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Life of an Foreign #Teacher ~ Computer Catastrophes

1:20 hour into class, for the 5th week in a row, all the computers crashed AGAIN. Completely deleting all the students hard work. Even saved documents were wiped off.

Class Leader immediately: Don’t worry teacher, I know. I will go make them come.

Me; why, yes Kevin darling. That might be an excellent idea. (**Insert Angry Face). And see if you can find the building manager. Or their boss. Or the boss of the boss.

Class: oooohhhh. *Waits eagerly and vengefully to enjoy the fireworks about to commence*

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Tags: Asia, Bring it on, China, ESL, foreign teacher, Laowai, Let's Rumble, Teacher, Teaching

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Categories Asia, China, Life, Teaching

The #Tech Life ~ #VPN Pros and Cons

26 Apr

As always, I’m actually a supporter of people using VPNs to protect themselves when on the internet. Although a VPN is never completely anonymous, it does go a long way towards protecting your identity and computer from people who want to hack and steal your data. For those of you interested in how a VPN can help you or hurt you, I thought I’d compile a list of benefits and problems I’ve run into with my 3 years of VPN experience 🙂

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Tags: Asia, Astrill, Benefits, computer, Life Abroad, problems, Travel, Using a VPN, VPN, Why not to use a VPN, Why to get a VPN

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Categories Computer Issues, Life, Travel

#Art I Love ~ A Dirty Birdie!

23 Apr

Tags: artist, artwork, Dirty, Dirty Car, Drawing on a dirty car, Russia, Street Modern Art, Street Work

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Categories Art, Life

Installing #WordPress Site on #HostGator

21 Apr

How to Install and Start Editing your WordPress Site on Hostgator!!

STEP #1 – Sign Into your CONTROL PANEL. If you aren’t sure how, look here.

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See the button in the picture above that says “WordPress – 1 Click Installation?” Click it 🙂

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Click the down arrow and choose the domain name (URL: http://www.deceptivelyblonde.com) that you have created on HostGator and was to set up as a WordPress Site. Click “Next”

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Fill in your Name and information for the WordPress Site. Be careful – if the email address you use already has a WordPress Site attached to it, they’ll want to add this site to your old WordPress account. If you don’t want to do that, you’ll have to create a new WordPress account.

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You’re installing! Wait, Wait, Wait!

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Awesome! Your Installation is Complete. Pay attention to the “Installed to:” “Username” and “Password” — You’ll need these next.

Take that “Installed To:” URL and put it in your URL field at the top of your browser. It should be the url you chose for your website. Basically, just go visit your new site. It’ll show the image below:

For example: “https://www.deceptivelyblonde.com”

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This is the page that everyone else is going to see until you finally publish your completed site. But for now, just click “Admin Login.” In the picture below, enter the username and password that they gave you before.

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Viola! You’ll be on the familiar “WordPress” dashboard instead of the Hostgator dashboard. Now you can go through the steps and start setting up your website. (I’ll post another instruction set for that later. 🙂

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Tags: Computers, Hostgator, how to, Installing Wordpress, New Wordpress Site, Using Wordpress with Hostgator, Website Management, Wordpress on Hostgator

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Categories Computer Issues, Hostgator, Life, Wordpress

#Easter Brunch!

16 Apr

Easter Brunch!

Honey-Glazed Ham, Deviled & Colored eggs, Green Beans, Cole Slaw, Rolls, Scalloped Potatos, Drinks and more! My Chinese student Harry came yesterday to cook and craft with me, then today good friends came for the party!

Happy Easter!

Tags: away from home, China, Cooking Abroad, food international, Holiday abroad, Lufe in China

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Categories Asia, China, Cooking, Life, Travel

#Maine Bar Results Come Out Low

14 Apr

If you compare the February 2017 applicant lis t with the passing list, only 20/62 people passed Maine’s exam (32.2%). I don’t know how many people were no-shows, but that’s really low for Maine. Compare to last year’s 60%.

Maybe I’m missing something – I only compared the list of applicants with the number of numbers on the passing list. Anyone have an explanation for this?

Tags: Bar Results, February 2017, Low, Maine, Maine Bar Exam, MBE, ME, Passage Rate, passing, Scores, Statistics

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Categories Bar Exam, Law School, Life, The Law

Chicken-Salad Stuffed Tomatoes and Peppers

13 Apr

INGREDIENTS:

1 Medium Green Pepper
1 small Carton of Cherry Tomatoes (about 15-20)
Approximately 10 oz of Canned Chicken Breast.
2 Sticks of Celery
4-5 TBSP of Mayonnaise (to Personal taste)
3-4 Pieces of Bacon
2 oz of Colby Cheese
1 TSP of Liquid Smoke
1 TSP of Dijon Mustard
1 Egg
1/8 TSP Ground Pepper

DIRECTIONS

Remember that everything has to fit inside a small Cherry Tomato, so everything needs to be finely cut.
Cook the Bacon. (I use a strong microwave, put them in for about 4-5 minutes.). Put the bacon in the fridge to get cold.
Hard Boil the Egg. Take off and cool in cold water. Put in fridge to get cold.
Take out the Chicken Breast and cut until very finely sliced/shredded. Put in a Small Bowl.
Very finely slice the Celery (about 1/8 – 1/4 of an inch for each piece.) You should have about 1/3 Cups total. Add to Bowl
Add the Mayonnaise. If you want it more liquidy, add more Mayonnaise. Less will set up better though. You can always add more at the end if you desire.
Shred the Cheese and add it to the Bowl. Add Mustard, Liquid Smoke, and Ground Pepper. Finely slice the eggs, both whites and yolk. Add. Crumble the bacon. Add.
Mix together. Put in the Refrigerator for 1+ hour to allow flavor to spread out.
Cut the Green Pepper into large Bite Sized pieces. Using a paring knife and spoon, carefully scoop the insides out of the Tomatoes. Add the Chicken Salad to the Green Peppers and Tomatoes.
SERVE AND ENJOY!

Tags: Chicken, Chicken Salad, Delicious Chicken Salad, Finger Foods, Fun Finger Foods, Recipe, Stuffed Green Peppers, Stuffed Peppers, Stuffed Tomato, Stuffed Tomatoes

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Categories Cooking, Life, Side Dish

Lovely Purple #Flowers!

13 Apr

Tags: Beautiful Spring Day, Life in China, Life is Good, Spring Day

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Categories Art, Asia, China, Life, Photography, Travel

#Chinese Dream!

11 Apr

The Art students at my university are allowed to paint random building walls here on campus to show off their skills. This one is dedicate to tee Chinese president – lots of support and nationalism here!