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And this particular Thursday was rounded off with a two hour audition session of mostly metal. Thrash and Doom. I know how they feel.  Although, to be fair, there was a sprinkling of pop and melancholic folk to provide relief from the blank stare and help keep the eyes watered. After a brief period of the resulting catatonic state, I managed to recover sufficiently to haul myself to Bizim Tepe to join in the special faculty dinner that celebrates American Thanksgiving today, and tomorrow's Teachers' Day (in Turkey), when school is closed, hurrah. 

So Happy Thanksgiving y'all, and to all those colleagues in my chosen profession, remember - if you can't take a joke ....