I was born in Pusan, South Korea and was left on a street when I was 3 years old. I was adopted and lived my early childhood in Jackson, Mississippi which was… interesting. I moved to Memphis, TN around the first grade and although similar in some ways, Memphis was very different in others. My adopted parents are white. My mom is a writer and my father is a doctor, I have an adopted sister who is Korean as well, and I have a white adopted brother. I am the middle child.
I grew up playing competitive soccer, golf, and gymnastics. I hate baseball so I guess I will never be “American.” Something about small hard objects being thrown at my face does not appeal to me. I was never tall enough when I was younger and did not get picked often to play basketball. They would say “we will takkkkkkeeee… Cindy!!!” “DAMMIT!!!” Growing up with all white friends and black school mates was a bummer because I was generally in the lower 25% in height and weight. A fact that was readily apparent in physical altercations, but I will say that I gave as good as I got. I grew up white which really is the simple truth. I didn’t even eat Asian food, and yes I say Asian here because I wasn’t Korean at the time.
I attended the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and quickly went from a good student to a below average student. Mainly because for some reason to do well in school you have to attend class, a concept that passed me by. I did not do well in college mostly because of anger at my birth mom, which I discovered in 2000. I still have not met her or talked to her and she has kept me from ever meeting my older sister, whom I didn’t know existed till 2000 as well. It took me 12 years to move past that. I still like soju though… so at least I have a comforting companion.
I enjoy writing, poetry, history, animal shows, ESPN, a few regular shows, and I also LOVE Anthony Bourdain. If I could meet him I would, he has inspired me in many ways. I would also love to meet Robert Jordan, W.E.B. Griffin, and Raymond E. Feist, my three favorite authors. Unfortunately I will have to wait a bit to meet Jordan, RIP we will always miss you Robert. Your light still shines.
Currently I work in information technology under the yoke of Corporate Rule… but maybe one day I will be able to be a real writer. Right now I do not consider myself a writer at all, in fact I would say I am an amateur pretending to be a writer. I will accept the title of blogger though, that I suppose I have earned. I enjoy scotch, 12 years or even older if I can afford it. Famous Grouse is my favorite brand because it is cheap, but if I could drink Macallen every day I would. Unfortunately my Crohn’s keeps me from drinking too much of that, probably a good thing.
What else… this is beginning to sound pretty frivolous. I like debate and I admire conviction and passion in anyone. I dislike people that throw facts around without basis, or that try to validate themselves by throwing up hypothetical statements. That to me is the most annoying thing ever. I guess I am more human than I thought.
I currently live in Colorado with my wife and two daughters. It snows here. I hate snow. Anyways, that is pretty much me.
Edit: I live in Arizona now!
This blog was created January 3rd, 2013.
Jason C. Cushman
-Opinionated Man
@smokendust
aopinionatedman@gmail.com
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Thanks for follwing my blog. You have a really interesting story there – I look forward to reading more. Wishing you all success in your moving and inspiring life! (Like you, I seriously have to limit the scotch – wish I could drink it more often!)
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Hahah but it is so good though right!
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One thing in common is that I hate throwing facts around. I actually hate giving facts about myself (as I just admitted in my today’s post actually – how spooky!). As for not being picked for basketball, believe me, you haven’t missed THAT much! Being so tall, I kept being harassed into playing it, and I absolutely hated it. As I hated playing volleyball and handball, for that matter. But that’s just me: don’t mind the idea of a ball thrown at me that much, but can’t cope with running and getting elbows digging into my body!
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I hate when people throw balls at me. Especially when they are small, hard ones!
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i had thought my story was interesting until i read yours. If you are a believer may your god lay blessing upon you and your family…
Yes, i do have many different opinions, however they keep tell to be quiet!
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I appreciate the kind comment! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
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The pleasure was all mine!
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Looking forward to reading your posts, it seems you have plenty to share. 🙂
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Thanks for that. I simply try to share reality. 🙂
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I read your story life by accident, and I liked, because I identified myself in some aspects of your story. You don’t need to be adopt to feel bad or rejection of your parents, in my case my parent was like a military with me, all the time wonded me with bad words: “I’m stupid, I don’t think because I’m girl”….and more words I did not end up naming, I endured psychological abuse for many years, until I can leave my house on my own, reading your story, I think, I wished my parents had been wiser in life and they had abandoned me and maybe my time in a foster family could be better….but I know too that you need to be very lucky to have a very nice foster family or biological parents.
I didn’t talk to my parents 12 years ago, but I was living all the time with the trouble about why my parents were a shit with me?, but one day I decided to change the things in a way…well if they were a shit I will don’t be like them, I will forgive them and I will start to speak again with them…and so on I left behind my past and I’m more happy….is far from being a united and loving family….but at least we only say hi and it is enought for me.
And your writing is honest so I read everything hugs.
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I appreciate you giving my brief story a read and for the kind words! Thank you for that and I wish you the best with your blogging the rest of this year! -OM
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Hi Jason, your story is touching me. Thanks for sharing us that, you know? Many true stories we read, many things we learned, right? Maybe I can ask something related with IT someday, lol.
By the way, thanks for stopping by at TSeiha and following us. Cheers.
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I appreciate the kind words and for taking the time to drop by! We blog to share our stories indeed!
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Great blog, great comments, wow, I had to leave one comment to you. I admire all that you write and do here. Please stop by me too…bless you, a new follower for 2015 ME JAckie
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I appreciate you taking the time to drop by and thanks for connecting back! 🙂
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I am a beginner blogger..I haven’t come across many blogs that catch my eye, but I love hearing your words and I enjoy your humor. Any personalized tips to grow my traffic and grow my blog? Thank you for taking the time to reply!
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After my recent partial ban I am not sure you want my blogging tips lol.
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LMAO why did you get banned ?!
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They tried to suspend me for mass following. 🙂
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You have a great writing voice… it’s engaging and the pace keeps it fresh. Thank you for visiting my Blog and Following me.
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You are very kind! I am becoming more of a writer each day. Thanks for also connecting back and all the best with your blogging this year!
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You are interesting. I can learn from you. I will come back again.
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I appreciate the kind words! Thanks for taking the time to reach out and give my site a look!
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Thank you for following me! (You’re my first) Also love your blog 🙂 (may have nearly cried at beginning of this post…)
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I appreciate you giving it a read and connecting back! Thanks for taking the time to reach out. 🙂
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I really admire what you have done with yourself, you went through a tough time and now are living happily with your family 🙂 you truly are an inspiration.
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You are too kind. I am just a guy and we all have our life issues. I appreciate you giving my brief story a read. 🙂
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Thanks for following despatches from timbuktu!
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No worries and thanks for connecting back! 😉
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Hi, Thanks for the follow! Sounds like you’ve had a rough life. I’m happy you’ve done so well with yourself. That’s a rough road to manage little lone master. Good for you! I’m going to snoop through your blog and see if I can’t find something that offends me. That way you can cross me off your list. ;D
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Heh well you are super helpful! Doing the work for me! =P I appreciate you dropping by and giving my site a look!
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Not a problem. I have read a few different post and honestly you sound like you belong in my group of friends. There are 4 of us, including myself, and we always talk like this about pretty much everything. I’ve been reading off some of your posts to my cousin and we’ve been laughing our asses off lol
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Smiles are free. I am glad to hear you have found something amusing here to browse. 😉
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Yes and I appreciate it. I can’t visit too often though. If I do I will never post on my own blog again. lol
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I can understand that. Thanks for any visit you make. 🙂 I hope you have a great rest of your day!
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Thanks, same to you. Before I leave you to your night, could I get your opinion on my blog?
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Sure.
P00f!
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Poof? poof in a good or bad way? lol
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Just wanted to thank you for the gracious follow! It means a lot:)
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to connect back! 🙂
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Hi! Thanks for the follow. 🙂 your blog is unique. When I read this page I thought ‘Yikes don’t mess with him’ hahahaha. But you do have an amazing way of expressing your self. Good luck!
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Well I am glad to hear the page didn’t scare you away and I appreciate you giving it a read! Thanks and happy blogging this year!
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Thank you as well 🙂
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Hey OM, I’m not sure if this is your thing but I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award, please click on the link below for directions should you choose to accept. Happy New Year!
https://freedomthroughempowerment.wordpress.com/2015/01/05/240/
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Thanks for the kind mention! 🙂
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Fascinating profile, thanks for the like, very best wishes!
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Thank you for the kind comment!
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Hi there, thanks for the follow on my blog. Congratulations on yours! Well done.
