Hey folks, this’ll be a bit out of the ordinary tonight. As you may or may not know, commenter and occasional contributor semper-ubi-sub-ubi is now in China, with the goal of teaching there. Or something.  Anyhow, he sent me an email with some updates for the crew here at The Pub/Last Call. So here goes:

• I had always thought that things are bigger in Texas, but they’re even bigger in China.
• The visa regulations changed, so all the foreign teachers with my organization at my school were to go to Hong Kong (probably by bus) to get our visas changed to work permits. One person complained so instead of us all going, myself and another teacher went to Hong Kong carrying 16 other passports (leaving those teachers in China without passports, which is kinda a no-no).
• Once we got to Hong Kong, we can’t even get our own workpermits, because doing so would screw some of the others over, so we’re flying back to our city only to have to return to HK in a few days probably by train or bus that will take over 12 hours.
• The person who complained works as a lawyer in LA. Fuck him. because of him a decent plan (although only decent through chance it seems, since the office thinks that things are ducky) was shelved for one that they had no idea if it would work.
• At least we we were given a stipend for going, so we’re totally going to blow it on buying coffee (to take back) and eating at nice restaurants.

Otherwise:

• I’ve eaten something like octopus and some sort of snails. One month ago, I never would have thought this. I come from a family which ‘exotic’ is Mandarin or pizza. I guess I just think that all the food is dirty here (as in whole chicken in the soup, head and feet included), so I might as well try everything and see if I like it.
• I had a crayfish and mango sandwich today from a McDonald’s mccafe (HK). It was really good.
• I’m still optimistic about things here.
• Hope you like the picture of Arnold:

Damn, those Chinese sure know how to motivate! Woo! Thanks,  Semper, that was interesting, and in some spots, mildly disturbing.  Make sure you keep sending in updates!

An now that you’re all properly wound up, head over to Last Call at Avoiding the Drop.  I know you’re looking for ways to spend this extra energy you’ve got, but please don’t open the door to the Monkey Room Last fella to do that lost an appendage. And not something useless like hands or feet.

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Unexpected house guest,  so this will just have to serve as your Last Call bumper. Being relegated to hostess duty – sorry!

So, um, have fun?

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Good morning everyone! I know, I know it’s Monday, I souldn’t be quite this peppy. But truth be told I wrote most of this Sunday night, then just woke up and pressed publish. Trust me, as this is going up I’m dragging just like the rest of you. Now, here’s what happened yesterday.

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Now that I got your attention, here’s what happened yesterday.

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Good morning to all!!! I was in a Rachel McAdams mood, probly because I saw Sherlock Holmes last night and remembered how hot she was. So enjoy, and now…onto sports.

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Feh. Another Monday, another day where only half of everything got done.

Judging by the net activity, people are not having a good one, either. Let’s see if we can change that at Last Call tonight.

Before you head over to The Gally Blog for the evening, let’s see if anything of interest happened out there today:  apparently the Bengals want to sign TO; Vick is still playing;  and the Titans are suing Lane Kiffin.  Wow LOLNFL is starting early this year.

Allrighty then, off to The Gally Blog with you.

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Because I’m lazy, and because someone suggested it, we’re getting a repeat performance. Heave your most vile, virulent insults at LeBron James, aka Chalkdust Torture The Bandwagon Yankees Fan.

I’m still wondering where Brittfarr is,  but one asshat at a time.

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Yeah. Nothing like a dentist appointment first thing in the morning to set your day in motion. You ever get that feeling like they’re not your teeth in there, like there’s just not quite enough room after all that rearranging? Just me? Okay then.

So then, what’s on tap for tonight? Anyone gonna watch the WNBA on tWWL? What?!? Don’t you appreciate fundamentals? *snort* Fine then. Discuss: Armstrong hiring a lawyer; Everton losing Gosling (I’m not terribly fussed about losing him, just the  loophole issue); the Texas Rangers going up for auction; or MLB finally going to test for HGH…in the Minors.

Have at it folks, it’s Last Call.

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Sorry I’m late, been trying to play catch-up all day,and I’ve got a few more hours of work to go. That’ll teach me to go away.

Kevin’s got the A/C cranking over at Avoiding the Drop for Last Call, so head on over.

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It seems like an appropriate image for "cap trouble" - that looks awful

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