Happy Persian New Year

And this is like supposed to be the 7-s Table, over at my brother’s house! این هم مثلان یعنی سفره هفت سن

Seven things that start with S: Garlic, Tulip, Grass, Coins, Vinegar, Apple, Pudding! And there are candles, colored eggs, gold fish, a mirror and pastries too. Obviously those don’t start with S!

Doing It Like They Do It on the Discovery Channel

The class structure mystifies me. I am in the posh but characterless and sterile Lufthansa biz class lounge at JFK and pounding them muffins and cappuccinos, like I have never seen food before. ALL YOU CAN EAT. FREE!

There are a set of stairs leading up somewhere. My curiosity is piqued and I attempt to take a gander.
"Sir that's for the First class and club members only." I am warned sternly by the lounge Nazi.

WTF? There is a firster class lounge inside the first class lounge?! I wonder if there is a specific chair up there designated for the Really VIP? And then one arm of that chair to be used only by the Super Really VIP? hmmm... going full circle on evolution. I recall seeing this kind of behavior on the Discovery Channel.

And the Count-Down Begins

Here are some lyrics of the day at #23.

Is it getting better
Or do you feel the same
Will it make it easier on you now
You got someone to blame
You say...
One love
One life
When it's one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don't care for it
Did I disappoint you
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it's...
Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...
Have you come here for forgiveness
Have you come to raise the dead
Have you come here to play Jesus
To the lepers in your head
Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on
To what you got
When all you got is hurt
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters
Brothers
One life
But we're not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other
One...life
One