Plinky, Inc. http://www.plinky.com/people/Risako.xml All Rights Reserved Melissa McCarthy - Plinky Answers 2010-08-05T21:01:10-06:00 http://www.plinky.com/answers/102577 One Thing I Learned Recently 2010-08-05T21:01:10-06:00 To swat a fruit fly: wait until it lands; get a box of kleenex; hover the box over it, about six inches away, for a count of five; push the box forward, fast.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/102575 That Special Book in My Life 2010-08-05T20:58:45-06:00 Judith Flanders' The Victorian House. Since I got it (I dunno, maybe a year ago?) I have essentially not stopped reading it. It's easy to pick up and put down, and it has layers of insight and so many bits of information and... love!

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/100429 The No-Fail Way to Make Me Roll My Eyes 2010-07-29T18:28:15-06:00 Sending me an email containing the word "webinar." Seriously, people? Come on, now. Seriously?

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/80324 I left Mei's Chinese Restaurant stuffed 2009-12-14T09:57:36-06:00

DIM SUM. DIM SUM. DIM SUM.

DIM.

SUM.

Oh yes. Yes indeed. I will go back, have gone back, do go back. Dim sum. Dim sum of the very GODS.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/73018 A LUSH in my town would be nice... please? 2009-09-16T05:45:05-06:00

NEED LUSH STORE. SOME THINGS CAN'T BE SHIPPED.

::sob::

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/70483 Next birthday, I'd like to go to Brewbakers with Ian! 2009-08-20T10:55:11-06:00 go to Brewbakers with Ian!
It's the spiffiest restaurant in Fredericton, so we save it for special occasions.


]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/65414 'Oh, hi, Marie Romanova. You free for dinner Wednesday?' 2009-07-08T19:29:37-06:00 Marie Romanova
Marie ("Mashka") was one of the three elder sisters of the famous Anastasia (the other two being Tatiana and Olga). Of the four sisters, I find Mashka the most appealing, personality-wise.


Queen Elizabeth I
She'd have some great stories! Plus, I could get some authentic Renaissance recipes from her... or rather, from her cook.


Emperor Augustus
Somehow I've always liked Augustus; his decisions mostly seem logical to me, and we could have good conversations about urban planning!




]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/64568 Now that I'm invisible, I'm heading to Disney World! 2009-07-02T19:50:17-06:00

If I'm invisible, I can be first on all the rides! wheehee!

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/62570 I travel by Smartcar 2009-06-20T19:46:03-06:00 When we moved to Fredericton, we tried to rely on the bus, but the system here is... not very good. So, a Smartcar it is! I [heart] my Smartcar!

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/62128 Only in dreams 2009-06-18T19:23:45-06:00 I don't want to talk about it. It involved a piano and I don't want to talk about it. It means I'm stressed about work, which is what most of my dreams mean. Grrrrrrr.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/61235 I get by with a little help from the web 2009-06-14T09:22:54-06:00 I got Ian on the internet! Plus, without the internet, I wouldn't have met Jacob and I wouldn't be able to stay in touch with Anthony. The internet is about people, even if it's really for porn.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/61234 Hook up the pudding 2009-06-14T09:20:44-06:00 Panetone and Fig Bread and Butter Pudding served with Mascapone - Dench Bakers

This was Dilbert's boss's idea. Unlike most of his ideas, it's a good one.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/59922 Calgary is surprisingly delightful 2009-06-08T16:47:25-06:00

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/57520 You learn something new every day 2009-05-30T21:08:38-06:00 I've learned that Google Maps, brilliant as it is, really only works when you already know where you are going. That was fun! (It kinda was, actually.)

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/52613 Butter-and-sugar sandwiches make a tasty 'broke meal' 2009-05-03T17:05:15-06:00 Well, technically it's not *my* broke meal, it's my grandmother's. During World War II, she used to make butter-and-sugar sandwiches. A prof once insisted that it's supposed to be margarine-and-sugar, butter having been rationed, but in my family it's butter, because my grandfather worked for a dairy and was paid partly in kind. And yes, I still eat it sometimes. Fat and sugar!

