Ridiculous Q&A with Tami A while ago Tami did a Q&A on the Stranger Facebook page (for those unfamiliar because you haven't yet caught up on a decade's
Ironman Half Ironman, 2019 The worst part of doing a half or full Ironman, besides the swimming, biking, and running, is the whole week leading up to the race. You're supposed to
Emily Mansplaining A few years ago I was at Bob and Cathie's house and I saw Bob's 1968 beautiful green road bike in a pile of junk. I
Ridiculous Yearbooks Last week I posted about Stranger's tenth birthday [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2017/09/a-decade-later.html] (OMG Eli no way how is that possible you look so young
Ridiculous My Falling Out With Jolyn Metro One of my coworkers told me yesterday that his wife is very concerned about Jolyn. So much so that she asked him to check with me and make sure that
Ridiculous We All Wear Masks Ring ring Skylar: Hello. Eli: Someone called you a "hotty mc hotty" in the comments of something I posted on Stranger last week. Skylar: Wait. I'm
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Hello. Let me usher you into the greatest weekend of the year. PIONEER DAY WEEKEND!!!!!! You guys. This is a magical year because Pioneer Day falls on Sunday so the
The Siblings Macy I love titling posts with a female's first name because I know that at least 15% of you are terrified that I'm about to introduce you
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:
Ollie The Ten Most Annoying Instagram Posts I'll start this off by admitting that I am a regular and unapologetic offender of at least some of these things on my own Instagram account [https://instagram.
Ridiculous THE GREATEST DAY OF THE YEAR! You guys. Are you sitting down? Are you in a padded room? Have you taken your Xanax? Is there someone around to restrain you? You guys! PIONEER DAY IS THIS
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Did you guys hear that this weekend is The United States of God Bless America's birthday? Party hard, Strangers. Tami and I will be barbecuing if anyone wants
Ridiculous Massage Mishap What I'm about to tell you may end our cyber friendship. I'm aware of the risks. But I feel like it's my civic duty
Ironman St. George 70.3 I write to you now from somewhere over the Atlantic because, in a foolish daze a few weeks ago and at 2:00 AM from my office, I decided it
Ridiculous Did Eli Get the Garbage Bins Out? The Stranger community really pulled through this week. I got tweets. I got emails. I got Facebook messages. Several of you left comments on the most recent post. Comments which were entirely unrelated to what I had written that day. All efforts were made
Ollie The Wind Beneath My Wings This thing keeps happening where Matt shows up and does all of this complicated and probably dangerous work in my house with minimal effort and only half his attention and
Rebecca My Driveway I think my house was initially built with horse and buggy in mind. At least, that's the only way I can explain the driveway. It's exceedingly narrow, and I don't really know why because there is definitely room
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I looked out my office window today and saw the thing I dread most: a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow. And so it begins. Someone please give me a
Ironman Dentist Appointment Announcement: I'll be telling a story on The Porch at 9:00 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City. It's the best story from my life--one some of you have heard, but with some new details and updates that nobody
Ridiculous How to Survive 48 Hours Camping in Civilization Last week I went to the hospital for one of my heart tests. I wanted the ambulance to come pick me up and take me there because, I'm
Ridiculous DID YOU GUYS KNOW PEOPLE HAVE A REGULAR DOCTOR?! My communication to you about Tami [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2014/07/tami.html] has been a little controversial recently. Some of you have not been nearly as welcoming of
The Siblings Tami Since I know everyone is extremely interested in the Pioneer Day Marathon Toenail Disaster of 2014, I'm here to provide you an update! Yesterday, while sitting in my
