Mad props to Merle Haggard. I’m jamming away to Merle and studying my mandarin…
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Ever since we’ve gotten to China, Vicky has been believing more and more in various Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) mojo. Her latest addition, is that she has an imbalance in her Chi based on a large hickey that she got at her salon.
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Mr. Muscle is the turbo button on my A/C unit. Basically once things are setup for the summer, the only buttons I dare press on the remote is “on/off” “up” “down” “mr. muscle”. If I start pressing anything else, I’m liable to start getting hot air coming out or something. And when you are hot and sweaty and gross… there is no room for trial and error.

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Yup, that’s me chilling on my outside porch tending to the fire in preparation for cooking some meat. There are some subtle points in this picture that can give you an idea about life in China.
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If there’s a new burger to be had in Shanghai, well just consider me there… at least once. So when Burger King opened its first store in China here in Shanghai, I dragged Vicky all the way across town to see “how it show” (as we like to say here with our vastly deteriorating english)
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In chinese its (long2 yan3). I like to think of it as a not as good version of a lychee. Its a bit smaller, not as juicy, not as sweet. But i do sort of enjoy opening them. You sort or crack the outer skin around the outside with your thumb nail as you rotate it.
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So it’s been hot here in Shanghai lately and we have become addicted to the A/C. but no more. Starting now we have a family wager going where there will be no A/C used in the house for the next 7 days. We’re just trying to live out our quiet lives of desperation here and do our part for Energy Conservation.
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