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I appreciate the kind words! Thank you! 🙂
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Thanks for the follow (my first under the new blog name). I will follow in return and I look forward to my turn to be offended.
Cheers!
Chris
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I appreciate the visit back and thanks for taking the time to connect!
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Thanks for stopping by at http://codedust.wordpress.com 🙂 Nice blog!
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Thank you for the visit as well and for taking the time to drop me a line!
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Thanks for the follow! All the best, John.
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No worries and I appreciate you dropping me a line back! 🙂
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Thanks for your follow. I hesitantly decided to follow you. I decided that I am looking forward to getting offended. Then I can practice zen and the art of whitty comebacks and taking it like a man!
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Witty comebacks are all the rage lately! 😉
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Thank you for following my blog! Great concept you have going here 🙂
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I appreciate that and thanks for dropping me a line! 🙂
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Thank you for following my blog for 2 years on WordPress.com! I really appreciate this.
http://www.ChristianPoetryPublishing.WordPress.com
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No worries and thanks for dropping by to thank me! 🙂
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So, I’m here, like what, 2 years late? No worries.
Great blogs from whatever I’ve read. Enjoy them! I wish I found more time to read and write, and maybe one day I will. Right now, school’s killing me as it is. The usual drama of attending classes passes me too.
Nice story too!
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I hope you find more time as well and thanks for taking the time to visit!
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Thanks for the follow. You’ve made me giggle tonight. I am thoroughly enjoying your posts.
p.s. Lucky you to have overcome some of your own harsh realities.
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I thank you for that. Very kind. 🙂
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Thanks for following my blog – you have quite a story here.
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That is very kind of you and I appreciate the visit as well! Thanks for the read. 🙂
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Thanks for the follow. I will have to roll around on your blog for a while and find interesting tidbits.
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I hope you find something of interest! But if you don’t I will try not to take it too hard. 😉
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Be hard 😉 I like that sometimes.
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Hello, thank you for the follow!
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Thank you as well for the visit and the kind comment! 🙂
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I’ve never seen snow. I don’t know whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
Anyway, love your blog! Glad to see someone, even with a career and a family, to be so dedicated to their blog.
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Thanks I appreciate that. Snow is evil. Only something so cold could be so evil.
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Thank you for following me and I am now following you. I really appreciate your personal statement and your biography is very interesting. We have crohns in the family too (two relatives), very severe in one case. I hope my daughter doesn’t have/ develop it. It can be passed on, but hopefully that will not be the case with your family or with mine.
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I hope she also does not get it. Although not the worst disease out there… it still sucks! Thank you for the visit! 🙂
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You’re welcome…It is not usually that bad, but my sister in law has had 12 operations for it, so her case is one of the most severe.
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Thank-you for visiting my blog and the follow. I have been enjoying reading a few of your posts this evening. I admire your honesty and I love your sense of humour.
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Very kind of you. I appreciate you taking the time to drop by as well! 🙂
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I’m a huge fan of Anthony Bourdain and Raymond E. Feist and I also work in IT, though not under corporate yoke. Switched to small companies in 2012 and glad of it. Stopped by to say thank you, I got a lot of new followers after your blogger bio sharing post. You got a lot of karma points from that, can’t thank you enough!
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I am all about gathering good karma lol! Thank you for the kind words and for stopping by!
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Thank you for following my blog! I am checking out yours and you seem to be a power-blogger. I especially liked A Blogger Evolution. You seem to know a lot about blogging.
I’m just curious, how did you find my blog? I just started it and it says I’ve had no visitors, but somehow you were able to follow it. I’m just wondering how in the heck you found it then!
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I found you through your proper usage of tagging! I appreciate you stopping by and I am glad you liked a Blogger Evolution!
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Jason, I accidently ran over this blog post (well, maybe it was a hit-and-run), and I thought it might be of interest to you knowing your peculiar afinity. It is titled “The Geography of Justin Bieber Fever”. You can catch it at: http://blog.estately.com/2014/04/the-geography-of-justin-bieber-fever/
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LoL, thank you for the link Dennis!
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Due to you always having something amusing or interesting to say, and for the times you’ve moved me – probably without even knowing you had – I’ve nominated you for a Very Inspiring Blogger award. Thank you!
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Thanks for the nomination!
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Certainly!
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Thanks for following. May Jesus bless you richly this Christmas. Ben
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I appreciate that Ben. 🙂
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I moved to Jackson, MS, from a small town in Kansas and it seemed like another universe! You sound amazing and I look forward to future healthy debates.
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Jackson is a whole lot different from Kansas! I was amazed at how different Wyoming was from Tennessee when I first got out here! heh
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I hate snow too! Thank you for writing about your experience growing up.
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I appreciate you giving my blog a view and visit! Thanks for dropping me a line as well! 🙂
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I admit I never got around stalking your blog from end to end, and I regret I left it so late! Your blog is amazing. Right from the design to the way you have opened it up to your readers is outstanding. And the fact that you are so generous about it as well!
Going through your older posts, your About page and the welcoming way you have responded to almost every comment you have got is commendable. I don’t think I’d have that kind of patience. Kudos!
What I noticed is that such massive following and views haven’t gone to your head at all. No sign of over-the-top pompousness (it is well within acceptable limits!) and callous assumptions. Your comments and responses are as lucid as your earlier one. Which I really admired – you have grown as a blogger but retained the very essence your started out with.
So, I guess I don’t know where I am going with this. So I bade farewell! Looking forward to more opinionated posts and perhaps a disagreement here and there 🙂
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Still, it was a thoughtful comment and I appreciate you taking the time to say all that. I don’t let “it” go to my head, because “it” doesn’t pay me anything and I still do this for free after two years lol. But it has been an amusing ride. 😉
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Thanks for drop by and follow my blog. I’m appreciate it. Good day to you.
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Thanks for saying hi! Hi! 😉
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Thanks for following my blog. You have a fine blog and an interesting bio. I will be reading you. Hope you find mine as interesting too.
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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Thanks for the follow Jason. I really like what I’ve seen on your blog thus far and am looking forward to your future posts. Best of luck!
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I appreciate that and thank you as well for taking the time to drop by and give my blog a glance! 🙂
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Hi Jason!
Hope you’re well! I wanted to first of all thank you for being a subscriber to my blog!
I’m reaching out to you to let you know about some changes to my blog site. A couple of months ago, I moved to a self hosted site. While the link remains the same and I could move all my subscribers over without a hitch, I just found out that my WordPress followers like yourself would have to visit my new site and resubscribe to it if you wanted to keep receiving email notifications every time I posted (which I’m hoping you do!).
I just wanted to bring this to your attention. I’m reaching to all my lovely fellow WordPress followers because I’ve loved the interaction I’ve had with all of them even if it was just a plain old ‘like’!
Have a great day and enjoy your winter break!
Best,
Sujatha
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Best of luck with self hosting! 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my blog and following. I would love to connect with you and follow your articles. Regards!
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I appreciate you taking the time to connect back! 🙂
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Awesome blog. I will be playing catch up but thanks for the follow. I’m an aspiring writer myself, eagerly waiting for my first publication to be released. Stay blessed!
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Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to visit! Best of luck with your book!
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Hi Jason, thanks for following my blog. Your bio is sad, yet inspiring. Beautiful photo of you with your daughters.
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I am glad you liked the photo! Thank you for the read as well!
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Thank you for following my blog. (: I’m a Korean American myself, still struggling with the concept of home. Looking forward to keeping in touch.
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Thanks for taking the time to connect and for giving my blog a visit as well! 🙂
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Thank you for following The Daily Scrap. Your bio is incredibly unique. Looking forward to reading more of your blog ~
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Thanks for giving my brief story a read and for the kind words!
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Thanks for following my blog. You have an amazing blog. Keep up the good work.
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for giving my site a visit!
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Hey, thank you for being my follower. You have an in interesting blog :-). And i love snow even though i came from a tropical place to U.S. Don’t know just can’t explain why?
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I am glad to hear you love snow lol. Thank you for the visit as well!
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Thank you for following me. I appreciate that you’ve decided to give my blog a chance. I’d love to hear feedback from far more experienced bloggers such as yourself if you have the time. Again thank you.
~Nix
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Get out and interact with other bloggers! Enjoy the community that is present here. Thanks for the visit and I wish you the best with your blogging!
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Thanks for checking out my blog! My kids are also adopted–they’re blackish-brown (that might offend someone) and the mister and I are white. So, issues, right? Your bio got my attention and then it just made me laugh. Really. I read it out loud to Mr. Beasley. And then I had to laugh at myself because I did that stupid white American thing and nearly said aloud to the screen, “Korean? Hey! I know some guys from Korea!” As if I need to get y’all together for a dinner party or something. I’m looking forward to reading more. Thanks again.
