July 2010
3 posts
Interesting Phrase from Poem
I recently met a Persian poet who shared some of his poetry with me. One thing he said, that I found particularly profound was the following —
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You can have a...
Blackjack, Dad, Uncles and Life
I was in Tahoe a few weeks ago when I had a really interesting experience. I was sitting at the blackjack table with my Dad and my uncles, when I was dealt a split hand. The book on this hand says that I should split. My uncles thought this was a bad idea – it was too risky. I had a heavy bet on the table. 100. They kept urging me not to split. I kept telling them that I had to play the...
26 and graduating
It can be an interesting time. For me, it’s been a period of deep introspection. You begin to question a lot of your own decisions. How you lived your life, whether you made the right choices, and what you want next. One of these decisions I made was to go to law school. Over the years, I’ve had many doubts about my decision to attend. Today, I was reviewing a contract for some of the stuff...
June 2010
16 posts
Full Circle, Grandma Story, Beautiful Penis
A few month ago I had my law school graduation. As I was walking, I noticed that my grandma and uncle were both snapping photos of me — my uncle with his professional camera and my grandma with her dinky Motorola phone. I thought this was really funny, and I made fun of my grandma a little about it. You can call me a jerk, but sometimes, I like to make fun of old people.
Today, it was my...
Owner of the Nets Mikhail Prokhorov
Yo — this is a great article about the new owner of the New Jersey Nets. It’s a great read from a short time ago. Thought you’d enjoy.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/100521&sportCat=nba
Guessing Game
Dear friends — I posted a guessing game a few days back basically asking what my favorite dish was at Il Pastaio (since one of the things I want to blog about, at least for now, is my favorite dishes at restaurants). Many of you have attempted to guess in private, but refuse to post on my blog. This is disheartening. Please guess on the wall in order for it to be an official guess. I will...
Topic
I know what I’m going to blog about, but I’m going to hold off on it for a while. I’m really excited about the topic and think it’s very relevant to the modern times. Details to follow, probably in a few weeks once I start teaching myself about it…Until then, just some more nonsense posts…
Aiming High Enough
Amigos — my friends say I’m not aiming high enough with just dishes and grandma stories, and I tend to agree. Somebody just pick a topic and I’ll start reading and writing about it. Suggestions?
A Note on CPK
In line with the support of chain restaurants, I read an interesting article in The Atlantic a few years ago titled “In Defense of Chain Restaurants” (think that was the name) The article quoted one of the very first reviews of California Pizza Kitchen which said — “every neighborhood should have a restaurant like this” That was interesting and funny — now every...
Dishes and Guessing Game
Tonight I was having dinner at Il Pastaio with the fambam and I got inspiration for at least one of the things I want my blog to be about. While a lot of people talk about “great restaurants”, I find this view somewhat silly and narrow minded. For instance, while a restaurant might get a 27 on Zagat, you may go there, have a dish you don’t like and decide that the restaurant is...
Kwanten
He is in the process of creating a blog — will send link and video as soon as available…
Meetings
Yesterday was a good day. Started work on a project that I’m really excited about — namely, creating/expanding the digital products offered by an amazing event called Pebble Beach Food and Wine. Also, had a meeting with Ryan Kwanten who plays Jason Stackhouse on TrueBlood. I love the show and he was amazingly nice and down to earth — a true pleasure.
I start interviewing this...
The X Factor or Should I Say XX Factor...
While I’m excited about the blog, I know that by myself, I can only do so much. Having said that, I want to introduce what I believe will be the X factor, or should I say XX factor (see chromosome), Katherine, who will also be contributing to the blog.
If you don’t know Katherine, you should get to know her. This video, should make for a good introduction. She is a chic woman, sought after by...
Point of the blog
The point of the blog is not to write funny stories, but more of an impetus for me to just start writing. Eventually, I’d hope it takes some greater form or direction such that I write about a specific topic that I develop a passion for. I was just talking to my good friend Nick Melvoin about this — and I think he’s right in saying that there are a lot of funny bloggers out...
Father's Day + Mom Story
It’s coming up. Last year, my brother and I gave my Dad CASH as a gift. While he thought it was funny, he mentioned that this year he wanted a more “thought out gift.” Any suggestions?
Note how I am trying to get my “friends” whom I call assholes, to actually comment on my blog. Hence, the call for gift suggestions.
Also, funny Mom story from today: Was having lunch...
Funny Stories About Mom and Grandma
My mom and grandma are crazy, often resulting in a lot of funny stories. Thanks to Claudine Farhadi and Candice Farhadi, who often remember the stories better than I do, and who have recommended I write about them, I’ve decided to include in my blog these stories. Some of them are from the past, some just happened, and I’m sure many more will come. Here is the first, it just happened...
I can keep fairly odd hours
Also, wanted to get to 3 posts — matching, I think, my last attempt to blog…
How to Avoid a Craigslist/Scalper Ticket Scam
I’ve never been screwed buying tickets on Craigslist or from a scalper, but a lot of you have. I thought, something useful would be to discuss ways I’ve avoided buying fake tickets. The impetus for this post is that some guy tried to sell me fake tickets at Shakey’s yesterday to the Lakers – Celtics game 7—I’m dead certain they were fake and I figure, I’d let you know how to PROTECT YO-self...
WatchExpress YO-self (really yourself). Inspiration for me blogging. Hopefully will keep at it and give to you some useful things to think about.