Cyrus Farivar » Humor http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog "Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet." Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:11:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 “There there Angie, things with Greece are going to work out.” http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2010/05/11/there-there-angie-things-with-greece-are-going-to-work-out/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2010/05/11/there-there-angie-things-with-greece-are-going-to-work-out/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 16:19:56 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=3045

Caption contest!

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]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2009/08/22/auto-tune-the-news/feed/ 2 A conversation between Rebekah and I http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2009/07/01/a-conversation-between-rebekah-and-i/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2009/07/01/a-conversation-between-rebekah-and-i/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:54:58 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=2385 While at the salsa bar at Cactus with Rebekah today:

C: How do you say ‘Here, take this,’ in Persian?
R: بفرماید (Befarmaeed.) [Go ahead ; By all means ; Be my guest ; Please, have some]
C: Really?
R: Really.
C: Doesn’t that seem overly formal?
R: You’ve been Persian for how long?

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via Accordion Guy

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2009/01/12/mr-miyagi-to-obama-big-ups-playa/feed/ 0 Measuring the ‘Colbert Bump’ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/08/13/measuring-the-colbert-bump/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/08/13/measuring-the-colbert-bump/#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:50:28 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1677 Wow, apparently a UCSD political science professor, James H. Fowler, has just published a bona fide research paper on the effects of the “Colbert Bump.”

From the press release:

His analysis finds that Democrats who appear on The Colbert Report enjoy a significant increase in the number and total amount of donations they receive over the next 30?? days when compared to similar candidates who do not appear on the show. Specifically, Democrats who come on the program raise $8,247 more than colleagues who don’t do so on the 32nd day following their appearance—”a bump of roughly two-fifths over the normal rate of receipts.” Republicans do not appear to benefit at all from appearing on the program; notably, they raise more funds in the month before coming on the program while actually raising less money in the month following their appearance—hinting at a possible “Colbert bust” for the GOP instead.

Update: Apparently NPR’s Day to Day interviewed this guy back in April.

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Also, this writer Jeff Johnson seems to be jealous over the fact that he didn’t come with Stuff White People Like. Get over it, dude.

There’s a patron saint for the Internet? Meet Saint Isidore of Seville.

The Star Pheonix: ‘Couch surfing’ site reveals cultural side of the Internet

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The black-tie affair brought together representatives from warring nations and longtime enemies who sat in the hallowed, oak-walled dining room and patiently awaited their turn to lambaste Ahmadinejad. Some of the evening’s most pressing topics included the Iranian president’s insistence on developing a nuclear program, his possible involvement in the 1989 assassination of an exiled Kurdish leader, and his excessive body hair.

“You know, a lot of folks have been criticizing Ahmadinejad for covering up one of the most horrifying and unspeakable crimes ever perpetrated on humankind,” Russian president Vladimir Putin told the assembled guests. “But don’t you listen to them, Mahmoud. I happen to like your beard.”

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/02/11/the-onion-world-leaders-gather-to-roast-mahmoud-ahmadinejad/feed/ 0 Flight of the Conchords! (What?) http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/01/20/flight-of-the-conchords-what/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/01/20/flight-of-the-conchords-what/#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:38:53 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1534 Big ups to Brianne, for introducing me and Becky to Flight of the Conchords, my new favorite band/thing on TV. It’s been making the rounds amongst my circle of friends.

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2008/01/20/flight-of-the-conchords-what/feed/ 2 Gabe and Max are back! http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2007/12/07/gabe-and-max-are-back/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2007/12/07/gabe-and-max-are-back/#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 17:06:18 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1494 Gabe and Max answer questions on Boing Boing TV:

]]> http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2007/12/07/gabe-and-max-are-back/feed/ 0 Gabe and Max’s How to Get the Dreamlife of Your Dreams Using the Internet Thing http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2007/10/26/gabe-and-max%e2%80%99s-how-to-get-the-dreamlife-of-your-dreams-using-the-internet-thing/ http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/2007/10/26/gabe-and-max%e2%80%99s-how-to-get-the-dreamlife-of-your-dreams-using-the-internet-thing/#comments Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:18:56 +0000 Cyrus Farivar http://cyrusfarivar.com/blog/?p=1452

Apparently this has been making the rounds online, but it’s still pretty freakin’ funny.

Gabe has also written these gems:

Worker #3116 to Be a Father

SUMMERSLANG 2005

It’s a great way to kill about 10 minutes this Friday afternoon. :-)

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