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.

Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Feb. 4, 2017)

February 1, 2017

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WW II Coinage There are no atheists in the foxholes. …Rev. William T. Cummings A Double-entendre Palindrome…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 28, 2017)

January 23, 2017

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Arabic Proverb When a learned man errs he makes a learned error. Advice from a Statesman In matters of…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 21, 2017)

January 18, 2017

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A Modern Aphorism Weakness of character is often mistaken for modesty. Freudian Slip A district attorney with a reputation…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Jan. 7, 2017)

January 9, 2017

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Look and See It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see. … Henry David Thoreau …

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Dec. 24, 2016)

December 19, 2016

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Doctor’s Adage Without pains, No gains. Thomas Fuller, Gnomologia, 1735 Double Entendre A haughty matron was looking at a proof…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Dec. 17, 2016)

December 14, 2016

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Egyptian Proverb No one can circumvent the skillful of heart. They who know his wisdom do not attack him, and…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Dec. 3, 2016)

December 2, 2016

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From Lectures on the English Poets Fame is not popularity. It is the spirit of a man surviving himself in…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Nov. 19, 2016)

November 17, 2016

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Occult Exposure Mockery is at the heart of Satanism. …Michael Hoffman In and Out In the ranks of our…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Nov. 12, 2016)

November 10, 2016

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Armenian Folk Music History Gomidas Vartabed created the 300-member “Kusan” Choir and gave concerts in various places in the Ottoman…

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Nov. 5, 2016)

November 1, 2016

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Apegha In the Armenian Church the term apegha serves to designate a celibate priest who has fulfilled his final vows,…