Ridiculous Excuse MY Christmas! Since 2011, I've been receiving emails from all of you on all sorts of topics and for all sorts of reasons. Some of the emails contain photos of
Ridiculous Paintings. Now None of You Can Go to College. Last year Skylar and I went to Santa Barbara for a quick vacation so he could have a break from medical school. We ended up driving a bit out of
Strangerville Around the Campfire, With You Obviously it's been a rough week in the U.S. I've spent the last couple of days writing something about all of it (and stewing over
Ridiculous Learning to Fail You know what's not ok? THIS: I think he's just doing it to spite me now. I started screaming last week when I saw it because
Work A Time a Lawyer Taught Me Something Over the weekend I shared a story on Twitter about an experience I had early in my career with an opposing attorney. Here's the Tweet thread. > People
House Our Mountain Vineyard My husband has decided to turn our backyard into a vineyard. I found out about this when I overheard him asking Matt if he could borrow several power tools, which
Running What Has Been Your Best Coping Mechanism of Late? I've been going on very long runs every weekend for about a year. I started these for my "Year of Health" in 2019, and then noticed
Ridiculous Brownies From Scratch I have severe writer's block right now. I just finished a new article for The Beehive that will be published this week, so I think I may have
knitting I Made A Sweater A couple months ago I decided to knit a sweater. I had been avoiding this for a while because every time I looked at a sweater pattern it was like
Grandma Sweet Tea and Facebook Live Momma's got a few things for you today. First, I found the two worst movies of all time. I'm serious. We can stop searching now. These
Social Distancing The Role We'll Play Last week Meg told me about an app called "My Talking Pet" which allows you to upload a photo of your pet and then speak into your phone
Ridiculous Social Distancing We're social distancing at our house right now. It started around Thursday, kind of in phases. I went to my office in the morning, Skylar went to school.
Ridiculous Girl Scout Yesterday I tweeted this thing that has gone viral [https://twitter.com/EliMcCann/status/1236415762094411776]. I don't understand how Twitter works but I think this means I'
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions All y'all, Strangerville Live is NEXT WEEK. It's in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 6 at 8:00 PM. There will be snacks. We are
Ridiculous Wedding Ring My husband has decided he should "get credit" for "not losing" his wedding ring. He told me this the other night like he had saved a
Ridiculous Heated Blankets There are heated blankets and heating pads plugged into nearly every outlet in my house. The gas fireplace is constantly running. Sometimes I come home to find Skylar standing over
Church Forever? A few years ago I started having ongoing debates with a friend about whether the existence of an afterlife is scarier or less scary than there being no afterlife. She
Ridiculous Foot Disease First of all, I wrote an article this week about how we all grew up in Utah spreading rumors that every celebrity was Mormon [https://www.thebeehive.com/did-you-hear-steve-martin-is-mormon/]. You
Ridiculous I Don't Understand. Years ago I told you that I was well into my twenties before it occurred to me that eggs were not a dairy product. I know that seems obvious, but
Ridiculous Real Houswives of Salt Lake City Yesterday news broke that The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City is going to be a thing and my town is losing its mind over it. Well, good news: I
Daniel Return to Palau I returned to the United States of God Bless America from Palau just over six years ago WHAT HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE. I've been thinking about Palau a
Strangerville Live Mr. Hooper First of all, come to Strangerville Live THIS FRIDAY. (November 8 at 8:00 PM in Salt Lake City) Look at these hot people who will be telling stories: And
House Let It Snow We woke up to a snowstorm this morning, which is Skylar's actual vision of heaven. Mine: I'm greeted by a woman making flour tortillas. We become
Nostalgia Snuffy This time in Strangerville, we’re sweeping the clouds away. Segment Snuffy, by Eli McCann (with contributions by Nicole Kragt, Alanna Coca, Laura Lacko, Catherine Yepsen, and Brice Laris, and
Ridiculous First Husband Skylar likes introducing me to people as his "first husband." He did this when we went to get our marriage license. He marched up to the county clerk