In general I don’t like to leave commercial links in blog comments (I feel like I’d have to be wearing a cheap suite and a bad mustache), but since the topic of “what does a new turner do” bears so directly on (a) my own personal experience; (b) my response, I decided to venture a post.

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( If you consider this unwarranted advertising, please feel free to delete the comment and/or shoot me an email at tjic (at) smartflix (dot) com to chastise me!)