Rice + drained can of tuna + a little lime juice = yum. I also like rice + cheese, no additional protein. Dad has always been big on making a big pot of rice (or other grain, but often rice) and whatever proteins are lying around and any veggies that have to be used up. Perhaps the dominant form of the many dishes he refers to as "poverty food"

I had Popeyes for lunch because I was resenting the annual "Health Fair" at work. Included red beans and rice, now that I think about it. Because it's practically Monday

We've had the tuna packets on sale for $1 so I bought a bunch. I bought some microwave rice packets on clearance when we were getting rid of them so I am taking what I have left of those to keep in my locker. Then I just have to grab some cheese and salsa in the morning to have something. Until my rice packets run out.

The Check Engine light in the work car is indeed the Camshaft sensor going off -- but it might only be the sensor itself that needs replaced. Reliable garage is checking it out.

I had a longish ride and a wait, so I left the van parked and walked to a hardware store. It turns out that they didn't have any smoke alarms that weren't either hard-wired or with a 10-year lithium battery, and they ran about $35!!! I know it's been a while since I bought one (more than ten years, for sure) but geeze, that's expensive.

I also like rice + cheese, no additional protein.

Rice and cheese = good. Rice and cheese with a couple of eggs cooked over-hard = good. Rice and cheese with shredded rotisserie chicken = good. Basically, rice and cheese can do no wrong.

It’s true.

Car~ma, Theo! I have no sense at all what smoke alarms should cost. I’m like Lucille Bluth in this specific instance

Laura that’s interesting and good to hear, about your son! My friend I’m staying with for the week was skeptical this morning when she heard the pick, but after listening to his speech tonight was fired up for Walz. My sister went to the speech, since she lives in Philly! She said it was great.

I went to speed dating tonight. It was really a bust, but I mostly went to support my friend. Wouldn’t have hated if there were cute girls though! Sadly, only one really, and not enough connection there to try to stay in touch or anything long distance. Friend didn’t have much luck either, so we stopped and got cookies on the way home to console ourselves.

Honestly the combo if rice + protein + cheese and I'm happy.

Academically this meal pattern is known as "core, fringe, legume" and is the most common meal pattern worldwide!

One of the news stories I read yesterday, someone commented Walz is your grandfather/father/uncle if he hadn't gone MAGA and you could talk to him.

If he can keep a lunch room from imploding, he can deal with republicans.

Mmm, stuff in a bowl.

Academically this meal pattern is known as "core, fringe, legume" and is the most common meal pattern worldwide!

That is so cool.

Askye, are you using alarms or medication reminders? The latter must be dismissed manually, so they would stay on your home screen all day until you take them. The trick, of course, is to keep the reminders up to date and not ignore them.

I like Walz, what little I have seen of him.

Walz kind of blindsided me, I was expecting a more prominent pick like Kelly or Shapiro. But I suppose my complete lack of awareness of him means there are no scandals or problematic policy stances waiting to hamstring us in October, and what I've read of his political positions sounds very good. I assume Harris' campaign knows what they're doing.

We found out this weekend that the ankle pain my mom was feeling wasn't arthritis or a pulled muscle, but a fracture of her tibia. She's in a walking boot and I'll be driving her and doing her grocery shopping for the next couple of months. Concerning that it happened without an obvious injury to cause it, but I'll take it over a broken hip any day.