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Eli McCann

@elimccann.bsky.social

New dad. Lawyer/Writer/America’s Grandma. Humor columnist for The Salt Lake Tribune. Creator of the Strangerville podcast. Humor essays here: https://itjustgetsstranger.com

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Love getting texts like this out of the blue from my husband. So encouraging.

07.12.2025 20:59 — 👍 130    🔁 1    💬 15    📌 0

Thank you!

07.12.2025 20:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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We're Thankful for the Moisture: A Gay Guy's Guide to Mormon Faith, Family, and Fruit Preservation|Paperback

In exciting news, my new book containing all of my columns for The Salt Lake Tribune over the years is now available for preorder. The book is called "We're Thankful For The Moisture," because of course it is.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/were-thank...

05.12.2025 17:03 — 👍 116    🔁 7    💬 8    📌 0

Ha! I wish I could move up the release date

05.12.2025 22:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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We're Thankful for the Moisture: A Gay Guy's Guide to Mormon Faith, Family, and Fruit Preservation|Paperback

In exciting news, my new book containing all of my columns for The Salt Lake Tribune over the years is now available for preorder. The book is called "We're Thankful For The Moisture," because of course it is.

www.barnesandnoble.com/w/were-thank...

05.12.2025 17:03 — 👍 116    🔁 7    💬 8    📌 0
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Republicans want you to think they’re steely-eyed realists

They’re actually just assholes

30.11.2025 01:26 — 👍 162    🔁 51    💬 2    📌 1
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Happy thanksgiving

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Trophy Wife Last week Skylar had to go to Chicago to attend a conference with 1,000 dermatologists so they could all taking turns looking at each other's rashes before renewing their agreements with Satan to neve...

On the insecurities that come with playing second fiddle.

www.itjustgetsstranger.com/trophy-wife/

24.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 124    🔁 9    💬 10    📌 0

Proud to endorse Ben in this race. It's important that we elect someone who is competent, not just loud.

25.11.2025 03:10 — 👍 48    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

My columns for the Tribune (similar to what's on my site) will be available in a book Feb 17 (plus audiobook)!

24.11.2025 20:16 — 👍 20    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Trophy Wife Last week Skylar had to go to Chicago to attend a conference with 1,000 dermatologists so they could all taking turns looking at each other's rashes before renewing their agreements with Satan to neve...

On the insecurities that come with playing second fiddle.

www.itjustgetsstranger.com/trophy-wife/

24.11.2025 19:56 — 👍 124    🔁 9    💬 10    📌 0
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He's still wondering why you didn't wish him a happy birthday this month. (He's 9 now.)

22.11.2025 01:11 — 👍 244    🔁 3    💬 21    📌 0

Find someone who loves you as much as my husband loves to brush his teeth in the airport restroom before and after every flight.

16.11.2025 20:56 — 👍 199    🔁 1    💬 13    📌 0
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He has learned he has to climb up as far onto the couch as he can to avoid the reach of the baby.

11.11.2025 01:35 — 👍 185    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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Every time I have a column come out in the newspaper my sweet husband insists on buying a physical copy so he can read it and say "this one was really special."

We love a cheerleader.

10.11.2025 02:28 — 👍 581    🔁 12    💬 19    📌 1

I'm told the paywall on this was removed. Enjoy!

09.11.2025 16:29 — 👍 59    🔁 3    💬 3    📌 0
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Eli McCann: From Russia with love — A stranger in the woods, his accordion and the moment I will always remember Tribune guest columnist Eli McCann recalls his work in Moscow and the night he met a man playing an accordion deep in the woods and their brief conversation they shared that sticks with him to this da...

My column today about living in Russia and meeting a stranger.

www.sltrib.com/religion/202...

08.11.2025 18:51 — 👍 45    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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A Hotel Room All To Myself I'm in New York at the moment for a work conference. I attend this every November and I always look forward to it. But never quite like I do now, in Year of our Lord Cher Two Thousand and Twenty Five....

On the sleep I'm getting right now.

www.itjustgetsstranger.com/a-hotel-room...

07.11.2025 02:17 — 👍 152    🔁 4    💬 7    📌 0

Daylight savings tonight. Don't forget to put out cookies for Santa.

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Halloween is such a perfect holiday to reground yourself in your community. Just throngs of different people wandering the neighborhood with their kids appreciating strangers for helping create something magical. This is what most of us crave.

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Pooh, Piglet, and I'm supposed to be Christopher Robbin.

01.11.2025 00:26 — 👍 707    🔁 16    💬 31    📌 2

It was a diaper genie bag!

31.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Omg I hope

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Good morning I fully just vomited in my backyard from taking the dirty diapers out to the garbage I am not cut out to be a parent

31.10.2025 15:53 — 👍 127    🔁 0    💬 6    📌 0
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Am I paranoid to think they are judging me

31.10.2025 01:54 — 👍 381    🔁 18    💬 40    📌 2

Feeling really great that my child's first word is not "dad" but instead is "poo."

26.10.2025 18:17 — 👍 367    🔁 9    💬 23    📌 3

Oh you are correct

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People told us if we got a pack and play, our baby would love it. They didn't specify which baby though.

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If you're in need of a dose of joy go read this.

13.10.2025 14:34 — 👍 48    🔁 2    💬 3    📌 0

Definitely worth a read.

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