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/51860 I'm not on fire, but my grandfather may have been at one time. 2009-04-29T14:19:56-06:00 I've never actually been on fire. I've never even set anything on fire that wasn't supposed to be on fire. I've set candles on fire, and at a misguided semi-camping experience that my junior high sent us on, we had to light campfires on the beach. My grandfather, on the other hand, was a pyro. He used to set things on fire in the kitchen, and my grandmother would wait nearby with buckets of water.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/50053 Bugs are really running things on Earth 2009-04-22T15:14:02-06:00 According to Wikipedia, "They are the most diverse group of animals on the planet. They are most diverse at the equator and their diversity declines toward the poles. With over a million described species—more than half of all known living organisms—with estimates of undescribed species as high as 30 million, insects potentially represent over 90% of the differing life forms on the planet. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the planet."

So they're 90% of the planet. And who can sleep with a buzzing mosquito around? That settles it. We're not in control. Bugs are.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/49867 One day I'll roll in an even *better* Smartcar 2009-04-21T17:49:16-06:00 Berlin SmartCar

I love my Smartcar. I drive a lot of cars for work, and I've yet to find one that I like nearly as well. So my dream car is pretty much a Smartcar with a couple of improvements (cruise control, phone dock, in-dash GPS... the list does go on for a bit).

Unless we're talking "ride" as in "things to ride on," in which case a pegasus would be nice.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/47143 Keeping in touch from Halifax, NS to Milwaukee, WI 2009-04-12T22:53:47-06:00 (In case it doesn't show up in the post, the question was "What's the longest-distance relationship you maintain (or ever have)?")

We used to talk on ICQ every day (for hours if we could). We'd get to see each other once a year for about two weeks. It's much easier now that we live together! But good communication can make anything work, I think.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/47142 A haiku about Transformers 2009-04-12T22:51:11-06:00

Giant robots, wow!
Action! Transforming! Kapow!
We don't need no plot.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/44271 When I grow up... 2009-04-06T14:23:44-06:00 I wanna be a fairy princess! That was the first thing I ever wanted to be as a very small child, because there was one in one of my little books, and it seemed like a lovely thing to be.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/43418 I'm a weirdness magnet 2009-04-04T09:14:57-06:00 I'm a weirdness magnet. If there's a box full of documents, the one that has any weirdness will pretty much leap out at me and stick to my hand. This actually led to a sort of a mini-exhibit at my last job of weird things I had found in the course of my work.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/42440 Stuck in an elevator with Ian 2009-04-02T07:54:44-06:00 Ian
Well, that should be obvious.


Kyaa
He would be entertaining!


Hmm... maybe McGuyver?


]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/42404 I get my news from the Internet 2009-04-02T06:26:12-06:00 Even "real" newspapers are online. Rumours of the imminent death of newspapers are greatly exaggerated. While circulation of dead-tree papers has been going down, readership of online versions has been going up. Is the news dead? Well, then long live the news!

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/40897 Here, have a million dollars, Fredericton Public Library 2009-03-30T17:16:38-06:00 If I had a million dollars (I'd buy you a green dress, but not a real green dress, that's cruel) I'd give it to the library. It's always one of the most undervalued public institutions in North America, but it does so much for so many.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/40896 I demand TURN SIGNALS. 2009-03-30T17:13:31-06:00 TURN SIGNALS.
Turn signals were invented in the 1930s. Somehow we have managed as a species not to adapt to this simple change. USE YOUR FRAKKING TURN SIGNALS, FOR THE LOVE OF PETE. USE THEM NOW. LEARN IT. LIVE IT. BE IT.


]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/40895 I could eat nothing but Vietnamese for a year 2009-03-30T17:11:39-06:00 Crab and Pork with Rice Drop Noodles - Vietnamese Grill Bar

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/36093 You need this flying car... right? 2009-03-22T07:36:07-06:00 So what if it takes more training to use? So what if it's really just a prototype? So what if midair accidents would be several times more horrific than ground accidents, raining destruction on innocent people below you? You need a... yeah, son, maybe you'd better sit this one out.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/36090 GPS, please 2009-03-22T07:32:54-06:00 N800 GPS Jukebox

I need a GPS. I do. I get lost in my own apartment. I need "turn left here, idiot" instructions. Not in my apartment, I mean. Out THERE.

I could also do with a cattle prod, but that's another story.

]]> http://www.plinky.com/answers/34992 Where can I park my Prius? 2009-03-20T07:48:56-06:00 Sensible wins over indulgent every time. Function over form. (But then why can't one have both?)

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