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I am glad to hear you found some relation to my bio and thank you for the kind words and for giving it a read! 🙂
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When I was in the U.S. Army, I was stationed at a base near Pyeongtaek, South Korea for a year. I also was stationed at a base in Colorado Springs, CO which is where I met my husband. You have a very interesting blog here. Good luck on your future endeavors. By the way, thank you for the follow at my blog.
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We definitely have some similarities and I appreciate the visit in return! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow! I appreciate the theme of your blog. I like the in your face type of honesty. Have a good one, and I wish you much success.
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I appreciate the kindness and thanks for giving my blog a look! 🙂
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I like your blog and thanks for the follow!
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I am glad to hear it and thanks for the visit as well! 🙂
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Thank you for following my blog! 🙂 I loved reading your bio because of how honest it was. Looking forward to your posts!
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Thank you for your kind words and for giving my bio a read! I appreciate it! 🙂
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What a story. You are so blessed having a wonderful white parents.
Me too.. I love to write.. But I consider myself a writer.hehe.. I believe being a writer is being true to yourself. Writing from the heart not from what people will say about you..
I am an Asian and I ate a lot of Asian foods… haha..
Again I love you Bio…Inspiring one.
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I am glad you enjoyed the bio and thanks for the kind words! 🙂
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Loved reading your bio! Thank you for visiting and following my blog http://growingawildflower.wordpress.com I have some cookie recipes that you and your girls could have fun making together!
I never really enjoyed standing at the home plate with a speeding ball coming in my direction. I always had the fear of getting hit in the head. Plus, I was picked last for everything too. So I know how you felt.
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Thanks for your visit as well and I’ll take a look at your cookie recipes! Thanks for sharing!
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I bumped into Opinionated Man via the suggested blogs thingy. Your mission of offending everyone at least once is laudable. We all need to be humbled sometimes in life. Thanks for sharing what you do here and I look forward to reading more. Laters!
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I appreciate you stopping by and checking out the suggested link! Everyone needs a good laugh every once in awhile. 😉
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Isn’t that the truth?? Laughter is the best medicine sometimes. Beer and shisha are also good alternatives. Thanks for following me too!
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No worries! 🙂
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Howdy! I wanted to let you know I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award! If you would like to see the nomination and participate, you can check it out here. http://unchainedemporium.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/one-lovely-blog-nomination/ You should definitely stop by and read the post script. I’m so tired of the naysayers trying to bring you down because they didn’t read your disclaimer. Or maybe they did but they just feel inclined to argue? Whatever… I still think you deserve an award. There’s something to be said for being straightforward!
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Thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome! 🙂
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I like your sense of humour. I just wanted to thank you for following my blog. God bless you and your confrontational blog. Thru His vessel JB.
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I appreciate the kind words and thank you for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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Wow – Amazing. Glad I came across your blog!
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Why thank you and I appreciate you giving it a look! 🙂
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Thanks for the follow. Loved reading your bio, not at all what I expected. I also have a passion for malt whisky. My favourites are 10 year old Jura and a 16 year old Lagavulen. Look forward to reading more in the future
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I appreciate you dropping by and leaving me a comment! And also fueling my sudden need for a scotch! 😉
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You have a truly amazing blog here, which Millie and I will be following – thank you for taking the time to visit and follow us. 🙂
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I appreciate the kind words and thank Millie as well for me. 🙂
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I read your sarcastic, jackass comments and it feels like coming home, or talking to myself. It’s always comforting knowing there are people out there who hate the same people as I do…
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lol, I am always glad to hear people like my content and appreciate my website. Thanks for the kind comment! 🙂
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Hey OM~!!! I think your blog is pretty awesome, so I nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award (I hope you don’t mind). You can view my post here: http://jenikcinema.wordpress.com/2014/11/16/lovely-blog-award-nomination/
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Thank you for the kind mention!
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Mr. O Man, what an amazing life you’ve had from South Korea to growing up in the Deep South. I am white and grew up in Arkansas, but attended a formerly all-black school when the Supreme Court *finally* enforced integration by busing students to different districts. One of my junior high school friends was a recent immigrant from the Philippines. Our clique was the “misfits.” I’m short, too, and one of my posts mentions Anthony Bourdain’s recent episode on Iran. If I could *do* a sport, it would be soccer. So now you’ve got me thinking I should try some scotch… 🙂
Thank you for following my blog.
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Scotch is the lifeblood of man… man just doesn’t know it! 😉 I saw that Iran episode, it was excellent! I am glad you stopped by and thanks for dropping me a line! 🙂
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Find your feelings on adoptions intriguing
Since I spent most most of my early life wishing I’d been adopted and hoping I wasn’t related to my family. Unfortunately I saw myself in them everywhere I looked, so I had little expectation of salvation. I held them responsible for every thing I didn’t like about myself and everything wrong in my life. Funny how that works.
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We live our lives, we love, we hate, and we grow right? Every life is different and that is what makes living… living. 🙂
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I guess we all want what we can’t have.
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Sounds human to me! 🙂
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Mr. Opinionated, thanks for following me! I’m new to the blogging arena so we’ll see how it goes, but perhaps knowing that people out there, like you, might be interested in what I have to say is good motivation to keep it up! I’ll be checking out your site for all the things that pop into your head about the world. Interesting take on things so far, I like it!
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We exist! If you post we “may” read it lol. Welcome to WP and thanks for taking the time to stop by! 😉
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Hi OM/Opinionated Man, thanks for following me over at The Waxing Poetic Project. I too, feel the very same way about baseball. Looking forward to reading your some more of your humorous posts. I really liked your list about who should not read your blog – clever! 🙂
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for giving my blog a browse! I hope you find some new connections in the Meet and Greet thread! Check it out if you get a chance. 🙂
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Thanks for following my Fictionary. I hope you enjoy my Accidental Words. I love the idea of your “Meet and Greet”. I look forward to being offended by you at least once. 🙂
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I am glad you found the Meet and Greet thread helpful! I appreciate you dropping by! 🙂
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Thanks, for following me! I hate snow as well, unfortunately, for me I live in the second snowiest city in Canada. 😦
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I could never handle Canada. How do you do it! lol
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I hibernate!
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Hahaha in an igloo? 🙂
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Only the lucky and rich Canadians have igloos!
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Hey thanks for following me, that made my day. I just started my blog this week. Hope all is well with you, looking forward to reading more…
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I appreciate you dropping by as well! All the best with your blogging!
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Love the pic! Yes, I came here just to say that. 🙂
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LoL, well I appreciate the kind words Shirley and I hope all is going well with you! 🙂
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I remembered liking this bio a while back and don’t remember seeing the pic. So, I am glad to see that you have added it. Nice to put a face to all that Harsh Reality 😉
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Hey! Thanks very much for the follow 🙂 I look forward to checking out your blog! And I, too, hate snow.
Kendra
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Haters of snow are always welcome here! Thanks for taking the time to drop by! 🙂
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This comment is about me, since I “and 999 other bloggers liked this”. I am therefore awesome. I’m number 1000! This has never happened to me before, and I hope I win something bad for me, like a Mars Bar.
Oh, and your blog is pretty good. Mine sucks. I have no time for it anymore. Which is why I’m here, making better use of my time begging for Mars Bars. Begging versus blogging. It’s kind of the same thing, anyway.
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Mars bars rule! 😀 Hahaha sorry they were my favorite candy growing up in Nottingham.
-James
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Heh well I appreciate the visit and thanks for being number 1,000 again. 🙂
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Thanks for visiting and following my blog. You talked everything with open heart in about page. God has his own plan for every person. Trust in him and believe that whatever he does is good for you. Best wishes.
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I appreciate both the kind words and the visit!
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I like your blog and how you talk the real talk. Thanks for following my blog. I’m following you right back:)
Peace & blessings
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I appreciate the visit as well and thanks for the kind comment!
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I’m sorry to hear what your birthmother did to you. Did she intentionaly do that or what? Do u know why? Most birthmothers love their children very much. I am a birthmother and it hurts my heart to hear this story. I know God has a plan for your life and I hope you can someday can heal over this and find forgiveness. I also was abandoned by my father but that is another story. Ive been reading some of your blog and really enjoy your humorous, straight forward style.
