Archive - Sep 13, 2007

Save yourself money and spare yourself grief.

Approximately 10 months ago a family member went to Best Buy and purchased a rather pricey Mitsubishi 65" 1080P DLP WD657 large screen projection TV. Within the first thirty days the television stopped functioning, and Best Buy replaced it with a similar model from the same manufacturer. In the past 9 months, the television has broken down nearly every 2.5 months, with the authorized service repair person taking an average of about one week to visit and repair the television.>>>

Confessions of a former Conservative Republican...

or, How to stop a recurring nightmare, Dude! Just wake up! Many Iranians when learning I was a Republican would say crazy shit like, "How could you vote for George Bush?" They thought that if you join a party you necessarily have to blindly vote for the party's candidate.>>>

W's "mission accomplished"

W's press release of the famous "mission accomplished" still up on the white house site: "HE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed..." >>>

There is something special happening here

At times, the crowd’s noise overwhelmed the huge amplifiers and the sound system. It was unbelievable! There was a lot of good energy but it seemed that Kiosk didn’t expect such an active crowd and lost focus here and there. Overall, they played very well and performed the songs different from their studio version. There were very good solo performances by almost all of the band members, especially Babak who knocked the socks off the crowd with his guitar solos.>>>

Benedictus

Only 72 hours before a scheduled US attack on Iran. Two estranged childhood friends, one Jewish and one Muslim, born in the same town in Iran, agree to a secret meeting in a Benedictine monastery in Rome to negotiate a price for safety and freedom. The above synopsis is the main plot for the upcoming play Benedictus, an ambitious international collaboration between artists from Iran, Israel and the United States. The collaborators -- Motti Lerner, one of Israel's most provocative contemporary playwrights; Torange Yeghiazarian, Artistic Director of Golden Thread Productions in San Francisco; Iranian-American director Mahmood Karimi-Hakak of Siena College... >>>

بردگی با دستمزد؟

بسیاری از ما -چه پناهجو، چه پناهنده و چه مهاجر قانونی- که ایران را با هدف شروع یک زندگی بهتر در غرب ترک کرده‌ایم در یک مرحله از این سفر دور و دراز، تن به انجام کارهایی داده‌ایم که ترجیح می‌دهیم با هموطنان خود مخصوصا آنهایی که در ایران هستند و از زندگی ما در اینجا می‌پرسند راجع به این تجربه‌ها صحبت نکنیم. >>>