Armen Chakmakjian's Blog, page 26

Handwriting analysis…my personality…hmmmmm…..

I just did a handwriting analysis on a site called real simple. By writing "she sells seashells by the seashore" I was able to come up with the following about my personality:
Your writing slants to the right: You are open to the world around you and like to socialize with other people.
Size of [...:]

Process, McDonald's, My minimum wage job in High School

So over the last week my tuna mac & cheese casserole video got a massive number of hits.  This was due to a mention from much more popular, eloquent (and better looking) blogger than myself, Cheryl Phillips, on her blog The Daily Blonde who, based on an interchange that started because of my Steak Armeen [...:]

GM Chairman: He believes in "Strong Leadership"?

OK so I was listening to a GM press conference on CNBC this morning.  The CEO was updating the fact that there were going to be 4 products lines (Chevy, Buick, Caddy and GMC).  Awesome, sounds like the right mix.  Sounds like they can now focus.  He talked about the new products themselves going from [...:]

An ancient ritual…sort of…

So we've been picking grape leaves off the grapeless grape vine that my father gave me chutes of many years ago.   The leaves that come off of this vine, as opposed to your standard concord grape vine, are really really tender.  Great for making dolma and yalanchi.  Those are the hot and cold versions [...:]

I couldn't resist…here is what I've written of Book 2 so far…

I present the part of book 2 that I have written so far.  about 3000 words.   I have to get to 10000 words to put it up on Authonomy to start getting reviewed there.
Remember, book 1 is published on the Amazon Kindle and the Kindle for iPhone and available for purchase today..see the link [...:]

Book 2: starting to flesh it out a bit more

So I start with a letter about Pascal and his time from Pascal's son to his grandson. It recounts the characters from the first book and then explains the tricky relationship between Pascal, Prince Consort and Lord of Naerius and leaves off with a "let me recount the first mission I went on your [...:]

OK enough…

So last week, I had an emotional moment.  Ed died, Farrah died, Michael died.  (Sorry Billy Mays, no visceral reaction for you).   I felt for a moment that the 1970s had died all at once.  I got all choked up, not because of them in particular, but because it conjured up all kinds of [...:]

The Armenian National Anthem

sung by the students of St. Stephen’s Armenian Elementary School of Watertown, MA Tonight was the graduation ceremonies for my nephew and their rendition of “mer hayrenik” was quite moving so I thought I’d share it. http://ping.fm/JkoLP
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Lasagna (a possible recipe)

1 Box Lasagna Noodles (pick a brand)
1 lb of lean ground beef
a few cloves of garlic (to your tolerance)
olive oil
2 28oz cans from crushed tomatoes
Some fennel (maybe 2 pinches)
Salt
Pepper
Oregano
Basil
Cayenne Pepper
1 big jug of Ricotta Cheese
1 egg
about a 1/4 cup of dry parsley
brick of Mozzarella Cheese
Parmesan Cheese
Sauce making hint:  I don’t give exact amounts of spices [...:]

Reviews of my book…

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