Kory Hamzeh's Home Page

Welcome to my home page!

Thanks for visiting my web page. My name is Kory Hamzeh. I am a computer software programmer.

I'm married to Pearl Bergman, and we have two daughters Ashley and Tess.

We left Los Angeles in the Summer of 2003 and moved to Billings, MT which are where we are right now. I just love it out here. I couldn't take L.A. any more, although I miss my friends back in L.A.. Here is typical Montana sunset. I shot this picture from our front deck.

I have been working in the computer field since 1981. I started as mostly a hardware engineer, but over the past 20 years, I have been working on strictly software. Since 1992, I have started my own consulting firm, Avatar Consultants, which specializes in Internet transport software design, such an IP routing, bridging, PPP, SNMP, etc.

My wife Pearl, runs The Old Age Metaphysical Country Store. It is a retail and online gift and book store tailored with a metaphysical flair.

My hobbies include playing guitar, ham radio, home shop machining, target shooting, photography, and astronomy. I used to own a Miata which I had done extensive modification to. I've since sold the car but I've keep the page around since it still gets a lot of traffic.

In the fall of 2003, I bought a Hardinge HLV-H Toolroom at an auction which I restored over this winter of 03. My name interest is building internal combustion engines, and hopefully one day to build a small jet engine.

My brother, Fari Hamzei, has done some very interesting work in Real-Time Options as a predictive tool. The accuracy is uncanny! You can see his web site at Hamzei Analytics.

A Mother’s Prayer for the World

My mother, Khadijeh Elahi Taleghani — a mother, a teacher, and an inspiration to all who knew her -- wrote this magnificent prayer in the last year of her life while visiting Iran to fulfill her gravely ill mother’s last wish. After a severe stroke in April, she was brought back to the U.S. by air ambulance and, while still in coma, she died on July 4, 1998--her day of “independence” from this life. My brother, Fari Hamzei, who read this prayer at her eulogy, translated this moving piece for FaithHopeandFiction. We are honored to share the wisdom and inspiration of this poetic prayer.

O God, the Merciful:

Grant us a morsel of Your Eternal Peace, and

Grant us enough strength so we can love our enemy;

So we can forgive those who unleash their sharp tongues at us

So when in doubt, we can employ our faith to help us

So in our time of despair, we can become hopeful

So in depth of darkness, we become a source of light

And in face of pain and misery, we can remain optimistic.

O God, the Merciful:

Help and guide us so we can always rush to help others.

Keep us from waiting for others to help us,

Never expecting others to love us for our assistance.

Let us love others and always acknowledge that

Love gives birth to love,

Forgiveness brings forgiveness, and

Eternal Life is granted to those who sacrifice themselves for others.

O God, the Merciful:

Grant us the honor to serve You and thank You endlessly,

So when we are with the dearest of our dear ones,

When our existence depends on their existence,

Like a mountain, we are strong and unmoved.

And yet in an instant of their need,

We are full of surge like a small river.

Amen.

Khadijeh Elahi Taleghani

1931-1998