Absolute Random Nonsense

A grieving Ottawa man is speaking publicly about the loss of his mother after she was fatally stabbed in what police are investigating as a femicide in Barrhaven. “How can you be okay? My mom just got taken away from me,” said 34-year-old Arya Farahani. “It’s not anything that I would hope on anybody. This is literally the worst-case scenario.” Ottawa police have charged 30-year-old Party Shah, Farahani’s younger brother, with second-degree murder and attempted murder following the attack on Ashbourne Crescent on April 23rd. Investigators allege Shah stabbed his mother Farnaz Farahani to death and seriously injured his grandmother Nezhat Lashgari. The allegations have not been proven in court. In an emotional interview, the victim’s eldest son described the moment he learned what had happened. Farahani was on his way to an appointment when he received calls from police detectives asking to speak in person. But it was a friend who shared the news, telling him to pull his car ove...

One day at my old job I told my coworker that the night before I had gone to a restaurant and when I walked in I noticed that everybody was Kung Fu fighting. He mentioned that it must have been really frightening. I responded that it was almost as frightening as his mom's ass. He neither agreed with nor refuted my assessment.  

Bijan Robinson is an American professional football running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL. Contrary to popular belief he is not of Iranian lineage. He was named by his mother after the Iranian fashion designer Bijan Pakzad.  “I embrace the beauty of all women,” Bijan (the fashion designer) said in 2000, sitting in his lush penthouse office across the street from his Rodeo Drive boutique, which was undergoing a $10 million renovation. His recent ad featured a high-heeled, nude Bella and fully clothed Mr. Bijan. The lush Latin colors and the interplay between the two were meant to represent the great paintings from the masters. Bijan had a $1 million budget for the print campaign and submitted the ads to magazines from Elle to Town and Country. All, though they regularly accept his advertisements, refused to publish them. Bijan said he called them and asked whether it was because the model was too heavy. “They said, ‘No, no, no,’ ” he said. 

I once explained to someone how ever since I was young I enjoyed racing. I would normally participate in foot races but would also challenge people to bike races. I would normally such races and boast about it, ruthlessly rubbing it in my opponent's face. The person I was speaking to was not impressed and claimed I was racist.  

Leyla Milani is an Iranian model, actress, TV host and fashion designer. She was born in Iran and moved to Toronto when she was 4 years old. She is best known to TV game show audiences as Briefcase Model #13 on the NBC game show Deal or No Deal. She was also active in the wrestling field. Her most notable moment in the Diva Search was a wardrobe malfunction about two weeks into the program. Aside from her modeling, wrestling, and acting gigs, Leyla is also involved in the fashion world. She has her own line of hair extensions called "Milani Hair". She is married to Iranian entrepreneur, real estate investor and author, Manny Khoshbin.

When I was 14 I was walking through Tajrish Bazaar. There was one sports shop that always had soccer pictures. I noticed this time that they had a sports encyclopedia which had Zico on its cover. Although it wasn't specifically for soccer I took an interest anyway. The price was a steep 120 tomans which I quickly paid before having a chance to change my mind. I began reading and rereading through the soccer parts of it like a regular book. It enabled me to learn alot about past and present soccer players (up till the 1982 World Cup), clubs and stadiums, particularly British ones.  

Adrian Pasdar is an Iranian film, television, and voice actor.  "My father is a plastic surgeon. Both my parents are my heroes. They were able to have a dream and realize it is young. My mother is of Russian origin and father of Iran. They managed to come to the U.S. my father was surgeon in Iran, but when he arrived in America, they announced that he could not exercise. He asked them to pass exams. He had to take tests for a week while he was still learning English. They tried to trap him but he got 100% success. He's a genius, he taught me a lot of compassion."  In 2010 Pasdar was pulled over shortly before 3 a.m. after officers saw his Ford F-150 truck doing 94 mph and straddling two lanes on Interstate 405. The 44-year-old actor was booked for investigation of driving under the influence of alcohol. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says he was taken to county jail and released on $15,000 bail.  

During Christmas break of 1993 one day as I was driving to my job at Burger King and fiddling through the stations the Iranian song "Niloofar" started playing. A few days later at home while going through the TV channels I came across the movie "شاید وقتی دیگر". I realized that both the TV and radio stations switched to Iranian programming during certain days and hours of the week. I wondered if it would expand beyond that. It didn't.  

When first meeting Omid Abtahi, you cannot help but to notice his infectious smile and kind eyes.  He may be soft spoken but is direct and clear with the message he sends as an actor.  For someone with so much talent, Omid is quite humble about where his career has been and where it is going. His gratitude hangs onto every statement he makes as well as his excitement and love for what he does.  Abtahi was born on July 12, 1979 in Tehran. At the age of five, he moved to Paris with his family, before again relocating to the United States, to Irvine, Orange County, California, when he was 10. " In 1984, our family immigrated to the US from Iran. Leaving our homeland was hard (especially for my parents) but I would not be who I am, I would not be where I am without their sacrifice." Abtahi voiced the character Mahmoud in the Family Guy episode "Turban Cowboy". In this episode, Mahmoud befriends Peter Griffin in the hospital, introduces him to Islam, and is later reveale...