Rhonda
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Well it was most likely intentional, but life goes on right? I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by and leave me such a nice comment! 🙂
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Sticking my nose in here. If Korea has the same population issues as China, she could be working under the impression that she “saved” her son, or worse. He “died” so that she could preserve the older child. I have heard of Chinese mothers doing this, because they are only allowed one child. Occasionally, though, the families will run short on funds. So, having a second child that “dies” gives them a chance to “adopt” the child, and get a little extra money along the way. (Reprehensible, I know, but it is still done.)
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Well that’s horrible. What if she just lost him in the crowd? Maybe for reasons we don’t understand she had to leave him there. If it were me I’d search for the woman and confront her and demand an answer. It would torment me forever to not know why.
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I just wanted to stop by and let you know that I’ve nominated your blog for the One Lovely Blog Award. Please don’t feel any pressure to accept. Here’s the link to find out more. http://freelifecoachingblog.com/2014/10/31/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Thank you! 🙂
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My pleasure. 🙂
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Holy guacamole, Batman. That was the most epic Author Bio ever. For a minute I thought you were gonna go all anonymous on us, but then at the end — BAM! — your real name. That, to me, is conviction. Get to it, Opinionated Man. You have a new fan.
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I appreciate the kind words! Thanks for taking the time to visit! 🙂
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Thanks so much for following me at Spark.Twinkle.Shine! You’re putting yourself out there– it’s such a gift– Wishing you many blessings and true connection as you let your light shine–
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for stopping by! 🙂
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Nice bio. I can’t say that I relate completely.. but I’m Asian too and totally “Americanized”. My brother and I joke that we’re bad Asians. 🙂 Looking forward to following your blog.
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lol I like that “bad Asians.” I may need to steal that heh. Thanks for the kind words and for the visit!
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This is ace! Love the blog and I am very impressed (and not at all jealous) with the success you have had – more people follow your blog than will ever look at mine. Ever!
Will follow but only on here because otherwise it would be weird plus I live in the UK so I can’t afford the airfare.
Soph
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I am glad you liked the short write and thank you for the kind comment and visit! 🙂
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Are you perhaps a writing rather than cartooning version of me from across the Atlantic? Maybe…. hooray for opinions!
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🙂 Hooray for opinions! Thanks for taking the time to stop by!
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I loved Robert Jordan too…I could have kept on reading that amazing saga but all things end.
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Indeed they do. Too bad he wasn’t able to finish his series though. =\
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I agree. But then…there IS somewhere else we go one day…no matter what we each believe it is even if it is only to feed a tree. Human beings are wired to be upset with the idea of being sentient and then denied eternity.
Maybe it does go on somewhere and maybe we will read it one day?
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Maybe we shall! 😉
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Thanks for visiting my blog and deciding to follow me! I hope you enjoy reading my posts:)
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Thanks for taking the time to stop by as well! I appreciate it!
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Thanks for following another one of my blogs…but they are all still me…it made me laugh to see OM following NtouchAlecoute (my workshop site) cos you probably follow soooo many…take it easy man…like a post here and there…you don’t hve to follow so many…hope you are well as well as your wife and girls…glad to read you took the weekend off…good:) be well, Cheryl-Lynn aka Oliana
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I am a powerblogger and I am always looking for new blogs and new blogs from people I already follow. It is what I do. 🙂
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and look what you turned me into…addicted to writing…with 4 blogs…tried blogspot …so much easier and quicker to post http://tournesoldansunjardin.blogspot but no community so I may shut it down…Tournesol is my nom de plume for haiku only…addicted more to haiku now.
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The lack of community really killed blogspot for me as well. It is so hard to branch out or even to “connect” easily on that site.
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Dear Jason,
From your words,I guess you should be good at writing.
Nice to meet you!
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I appreciate the kind words! Nice to meet you as well! 🙂
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LoL OpinionatedMan, I must have annoyed you many times because when I write a good debate post I love throwing in the hypotheticals and arguing on both sides. Conversely I always enjoy your comments. I also feel you are very generous offering other authors a space to advertise their novels. Well done, Idk if you are too American to “do” karma but you created yourself some brilliant ones there.
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I definitely believe in karma and have met “bad karma” many times! lol 😉
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Like that you made it legit. It’s like shacking up with a lady for years then deciding to get married. Congrats. 🙂
PS: talking about your very real bio.
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I hope you are having a good weekend and thanks for giving my rewritten bio a read! 🙂
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Yea, wk was good. Hope you enjoyed yours as well. vw 🙂
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OM, am I in the right first page? Glad that you have an adopted parents. Thankful for that.
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No it is called “WordPress Meet and Greet.”
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Oh no! Sorry about the mistake. I’ll look for it.
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🙂 No worries.
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Thanks
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I’m sorry to hear you’re in the Crohn’s club. How do you fare with it? Both my sister and my son have Crohn’s.
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It is a daily battle. Some good and some bad. I hope your son fares well. 🙂
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Hey Jason! I’m sharing the love forward from Jeanine Lebsack (Jsak1’s Blog) – I know I’m but one of a kazillion people who have visited your blog, but I gotta say I love your About page… tangential, chatty, touching and funny. Sounds like the perfect combination for a follow! 🙂 It is lovely to meet you out here in Blogland – Mother Hen
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I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to give my bio and site a browse! 🙂
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I like the fact that you are so straightforward. You must be a mentally strong person! Good luck! 🙂
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That has been debated heh, but I appreciate the kind words. Thank you. 🙂
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you know what? I was studying about the Korean war recently! I just read that you are from Korea and it got me fascinated.
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Well I will just read that as “I find you fascinating.”
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Thanks for following The Write Edge Writing Workshop! I hope you find it a valuable addition to your week!
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Thanks for taking the time to connect back as well! I appreciate that. 🙂
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Love your honesty. Thanks for the follow!
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I am glad you like my blog and thank you for the kind words!
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I enjoy your blog and wanted to let you know I have nominated you for the ‘One Lovely Blog Award’. There is no obligation on your part, but I would be happy if you accept it. Here is the link to my post with rules of this award: http://bit.ly/Zol9ar. Thanks for your inspiration and for having a “lovely” blog.
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Thank you! 🙂
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Hello Jason
I just read the guest post by Laura, and then I found this, by a much younger person with the same burden of expectations. Really well written, actually damn good. Here is the link
http://theodorazheng.wordpress.com/2014/10/13/the-life-game-is-actually-bullsht/
maybe you could reblog it, or ask for it as a guest post.
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Thanks for sending me the link!
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Thank you for following my blog and I look forward to following yours
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Thanks as well for the visit! I appreciate you taking the time to connect back. 🙂
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Hi, what it wrong with frivolous? Frivolous is good! Life is too short to take seriously love your bio and I reckon you are already a writer. I was a corporate lawyer for years least ways that was my fancy dress costume inside there was always a writer – just took a few years before the costume got too suffocating and I discarded it in favour of writing full time. Feels great and thanks for following my blog which is me developing my craft. Power to the Pen!
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Frivolous is only bad if it is a waste of time. To a Korean, that is a sin. 😉 I appreciate the visit. I actually wanted to be a lawyer, but it just didn’t seem a safe gamble by the time I was “serious” about school. Oh well, other dreams right? 😉
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I admire people like you! 🙂 Great work.
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I appreciate the kind words and thank you for taking the time to visit my site!
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Like i said before in another blog iam not kind. I just saying the truth. And yes reality is harsh but thats life, with ups and downs and i hate snow me to.
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I can really appreciate your story. We have an adopted daughter from Bangalore, India. She became a part of our life when she was seven. Watching her grow up was a real learning experience for us. A few years ago she went to India for a month with friends and they visited Bangalore. She didn’t want to look for her mother or brother (who is the same age as our bio son). I grieved that choice a little, but it was hers to make. She’s married now with three beautiful boys. I think your voice needs to be heard. So keep pushing to get lots of words out!
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I appreciate that and I’ll keep writing as long as people keep reading. Thank you for the kind words! 🙂
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Very opinionated. I enjoy the ferocity of your writing.
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I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to visit!
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I love this! I was surprised to see something happened where I was no longer following your blog, which by the way is one of my favorites. Sadly you’re not the first person I experienced this with. I had to go and re-follow another one of my favorite blogs. Anyways….so glad I visited your blog today otherwise I would have never known I wasn’t following you anymore. Love your bio. I enjoy seeing you from time to time on my blog as well. I don’t visit as much as I’d like to because of health reasons but I will try and do better in the future. Keep doing what you do. Glad to be back in your opinionated world. Take care!
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I appreciate the visits when you can and I do the same. I hope all is well and your health improves with speed. -OM
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All is well :-). Thank you for the well wishes. I appreciate your visits to my blog as well. Take care 🙂
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you have a very interesti life
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Thank you and thanks for giving this bio a read! 🙂
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HarsH ReaLiTy–
thanks for visiting
and following my blogsite
susanpowersbourne
–spb
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Thank you as well for taking the time to drop by! I appreciate it and happy blogging!
