Easy Chicken Masala

Easy Chicken Masala
4 boneless, skinless chicken breast portions
2 tbs olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
2 tbs chopped garlic
3 tbs garam masala
1 15 oz can crushed tomatoes
3/4 cup light coconut milk
1/2 cup cream of chicken soup
Dice chicken and brown in olive oil. Remove from pan and set aside. Saute onion and garlic until softened; add [...]

Mission unaccomplished?

The Bush administration rewrites history.

Isn’t that why we blog?

Talking about a negative emotion, even as inconsequentially as giving the feeling a name, can ease the pangs of sadness and anger, a study published in Psychological Science concludes.
From Reuters:
[Los Angeles researcher Matthew Lieberman] and colleagues scanned the brains of 30 people — 18 women and 12 men between 18 and 36 — [...]

Where did that fish sandwich come from?

As if the $177.5 billion trade deficit weren’t bad enough, now we have to worry about the safety of imports from China. First it was pet food. Then it was toothpaste, followed by toys, followed by tires. Now it’s something near and dear to my heart: seafood. The [...]

I’m not old as long as these guys are playing

From ESPN:
It was expected to be old-timers’ day in the major leagues on Wednesday, when a record seven pitchers in their 40s were scheduled to start. Until Mother Nature interfered.
The New York Yankees’ Roger Clemens (44), Philadelphia’s Jamie Moyer (44), San Diego’s Greg Maddux (41), the New York Mets’ Tom Glavine (41), Houston’s Woody Williams [...]

Chocolate Cake

Meredith found this one the other day when we were out of sour cream for my usual chocolate cake recipe. I now have a new favorite. It tastes like an extra moist Hostess Cupcake.

Chocolate Cake
2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup fair trade cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp [...]

Purple America

Cool animated map showing how America voted from 1960-2004. Pay particular attention to the shift in the south. Blue = Democrat, Red = Republican, Green = Other.

Who is entitled to vote?

Who should be allowed to vote? That question has haunted the US from the inception of the Constitution. In 1787, only white males over the age of 21 had the right. The 15th Amendment, in 1870, added African-American men to the voting pool. In 1920 the 19th Amendment granted suffrage to [...]

Blame it on Shakespeare

These cliches were once fresh … in the 16th century.

green eyed monster
hot-blooded

more sinned against than sinning
strange bedfellows

wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
pitched battle

clothes make the man

method in his madness

to thine own self be true

towering passion

Read more words and phrases coined by The Bard.

Need to know only should apply

I remember when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) passed in 2003. My pharmacist gave me a written copy of the pharmacy’s privacy policy, and the store put a tape line 10 feet back from the cash register so that those behind me in the queue couldn’t listen in on my discussions [...]

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