When I think of "rice", I think of it as a basic food group, a staple that can be found in some quantity in every home imaginable. Just one cup of the little granules from a huge bag can feed a family for days.
Not so much anymore.
According to The New York Sun, areas that were once thought to be the breadbasket of the world (let alone the nation) are now crying poor in the rice department.
Unless you've been in hiding, I'm pretty sure that you're well aware of the eight students from Lakeland, FL that have been charged with kidnapping and battery, among other charges, for their collective attack on a fellow student. Although the media has covered many aspects of the story, I still have one question.
Where were these teenagers' parents?
In case you don't do so usually, I implore you to take a stroll down the magazine aisle of your local supermarket and examine the April cover of Vogue. On it, you will se a photograph of basketball's new superman Lebron James with his arm wrapped around the waist of upermodel Gisele Bundchen. Now, to all of us open-minded people, this won't really phase you.
It's no secret that Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick of Detroit, Michigan is in deep trouble. He is now facing charges of perjury among other offenses after he was found out to have lied about an affair he had with his chief aide.
However, it's how he got caught that raised my eyebrows-he managed to get caught due to seizure of his text messages.
You've seen and heard it in many a television newscast or magazine article: Organic is in, baby!
