Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Confession? Good taste is the enemy of creativity. … Pablo Picasso From the Trivia File Victor Emmanuel II (1820-78), first king of Italy, was popularly called Father of his Country in allusion to his unnumbered […]
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Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Skambil/Ooshli Oyin Iskambil is a Turkish term for a playing card or the name of a card game. Dikranagerdtsis use the term skambel for playing cards, and the term Ooshli Oyin for the game others […]
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Riddle What nine-letter word in the English language is still a word when each of the nine letters is removed one by one? (For answer, see below.) The Giragos Connection Church: This is the Old […]
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
On Speaking Out Armenians are castigated for their words while Turks are exonerated of their deeds. Just Remember Darwin and Einstein may have had their theories, but Newton had his laws. Cheerfulness Is a Virtue […]
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Or To Be Seen In New York, people don’t go to the theater—they go to see hits. Attributed to Louis Jourdan If the Truth Be Known Our immediate predecessors in our historic homeland did not […]
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Short Course in Economics The financial community came into existence in order to facilitate the operations of the manufacturing, industrial, and commercial sectors. However, major elements of the financial community, seduced by a private central […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
Proverb Joy and Temperance and Repose Slam the door in the doctor’s nose. … Longfellow Argumentum Ad Hominem When someone refutes your argument and you cannot counter-refute his refutation, what do you do? Why, you […]
Uncle Garabed's Notebook
Uncle Garabed’s Notebook
From the Hoover File When Hoover invited the black wife of a congressman to the White House for tea, he was officially denounced by the state legislature of Texas. Red Herrings Cards, like women, are […]
A father is a guiding light
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 […]
AMA to Present CK Garabed Exhibit
The Writer of ‘Uncle Garabed’s Notebook’ to Exhibit Watercolor Paintings, Discuss ‘Dikranagerd Vernacular Handbook’ WATERTOWN, Mass.—C.K. Garabed (Charles G. Kasbarian) is best known to Armenians for his writings and editorial projects, but he is also […]