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I decided to interview my wife at 11:00 o’clock at night as she was trying to fall asleep. She may not allow this post to go uncensored, so you’d better read it fast. For keystroke brevity, I am T and she is C. It’s very simple really: T: What is the best thing that has…
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Yesterday I posted about a book I’d read recently. It seems that post has…ummm, well…not-so-magically disappeared. Hocus Pocus! This trick was intentional on my part. A friend made some comments on the post that I thought were pretty relevant to our context here. I can still email you a copy of the post if you…
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The angry yeti surfaces from his hidden lair and lumbers his way through the blinding snow and freezing rain… With caffeine in his veins, blood-shot eyes zeroed in on his target, and sore muscles dangling from limbs like abused sausages, he plods his solemn course to the Great Halls of Learning. Impolite weather conditions cannot…
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Even though I may tower over the competition here in Xining, I’m no Yao on the basketball courts… It’s amazing how (unintentionally) taking 6 months off (when you are already a 33 year-old who is physically WAY past his prime) makes such a difference. Especially at this altitude. It felt like I hadn’t played since…
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Tongxue means classmate in Chinese. Christa and I became classmates today for the first time since we’ve been here. Our marriage will probably never be the same (ha-ha). Probably the last time we were "classmates" together was when we went through pre-marital classes/counseling…oh yeah, let’s not forget childbirth classes after that… Thankfully, we were able…
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What ever happened to "Engrish Fridays"? Yeah, well…that didn’t exactly take off did it? Well, in recognition of the "good idea" that was Engrish Fridays here’s some laughable language for you. This is the label verbiage on a bottle of TibetanDry dry red wine I saw here. Shangri La is the last unpolluted place on…
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Before I forget and move on to other books, I just wanted to say that I really, really enjoyed David James Duncan’s book of short stories entitled River Teeth. I knew I would enjoy it because Duncan’s novels, The River Why and The Brother’s K, are two of my all-time favorites, but I liked his…
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"May all your expectations be frustrated, may all your plans be thwarted, may all your desires be withered into nothingness, that you may experience the powerlessness and poverty of a child and sing and dance in the love of God who is Father, Son, and Spirit." Larry Hein, taken from Brennan Manning’s Abba’s Child You…
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The Chinese love fireworks. And when I say they love fireworks, I mean, THEY LOVE FIREWORKS! The latest indication: last night was The Lantern Festival which means yet another holiday to light things on fire and make loud cannon-like sounds. Since Anna had school this morning we didn’t venture out in the evening to see…
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Some people are ashamed to beg. Under the right circumstances, using pretty strict parameters, I am NOT one of those people. My number one criteria for determining when it is (or is not) appropriate to beg: Is coffee at stake? If the answer to that all-important question is YES (or MAYBE), then I feel that…
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