Barry Turpin:  

CLASS OF 1976
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Tulsa, OK
McLain High SchoolClass of 1976
Tulsa, OK
Tulsa, OK
Tulsa, OK
Middletown, NY

Barry's Story

Life I know it's a big departure from the long hair I wore back in the day (at one point I had hair literally halfway down my back, back when that was a fashionable thing to do), but I've been shaving my head clean Kojak style since the mid 1990s, when I stopped playing music professionally and decided to become a more corporate type person. Actually I also shaved my head back in the 80s when I was in the Army, but that's another story for another time. I'll have to get a couple of pics taken of me bare-headed, but for now you'll have to settle for me wearing a fedora (I have an album of pictures over in the BTW photo albums area btw, which includes shots of me from my post HS days, most of them cheesy I'm afraid!) These days my spare time is mainly spent learning and practicing the art of creative writing. I've been published a few times in the past, converting old song lyrics into poetry and the odd short story, but nothing I'd care to brag about now. Currently I am writing a book; actually a series of books are planned, but you can't make a series til you get the first book published!). The story is set in the distant past (middle ages, an action ad...Expand for more
venture with a touch of romance - what can I say, I like Alexandre Dumas so his work provides much guidance). I hope, after enduring lots of rejection slips, to get it published within the next year. It's not easy writing a book while you're working for a living full time, but it doesn't cost much to do and I love to write anyway so why not try to get paid for it? I still play guitar, still play keyboards some, and now have a home recording studio where I still crank out the occasional song now and then. I play alternative rock these days, something like a cross between U2, Nine Inch Nails and Alice In Chains, among others. It's funny because my bandmates have all been at least 10 or more years younger than me, some as much as 20 years! I like to think that if I'm not entirely young at heart, maybe I've just weathered nicely. :) More later... I will have lots to write on, especially in the School and Military sections. Later! Workplace I work at a medical school in Texas, where I help teach first year medical students about the human anatomy. I like my job, it pays the bills, but I'm still restless and want to do something more creative.
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Me 2005 "serious"
Me 2005 smiling
Me around 1995
A band pic - 1988?
Me early 80s w/ bro
Me 1979 w/ nephew
Me in 1978 w/ Ruby K
Me about a year ago
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