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I thought I should formally say “thank you” so much for the blog follow! I hope you continue to enjoy what you read and I look forward to exploring your blog.
Ann
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Well I appreciate you taking the time to stop by! And also letting me reblog your post. 🙂
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Hey Opinionated Man! I am enjoying a little browse around your site as I like your writing and your ‘tude’ makes me chuckle! Except for when your opinion makes me bristle 🙂 I am a depressed woman btw but I promise I’ll never write to you again ;), I agree we shouldn’t congregate…Thanks for amusing me this evening with your opinionated spillages, you have yourself a regular reader (and I do read as opposed to having a ‘like button’ spree)…Luv Dawny 🙂
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I am glad to hear you are finding something amusing to read and thanks for taking the time to drop me a line! 😉
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Hi! I’m not sure whether you’ll want to accept, but I nominated you for the “One Lovely Blog” Award: http://myworstadvice.wordpress.com/2014/10/06/one-lovely-blog-award/
Feel free to pass, or to follow through on the rules (in the post).
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Thanks!
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Thank you for following my blog . Your bio is one of the longest I’ve seen on the blogosphere yet captivating 🙂 thumbs up.
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I appreciate that and thanks for the visit! I am glad my bio caught your eye and thanks for giving it a read! 🙂
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You are welcome 🙂
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… almost one (1) million view so far, that’s awesome … continued success on that!
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Thank you! It was my first blogging goal so it is pretty exciting!
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Hi! 😀 Thank you for following my blog! I’m still new to this world of blogging and still learning. I like the way you told a little of your life story here in About page. It’s honest and it makes me smile for some reason 🙂 Again, thank you and good luck!
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I am glad you liked the bio and thanks for giving it a read! I appreciate you stopping by and connecting back! 🙂
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A wonderful introduction. You had quite a start in life. However you seemed to have made it to adulthood well enough so apparently someone did something right. If you were loved and cared for with that love then you have much to be thankful for. I think you are a wonderful writer. Take it from me, growing up in any family is not easy unless of course you are an only child. Imagine growing up in a family of six children with poor parents and winding up as a middle child. Then add being raised in New York to the package. Love your sense of humor and your little one’s are beautiful. Great blog!!!
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I appreciate that and thanks for the kind comment! We take life as it comes right? 🙂
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Thanks for following! I found your blog very interesting! (I can speak Korean as well haha)
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I can read and write it, but am horrible at speaking and have a very small vocabulary. Maybe one day! Thanks for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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I think korean sounds nice. It’s a nice country as well. You’re most welcome. Well yr blog just caught my eye! 🙂
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Thanks for the blog follow… I’m new to this crazy blogging world and it brought some much needed encouragement
Your calling in life to keep people humble is a high one!!! Good luck!! 🙂
-Sarah
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I appreciate the kind comment and thanks for connecting! I hope you enjoy blogging as much as I have the past two years! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow, I enjoyed reading your “About” page. Glad you’re blogging! Keep going 🙂
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Thanks for the kind words and for taking the time to stop by for a visit! 🙂
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Thank you for Following my blog!
I’m finding yours quite worth the read 🙂
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I am glad to hear you are finding something amusing to browse here and thank you for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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It has been my pleasure 🙂
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Great Bio and adorable daughters! I know what you mean about not calling yourself a “writer.” I have run a couple marathons and several half marathons and I still hesitate to call myself a “runner”…….probably because I’m fairly slow.
Thanks for stopping by my blog – I look forward to following yours. I already can already tell I’m going to enjoy it – I love your writing style:)
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I can get that and I still hesitate to call myself a writer even though I have felt like one for some time. I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by!
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I’m so excited that you found me so I could find you, for real, and fuck baseball.
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Yea who wants hard things thrown at your face? lol 😉
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Love your blog and bio …superb..Thanks for stopping by at codingarsenal.
Man you write a lot 😀 ..Now i am pumped up too 🙂 How do you manage it with work load and writing stuff .
Regards
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Thank you for the kind comment and for taking the time to give my bio a view! I appreciate the visit and the connection back as well!
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This is one appealing bio! Thanks for following my site. Hope you find something you like here…
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I appreciate the kind words! I am glad you liked the bio and thanks for connecting back! 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by SwanneReflections and following me. This is my newest blog. You might enjoy SwanneSong: Views From the Edge, my ‘soap box’ blog. I also write about my travels at The Traveling Alchemist, since 2008.
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Thank you as well for taking the time to connect back! I appreciate that and all the best with your blogs!
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You and Russell Peters have a lot in common. Don’t show this to your daughters. Yet.
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LoL that’s a new one for me!
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Check out more of his stuff, it’s inspired. He’s the most successful comedian. In. The. World.
It’s because he’s seen so much of it and knows we are all equally nuts in our own unique ways. Personally, I just laugh my ass off at his impressions of accents because they are so freakin’ dead on.
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Fabulous bio! I’m sorry you have Crohn’s and that you live in CO & don’t like snow, but am impressed with how well you’re doing despite a significant challenge (the former.) However, from your bio you are no stranger to adapting to challenges, which I deeply admire. Thank you for following my blog.
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for the visit!
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Looks like I’m going to have to up the ante on my bio page! It’s really nice to meet you! I love your blog. So honest. I like that. Thank you!
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I am glad you liked the brief bio and thanks for taking the time to stop by! I appreciate it. 🙂
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nice intro 🙂 nice to have met you. I have colitis, but I’m Muslim so I don’t drink. still, I have to watch my greasy food intakes which make it difficult because I can’t cook and have to run on fast food. plus I’m of indian descent so that doesn’t make it any easier. theres LOTS of oil in their food. thanks for the follow. I’m starting a writer group which you may like to be a part of, if not, check out my writing site: http://marimimiwriting.wordpress.com/. have you thought of self publishing with lulu or have a copy of the writer’s market?
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I self published through Amazon and it was fun, but I currently have no product for sale. I appreciate the kind words and I’ll check out your blog. 🙂
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I love the way you write and think and I’m sure you would be a great man to know
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I appreciate that! Thanks for taking the time to drop by! 🙂
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I’ve nominated you for the Liebster Award!
http://thefinickycynicat.wordpress.com/2014/09/23/the-liebster-award-2/
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Thanks for the mention! 🙂
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Thanks for following me and leading me to your blog! I think we’re all fucked up in our own way, but plaudits to you for putting it all out there on your About page 🙂
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hahaha yes we are all fucked up in our own ways. Thanks for the smile and for the visit as well! 😉
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Wow, that’s one quick response! Isn’t it sort of sleeping time over there by now?
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Only if you aren’t working lol. Unfortunately. 😉
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Hi, I wanted to thank you for following my blog, Every Little Thought
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Thank you as well for taking the time to stop by my blog and connect back!
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Thanks for following my fledgling blog. I have just read a few of your posts, and you have such an easygoing, conversational style; I’ve really enjoyed what I’ve read so far.
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I am glad to hear you have found something of interest here and thanks for giving my site a view!
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I want to thank you for visiting my blog and following me, it really made my day for you to be my first follower. And even that alone would be bough cause for me to follow you too. But after reading a few of your posts, I don’t think it’s enough just to click the “follow” button.
I truly enjoy reading your blog. Some of your posts are very funny, and others give genuine advice on hard subjects. But I always feel like I’m in the room listening to you; you have an incredible author’s voice. And for the record, after reading your blog, I don’t care if you haven’t been published yet–I certainly consider you a “real writer.” And again, thanks for taking the time to check out my blog too!
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Very kind comment and I thank you for taking the time to check out my small blog! I am happy to be your first follower and I appreciate you making a connection back! 🙂
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Thank you for checking out my blog and subscribing! Not even going to lie, you made me feel special after seeing how big you are on WordPress! I enjoyed reading about you as well as some of your posts, very interesting! I look forward to reading more!
-Megan Panwar
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Thanks for the kind words Megan. Just a blogger here, just like you, and I appreciate you taking the time to stop by! I wish you the best with your blogging the rest of the year!
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Loved your bio but most of all your honesty. Thanks for coming over to read some of my words. I grew up thinking my mum was my mum but she wasn’t. Just the other day I found out she was my sister the whole dynamics changed inside but I am who I am with or without them and God loves me this way so that is okay. That’s my passion. I’m glad you like blogging so do I. I smiled because I love the snow and miss it don’t get much of it where I am. It doesn’t matter if your only an amateur writer they are the best I think the only motive is just writing the bonus if someone reads it. Gods blessings to you and your family. jacqui x
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Thank you for the well wishes and I appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
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Reality indeed can be harsh…I really enjoyed this honest and detailed bio, thank you for sharing it with us! I look forward to reading your work!
