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Feb.20.2010
I did not notice the shiny bulb race into the air. It was the bang that got my attention. Then the red and blue and greens appeared in a circle in the distance. I did not smile. The rain and three hour delay in leaving to visit my Chinese sister had all but killed any feeling of festivity that...
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Feb.18.2010
It is an incredible feeling when you feel all alone in a country of one billion people. It explains why Chinese people, more than other people, seek safety in numbers. It is overwhelming and contradictory. You see the people, you sense they are there, but you still have this crushing awareness of...
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Feb.06.2010
One of the very nice benefits of being an English teacher abroad is that during the breaks between semesters I get to travel. This particular vacation I am going to London. One of the benefits of traveling to London this particular time is that I get a five hour layover in Moscow. This leads to...
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Jan.31.2010
Shuffle,Shuffle,Slip,Pause,shuffle,rinse, repeat as necessary. This is how I made my way from the hotel down the alley way. It was only the third day of the year and there had already been a fairly decent snowfall. Snow, apparently , was never taught manners as a child. Of course if I hadn't been...
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Jan.29.2010
This is the kind of story that would make Disney proud. It would be a feel good movie that would star some Brat Pack 2.0 actor and bring more money into Disney in one holiday weekend than some countries bring pull in all year. It is a story about a disgruntled yet lovable unofficial spokesman...
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Jan.28.2010
I have really run out of excuses not to write. You would imagine, fancying myself a writer and critic, that I would find any opportunity to write. But when there is something I love, I truly love, I find reasons to not do it, or preferably ignore it altogether.
I have another reason, although this...
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Jan.03.2010
I know the sound the desert makes in those slow motion films they show in high school. You know the ones, the movies where they show a desert finally getting some moisture after a long dry season, the rain falling and the ground sucking up the moisture like some ravenous steroid filled sponge. Yes...
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Dec.14.2009
This is my mea culpa. I am hoping my confession will set me free. More importantly I hope the naked admission of guilt will convince my wayward workers to come back. I am setting myself in front of a jury of my peers and hoping for vindication.
I abuse my workers in the most horrible way. When they...
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Nov.20.2009
"I prefer the voices in my head to the voices outside" Said my friend. "The voices in my head know when it is time to be quiet." Before he continued before I called over the bored waitress and asked her to get a beer for my friend. My friend has seen quite a lot in his life...
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Nov.10.2009
A drop of blood;
A lifetime of sin, joy, and tears in a single drop.
A jury no lawyer can persuade.
A judge no court can overturn.
The witnesses speak with silent voices.
The verdict simple, life or death.
The prisoner awaits as the jury foreman speaks.
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Sep.28.2009
The orange from the setting sun in the east licked the now gray sky. Most sunsets expand like a mushroom cloud before it ran out of oxygen to consume, eventually they die as night overtakes it . This times it the gray of the colorless day was overrun by the orange. I felt drawn to the orange...
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Sep.17.2009
I was going to write, as is quite often the case, the best blog ever. But something changed that, because this blog I could not make up. This blog I couldn’t think of on my own. In fact this blog that you are reading now has to do something with an actual event that some of you may have saw on TV....
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Sep.16.2009
I walked down the street. The air felt colder. Cold is the wrong word, it was more of a lack of warmth. There is a big difference. I walked past a television and saw one man on a television. His face was crinkled in anger. He was saying something quite vitriolic about Richard. I could tell because...
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Sep.11.2009
He oozed with geniusosity. His power point presentation was slick and incorporated many easy to remember phrases. It was laden with images of American flags and various scenes of America that reassured me that if he was in charge all would be well. The obvious corollary to that statement is that if...
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Sep.04.2009
When someone offered me a trip to Asphodels Meadows I thought “Cool”. As self-proclaimed spokesman of Generation X I haven’t been getting nearly enough free stuff. Okay I haven’t got any freebies. This distinct lack of being showered with unearned riches was making me realize why no one had...
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About Joshua
Worked in politics, hated it, so I went to teach abroad. Now I am spending my time collecting research on Cambodia in between teacheing stints. Some of my friends accuse me of using my research as an excuse to travel to neat new places. They are sometimes...
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Joshua’s Favorite Books
American Gods
Freakanomics
The Watchmen
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