Category: Life
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Spring Training: I can now publish my bottle pictures.
As spring training starts, I realized now that it would be silly not to publish my bottle photos from last summer. After all, now it is safe. The curse has been broken. Take a look at this: And this:My precious Pittsburgh Pirates water bottle. I miss it greatly. OK, here’s the story. There’s no sport…
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19 Still Felt Right
I was typing away, submitting a book promotion on a certain website where they asked me to enter the year. My fingers automatically started typing ’19’, and I stopped to ponder what that meant. A year hasn’t started with ’19’ for fifteen years. What in the world is going on? What does that mean when…
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Our Life has the Seven Year Itch
On the completion of seven years in Malaysia, we have found that whole entire life and house to be very discontented, and every odd and end around has been displaying a dizzying case of the seven year itch. It started last summer when our Suzuki van, which we affectionately called our refrigerator on wheels, (by…
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Big Noses, Blonde Hair, and “You are fatter!”
Did you see the ridiculous headlines this week about the disastrous ad campaign of a Japanese airline? In one of their ads, they had an Asian wearing a fake nose and a blonde wig, which apparently offended some very sensitive people. Here are some of the headlines which came out because of that travesty: “Japan’s…
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$150,000 for a TV Set . Really?
Samsung unveiled their latest and greatest – a 110″ ultra HD TV set that will cost around $150,000. Hmmm. Where do I even begin with this one? I’m all for the free market, but really? It’s just a TV. It will have the same crappy programs on it as my $500 32″ LCD. Anyways, do…
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Dec 26 Resolution
I didn’t bother to wait for New Year’s to make a resolution. I made one starting Dec 26. (Did you ever notice how easy it is to make a resolution to eat healthier after gorging yourself on Christmas dinner?) Anyways, eating healthier it is. Now will the resolution come to fruition? Do I have the…
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Merry Christmas!
On this Christmas Eve in Malaysia, I’d just like to take these few words to show my appreciation to all my friends, family, and readers who have made 2013 an amazing year for me as a writer. I am so thankful to God for his blessings. I hope you have a wonderful, peaceful, loving, and…
Author Mark W Sasse 