Also a massive thank you for stopping by my blog and following my “fruitless” journey!
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Thank you as well for deciding to drop by and for dropping me a line! 🙂
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Hi Jason, I love the genuineness in your voice. You are loved because you are that – genuine. Thank you for the follow! and I look forward to reading your posts regularly. Regards
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Thank you! I appreciate your kind words! 🙂
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Love the authenticity of this and in my opinion you are a writer and a good one! Namaste!
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I appreciate the kind words! Thanks for taking the time to stop by as well! 🙂
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I find this all very interesting, in the vast sea of the internet your blog was suggested to me and I find out that we likely grew up near each other and went to the same college at the same time. Go Big Orange. Maybe WordPress is just creepy like that.
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Go big orange and thanks for the visit! That is cool maybe we saw each other at some point… but I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t recognize me if you aren’t Asian. 😉 Thanks for taking the time to drop by!
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I wasn’t allowed out of the engineering building long enough to meet people or socialize, besides I’m a bald white dude, who blends in better than that at UT? Anyway, good to meet you electronically!
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You as well and I had some engineer friends. I wasn’t ever in that building myself, mainly coming up with reasons not to go to class lol. 😉
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Hello!
You have an awesome blog and I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog award.
Please check out the link below for further details.
http://theconfusedmuser.wordpress.com/2014/09/21/i-got-nominated-for-the-one-lovely-blog-award/
Have a great day.
Cheers!
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Reality can be brutal, but also kind. I think all of us are part of that reality and we make of it what we choose. Looking at your smiling face, it seems you have done much good with your reality. Thank you for following my poetry blog. You can also visit me at: http://kanzensakura.wordpress.com kind of a South meets East mishmash. I’m sure you couldn’t relate to that, grin! I hope you will visit often and feel welcomed.
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I appreciate the kind words and the invite. Thanks for taking the time to stop by my website as well! 🙂
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Hi Mr Opinionated, thanks for the follow. You’re blog is certainly a place of variety. I’ll be sure to head your way if I ever need offending.
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LoL well I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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thank you for dropping by 🙂
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No problem and thank you for connecting back as well! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow! I return the thoughtfulness and look forward to exploring your blog.
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Thanks for dropping by as well Pat! 🙂
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Great post! You say you are not a writer, but I think you are because your bio paints a picture (a vivid one), one that drew me in and kept me interested until the end. It also left me wanting more. Continued blessings to you and your family! 🙂
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I appreciate the kind words and that is a strong compliment! Thanks for giving my small bio a read and for the visit as well!
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Okay I’m hooked. I like your voice.
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Hopefully that doesn’t change after post one lol. Thanks for the kind comment and for giving my bio a read!
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Thank you so much for following my tiny blog 🙂 Reading through some of your posts and your bio, I had to follow you as well because of your outlook and honest writing style! Just reading your posts makes me feel a little happier, and honestly makes me want to better myself! Thanks again!
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Makes you happy? Man… I have to work on my “harsh reality” then! lol 😉
Thanks for the kind words and for dropping by my small blog!
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Thank you for following my blog. Reading your About page is inspiring. I too grew up in a place where I was a minority and always picked last or not picked at all for anything. Never stopped me from having a good time though.
To be honest, I didn’t think of putting a personal history; maybe I should. 🙂
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I appreciate you taking the time to visit and give my brief bio a read! 🙂
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Hey Jason, just so you know I was born in the United States, but totally by mistake. I was supposed to be born in Wales but popped out a month early while my mother was here in the States and really messed up my her plans to return. We came back to the USA in 1950, (yup I’m an old guy) and I never did care for baseball, I think because at the time we didn’t have it in our School. However; it makes no difference, baseball, nor any other activity defines who you are, nor does it alter the fact that you’re an American. Just take look at me dude. 🙂 Oh yeah, I can’t stand football either. But that’s another story.
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I have come to like football myself. I still can’t stand baseball though! 😉
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This page is everything I ask for in an ‘About’ page. It’s honest, vulnerable, funny, and random. Thank you for sharing!
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I appreciate that and thank you for the kind comment! Thanks for stopping by as well! 🙂
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Thanks for the visit and follow to my blog; I’m glad you enjoyed it. I enjoy yours as well.
Steve K
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Thank you for the kind words and for stopping by my blog as well!
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Thanks for your visit and follow to my blog; I’m glad you enjoyed it.
Steve K
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Thanks for stopping by as well Steve!
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Great site. I’m new back in blogging and finding so much good stuff like yours! 🙂
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I am glad to hear it and thanks for taking the time to check out my blog! 🙂
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Thank you so much for following my blog. I love that you are helping our species find the humility and compassion that we so desperately seem to lack these days… by insulting them in a humorous and intelligent way. You give me hope for the future. Rock on you awesome dude!
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I kind of am the future. Being part robot and all. 😉
Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words! I appreciate that. ^_^
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Thanks for following my blog ‘Crazy fACTS’. Glad to connect with you.
I really liked your honesty. It takes courage to come through. Cherish it.
Have a happy Blogging and Writing journey. 🙂 🙂
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I appreciate those strong words of encouragement! Thanks for taking the time to give my blog a browse and for connecting back!
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You are my new idol. I love your fierce honesty and outtake of your life. You’re truly so great and just so refreshing.
-Much love from MA (where it also snows, and I also hate it.)
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I appreciate that and I am actually in the process of having a gold idol commissioned for public worship… 😉
Thanks for the visit and the kind comment! -OM
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Hi, thanks for following my blog…
by the way, you have a very interesting story.
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Thank you for the kind comment and for taking the time to stop by!
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I totally love how you intend to “offend everyone in the world at least once”! This is so required. People are suddenly so much more vain, haughty and intolerant to imperfections. They pretend to be always nice and squeaky clean. That doesn’t leave much space for unpretentious souls to survive without fear.
And everyone is “bad” at some point or the other. (Well, the distinction between good and bad is so subjective anyway! )
Let the enriching, offensive thoughts whip and flow!
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It seems lately I don’t even have to be offensive. People get offended by my name… Lol 😉 thanks for stopping by!
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I jotted down a few humble words on my mean self. Lol. And I was thinking of you, how you want to offend people too. (Though am sure you’re not as mean as I am) Maybe you would want to give it a read and let me know how you feel?
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I’ll check it out! 🙂
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Thank you for following my blog! Def will be coming back to read more of your posts.
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Why thank you! 🙂
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Jason, thank you for finding and following my blog. 🙂 What an interesting story you have! I am impressed with all you are doing with your day job, blog, and life in general. I look forward to reading more of your posts.
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I appreciate the kind words! I like to stay busy and thank you for taking the time to stop by and give my blog a glance! 🙂
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Jason, your about page is fascinating. I look forward to reading your blog. Thanks much for following mine. Someone recently told me it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything. I’m sure both of us have spent at least that much time writing…
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lol, that is a rather large number, but I tend to agree. Practice makes perfect, we can’t all be outliers. 😉
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Hey Jason! Thanks for following me 🙂 Your bio is so interesting, and it’s amazing to see how far you’ve come. It’s good to keep in touch with our roots right? 🙂
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Indeed and I am still searching for my roots! lol 😉
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men you’re simply assume, even without roots you have hopefully a great wife and two great children…
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…and a good life!
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I do indeed and they are worth living for daily. 🙂 Thank you for that!
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Whoa….once living in Jackson, MS and you’re Korean. I actually thought my sister and myself were quite possibly the only Koreans that lived in the state! Good to know that we weren’t the only ones at one point lol.
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Heh, nope I was there. But you probably missed me in the sea of white and black. 😉
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Thanks for dropping by and following..Nicely introduced..!!
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I appreciate that and thanks for stopping by and giving my website a browse! Thank you for the connection. 🙂
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Great Blog!!!
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Thank you! I appreciate the kind comment and thanks for giving my writing a browse!
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I was born also in Asia, in Philippines but I was raised here in US.
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Thanks for the Follow. I appreciate it. I also appreciate and respect what you blog about. We need more people like you to bring out the true reality that no one really wants to talk about.
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I appreciate the strong compliment and thanks for taking the time to stop by and connect! I hope you find something amusing here to read further. 🙂
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Jason, thanks for the visit and follow! Enjoyed reading your inspiring bio here, and I appreciate your straightforward style of writing. Like you, I also work in corporate IT right now but aspire to be a writer. All the best wishes in your journey, and I look forward to reading more from you!
