CK Garabed, Author at The Armenian Weekly

CK Garabed

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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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 4, 2015)

July 6, 2015

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Super-Diplomacy We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper, it would be impossible…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 27, 2015)

June 29, 2015

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Folk Wisdom People will believe anything if you whisper it. From the Word Lab Wrangle for an Ass’s Shadow:…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 20, 2015)

June 22, 2015

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On Controversy If a cause be good, the most violent attack by its enemies will not injure it so much…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 13, 2015)

June 15, 2015

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Armenian Proverb Can one start a fast with katah in one’s hand? Self-centeredness We would rather run ourselves down…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 6, 2015)

June 5, 2015

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Twice Golden A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but, after a while, knows something. … Wilson Mizner …

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 23, 2015)

May 25, 2015

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The Triple Threat Three things can ruin a man—money, power, and women. I never had any money. I never wanted…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 16, 2015)

May 18, 2015

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The Virtue of Hardship If you are irritated by every rub, how will you be polished? … Rumi, 13th-century Persian…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 9, 2015)

May 11, 2015

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The Viking Reminder Always remember to pillage before you burn. Daffy-nition Liberty: the privilege of being free from things we…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 2, 2015)

May 4, 2015

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Masquerade We are so used to disguising ourselves from others that we end by disguising ourselves from ourselves. …La…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (April 25, 2015)

April 26, 2015

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Nature’s Perversity There are people whose defects become them, and others who are ill served by their good qualities. ……