Jolyn Aftermath Last week I wrote what is probably the most controversial thing I've ever published on Stranger. Don't worry. This isn't a political post, and today I'm not writing about the substance of that other political post.
Ridiculous Cat Videos When I last left you on mine and Adam's increasingly stinky road trip through the Baltic States, I was recovering from twelve-inch lacerations caused by being severely beaten
Ridiculous A Latvian Banya The Internets, or what we could access of them, told us that the drive from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to Riga Latvia would take about three hours so
Ridiculous We Made it to Hogwarts We spent a couple of days in the fairy-tale land of Tallin before receiving a lecture from Estonia's skinniest man about all of the ways the police were
Ridiculous So I'm in Estonia First off, check out the latest and greatest from Strangerville Shorts! Episode 5 will be out next week and we think you'll love it. So I'm
Ridiculous International Driver's Permit I'm going to be doing some international traveling in places that Bob and Cathie claim are "full of terrorists." Adam and I are going together and
Pictures from my phone Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions I haven't laughed as hard as I have this week reading all of your interactions on Imzy since [insert a funny thing]. I got an email from the
Ridiculous East Jesus Last weekend I wandered to southern California to visit my grandma and my Uncle Will. So, naturally, we spent a good portion of our Saturday hippie hunting in the hot
Ridiculous Wisconsin This weekend I went to Madison Wisconsin because cheese. You guys. Did you know that Wisconsin is known for cheese? This is the best possible thing to be known for.
Ironman 2015 As this wet and now snowy year winds down, I continue one of my favorite Stranger traditions. In the days after Christmas each year I start compiling my frustratingly-vague and
Peru Machu Picchu and Lake Titicaca By way of brief update, we made our way to Puno, Peru, and set sail on Lake Titicaca. Also known as the North Pole. Because it is so freaking cold
The Siblings High in Peru I write to you now from somewhere around 12,000 feet high in the middle of nowhere Peru. And I mean "high" in terms of altitude. And not
Church Kirtland A friend had told me that Cleveland is apparently only like 20 minutes from a town called Kirtland and when I heard this I acted like I had won the
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions This week I ventured off to Cleveland. Before doing so Bob and Cathie informed me that I would certainly die. I didn't take this very seriously because they
Emma Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Last weekend I went on a much needed road trip to Jackson Wyoming with my home girls Anna and Emma. We also stopped in the-middle-of-nowhere-Idaho on the way to Jackson
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
Ukraine 10 Tips for Traveling on a Budget Over the last few years I've received a lot of emails from people asking how I have been able to travel as much as I have and whether
Ridiculous Falling in Amsterdam My flight left Belgrade, Serbia at an ungodly hour in the morning. Having stayed out until far too late in the night, the alarm clock went off only an hour or two after my head hit the pillow. Somehow I manipulated Tyler into taking
Ridiculous Emergency Bosnian Stop She was so polite when she asked for it. "Can you please pass me a tissue?" It came from four-year-old Liv's mouth from the back seat--the
Ridiculous Shabesaur This trip was sort of a spur of the moment deal for me. Well, only sort of. I ran into Kimberly and Tyler a few weeks ago after having not
Travel Climbing a Croatian Hill It occurred to me, just has it has many times in many similar circumstances, that I might be murdered as we climbed the old stone steps into the darkness. My
Ironman Massaging For Good About 12 seconds after crossing the finish line of the Half Ironman, Rebecca and I frantically raced the four hours to Salt Lake City so I could pack my things
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
Bob and Cathie The Client I'm out of town with my family. I hoped to have a relatively work-free few days so I could be "tuned in." I thought that would happen. Then this morning I found myself wandering Disneyland, the happiest place on Earth,
Ollie Pictures from my Phone & Weekly Distractions Happy New Year, one and all. Because the magic of the season made us lose track of reality, like it always does (see this [https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/01/