YUM
Are you a saint or a sinner? Well, when it comes to food, it shouldn’t surprise you that I fall into the latter category
Lately I have worked on a lot of events that have involved finger food or canapés and it has made me think about different ideas and combinations that are not only simple, but taste great… especially for the coming holiday season. Canapés are incredibly common in Europe, although I think when a food item is so tiny, it really is ridiculous if the preparation involved is time consuming and tedious. All that trouble for a single morsel of food? Forget it. Normal people like you and I, not only don’t have the time, but lack the patience required to produce something that will only get greedily chomped down without even the slightest thought given to the work involved in its creation! “Boooooo!” I say! Down with laborious, painstaking, fussy finger food and instead up with simple but delectable mini mouthfuls of pure heaven!
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FICTION
I felt like I had bit into an apple, only to feel wiggling worms inside my mouth
Dear Brother: I left you last with hope and happiness that I could go on with my life both making my wife and family happy and at the same time fulfilling the emotional emptiness that has plagued me through my friendship with Kati. Well, I have now woken up from that dream. It didn’t take much. Just some good old-fashioned jealousy. The gut-wrenching, night sweaty kind. We were out one night to some cheesy little nightclub in Richmond Hill with Nassim, her ubiquitous pal Mitra, Sam and his girlfriend Lissa, and Mitra’s date, none other than DOCTOR KEYVAN. You remember what a joke that guy is? Well, Mitra was hanging on to him like he was the most precious treasure. That girl is so desperate to get married, to someone, anyone, it is hilarious. I was getting ready for another night of boredom when to my shock, Kati showed up
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REFORM
سيستمی که خود را جمهوری اسلامی می خواند بايد اصلاح شود تا آنچه که از مردم ايران دريغ داشته به مردم برگردانده شود
مدت هاست که چون به عالم سياست ايران می نگرم می بينم اکثريت بزرگی از نيروهای متفکر سياسی ما خود را «اصلاح طلب» می دانند ـ به اين معنی که از «انقلاب» برای ايجاد تغييرات اجتماعی در ايران می پرهيزند و در جستجوی راه حل هائی هستند که «مدنی» (هم خانواده با «تمدن») خوانده می شوند. اما دقيق تر که می نگرم می بينم که شايد در جمع کثير اصلاح طلبان ايرانی اختلاف های ناظر بر ديدگاه و هدف بيش از آنی است که بتوان بی ذکر کردن نام گروه مورد نظر خود دربارهء اصلاح طلبی آن گروه سخنی گفت. در نتيجه اين پرسش سمج رهايم نمی کند که: «چگونه می توان طيف گستردۀ اصلاح طلبان را از لحاظ ديدگاه و هدف تقسيم بندی و اجزاء حاصل از آن را نام گذاری و تعريف کرد؟» يا، براستی، «اصلاح طلبان ايرانی چند گونه "هدف" را تعقيب نموده و می خواهند سيستم حاکم بر ايران را برای رسيدن به کدام مقصدی "اصلاح" کنند؟»
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Recorded video of justice delivered on the spot by the Islamic Republic police
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I wished loving Iran were a party all the time...
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I found Ross Mirkarimi's discussion very interesting. As I had promised my girlfriend I did not try to insult any of the audience with my questions. Here is my observation of the meeting.
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The best movie ever on the Rwanda's Genocide
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WEALTH
Photo essay: Finally got to visit Hearst Castle
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Jahanshah Javid >>>
Is Shia Islam? Of course, one can also question the Esmael’i, the Vahab’i and the Baha’i faiths, but as Shia is currently suffocating Iran, it warrants more scrutiny.
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