Absolute Random Nonsense

Callahan stood outside the supermarket, trying to catch his breath as he gathered his thoughts together.   He would go in and look for her and once he found her, he would give her the 7 cents and apologize for the delay.   In case she were not there, he would ask when her next shift was and return promptly.   Callahan marched in. It took some time before Callahan managed to pace the entire store, but eventually it became clear to him that the girl in question was not there.   Callahan stood in the middle of an isle, with a puzzled look on his face, thinking what he should do next.   From the corner of his eye he could detect the motion of other blurry figures passing by, occasionally picking up an item from a shelf.   Callahan continued staring ahead, beginning to actually enjoy this out of focus view.   However, not before long, one of such silhouettes came and stood next to him and refused to budge.   Callahan felt obliged to break his stare...

Mahsa Tehrani was on CNN. A native of Northern Virginia, completed her undergraduate studies and medical school at the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. With her special interest in wellness, prevention, and immune system health, she obtained a Masters in Biophysics, Complementary & Alternative Medicine from Georgetown University. She later completed her 3-year internal medicine and subsequent 2-year rheumatology fellowship at GW. Dr. Tehrani obtained additional musculoskeletal ultrasound diagnostic and therapeutic certification in this field raises awareness on important rheumatologic conditions regularly and opened the first rheumatology group practice in Tysons Corner with her colleague, Dr. Mahnaz Momeni, in 2015. "We immigrated to the US from Iran when I was 4 years old and have never been able to go back…My wish is to one day be able to freely visit my birth country."

When I was younger one of the ways people would calm down a crying baby was to tell it that they would kill its mother.  

Deborah Baharestani was on the People's Court. She had withheld payment for AC maintenance as the unit leaked and ruined her ceiling. The AC company was fault liable although she was still required to pay some of the cost.  

When I first heard Bon Jovi's "Born to Be My Baby" in 1989 I would have sworn under oath that the line "Buckle up baby, it's a bumpy ride" contained two f-bombs.  

You may have seen Tia Zakher's face on your TikTok For You Page recently — the 22-year-old influencer has gone viral alongside the controversial "Caveman" skincare routine. What does that mean exactly? According to New York-based board-certified dermatologist Dr. Rachel Nazarian, the Stone Age-inspired trend is simply a term for "skincare neglect." "It's where you do nothing to your skin, including avoidance of washing, moisturizing, sunscreen, anything at all," she tells PEOPLE, which is what Zakher, 22, has been doing and gaining attention for online. Nazarian believes that Zakher's skin could be experiencing an intense version of this. "It's a classic example of what happens when you neglect skin and let nature overrun your face and leave inflammation unchecked." The remaining question is if resorting to the trend safe. Nazarian doesn't entirely cosign on the approach and encourages anyone looking to downsize their ski...

Somehow I was introduced to World Cup soccer cards which contained a picture and information for each country such as number of participations in a World Cup, number of games played in a World Cup, number of goals scored, number of goal received and total points. I did not realize that the numbers were all cumulative since the first World Cup in 1930 and assumed they were all from the last World Cup in 1978. Kamran unsuccessfully tried to reason with me that it was impossible for a country to gain more than 14 points in a World Cup as at most they would play seven games with two points for every win. A player would pick one of the categories on the card and  the higher number would win the round (except if goals received were selected where the lower numbers were desirable). The game would continue until one player completely ran out of cards. Using the cards, I had learned that Brazil and West Germany were two of the best cards to have while Tunisia was a joker in the pack as a ...

Tesla has reportedly fired top executive Omead Afshar, a close aide to Elon Musk, days before its second quarter ends.  Afshar, known for overseeing sales and manufacturing in Europe and North America, was also involved in major projects like the Texas Gigafactory and Twitter layoffs. His exit follows multiple leadership changes amid falling sales. Tesla’s European deliveries dropped nearly 28% in May, while China sales fell 15%. As Tesla shifts focus to AI and robotaxis, analysts await second-quarter results and Musk’s next executive appointments.  An American citizen born to Iranian parents, Afshar studied biomedical engineering with a focus on mechanical engineering at the University of California, Irvine. An American citizen born to Iranian parents, Afshar studied  .. Read more at: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/122103380.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst An American citizen born to Iranian parents, Afshar stud...

In the mid 80s I was taught about light and shadows and subsequently umbra and penumbra. It reminded me of Bugenhagen in The Omen whose name I actually thought was Hogan Bogan.

In 2019 Nazanin Vaseghpanah won the award for best Swedish female futsal player. She was born in Karaj to Iranian parents in 1987, but her family emigrated to Sweden when she was two years old. Initially a footballer, she played for Reymersholms at 18, but at the age of 32, in futsal, she was named the Falcao Stockholm Player of the Year. "Most of my life has been spent in Stockholm," she says. "My two football-loving brothers made me play from the age of five. I scored a lot since I was a child and even in a match where we scored 12 goals, I scored all the goals alone. Everyone said I would become something." Despite having two children and being employed, Vaseghpanah still plays futsal at the international level. "Because of playing for Sweden, I can no longer play for the Iranian national team," she says. “I really wanted to play for my country. The older you get, the more you realize that you have to serve your country."

In the mid 80s some people wore red jumpsuits. Others wore ski boots. Some wore both.   

Seyedmajid Seyedali received a text over the weekend telling him to report to the federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Monday with his wife and 4-year-daughter, said the family's lawyer, Kaveh Ardalan. Thinking it was a routine visit, the family of three left their dog at home. But when they arrived, they were taken to the basement and arrested despite having an asylum hearing scheduled for September, Ardalan said. They were transferred to a detention facility in Texas, where Seyedali's wife is on a hunger strike, he said. Ardalan said he has at least five Iranian clients who are seeking asylum and were arrested recently. He also has clients from Honduras and Venezuela with pending asylum cases who are now in ICE custody.

Stacey was a nurse so Kurt knew she would be able to give him a pretty good idea of how critical it was. On the other hand her knowledge of medical jargon could make her words seem foreign to Kurt. “He’s sustained two injuries. The first one was right on impact, his brain was shaken around pretty badly. It might have even rotated and perhaps nerve fibers were stretched and veins and arteries might have torn too. The second one is an open wound where the skull broke. The brain is exposed in that area. He was probably hit by some kind of sharp object during the collision.” Stacey unsuccessfully tried to disguise a horrifying yelp that she let out. “It's possible the area around the wound is undamaged. He might be facing long-term disabilities. He’s lost a lot of blood and his blood pressure has really dropped from the trauma. He’s really weakened by the blood loss. Plus there’s the loss of oxygen to the brain. The damage may be catastrophic. And then there’s infection…” “When w...