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One ring, one rose, One F!

***Like most of the nation, I was in shock when I heard about the Colorado shootings when I returned from Istanbul. My prayers go out to the family, friends and communities of all who were affected by this tragedy. SIMPLE DISCLAIMER The following information you are about to read is of personal opinion. However, if you or someone you poked on Facebook happens to personally know, sort of know, is

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Tales from Turkey – Day 2

My new friend Emel convinced me to drink a traditional Turkish refreshment known as Ayran last night at dinner. This nice, tall, old-timey decanter of frothy milk actually turned out to be yogurt mixed with water and about a pound of salt.  As she motioned for me to drink up, the dinner conversation at the table transitioned to how everyone at the table absolutely LOVED this “refreshing beverage.” I know

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A moment of silence for Harold

As you know from the previous post, I’m currently in Turkey for work.  The day started at 4:00 this morning when a swarthy, robust employee at the hotel I was staying decided to barge in, flipping on all the lights in his haste.  Undisturbed (out of shock maybe?) I calmly raised up from the bed in nothing but my Dr Pepper t-shirt and said, “Can I help you?” while I

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Men Tell All

Before you get excited about how this is an uncharacteristic EARLY posting, you should know that I come to you from the future.  It’s already tomorrow afternoon. You see…I’m in Istanbul.  Not Constantinople.  As in Turkey. This is the view from my room: Around hour two of the 15 hour travel day is when I missed “Men Tell All.”  From the amount of messages, texts, tweets and emails I’ve received,

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