Turkey! Mythic land of Mahir and Bald Bull. Tami and I flew out to Istanbul to visit our awesome friend Helene who's been teaching English there for some time. I also celebrated my thirtieth birthday in Istanbul, which is a pretty cool way to pass the birthday where you should be wondering if you're doing anything with your life or not and getting all depressed about it. No complaints here, man. I think I'm doing okay.

— Manning