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Josh Douglas is an English teacher from San Francisco currently residing in Taiwan. Born in Omaha and raised in Borneo, Saudi-Arabia, Tokyo, and San Francisco. Kidnapped by punk-rock and skateboarding from 1985 to 2014. Former dishwasher at Chuck E. Cheese, assistant editor at a newspaper in Mexico, layout director at a car magazine, park ranger assistant in Sitka Alaska, and zookeeper. Now he enjoys hiking , collecting rocks, and failing miserably at Jiu-Jitsu.

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“I was born in a toilet!” I howled with snot drooling out of my nose, I took another slug of vodka, followed by a swig of tequila.
Pei tried to make an angry face, but slammed her hand to her face to choke down a laugh.
“What on earth do you mean? And please, stop drinking!”
“I, I, found out I was born in a toilet, even worse, it was a liquor store bathroom… in Barstow.”
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