http://chickenandrice.org suicide prevention through delicious Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:12:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Chicken and rice are good staple foods, some might even say delicious.  But what dear readers can take these foods so common and make them transcend mere sustenance?  Spices?  No.  An Excellent cook?  No.  A delicious meal requires a companion.  A companion to compliment the subtle flavors and really bring ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/30/time-to-bring-some-class-to-this-blog/ The euphemistic word for my family is "blended". This is of course polite code for "assembled from the bleeding wreckage of several other families", which turns out to be really a wonderful thing -- we now stick together so hard that my little sister's boyfriend is even more intimidated than ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/28/cake-for-breakfast/ Do you ever ask a waiter for a suggestion at a restaurant, and then completely ignore him and order something different? Its almost as if you were looking for justification for one of your previous choices--its not that you really cared what his opinion was, you just wanted to have ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/28/upon-the-edge-of-a-swordfish/ When I was young, I wanted to be a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle. I'm sure that I was not alone in this fantasy, as many of you may have shared in my adoration of our reptilian protectors. Really, what was not to love? True to their name, ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/23/as-delicious-as-my-childhood-dreams/ http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/12/the-last-word-yet-unspoken/ There are many signs that a recipe is totally infallible. Among the best of these is the following: it calls for three times as much sugar as flour, and it calls for four times as much chocolate as sugar (which, for the mathematically inclined, does in fact mean twelve times ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/10/too-much-of-a-good-thing-is-wonderful/ [caption id="attachment_144" align="alignnone" width="104" caption="episode 3"][/caption] In life, we are on occasion asked to take on a cause bigger than ourselves. Today, chicken and rice learn that taking on a cause is just as important as the cause itself. http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/09/episode-3-causes/ http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/04/pie-for-the-ages/ Whether or not pie is qualified or ready to lead America is not the question we should be asking ourselves at this time.  We should be asking ourselves if Pie's vision of America is truly one we can believe in. "Stop the wars, the violence, the bloodshed, the hate, ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/02/is-this-the-future-of-america/ The long anticipated emergence of self-awareness in a man made phenomenon occurred this Friday when the NYSE suddenly developed sentience. Although many skeptics have long scoffed at the possibility of such an occurrence, the proof is now indisputable. Traders were going about their daily business, when the lights momentarily flickered. "We ... http://chickenandrice.org/2008/11/01/new-york-stock-exchange-becomes-self-aware/