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Category Archive: Christian

Tell Him You Love Him With Cold Forging

Tell Him You Love Him With Cold Forging

You may recall, during our fateful trip to Shenyang the weekend before Thanksgiving to get my name changed in my passport, that Christian lost his …

 

Are There Any Christmas-Trainers in the House?

Are There Any Christmas-Trainers in the House?

By the time I was around eight, Christmas at my house had become some weird battle ground between my mother and herself. Everything about Christmas …

 

Writer’s Block!

Writer’s Block!

So I’m sitting here, tapping my fingers, trying to figure out what the heck to write, and I’m completely stuck. Early today, as I was …

 

The Pregnant Woman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down The Same Freaking Hill

The Pregnant Woman Who Went Up a Hill and Came Down The Same Freaking Hill

山 in Mandarin means hill or mountain (or a bunch of hills or a bunch of mountains), though the things we think of as mountains …

 

Plastic Tastes So Good!

Plastic Tastes So Good!

I don’t know how expats survive in other foreign countries, but here in China, a healthy expat diet consists heavily of illegal DVDs. There are …

 

The Obligatory Mission Statement

The Obligatory Mission Statement

Back in June, my web server gave me a few days notice that they were closing up shop, half way through my pre-paid year. I …