Ask TOMBOT

;_;

fine, i will go start my own "ask elmo" thread even tho no one asks me shit anytime

TOMBOT i need something new to listen to? what is it?

Mr. Plains: because I am a take-no-shit professional, and I have been around forever.

Hmm. I'm not sure if I like the implications of this answer.

I thought ladybugs was a good suggestion

tombot, where should i move:

somewhere cheaper in LA, SF, or back to RI?

I have seen firsthand the results of a ladybug infestation inside a house and it's not pretty. I kind of don't recommend it? Also they start to smell funny and stinky/astringent in large numbers/when dead/when sucked into a vacuum and pulverized.

i thought they were lucky

oh right laurel i peed in your house :\

Mr. Justen: I recommend the "Juice" OST.

Remy: Stick it out in LA. I was going to say take a leave of absence of sorts and go back home but then realized I should preach what I practice and stop trying to live vicariously through people who ask me for advice.

awww

S. Successor calls ladybugs "venereal bugs".

my old lady bought a buncha ladybugs for her garden--they all flew away a day later. still a good idea though

i don't have a garden

put them in a cage on the back of your bike and release them next time you go on a long ride

Dear Tombot,

I'm repainting a house and have free rein for the most part (getting it ready to sell). As a prospective buyer/renter, would you rather see a living room of '60s veneer wood panelling left as it was (dark), or would you prefer the panelling painted?

if you could buy $15 of LSD from amazon + $10 of ladybugs then maybe you'd have something

oh right laurel i peed in your house :\

-- A Ladybug, Thursday, January 17, 2008 9:23 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

i'd have....thousands of ladybugs tripping on acid. which would be fun, i guess!

Pete I'm confused: in Michigan?

yes laurel oh man im so embarrassed

You should really tell my mother. It would explain a lot about the cats' behavior in the attic.

ladybugs used to invade my old office at my last job every october. there would literally THOUSANDS of them in the walls and ceilings and light fixtures. it was pretty gross.

i think i would let ladybugs swarm me

the live ones i didn't mind, the dead ones baking in the overhead light fixtures were pretty gross though.

tom, u know that someone putting up w you and you loving someone are different, right?? u deserve it all

tombot why did you ban heave ho again?

milo: I would rather see it as-is, so that I may paint it myself if I so desire, but I am weird. Any room with dark walls is generally considered a liability by realtors. If I were in the position of the painter, as you are, I wouldn't bother, because I'm a lazy guy.

pete, thank you, bro. sometimes I need to be reminded.

chaki, I wasn't the one who finally dropped the hammer, but I fully agreed with the decision. He abuses ILX to further his own schemes and his stalking of several regular posters led to a series of complaints after each of which I warned his ass. three strikes.

but he came back and was banned again today. thats what i was referring to.

Tom, pancakes or waffles.

(And to keep it in our local tradition.)

Stella or Hoegaarden?

tombot why is itunes suddenly only playing nick lowe every 3rd song or so?

chaki: in all honesty I could not give a bad fuck about heave ho getting rebanned, one way or the other. I know he was still up to his same old shit on HTML Playground, which I tried my best to understand but really using ILX to play SEO games is no different from comment spam.

Mrs. nixed: Waffles and Hoegaarden.

chi-kev: I tried to fix it for you, did it take?

tombot:

can you come to hawaii and do a youtube version of ask tombot?

-gr8080

tom, playing the goodies "sophisticated boom boom" now. i let you know in two more songs.

gr8080, I may get real paid but unfortunately all my time off for the near future is already booked solid, I can certainly make that into one of my personal goals.

I don't think Heave Ho was REALLY SEO spamming

Dear El Tomboto,

Have you ever been ice-fishing?

nick

dear el tom,
when i move countries i may or may not take my shitty laptop. how do i get/what is best way to get all the stuff off my computer so i can put it onto another? i KNOW i'm computer-retarded, but this is a serious question so do not mock.

~RR

Mr. alicious: No, and I have no interest in ever doing so, it seems like a tiny slice of hell.

RR: take your shitty laptop with you, you can plug laptops into just about anything. If you need to copy things or back shit up, burn some CD-ROMs.

tombot, the ten (the movie) y/n?

the trailer is better than the film, which I realized was inevitable as soon as I saw the trailer.

ok thanks tom

I know this isn't Ask Nickalicious thread but,

Jordan,

The movie is terrible...don't watch!

too late, i already like it!!

i think it's going to benefit from rewatching a la wet hot american summer.

tom, you once posted a simple recipe to fry a steak and i cannot find it. please help.

seasoning rub:

1 part kosher salt / coarse ground sea salt
1 part coarse ground black pepper
1 part garlic powder / granulated garlic
1 part parsley flakes
dash cayenne or other hot red pepper to taste

put a dime of oil in your pan and cover the frying surface with it - doesn't take much - you can also spritz it with pam if that's what you got

mix up the seasonings in a little bowl and sprinkle a pinch or two on the steak. rub it across the meat, flip it over, sprinkle a pinch on the other side, rub it in again. let the steak sit for a bit while you heat up the pan - about five minutes will give the juices time to rise to the surface (this is what happens whenever raw meat and coarse salt hang out)

depending on how you like your steak and how thick it is you'll want to give it 2.5 to 4 minutes on each side once it's in the pan. I generally eyeball it, I like mine medium rare. High heat is important so you get a nice seared crust on each side.

for a bonus, as soon as you get the steak out of the pan, pour some red win in the pan and turn the heat down to medium, then throw in some chopped fresh mushrooms or a little bit of diced onions or whatever to make a sauce.

let me know if you run into any trouble.

Is misanthropy bad for your blood pressure?

no. high blood pressure, ulcers, kidney stones et al. are largely caused by acquired parasites and inherited factors. Shingles remains the only "stress disease" I have ever contracted, and misanthropy was not a factor at that time. In fact, I should say that my high anger floor, properly managed, is one of the things keeping me healthy and alive, because why should I get sick or die when all you fucking morons are walking around breathing my fucking air?

thanks tom!

doesn't drinking affect bp?