Photo Copyright by Moyan Brenn Okay, it could have been Oslo, or Paris, or Nikoi Island.  But after a heavy lunch on a Tuesday I start to drift into what I call dream mode. Amsterdam Long ago, before we married and had the kids, Jeff was able to spend some time in the city of Amsterda

The Ottomans, now there was a group of guys that could spend some serious cash. When our family was visiting Turkey, we went through the archives of a famous Turkish Museum known as the Topkapi Palace,  when I came across this picture of some Ottoman Military Band Members. I believe i

Unfortunately, I have the attention span of a Cocker Spaniel, or in our house it is a crazy Lab/Singaporean street dog mix. The upside, however, is the ability to spend time culling cool as beans stuff from that Google Machine.  Therefore today marks the first in a ongoing series of o

Glory to God in the Highest Or something like that. First, a bit of background, I was raised in a church. A liberal one to be sure, one that allowed us to think our own mind.  One where Sunday School consisted of traditional bible studies countered with World Religion.  One where our

So, our friend Justin liked to build. A couple of days ago, we had a little history lesson about our friend Justinian I. Seems like he was  a good guy. Wanted to continue along the lines of the Emperor Constantine and make Constantine’s city one that was great and would be remem