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There are so many creative people trapped in a cubicle aren’t there? 😉
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This is the most amazing self intro i have ever read. You give the feeling of someone who survived great tragedies with grace and emerged stronger than before. I don’t know you personally but i want you to know i am really proud of you. My birth mother is a malignant narcissist and i grew up without love. It makes me happy to hear that you have 2 families who love you: the ones who adopted you and the one you created. It shows that there is hope and light for every one of us. Your writing moved me. This is what it takes to be a real writer. Changing the world for the better with your words as a sword. You are one already. I am looking really forward or reading more from you.
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I appreciate that. Very kind! 😉
Thanks for taking the time to give me a browse!
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Thanks for the follow, we’re looking forward to having you join our movement of prayer!
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Thank you for the visit as well and the nice comment! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow. Great sense of humor! I’ll be back for more.
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🙂 I am glad to hear it and thanks for the kind comment! There is definitely humor here, but it isn’t for everyone. 😉
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Thanks for the follow. You’ve earned mine in return. I like your style, putting your mind out there with no regrets. I think that’s what makes a writer, one who speaks from the heart unapologetically, and sometimes poetically–if he gets lucky. Don’t doubt yourself; you are very much a writer.
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I appreciate the encouragement and thanks for taking the time to drop by! I was never very good at apologizing personally. 😉
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Hi there Jason, thank you for following my blog and giving me an opportunity to visit yours. Your bio is as frank as your posts. 🙂 Wish your blog continued success.
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Thank you for the kind words! I appreciate you stopping by as well and glad to hear you like my blog! 🙂
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an visual artist friend of mine and i had a go around about what label to apply to myself when conveying information about what i do. i have always played the humble role about the fact that writing is what i do …. and i do it 4-6-8 or even more hours a day. i could get up, start writing and write until two o’clock in the morning which i do when i go to my cottage in northern michigan and am alone for days at a time. so, when people asked what i do i always said, “I write,” rather than say, ”i am a writer.” my reasoning is, who am i to say i’m a ‘writer’? i’ve never been published. a few people follow my blog. i’m not recognized in any context of writing.” yet she persisted with her argument. finally i realized that, writing IS what i do. it’s what i love to do. it’s my life, actually. i can’t NOT write. it’s something i am COMPELLED to do no different than van Gough or any of the authors you indicated who are your favorites. i WRITE! therefore …. i am a WRITER! being able to ‘define yourself’ is maybe the voyage we are all on in this world. in my case i clarified a big aspect of who i am …. Coming to this realization has liberated a certain aspect of myself that was in many ways holding me back. Hey …. i’m a writer! any artist who is compelled to follow the path of their work … COMPELLED to follow their artistic drive … is an artist. i am a writer because i have a passion for writing and because I have come to that realization know myself with more clarity. so … cut the bullshit! you have a passion for writing. define yourself clearly and take pride in who you are! who ARE you? you are an artist whose medium is writing. you are a WRITER. ks
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I’m a writer. 🙂
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Hi! Thanks for following my Blog. Based on you Author Bio, you seems like a straightforward person and do not care whatever people may think of you. I like your personality. 🙂
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I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for taking the time to give my bio a read! 🙂
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Hi, Jason. Although the title and tagline of your blog seem to suggest the opposite of most of what I like to believe, I enjoyed reading your bio. -Bob
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I appreciate that Bob and thanks for giving my website a chance and a glance. 🙂 I hope you have a good rest of the week!
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It was a pleasure to know about you,it takes courage to open oneself up and see through the deception of others and say it…God Bless you… 🙂
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I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog!
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I second that emotion! 🙂
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HI there and thank you for following me!! Bless your sweet and strong soul and I hope to read more about you while giving you more to read about me!
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I appreciate the kind comment and thanks for taking the time to reach out!
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hey, thank you for following my blog. I have to say i Like your blog. your posts are amazing. i recommended you for the one lovely blog award you can check it out here http://cicisrant.wordpress.com/2014/09/02/one-lovely-blog-award/
Cici.
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Thank you and also for the nice mention in the award! 🙂
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Thanks for following my blog. Hope you enjoy it. I think yours is great!
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I appreciate that and thank you for the kind words! Thanks for stopping by as well! 🙂
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Hello, I have nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award because I think your posts are rather brilliant and often wonderfully witty! Happy Blogging, Faye.
http://fayelucinda.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/one-lovely-blog-award/
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Thanks! 🙂
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Jason,
I love your blog and am so honoured that you have chosen to follow mine. You understand well the issues of equality, plurality, diversity and unity and that love has an opinion, a perspective, that is valid. One of our board members is in Pagosa Springs, and also has a love/hate relationship with the snow! Enjoy a gorgeous fall and that spectacular family! And thank you so much for helping pass our work along. With those beautiful children, our Future, I think you’ll love what you see at http://thebelongingprojects.org!
All the best to you!
Lynnclaire
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Very kind and I appreciate you taking the time to drop by and leave such a nice comment! 🙂
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Heyyyyy again 😀 !!! I have nominated your blog for the Liebster Award ☺ I Hope you accept this award, and I wish you a wonderful day ❤
You can see my post here
http://relaxyouarewhereyouaremeanttobe.wordpress.com/2014/08/28/a-liebster-blog-3-exciting-times/
This link gives the details of the Liebster Award:
http://wordingwell.com/the-liebster-award-the-official-rules-my-first-blog-award-and-a-few-personal-secrets-revealed/
And here’s a link explaining how to showcase the award in the sidebar on your blog:
http://dawnyhosking.wordpress.com/2013/10/10/adding-a-widget-to-wordpress-sidebar/comment-page-1/#comment-2679
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Thanks!
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A very interesting blog and this Bio explains a lot. I like.
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I am glad you liked it and thanks for giving my short bio a read. 🙂
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Thanks for visiting my blog and also for following. I look forward to following you and reading your posts about blogging. Nice bio!
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Thanks for that and I appreciate you stopping by! I am glad you found my bio interesting and thank you for the kind comment. 🙂
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Jason, I’ve learned that gratitude is a blessing that’s best expressed! 🙂
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I like that outlook. 🙂
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Harsh Reality aptly portrays the kind of person you are. Thanks for the visit.
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I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to drop by! I hope you find something amusing here to browse. 🙂
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I disagree with the “Harsh” part. Reality is what it is. Sometime it is what we make of it and sometimes we have no control over it. But as I read through your bio, I can see that there were harsh realities in your life but you also had blessings as well. They may not seem like it to you but had you stayed on the street, your life would have been very different – which would have been much harsher than what you wrote about. It is too bad that your birth mother refuses to meet with you, but that could also be a blessing. Perspective is everything. And that, my friend, is totally up to you. It is a struggle inwardly and emotionally and intellectually. But as you look at your children, does it bring you some sense of peace that you did get adopted and had a totally different life than you may have had should you have stayed in Korea? My story isn’t the adoption story that you have but it is a complicated one that caused a lot of bitterness, confusion, decision that were made that effected my life that I had no control over and yet I was the one who was caught in the middle of a mess that I couldn’t manage to understand because I didn’t have the whole story. Things are different now, but I’m older, I’d like to think I’m wiser than when I was a young adult, As you watch your children grow up, you will be able to heal parts of your inward wounds. As parents, we make mistakes. You will and hopefully they will be small ones and you will learn from then and reflect on them.
May God bless you in Jesus’ Name,
Rhonda aka nanarhonda
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I appreciate the kind words and yes… I have blessings and there were definitely good parts of my life. It does help to remember that and thank you. 🙂
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Thanks for the follow! And a Colorado connection! Keep up the good work
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I appreciate you connecting and I am always happy to meet another Colorado Blogger!
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Hello!
Thank you for visiting and following my blog! I appreciate your interest and thoughtfulness. I enjoyed reading your Author Bio–it’s fascinating! 🙂
Thank you again, and best of luck to you!
Crystal
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Thanks for taking the time to stop by and give my bio a read. I appreciate you taking the time and making the connection!
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Thank you for taking time to stop by and check out my blog – your support is greatly appreciated!
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Thank you as well for taking the time to connect back and drop me a line! I appreciate that as well! 🙂
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Thank you for following me, otherwise I might never have found your gem of a blog. I love your writing style and your tone is just really genuine. Looking forward to reading more posts from you 🙂
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I appreciate those kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by and give my site a browse! 🙂
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Thank you – you have a lovely Country, family have visited and loved it.
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I appreciate that and thanks for the kind comment!
