Grandma Instant Messaging with Connie Connie: Hi! How have you been? Eli: Great! Just about to head out to the beach! How are you? Connie: Wonderful. Wish you were in town this weekend. We could
Ridiculous Book Writing Update I may have mentioned at some point here that I'm not exactly "in the know" on what the kids are calling "technology." Pretty much every medium of social media scares and confuses me. And what's worse,
Ridiculous Daniel's Departure I wrote yesterday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/06/a-huge-surprise.html] about how Daniel is now a week and a half into a three week trip to the U.S., leaving my poor pathetic self alone with Leotrix. He only had a couple of
Ridiculous Forrest Gump Palau obviously doesn't get The Price is Right because it totally does not help control the pet population. As you can imagine, the over-abundance of "pets" is not exactly my favorite aspect of Palau living. It probably doesn't
Ridiculous The Inescapable Leotrix Ever since Leotrix entered my life, I have existed in a state of constant nightmare. This is where you are having a nightmare but instead of it being a nightmare
Emails Emails With A Polygamist One Stranger, Sarah, started getting spammed via email by an obnoxious man looking for extra wives. A google search of this guy revealed that he has gone to great lengths
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
Ridiculous The Joys of Island Living The other day I was running some errands during lunch and I happened upon Daniel, who was also out and about. He told me he wanted to slip into a small clothing store nearby to get some shorts and since I don't
Ridiculous The Precipice of Innovation [http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tK7tE4aTvbY/UbfKwY9zWKI/AAAAAAAADds/Ts6FCe7eFOU/s1600/DSCN0660.JPG] The next wave of technology. This week I am doing a REALLY important video conference with people in
Ridiculous Sex, STDs, and Hieroglyphics On Friday just after lunch I was walking down the main road in Palau with Daniel. Actually, I should say, we were walking down THE road in Palau. There's a piece of the road "downtown" that is the frequent location
Ridiculous Out of Context The other day I got some notification that a person had Twittered a Tweet on what the kids are calling the Internets and this Twitation invoked my name somehow. It's all very confusing, I know. Just try to follow along. Anyway, the
Ridiculous The World's Largest Cat A little while back I posted the link for you all to vote for Dean Bullock to get a spot in the world championship Ironman race. Dean has terminal cancer and has a dream to compete in the Ironman in Kona. His family posted
Ridiculous Video Rental In the immediate days before moving to Palau, my life was utter chaos. My belongings were spread to and fro across the face of the Earth and I had shipped twenty or so boxes to the equatorial Pacific without really knowing exactly what I
Ridiculous Deviled Eggs On Friday I had a conversation with Daniel about deviled eggs. A Conversation with Daniel about Deviled Eggs Eli: Um . . . why are there . . . [counting] . . . SIXTY deviled eggs in the refrigerator!? Daniel: For an afternoon snack. Eli: For whom?! Are we hosting a town hall
Yahoo Answers Yahoo! Answers IX It's been too long guys. So I went to Yahoo! Answers to get some feedback on more of life's most important questions. And as usual, the
The Siblings Last Minute Notice Last week amid all of the Leotrix drama [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/nothing-worse-than-this-has-ever.html] Daniel informed me that he had invited some people over for dinner for the next day. Daniel: Oh, by the way, last Sunday I told some people to
Ridiculous THE WORST UPDATE EVER!!! First of all, Stranger was surprisingly in the news [http://www.ksl.com/?nid=1014&sid=25276718] today! And the first part of this article totally makes it sound
Ridiculous NOTHING WORSE THAN THIS HAS EVER HAPPENED EVER! I NEED EVERYONE'S UNDIVIDED ATTENTION WHILE I HAVE A MAJOR ONLINE FREAK OUT AND MELTDOWN IN EPIC PROPORTIONS. No. Put down that cat and turn off the tv.
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
Church Daniel Snaps Last night Daniel snapped at one of the teenagers. Remember last week [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/05/twenty-teenagers.html] when he got high and mighty after I went all Carrie [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XFbAINOlnY] on them? And Daniel was all
The Siblings Solomon I'm working on something for the court now that has just about ripped my brain out of my head and thrown it into a blender. You're welcome for the visual. You all know that I have a job, right? I
Ridiculous ANTS! Ants. Everywhere. And I know what you're thinking. We are NOT dirty people. And yes, I have been working out. Thanks for the kind thoughts. I'm totally blushing. Our apartment is clean! Sure we leave crumbs out all over the
Church Twenty Teenagers Last night I had a very minor freak out in front of the church kids. It was Wednesday night, which is our night to do activities with the hormonal teenagers. And I could tell that I was ultra-irritable before we even walked into the
Ridiculous Mother Hen Monday was a holiday in Palau so we took the day to go diving with a group of friends even though there are animals under water. This is one of those peer pressure things where I'm basically FORCED to agree to go
Ridiculous Emailing Kaylee Yesterday I got the following email from my very dramatic 9-year-old niece Kaylee, the oldest daughter of my sister, Krisanda: Dear Eli, This is Kaylee. We put our for sale
