the id, the ego, & the single misfiring brain cell

This will be my last "talking türkiye" post. I'm home now, but this is very much about Turkey still.  I felt depressed and out-of-sorts for the last few weeks I was in Turkey. The last few days I was there, I felt dispossessed, as though I was leaving… more »

I'm not sure why, but I recently decided it would be fun to find ways to tell stories (and get others to tell stories) with the "so there I was..." lead-in. It entertained me for a while, until I said it at a party. I was about to launch into some tale… more »