in my opinion.

popular city of the beautiful country of turkey. historically constantinople, renamed to modern-day istanbul with the 1543 ottoman victory over the byzantine empire. (see: hagia sophia)

the founder and ceo of amazon. the first person ever worth $200 billion.

piercing through the small piece of cartilage in front of the ear canal, can be worn with a stud or hoop.

a type of piercing most commonly done in the cartilage of the ear where a circular piece connects two piercing holes

(see: #449)

an animal that represents sneaky and two-faced people in turkish culture.

the world's first temple. approximately, 6000 years older than stonehenge

not following my heart.

malicious.

a defense mechanism.

frustrated. what am i doing wrong?

americans who were loyal to the king and did not want independence from great britain were called loyalists.

in 1925, a tennessee teacher named john t. scopes was arrested for teaching charles darwin's theory of evolution, which said that "higher" forms of life, such as humans, olved from "lower" life forms, such as apes. many rural americans felt this theory was at odds with the creationism they believed in and their traditional christian values.

william jennings bryan, the great populist hero, spoke for the prosecution. scopes was defended by famous defense attorney clarence darrow. in his questioning, darrow made bryan seem foolish and ignorant. the trial settled nothing, though. scopes was fined $100, and the ruling was later reversed on a technicality.

a philosopher whom i adore. also has a blog in which he puts forward his opinions weekly. it is really worth reading in a world where it is hard to find refined opinions and information.