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The Old Woman Who Really, Really Loved MyPillow

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  Very soon Donald Trump will be leaving the White House. One of the last things that happened at this point in his reign is that entrepreneur Mike Lindell, the creator of MyPillow, had a controversial visit with the President. That’s a sentence that seems to come from beyond reality.  Lately I’ve been reading and listening to podcasts and videos about the man himself, Mike Lindell. Apparently he was a former cocaine addict who through the power of Christ got over his addiction and brought MyPillow to the world. While many have purchased MyPillow, there has been backlash over the pillow’s medical claims from none other than the Better Business Bureau. Even Anderson Cooper duked it out with the MyPillow guy. Anyway, all of this news reminded me of a story. For about two and a half years I worked as a sales associate at a luggage and travel accessory store (I was pretty good at selling expensive luggage if I do say so myself). As you can imagine I meet all kinds of fascinating pe

Incident at KFC

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  As you may know I am currently working as an English teacher abroad. I’ve made it a point to try out the local cuisine whenever I go out to eat, although every now and again I have a craving for something a little more American. KFC is very popular where I am teaching at, and I go there every now and then for some delicious original recipe chicken. I ended up going to KFC for lunch a couple of weeks or so ago. It happened to be during their busy lunch hour; had my stomach been a little more patient I could have probably gone inside about an hour later when it would be a lot less empty. Once getting my food though I was luckily able to find an empty seat. Here’s what caught my eye as I was sitting down. Next to me in another small booth was a woman with her daughter. They were both finishing up. One would think that they would then get up and walk away to their next destination. You would be wrong. Instead, as I was munching down on my meal of original recipe chicken and hot