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I referred of course to the country of your birth – the one where you live is NUTS!! However, it seems that the circumstances of your arrival via Venusian in the country of your birth weren’t exactly ideal and it sounds as though, (despite the anger), you have thrived well in the adopted Nuts country. I’m English, played Rugby at school; I was excellent at it and loved the rough and tumble of it; but hated Cricket and, like you, hated that little ball being thrown at my face – you can’t hurt little balls being thrown at your face, they tend to hurt you. You went West and I went East. Anyway, I don’t know why they called you Cindy but how about this: “Cindy bolts, bytes Nuts and tightens up.”
Your daughters look lovely!
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It was worse… they actually picked Cindy over me! lol 😉
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Haaaaaaaa – never mind, anyway its a girls game; its called Rounders in England and its for girls.
And hey, I hate Clowns as well, the painted ones and the ones who simply by nature are clowns – can’t stand them and I really HATE street performers, so called Magicians in particular – I’d send them all to North Korea !!
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lmao!
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Oh dear, I can speak a little of some Asian languages but not Korean – lmao is a new one on me – I shall just take a guess and assume that it means you agree with me that they should all be sent to NK and that it has nothing whatsoever to do with that pungent Korean cabbage Kimchi – and hey, there’s a girl working in a shop just up the road from me and she’s actually called Kim Chi – I call her Cabbage and she has no idea why!!
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Nice to meet you Jason. I look forward to reading more of your opinions and poetry. Your little girls are adorable! Thanks for visiting my blog.
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by! 🙂
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Really cool blog I’m very lucky and glad that you commented on my blog and I was able to find yours
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I appreciate that and thanks for taking the time to pop by! 🙂
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I’m glad I’m not the only one in Colorado that hates snow. 🙂
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lol, why does it have to be so cold though. We should invent warm snow!
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Yes, that’s genius! Warm snow would be ok.
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I’d be in that snow fight! 😉
Thanks for stopping by as well!
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There’s a refreshing openness to your blogging that I find very ‘real’. I know I’ll enjoy digging back into your previous postings; I just need to find the time. I also blog on WordPress at ‘Talkeetnatraces.com’; to this point that blog seems to be getting a lot more attention. I think blogging is a great way to reach out and interact with other folks, often quite different from one’s self, and by so doing one can grow their own perceptions and experiences. I’d bet you have some definite literary talent and just need to find the time to write. Believe me, retirement is absolutely wonderful!!! Some folks have a tough time with the concept but they also are those who defined themselves by their job title (i.e. “I’m Bill Was, the Northern Region Field Support Manager for The Clorox Company…”) or believed they held ‘power’ over others. When such people retire they lose this foundation and that often causes them angst among other conditions. I just went with the flow and now find the thought of ‘owing’ certain blocks of my time to some anonymous firm to be truly non-sequitur. Hang in there, you seem to have a good grasp on what’s important in life and that will help you move ahead…
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I appreciate that and I can’t wait till I can be the “former” NOC support agent Jason lol. 😉
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Thanks for the follow. I do feel honored. I love your blog and you seem like a really great guy 🙂
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Well I hope you keep that opinion at least for a few minutes longer! 😉
I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to stop by as well!
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Loved reading your bio; we are vastly different in many things yet I also see some definite similarities. Have you tried the single malt Scotch named ‘Balvenie’? I find it to be most delectable. I have a sister and brother in law who live in Monument, Colorado; I love that state and would most likely have moved there if I hadn’t fallen in love with Alaska. I worked in corporate IT for maybe 12 years but I am now happily retired. Keep up the good work..!
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Man… I want to retire! And no I haven’t tried that bottle, but I will definitely add it to my list. I always love scotch suggestions and thanks for taking the time to stop by my small blog. 🙂
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Thank you for your following! It’s a big honor for me!
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Heh, well don’t feel too honored I am just a blogger like you. I appreciate you dropping by and thanks for the kind comment!
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Ok… Your will 🙂 So… Um… I’m just glad for this fact 😉
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Sounds good to me and I am happy you connected back as well! 🙂
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Definitely not the first person to do this, but I couldn’t help it. 😀 I’ve nominated you for a very inspiring blogger award here: http://freestylerevolution.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/
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Thanks! I actually saw the link right before you left it heh.
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Hi just nominated you for Very inspiring Blogger Award. You can view it here: http://wp.me/p4jR6N-g9
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I inspire you? Impossible! lol 😉
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Wow… Your life story is intense and amazing!
I launched the Pishraft Project last March (relaunched it last July because didn’t have enough time to write back then), and I am hoping to turn into a big, human platform, a place where all the clichés and rules imposed to us by society would become obsolete. I really appreciate the fact that you can share your opinion so openly and so confidently. Oh and for the record, I was thrown out of the baseball team in 7th grade by the guys, because I could never understand the rules 😉
Good luck in everything you do! 🙂 And thanks for the follow!!
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I do appreciate the kind comment and well wishes! All the best with your blogging this year as well. 🙂
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I wanted to show the kids your pics – aggg – cannot see them on that slide show man. 😦
Anyway – showed the lad this one – he thinks you look really cool.
Cool. 😀
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…and my daughter ‘aaawed’ over the munchkins ❤
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Let’s not scare the kids now… 😉
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lol….
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WOW! What a story. I actually lived in SK for 6mths
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Thank you for taking the time to give my bio a read. I miss Korea sometimes… the food at least. 😉
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No problem! I miss SK sometimes too. I wish I took more advantage of visiting sites while I was there
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Hello, thanks for the follow. I have been blogging my poetry and thought for years now and I kinda want to expand my audience a little. I see that you do a lot of guest blogs. I was wondering how could I participate in your guest blogging?
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Keep an eye out for the next round of guest authoring and send me an email when you see the post. I accept on a first come first serve basis and normally open the board every other month or so. 🙂 Thanks for the interest!
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Thanks…I will look out 😀
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🙂 Sounds good.
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Hi Jason. Thanks for the follow and like, I am new to blogging and I do believe I am quite opinionated myself. I hate snow and the only reason I tolerate English winters is because they rarely produce snow and when They do, its like panic stations across the country, you would think its a tropical country 🙂
I am an immigrant by choice as well. I like your blog. Looking forward to the next serving.
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I appreciate the kind words and thanks for taking the time to connect back. I relate to panic stations, the same occurred when it snowed back in Tennessee. No one even knows what snow looks like in Tennessee. 🙂
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Hey, thanks for dropping by my new blog and following me! You seem like a pretty cool guy!
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I appreciate that and thanks for stopping by as well! 🙂
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thanks so much for that…i think i have it completed…still learning!!! hope you enjoy the blog…
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thanks so much for the follow! i’m new to the blogging world and so enjoying connecting with others who share my passion for writing or what i like to call, rambling… 🙂
looking forward to browsing through your work…thanks again – all the way from newfoundland, canada…
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Thank you as well for connecting back and for taking the time to stop by! I hope you find some new connections here or at least something amusing to browse. 🙂
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Thank you for the follow 🙂 dedicated a post to you.
Not sure if the tag ever reaches you, as i am fairly new and blonde as well for this hehe
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Thank you for the nice mention in the post! 🙂
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Thank you for the follow. You seem like a interesting person and will fill my news feed with positivity and things that are real, I appreciate that. Happy blogging.
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I always strive to provide “real,” but whether that is positive or not is not always clear. 😉 Thanks for taking the time to stop by as well and give my site a look!
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Nice to meet you! I like your bio page and your family picture is so cute! 🙂
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I appreciate that! Thanks for the kind comment! 🙂
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I appreciate the kind words. I like to think I start with not caring if the world hates me… it does wonders for the ego. 😉
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Love this bio! Thanks for sharing!
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Thank YOU for giving it a read and for the visit. 🙂
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Jason, I really like your Bio I never thought to do a long one like that but I have been following and reading you for almost a year now and this is the first time I have ever read it. I knew you had a wife with 2 daughters and that you had been adopted I got that from reading you. But it’s nice to put more info with a person I consider a great Blogger/ writer even if you only think your just a blogger. Hang in the Jason and thanks for sharing your life and your family with us every day.
Kat
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Thanks Kat I appreciate that truly. It is nice to know real connections have been made and I appreciate you taking the time to leave me such a kind comment.
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Hi, I have nominated you for Very Inspiring Blog Award. 🙂 Please visit and accept it, if it’s not against your blogging terms 🙂 http://wp.me/p3KF5s-o6
Cheers.
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Thanks!
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Greetings, OM! Thank you so much for the follow and for visiting my blog. I really enjoyed your bio.
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