JoJo - Plinky Answers

My money's on the bear

2009-03-09T19:08:04-06:00

Duh? Shark has one attack: bite. Bear has bite AND claw.

Don't say 'Effect' around me

2009-03-05T08:56:00-06:00

Effect
when you mean affect. GRRR.

Its
is the possessive form for It. (NOT it's!)

Separate
Learn how to spell it and never look the fool again.

Except
Why in the world do people confuse except with accept? It's (heh) a mystery to me.

Site
It's a web SITE, not a web sight, from which you may cite examples.

Y'all
What's wrong with just "you"? Nothing, that's what.

Ain't
Unless you're imitating (i.e. mocking) inferior English speakers, don't. Just don't.

Ask
The word is pronounced ask ... A SSSS K. Not axe, A SSSS K. If you have to practice a while by enlongating the S sound, I will admire your determination to correct your English.

Poorer but wiser aptly describes my handiness.

2009-03-03T15:34:16-06:00

I installed a new thermostat in my house.

Six months later I had to replace my five-years-old central air conditioning unit, the motor had burnt out.

I'm turning into my parents

2009-02-25T06:36:29-06:00

brevity.

Reading 'A Million LIttle Pieces' opened my eyes

2009-02-16T09:57:35-06:00

First, I was like wow, what an awful experience, then I was like oh, never mind. If I had wanted to read a fictional memoir, I'll go to the Lying Liar's Store, NOT BARNES & NOBLE.

My trip from Chicago, IL to Yellowstone National Park, WY

2009-02-13T08:39:48-06:00

Why did I make the trek?!? It's Yellowstone!

Watch "The Spanish Prisoner" next time you're home sick

2009-02-11T06:49:02-06:00

Anything written by David Mamet requires your rapt attention, thereby taking your mind off your misery.

When I started using the Internet

2009-02-05T09:46:46-06:00

It was 1996. AOL, CompuServe and Prodigy were still duking it out for supremacy. Multiplayer games were still in their infancy. Cybersex, fake cancer stories, internet dating and the wonders of anonymous were invented and still being discovered.

I was a noob.

My fear of Feet

2009-02-04T09:17:11-06:00

Yes, I've always had this ... aversion to feet. You never know where feet have been, it's best to avoid them AT ALL COSTS.

You don't want me singing, even at a karaoke bar.

2009-02-02T09:36:04-06:00

Why I gave up on "The English Patient"

2009-01-31T09:33:22-06:00

I give books two chapters to engage me. I'm not sure how many chapters The English Patient takes to engage the reader (if it ever does), but it's more than two. The only way I would ever pick it up again and finish it is if I'm either A. paid to do so, or B. triple dog dared. (As an aside, I actually enjoyed the movie. Go figure.)

If I had easy access to a helicopter, I'd fly to Big Sur this weekend

2009-01-30T14:36:10-06:00

For aerial photography of the most beautiful scenery in the lower 48 states.

How I'd spend $1,000 ...

2009-01-28T09:07:42-06:00

I'd buy my mom a laptop and launch her on the internet. After a brief lesson in how anonymity grants some people a license to be douchebags (you know who you are), hilarity would ensue.

If I were a superhero, I would certainly wear tights

2009-01-27T11:50:37-06:00

My most desired superpower: teleportation. I hate travel time whether it be by plane, train or automobile, but I enjoy arriving. And after a few days (or hours), I enjoy leaving.

When I realized I was a grown-up

2009-01-26T13:03:42-06:00

The first time I signed a mortgage. That's A LOT of money to owe.