About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Oakland, CATwitter
Humor Archive
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Ahmadinejad on SNL & The Firefighters of Geneva
Posted on October 4, 2007 | No CommentsTwo videos recently came across my radar: Best line: “You can deny the Holocaust all you want, but you can’t deny that there’s something between us.” [via Noah Breuer] This is a public service announcement by the firefighters (sapeurs-pompiers) of Geneva. Apparently people still confuse... -
“Thank you so much for comfortable stay. Fight Terrorism!”
Posted on May 5, 2007 | 2 CommentsSo here I am, minding my own business, reading The New York Times online, when I come across this article about Bush’s upcoming dinner with the Queen of England. The article mentions that it’s a “white tie” dinner, and not knowing what that is, I... -
David Boyk, on the Apple Remote
Posted on March 5, 2007 | No CommentsThe Scene: David Boyk is IMing with me, seated somewhere in India in front of his swanky new MacBook Pro. Boyk: dude, this apple remote thing? Boyk: fucking awesome Boyk: all i require from life is a way to make fun little 3D things happen... -
BBC: French marchers say ‘non’ to 2007
Posted on January 1, 2007 | No CommentsBBC: Hundreds of protesters in France have rung in the New Year by holding a light-hearted march against it. Parodying the French readiness to say “non”, the demonstrators in the western city of Nantes waved banners reading: “No to 2007″ and “Now is better!” The... -
Rolling Stone: “The Man Behind The Mustache”
Posted on December 7, 2006 | No CommentsRolling Stone: At the time, the proto-Ali G was a slightly more upper-class character who delivered wack monologues and went by various monikers, among them MC Jocelyn Cheadle-Hume (named after an area of Chesire). But one day, everything changed: Baron Cohen, while filming an MC... -
Ghostride the Volvo
Posted on November 15, 2006 | 2 CommentsIn the tradition of the Internet mash-up, it’s only fitting that in response to the A’s departure to Fremont, two kids mixed two great Oakland traditions: ghost ridin’ the whip, and the A’s. -
Slate’s not done yet.
Posted on November 13, 2006 | No CommentsHere’s TWO more Borat-related Slate pieces: “Kazakh Like Me” “Suing Borat” Jeez guys, I think you’re running into record territory here. -
“I . . . fully support my countrymen’s decision to sue this Jew.”
Posted on November 10, 2006 | No CommentsWell folks, you knew it was coming sooner or later — the first legal shots have been fired against Sacha Baron Cohen by those drunken frat guys in that RV ”to protect themselves from any additional and unnecessary embarrassment.” The Associated Press: The lawsuit claims... -
Rolling Stone: America’s Anchors
Posted on November 6, 2006 | No CommentsRolling Stone: Ben Karlin, Stewart’s thirty-five-year-old production partner who oversees both The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, says that “the biggest mistake people make is thinking that Jon and Stephen sit down before every show and say, ‘OK, how are we going to change... -
Slate’s fifth Borat article du jour
Posted on November 3, 2006 | No CommentsSlate decided that four Borat-related articles wasn’t quite enough, so here’s (no joke), No. 5: “The Real Kazakhstan: What does Borat get right and wrong about his native land?” Best line? Borat claims that traditional Kazakh wine is made from fermented horse urine. I have...
