Ridiculous When Canning Gets Real Everything in my family is a passive-aggressive competition, so that's why I bought 10 pounds of tomatoes this weekend after my mother posted pictures on Instagram of her
Gay Dog Hike Check out today's Strangerville (show notes at bottom), wherein Skylar shares the best coming out story I have ever heard. ***** Skylar really wanted to go for a hike
Ridiculous Everyone Else is an Idiot Skylar and I have a term to describe someone who is behaving incompetently in the moment. We call them "mall people." But with a strong emphasis on the
Rebecca Locked Out Skylar called me just as I was leaving the office the other day to very suspiciously ask me when I was going to be home. It was suspicious to me,
Emily Camping: The Ground Got Harder (In case you missed it, we announced our next really fun Strangerville Live show [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2018/08/attempted-homicide.html]. Check out this link [https://www.eventbrite.com/
Ridiculous Attempted Homicide The exciting news is that we have a date for our next Strangerville Live show. We'll be back at Church & State on Friday, September 14. And obviously
Medical School White Coat Ceremony Last week I attended something called "white coat ceremony." This is where 150 grown people are dressed by other grown people on a stage in front of a
Ridiculous A Sweet Treat Please check out today's Strangerville, which includes one of my favorite stories we have ever produced. More info at the bottom of this post. ***** Matt had a party
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Toward the end of my Europe trip a few weeks ago I got a text out of the blue from Matt that said, "sorry about your house." This
Ridiculous Golf and Buses Skylar started medical school yesterday while I went golfing. I would have traded him places in a heartbeat. And no, I'm not interested in going to medical school.
EMBARRASSING Cringe A few years ago I was talking to my childhood best friend Sam's dad because he had stopped by Bob and Cathie's house for some reason.
Ridiculous Seatmates The universe has required me to take on a substantially larger share of sitting next to not-the-best seatmates on flights. I'm happy to do it. Sometimes. But not every time. It's like a curse. I see the 100-pound sensible-looking elderly
Ridiculous How I Nearly Started World War III We booked the hotel because it advertised access to a "private beach." The beach ended up being more like a stone patio that dropped off into the Adriatic
Ridiculous Smizing in Slovenia In Ljubljana Slovenia last night: Skylar: Here, give me your phone so I can take a picture of you. Eli: No. You're really bad at taking pictures of
The Siblings To Become a Star We had to vacate our Airbnb in Kyiv by 11:00, which was unfortunate because our train didn't leave for L'viv until about 12 hours later.
The Siblings Kyiv's Raccoon Man We landed in Kyiv on Saturday afternoon and found a taxi to take us to our apartment. "She's Got It" by Venus was playing on the
Ridiculous Grammar Book I'm going to Ukraine on Friday. And don't even try to break into my house, robbers. I've got house-sitters and they're all
Ridiculous International Spy Skylar treats state-issued IDs like you might treat chapstick. Don't remember where you put the last one? That's ok. Just grab another the next time you&
Ridiculous You guys. Jurassic World. There's another one. Last week Meg told me there was a new Jurassic World movie out, and then she threatened me to see it with her. This is an activity that makes sense
Ridiculous Elk in the Woods As you know, earlier this week I DECIDED TO BE GAY. Now every morning when I wake up the soundtrack to Rent is blasting through my house from speakers I
Airbnb A Good Toilet Last year when the essential oils people descended upon me [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/09/essential-oils-are-killing-me.html] and nearly destroyed my home, I decided that I would take a
Ridiculous Queen Latifah Matt accused me of exaggerating "just like" I "always do." This was offensive. Not because I consider "exaggerator" to be an insult, but because
Ridiculous Skylar Thinks He Can Cook Skylar thinks he's a cook. Yes, you should read into my word-choice there. Also, I want to mention that Skylar is the most amazing human being. He is
Ridiculous The Girl F Word A conversation between Brianne and her very young nephew, as was told to me this morning. I can't stop laughing. Nephew: My little sister has a potty mouth. Brianne: Really? Does she say swear words? Nephew: Yeah. She's been saying
Ollie So this is the south. Matt has been in Mississippi for several weeks. He drove from Salt Lake City all the way to Jackson, which if you look at google maps is a distance of
