December 23, 2003
Ask Me Anything!
One of my dear friends and an avid reader of this blog is very upset (border line angry) with me. It turns out that somewhere in a post so long ago, he left a question for me in the comments section and I never replied to him.
Here's my take on this whole blog thing; there's the part that is designed for me to write something about something I feel I should share with the rest of the globe and then a link to what is called "comments". Remember, it says "comments" not "conversations" or "exchanges", etc. If you feel like saying something about what I have put up, you are encouraged to leave your own comment on that topic. On the other hand, there also ways for you to contact me directly, mainly by that email address set up under my logo on top. If you want to share something privately, ask something or offer a suggestion, that's the way to best achieve it. Don't get angry at me for not responding to a "comment" I may or may not have even seen. Am I wrong on this?
But seeing that he is an otherwise reasonable man and he sincerely feels offended, I'd like to offer my apologies to him publicly. And if there are anyone else who also expected a response to a comment, the same goes to you.
To clear up any bad blood and also clear the air, here's your chance to ask me anything you'd like. That's right! If you feel like I should've answered anything publicly and for whatever reason you wanted to ask something but didn't know how to use your email account, I will publicly answer any questions that is posted to the comments here in a separate post and truthfully too. But just this once!
So, go for it. Before I get sued by you know who and lose everything I have and wish to have had, including this blog, ask your questions. If there are none, I will at least feel less guilty knowing there aren't any other hurt feelings out there.
Posted by Pedram at December 23, 2003 08:15 PMHi. I would like to ask you to actually read the comments left for you. :)
Posted by: Haleh at December 23, 2003 09:19 PMDid the comment in question have anything to do with a post on dating? Oh you don't have to answer me, I'm just shooting in the dark. ;)
Posted by: Hayedeh at December 23, 2003 10:43 PMSince yours is my favorite, what is YOUR favorite blog(s)?
Posted by: visitor at December 23, 2003 10:48 PMWhat is your name?
What is your quest?
What is your favorite color?
(AAAAAAHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!)
Posted by: sister-scorpion at December 24, 2003 12:56 AMwhy are you advertising for labatt blue?
Posted by: at December 24, 2003 01:33 AMsorry, just wanted to add that i really enjoy reading your "blog" and keep up the positive attitude, you have a lot of intelligent observations!
Posted by: at December 24, 2003 01:35 AMI just want to know what is your job? I mean, apart from posting your thoughts on your somehow popular blog, what do you do in your everyday life? Please disregard this question if you think it hurts your privacy.
Posted by: at December 24, 2003 02:19 AMYou....BASTARD! You never responded to my posting! After all the time we have spent together! No, I don't want to talk, you anti-American, anti-Google inhabitant of the National Socialist Islamic Republic of Soviet Kanukistan!(pause, incoherent sobbing.)No, I really didn't mean that, I, I, just can't talk right now, I'm sick, I qwyewffnijaiutirruni...............
(Editor's Note. The taqdeermachen has passed out in a crying fit on his keyboard, the crying into the keyboard resulted in his electrocution. Another sad victim of "blog ignoring." Friends, don't let this happen to you. But fear not, this veritable shaheen of the webworld shall rise again from the flames. And to all readers, a "Gleidige Jul" to all, which is just a Scandinavian way of saying: Happy, Blessed Yalda. Isn't it neat how these two words, "Jul," and "Yalda," have retained essentially the same meaning, feel and pronounciation over 8,000 years of seperation?)
The entries I enjoy the most are the more personal ones, like Yalda. You skim over all the most interesting parts! What is the receipe for the herbs and spices on the beans? What are the stories the grandmother tells? Does the korvee ever catch fire? How have you modified the holiday to pass it to your American kids? What are you doing to entertain your sister? Is she cooking? Fessanjan or KhoreshGormesabzi? Where are you taking her? Is she trying to get you married? If you had a wife (assuming you don't already) where would she be right now? At church? Babysitting neices and nephews? Cruising the sales at Barnes & Nobles? Taking a beating from her soon-to-be-ex boyfriend? Signing up for a computer/Spanish/Literature class? Where are the promised answers to these postings? One last request: What is the best way to reach out and assist women in Afghanistan? Somehow movies like Kandahar and a few others move me into seeking some action, despite the apparent hopelessness of it all.
Posted by: at December 25, 2003 10:22 AMDo you also read Persian blogs and if you do, which ones?
Posted by: Naser at December 25, 2003 09:41 PMWhat does taqdeermachen mean?
Posted by: balaatnistam at December 28, 2003 03:18 PMWhy did you leave Canada to reside in the US and even become a US citizen?
Posted by: Jafar at December 29, 2003 12:07 PM