alebaster

@alebaster (57)

United States • Age 38

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment -- chop wood, carry water.

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What's the most unique flavor of tea that you've tried?

illustria @illustria (45) • United States 22 May 07

What's the most outlandish, strange, or unique tea flavor that you've come across? I've tried something called Creme Caramel: the tea tastes like custard! Anyone have any interesting tea experiences to share?

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alebaster I have some tea called Earl Grey de la Creme, and it's so sweet and creamy all by itself. I don't know how they do it.

25 May 07

favorite

dixie1 @dixie1 (1330) • United States 18 May 07

What is your favorite brand of coffee?

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coffee

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alebaster Fasig's is great for brewed -- they make a ridiculously good Irish creme. I like that "taster's choice" instant stuff, haven't had anything better than that.

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Do you know how to make your coffe more tasty?

easyzheng @easyzheng (666) • China 24 May 07

I have got used to drink coffee everyday for nearly ten years. But it's not until recently did I know how to make it more tastful. Besides coffee, coffeemate, milk and suger, you can put several drops of brandy into it. It tastes...

coffee

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alebaster I like throwing cinnamon, nutmeg, cocoa or tea (!) in with the grounds before I make a pot.

25 May 07

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LCD versus CRT monitor

omboi_ecarma @omboi_ecarma (12) 25 May 07

Which do you prefer LCD or CRT monitors? Is it true that CRT monitor have greater resolution than the LCD? For viewing purposes would you prefer the CRT over the LCD?

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alebaster LCDs also don't have eight pounds of lead in them!

25 May 07

what can i make? quick and easy meals...

joimarquez @joimarquez (1836) • United States 21 May 07

iM TIRED OF EATING OUT BUT I REALLY DONT KNOW HOW TO COOK, BUT IM TRYING TO. cAN ANYONE GIVE ME EASY-TO-DO RECIPES? oR ANY TIPS WOULD ALSO BE APPRECIATED.

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alebaster Peanut butter rice! Just boil two cups of rice in four cups of water, wait until the water's all gone, then throw some rice in a bowl and add lots of peanut butter. Also good with maple syrup or soy sauce.

21 May 07

Starbucks...

Texassulcatas @Texassulcatas (88) • United States 19 May 07

Do you think coffee drinking would be so popular if Starbucks was never introduced? I became a coffee drinker when I was in high school because it was popular to hang out at coffee houses. I wonder if there would be as many coffee...

coffee

popular

starbucks

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alebaster I don't think there would be fewer coffee drinkers if not for Starbucks -- fewer high-strung soccer moms, maybe.

19 May 07

What books are you currently reading?

okn0tok @okn0tok (569) • United States 8 May 07

I am reading way to many at once: FICTION: The Devil wears Prada Memoirs of a Geisha NONFICTION: Ask the Rabbi The bedside Torah The Jewish Wedding

books

jewish wedding

reading

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alebaster That's a lot of books! I'm reading Perfect Dark: Second Front. It's based on a video game and reads more like an action movie than a novel, which I guess isn't a bad thing.

18 May 07

What kind of books that you like to read?

lovelyvon @lovelyvon (75) • United States 11 May 07

Reading is one of my favorite hobby, i really like to read a book which is true to life stories, but all of my friends dont like to read it, they are preffer to read a novel which is a love story, so im just wondering, are you one...

reading

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alebaster I love, really can't get enough of cyberpunk fiction.

18 May 07

Does anybody KNOW HOW to get CARAMEL out of CAT HAIR??

texasclassygal @texasclassygal (5305) • United States 18 May 07

So my beautiful all white cat has seemed to gotten in my goodie bag last night where I had chocolate carmels for the children and he got it all over his tail, I have tried using soap and water to get it out, but it is still so...

cats

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alebaster Shave it? Really, that's all I can think of. It'll grow back quickly.

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Reading several books at once

shyviolet @shyviolet (126) • United States 14 May 07

Does anyone else do this? I am generally never reading less than 3 or 4 books at any one time. It seems a lot of people think it's weird, but I've always done that...I have to be working on reading several at once. so how many of...

reading

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alebaster I never have much luck reading two books at the same time. I tend to lose the subtlety and the nuance of one book when I start reading another one at the same time.

18 May 07

Does factory sound noisy and dirty to you?

roshnichaudhary @roshnichaudhary (1160) • United States 25 Feb 07

The factory I have worked in was very noisy and dirty. However office was ok but still affected . what about your experience?

factory

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alebaster I hate factories, but I've learned to live with them. It seems like they are always noisy and dirty, no matter what.

18 May 07

LAN, WAN and WLAN

juntoboy @juntoboy (612) • Indonesia 21 Apr 07

i'm newbie in networking but i want to be a network enginer. for 1st learning i want to make a wlan in my town. please tell me what i doing for this.

networking

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alebaster You said that it's a WLAN in your town? I assume you mean a few computers, connected wirelessly, in different buildings. That's really just getting a router, plus a wireless access point, hooking up wireless cards to the workstations, maybe getting Cantennas...

18 May 07

what's your favorite episode from the simpsons?

anvivi @anvivi (42) • Philippines 17 May 07

What's your favorite the simpsons episode? I have so much favorite episodes, I can't remember any of them! But I love the Christmas Episode where Bart, Lisa and their classmates were stuck in their school and Homer tries to save...

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alebaster The one where George HW Bush moves to Springfield. "I'll ruin you like a Japanese banquet!"

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Any one drink Speciality Teas, like Earl Grey etc?

hezoid @hezoid (2144) 17 May 07

There are so many types of tea available these days, green teas, herbal teas, fruit teas, speciality teas (like Earl Grey, Assaam, Darjeeling etc) and of course just normal tea. Speciality teas don't often get a mention, even...

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alebaster I love Gunpowder green tea -- it's green tea with its leaves rolled up into little pellets. They expand when you pour the hot water over them, and look quite nice at the bottom of the mug.

18 May 07

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What are good and bad points of using computers?

reaperz @reaperz (1266) • United States 15 May 07

Really, i can't find no bad points for using a computer besides addiction. The good points, well.... there are alot of them! You can do anything on the computer nowadays. Talk, play games and finding information! What do you think...

computers

laptops

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alebaster Well, carpal tunnel and similar injuries are quite common, and if you don't use proper posture it's easy to injure your wrists and/or back. If you're constantly on a computer, your social skills probably slip. It's often harder to concentrate on something for...

18 May 07

xp or vista?

joimarquez @joimarquez (1836) • United States 16 May 07

WHICH DO YOU PREFER? I ve heard alot of complaints about vista and my friend is discouraging me to upgrade my xp to vista. If youre a user of xp and vista can u tell me there PROS AND CONS....thanx.

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alebaster Windows XP has been refined into a very stable, reliable OS for just about any job you could need it to do. It may be many months before anyone can say that about Vista.

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What do you think of the book?

andylest @andylest (54) • Brazil 29 Jan 07

For me it is an amazing experience each time I take it to read again (already read 5 times), always "getting" something new I let go through before... The whole AI thing, everything is just incredible. And althought things don't...

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alebaster Even more amazing is that Gibson knew almost nothing about computers when he wrote it. In fact, he didn't even use one until Mona Lisa Overdrive. I do love this book, but it could have used some humor. The whole thing is almost too bleak, too dour, too...

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