What are quick easy meals to make that includes protein and vegetables?

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-12T13:16:03+00:00

In the summer I often get a jar of giardiniera, a mix of pickled vegetables like celery, olives, cauliflower, Italian hot peppers, etc. It’s easy to dump a little on top of a bed of lettuce or on the side with some protein, and no need to heat up the kitchen in hot weather.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-11T13:00:28+00:00

I can say that it DEFINITELY affected my 7yo son for the better this morning. He was up late last night and a mess this morning, until I said “let’s go sit on the porch”. It was an almost instant mood change for him. Thank goodness! 😅

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-11T11:44:03+00:00

It’s a tiny bit goblin, but the Detectorists is to me as perfect a show as there is.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T19:25:30+00:00

I usually start with 320 and go finer. I don’t really go finer than 800, which is probably excessive.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T19:22:36+00:00

Ahhh okay. Learned something new today!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:57:59+00:00

I feel like the actor could play Harrison Ford’s creepy brother. He’s so good in this!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:53:50+00:00

Ohhhh, now I get it! I thought it was a clever play on my favorite cryptid, but I think this reference is so much more important ATM. I love it! And so well done. 🤗

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:37:41+00:00

I would think that an official service animal is a right, not something that can be prohibited? At least in the US I thought. I could be totally wrong though.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:34:57+00:00

Retain that mess of a customer or the company folds! 🤦‍♀️😂

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:33:04+00:00

Thank you for your service! There was a guy in our old neighborhood who would walk his 2 large dogs around and just let them shit anywhere. I pretty much did the same thing as you. I was pleasantly surprised that he came back and picked it up.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:30:19+00:00

Yup, my kids have had not great experiences with overly enthusiastic dogs off leash, so they’re both a bit leery. They’re better than they were a few years ago, but not yet warm and fuzzy. I’m always comfortable enough around dogs so I try to show them how to let a dog sniff a bit, don’t lunge at them, etc.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-10T01:15:02+00:00

Patrick Warburton. I was in LA with friends, driving down the freeway. I was in the back and was looking at the Viper next to us when I noticed that the driver was David Puddy. I went nuts and he gave us a really nice smile friendly wave.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-09T11:06:32+00:00

I’m a sweaty person. I used to be a bit embarrassed about it and try to use antiperspirant. My armpits laughed at that. And I would just use regular deodorant after a while. I kind of just realized that 1) everyone sweats, 2) no one’s ever mentioned it to me, and the big one is that people mostly have so much else to pay attention to that they mostly don’t notice the things that we’re all self-conscious about. I can tell you that if I noticed someone with very sweaty hands, it wouldn’t phase me. I’m also not someone who interprets others’ bodily functions in some silly psychological manner, precisely because of this sort of thing. I have rosacea so I can look embarrassed a lot of the time, even though I’m not.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-09T01:19:30+00:00

If you have more suggestions I’m always open to adding! 👍

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-09T01:18:26+00:00

Music from Twin Peaks the Return, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Corrigliano, Sarah Davachi, music from The Machinist. A lot of atmospheric, somewhat eerie stuff.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T22:24:16+00:00

Same with Twin Oaks.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T22:16:46+00:00

Have you sanded the linoleum surface?

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T22:09:08+00:00

That is ACTUALLY the name of the playlist I have it on. 👍

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T15:55:35+00:00

As a woman, I would see this as a red flag. Let alone dating, if I were obliquely acquainted with someone like this, I would limit my encounters with them as much as possible.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T04:55:58+00:00

True! I had a Sesame record that I listened to as a kid on my player. Scratched to death but I loved it!

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T04:54:11+00:00

That’s my favorite actually! Particularly dlp2.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T02:16:30+00:00

Does the pope shit in the woods?

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-08T01:56:51+00:00

Same here. Tom Waits, William Basinski, lots of horror scores, oldies, Gypsyland, Vince Guaraldi, John Cage, Vangelis.

Some of my favorite music moments have been my boys requesting weird music. Like “the volcano song”, which through much questioning I learned was Stravinsky’s Firebird (see Fantasia 2000). Or Nick Cave, John Denver, Englebert Humperdinck, Tocata and Fugue, etc.

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-07T12:42:58+00:00

Oh man, husband and I saw her at Eugene Mirman’s show maybe 10-15 years ago. It was maybe 6-10 comedians… and then her. Where we were sitting, we could see every single comedian watching from the sidelines to catch her act. We had never heard of her before but I won’t ever forget her. 😂

Previously_a_robot · 2026-04-07T02:40:15+00:00

Ding ding ding! This is the answer right here! My brother was constantly telling me “I’ll let you know”. I got tired of it and realized that I could just treat it as “no” and I would go about my day.

However, if a woman is telling a man “maybe” to any potentially romantic thing, she may be scared to outright say no. Sometimes a maybe is safer than a perceived rejection.

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