You are Persian if (Part 5)
May 20, 2020 1- You’re Persian if there are 50 of you eating in the hospital waiting room…next to the sign that says “NO EATING IN THIS AREA” and you tell the worker “oh...
Author: S. J. Tavakoli
You are Persian if (Part 4)
Jul 18, 2019 1- In restaurants, you always stare at other Persians…trying to figure out if you know them, what they’re wearing, if they’re rich or poor, or if they’re gossip-worthy 2- There are...
You are Persian if (Part 3)
Jun 12, 2017 1- You spent a summer in England 30 years ago and still speak with a British accent…”Hellooo Govnneh” or took a semester of French and it’s always like: Oui Oui, Oui...
You are Persian if (Part 2)
Oct 8, 2015 1- You have 2 giant PILLARS in front of your house. You can always detect a Persian house from a mile away. The house can be Spanish, Tudor, Georgian or American...
You are Persian if (Part 1)
Sep 30, 2015 1- You wear dark sunglasses and a hat when you shop at Ross or 99 cent only stores. 2- When you quit smoking, you really just quit ‘buying’ cigarettes. You got...
Want to Be God
June 2020 Some heal by helping those in needOthers use them as stepping stones Some play victims in their own worldOthers keep their heads down and plow Some shower you with loveOthers cut you...
Dear Kobe
Dear Vanessa 1-28-2020 Thank you for lending us Kobe all those years. Thank you for holding down the fort at home so Kobe could become the Mamba. Thank you for being so strong, and...
Me
A turtle can’t detach from his shell No matter how hard he tries He is who he is after all All he can do is Poke his head out for a while
Pride
In Honor of Pride Month, June 29, 2019 Pride is for blood, sweat and sacrificeFor all the struggles, all the fightsJust to get basic civil rights Pride is to celebrate the progressThe community has...
Radicalized
It’s becoming harder and harder to stay silent politically on social media these days. Whether on Facebook, or WhatsApp, or now Signal, it seems every other post is a continuation of an ‘exaggeration’ made...