Friday night I stopped by Jolyn's place because it's been too quiet recently and that always makes me nervous. When I got there she coughed at my face and told me she was dying. As you know, I can&
Mexico Pictures From My Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy February's end, Strangers. We have had a very odd February in Salt Lake City. For several weeks it has been sunny and warm. I'm talking
Ridiculous Queen Latifah On Saturday night I hung out with my friend Jesse. I stopped by his place and he said he wanted to watch a movie and there was a Redbox just down the street so "let's go see what they have."
Videos Poor Hannah On Monday night my good friend Hannah came over to my place and graciously made me dinner. You guys. Anyone who wants to come over to my house and make me dinner is welcome to stay for as long as they want, no questions
Mexico DON'T SEND ME A PICTURE OF THAT EVER PLEASE!!!! I've been having . . . well . . . issues for the past many weeks. With my body. With the inside of my body. So, naturally, I decided to share this with anyone
Mexico Daniel Can't Do Cartwheels Remember one million years ago when I posted the Daniel diving videos [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2012/10/the-eli-mccann-school-of-diving.html]? Remember how he was remarkably bad at diving? Remember how he somehow thought he was diving head-first into the water when in fact he
Mexico Sleeping in Mexico I mentioned yesterday that by the time we got to Mexico on Friday, I hadn't slept for a few days. Between working through the night and traveling and
Mexico And Then We Went To Mexico This weekend I went on a magical journey to the land of tortillas. Many wonderful things happened. But I'll just cut to the chase and give the people
Ridiculous Twenty Years Later, a Valentine's Confession Happy Valentine's Day weekend. When I was in the fourth grade I brought Power Ranger Valentines to school to give to everyone in my class. I don't know why I did this because for some reason I generally tried to
