Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 29, 2010)

Scottish Proverb
He who tells his wife all is newly married.

From the Internet
This year we will experience 4 unusual dates: 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11.

Now try this: Take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it will equal…111.

Last Words
Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
…Pancho Villa

Macaulay on Byron
From the poetry of Lord Byron they drew a system of ethics, compounded of misanthropy and voluptuousness, a system in which the two great commandments were, to hate your neighbor, and to love your neighbor’s wife.

Stands to Reason
Edo: You know, Bedo, that Italian restaurant you recommended really came through with flying colors. Their veal parmigianaa was outstanding; even better than what I had in the restaurants of Italy.
Bedo: Well, of course it’s better. They use imported cheese, while the restaurants in Italy use domestic cheese.

What’s in a Name?
Melidosian: Greek in derivation, identified as a location, defined as a native of Miletus (modern Turkish name Balat), an ancient city on the west coast of Asia Minor.

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CK Garabed

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C.K. Garabed (a.k.a. Charles Kasbarian) has been active in the Armenian Church and Armenian community organizations all his life. As a writer and editor, he has been a keen observer of, and outspoken commentator on, political and social matters affecting Armenian Americans. He has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Reporter and the AGBU Literary Quarterly, “ARARAT.” For the last 30 years, Garabed has been a regular contributor to the Armenian Weekly. He produces a weekly column called “Uncle Garabed's Notebook,” in which he presents an assortment of tales, anecdotes, poems, riddles, and trivia; for the past 10 years, each column has contained a deconstruction of an Armenian surname. He believes his greatest accomplishment in life, and his contribution to the Armenian nation, has been the espousing of Aghavni, and the begetting of Antranig and Lucine.

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