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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook

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A father is a guiding light

May 4, 2023 Lucine Kasbarian 6

By deciding to recycle Uncle Garabed’s Notebook in print editions of The Armenian Weekly for one year following his death, Pauline Getzoyan and Leeza Arakelian gifted us regular visits from The Old Man in our first […]

Uncle Garabed's Notebook

Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (Aug. 5, 2017)

August 7, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Literal and Figurative Advice Always start out with a larger pot than what you think you need. —Julia Child Johnny-on-the-Spot He had heard that widows were inclined to grant a great deal of latitude, so […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 22, 2017)

July 22, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Armenian Proverb Don’t buy a house, buy a neighbor. Don’t Tell a Lie She sat in a hammock and strummed her guitar. He sat down beside her and smoked his cigar. He told her he […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 8, 2017)

July 8, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Newspaper Headline Crack in Toilet Bowl Leads to Three Arrests Our Fascist Dime (By Robert R. Van Ryzin) Among the many false rumors spread about U.S. coins over the years was that the appearance of […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (July 1, 2017)

July 1, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Entry in an Autograph Album Say it with flowers Say it with mink But never, never Say it with ink. The Ins and Outs He who looks outside dreams. He who looks inside awakens. …Carl […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 24, 2017)

June 24, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Self-Knowledge He who knows himself best esteems himself least. H.G. Bohn Two Key Men in a Dead Lock I fail to appreciate twelve-tone music Because there is no key: For me the music is enlocked; […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 17, 2017)

June 17, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Daffy-nition Epitaph: a monumental lie. An Anonymous View of Married Life Some go to night clubs And some take to liquor But some, to fight boredom, Just sit there and bicker. When evenings are dullish […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 10, 2017)

June 10, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Armenian Proverb The friend who doesn’t regularly come and go becomes a stranger; the stranger who regularly comes and goes becomes a friend. On Deviation from Orthodoxy Leave no turn unstoned. Daffy-nition Breeding: the quality […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (June 3, 2017)

June 3, 2017 CK Garabed 0

  Folk Wisdom The man with time to burn never gave the world any light.   From One Who Knows Great literature is simply language charged with meaning to the utmost possible degree. …Ezra Pound […]

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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook (May 27, 2017)

May 28, 2017 CK Garabed 0

Old Time Adage The trouble with secrets is that they’re either not worth keeping, or they’re too good to keep. Footprints in the Sand One night a man had a dream. He dreamed he was […]

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