I had some problems getting out of the States. I was scheduled to leave Saturday and got snowed in until Monday. On Monday, I waited in the check-in line for 4 hours only to be told that my flight to Delhi connecting through Amsterdam was cancelled due to mechanical problems.....Dammit!
While I was waiting in line I got to talking to a guy who went to UMD and now lives in Istanbul Turkey teaching at the University. He sounded super legit, but after four hours of conversation, his story started to unravel and it became clear that he was a burned out druggie who had traveled the world chasing the next exotic high. At somepoint the money ran out, he got married and ended up in Turkey....On top of it all he was now thinking of a career change into the dental field.....riiiiiiiiiiight. Mind you he said all of this with a dead serious face.
Logistically I was re-routed through Doha Qatar and he was re-rerouted through Paris on his way home to glorious Turkey. By the way, he was incredibly pissed off, on the verge or tears sad that he was not routed through Amsterdam anymore. He even told me he had extended the lay-over so he could get a full day of mayhem in Amsterdam. Oh yea, his name was Matt. Matt Edwards. Call sign Entropy37@gmail.com.
Entropy:
1. A measure of randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system
2. A measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message
3. A hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogineity in which all matter is at a moderate temperature
You could tell this guy was brilliant with small talk and very brief conversations with strangers where you could only get a glimpse into his very "exotic and magical life." Unfortunately he got me for 4 hours and when you were raised by Steve Gavula who is skeptical of everyone and certainly understands the charade of smoke and mirrors and you are friends with characters such as Ben Gillespie and Frank Craighill, who are the true roadwarriors, you can sort out the bullshit pretty quick.
We exchanged contact info and the next posts are the ensuing email corrospondence:
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