We heard from Sandy Weill, former Chairman and CEO of Citigroup at today's World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas luncheon. He's an amazing guy, able to do a lot of things though he only has 24 hours in a day like the rest of us. He's been married to his wife for 51 years. Now that's great commitment in this day and age when the divorce rate is above 50%. He deserves more respect than say Jack Welch or Rudy Giuliani.

Sitting at the same table was Maurine Dickey, owner of Dickey's BBQ, a 65-year old family business with more than 70 franchise.

Another attendee sitting at the same table is Karen, who is a naturalized US citizen of Turkish descent. I told her I am very interested in Turkey as it is one of the three only stable Islamic democracies in the world beside Indonesia and another country, which I don't remember for sure but I think it is Cyprus. I asked for and she recommended a book, Crescent and Star: Turkey Between Two Worlds by Stephen Kinzer. Already put in an order on Amazon so hopefully I'll get it sometimes next week and will enjoy reading it after the election next Tuesday.