http://www.comedychicken.com/blog You were not hired for your brains, you hippopotamic land mass! Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have often mocked the heating of plates but this New York Times article says that it's great, as well as giving a few other hints about the use of heat in the kitchen "the secret ingredient." Image by Rob Surreal  http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2008/01/apparently-heating-plates-is-a-good-thing/ and who's hazel?? i swear Rihanna's singing "Hazel's got the music" Who is Hazel Why does she have the music? What are her intentions with the music?? Mhairi thinks I'm nuts but the guys in the office agree. UPDATE: I'm not alone!!! http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2008/01/hazels-got-the-music/ Following on my theme of randomness, I came across this image in my temporary files and felt the need to share.  I have always been a great fan of MC Hammer (who's blogging now, by the way) and I still have a tape of one of his albums  My ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2008/01/random-image/ Okay, so I may not be quite right on the scoreline but I'm not far off.  In the world-famous game of Helensburgh Longball, my team (Sean, David, Toby and I) utterly squashed Mhairi's team.  I will admit that the vast majority of the score is down to the others ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2008/01/54-13/ My family was always about words and stories. I remember from a very early age having story tapes with songs and books to read along. The first "grown up" audiobook i remember hearing was Trial Run by one of my favourite authors, Dick Francis (maybe one of ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/08/audio-books-from-where/ Parent Hacks is asking about putting your keyboard in a dishwasher. I'd heard something like that and decided to do it once with a keyboard at work.  I popped of all the keys and washed them individually, then I stuck the keyboard in the sink and had a go. I let ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/08/keyboards-in-a-diswasher/ I have been accused, by those in certain quarters, of being a very random person. Anybody who looks at this blog for more than a couple of minutes will probably agree. Well I was listening to the radio yesterday afternoon, in a semi-conscious way, and I heard something that ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/08/maybe-random-isnt-so-random/ Is there anything Christopher Walken can't do?? He can act, sing, dance and COOK?!?!? http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/07/a-true-renaissance-man/ You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 9/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/07/910-i-passed/ It's strange the things that stick in your memory. We used to have our holidays up in St Andrews while my parents helped out with the Scripture Union beach mission up there. I vividly remember when I was about 7 years old hearing Nik Kershaw sing "I ... http://www.comedychicken.com/blog/2007/07/wont-let-the-sun-go-down-on-me/