Reasons Why Mark Madsen Is the Best Twelfth Man in the League - I

Check out this post from the MAD DOG BLOG (Oct 3, 2007):

Hello Again!!!!
Today we had some time off, so John Edwards (My current teammate who has played for the Hawks and the Pacers) and I went over to see some sites here in Istanbul, Turkey.  The coolest one to me was the Hagia Sophia Mosque.  For one thousand years, it was actually the largest Christian Cathedral in the World.  Then, it was taken over by the Ottoman Empire (I learned all of this from our guide today!) and converted into a Mosque.  Today it is a museum!  So it's been a Christian church three times (Replaced once then burned down a second time, finally rebuilt a third time),  a mosque, and now it's museum! How cool is that!  The Muslim emperor at the time of conquest ordered that the many Christian mosaics not be seen in the Mosque.  But instead of destroying the incredible mosaics, it is said that perhaps his appreciation of art caused him to cover them with plaster instead. Now, that it's a museum, Istanbul has peeled off the ancient plaster and many of the mosaics are fully intact and incredible.  All of the Islamic and Christian influence can be seen in the building!  Then we ventured down to a giant underground water tank (Cistern) that was like a mini reservoir to hold water for those many times when Istanbul was attacked and seiged over the centuries.  It was awesome!!

To my count, that's 11 exclamation points...for the Hagia Sophia! Throw it DOWN big man!

Editorial Note: I choose to believe that the Mad Dog was touring with John Edwards (D-NC) or John Edwards (1703-1758) rather than John Edwards (0 mpg.)

Comments

[evan]

Apparently, someone has taken the liberties to update Mr. Edwards page to read that he is 12 years old and is a gay "senater."

Really enjoy your posts!