I stopped by O’Hagan’s at 3374 N. Clark for a quick bite to eat last night. It’s an Irish Pub, but the fare is not necessarily authentic. They’ve got some corned beef and bangers (sausages), but nothing too out of the norm. I had the half-pound burger with bleu cheese and bacon, which was pretty good. To complement that, I chose what I believe was a nice lager called Carlsbad. Overall, everything was pretty good, but I’ll have to hit it up some weekend for a guiness.

I found a word that I like today: proleptic

\Pro*lep”tic\, Proleptical \Pro*lep”tic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. proleptique.] 1. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. “A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom.” –De Quincey. 2. Previous; antecedent. –Glanvill. 3. (Med.) Anticipating the usual time; – applied to a periodical disease whose paroxysms return at an earlier hour at every repetition. –Dictionary.com

For some odd reason, I really like that word. Proleptic. Yea.

I always saw one the ability to hail a cab with a sharp whistle as one of the signs of the quintessential male. Well I was walking out of my apartment yesterday needing a cab when one just happened to go by on the street. My hands were full so all I had to resort to was an attempt at hailing the cab with a whistle. I puckered my lips the custom way I do for the necessary whistle and let one rip. The cabbie slammed on his brakes and I was able to hop in. Needless to say, I’m pretty proud of myself for being able to do that. :)

The world is coming to an end. Jerry Springer is thinking about running for Senate. I bet he could get some good brawls going, at the very least!

Went to el Jardin for dinner the other night. It’s located at the corner of Clark and Roscoe and does Mexican cuisine. I had some form of enchilada which turned out to be quite good. I’ll have to go back and try the rest of the menu sometime. Way too many places to eat around me…

I am utterly confused. I went to the optometrist yesterday for an eye exam and new contacts. We decided that I would try the kind of contacts that properly treat my astigmatism. Note that these contacts are weighted at the bottom to maintain the proper orientation while in the eye. My left one went in fine, but the right bugged me a little bit. I chalked it up to the weight at the bottom that I was not used to and went about my day. It bothered me a bit, but usually only when I blinked. I was hoping by the time I woke up today, my eye would have become accustomed to it, but it still felt like there was something in my eye even without the contacts. Eventually I started poking around my eye later this morning to see if there was anything obvious in there. Finally I saw what looked like a little eye lash or something. So I proceed to try to poke it out unsuccessfully and then go to take my contact out. Interestingly enough, as I take my new contact out, one half of another contact comes out with it?! I am thoroughly confused by this and need to check my old contacts to see if it broke off of there, but I don’t think so. Which leaves the question…where did it come from? Nevertheless, my new contacts feel better now…

In response to cia…no. ;-)

I stole some time from sleep tonight and added basic functionality for adding comments. I just need the ability to post entries from a form and I suppose I can make this semi-live. I still need to set up the archives and links pages, though.

I couldn’t help it. I picked up a new tv and a dvd player that plays DivX movies the other day. The dvd player also has a network jack so I can pull divx movies from my computers. Not too shabby. Now I just need to mod it so it can be wireless. ;)

Not too much else - mostly work. I started the year off all ambitious and here I am now posting once a week at best. :-( So much I want to do, so little time and whatnot.

I couldn’t help but post this. GRIN

We always hear “the rules” from the female side. Now here are the rules from the male side. These are our rules!

Please note … these are all numbered “1” ON PURPOSE!

1. Learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. You can handle it. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down. 1. Sunday = sports. It’s like the full moon. Let it be. 1. Crying is blackmail. 1. Ask for what you want. Let us be clear on this one. Subtle hints do not work! Strong hints do not work! Obvious hints do not work! Just say it! 1. Yes, and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question. 1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That’s what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for. 1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a problem. See a doctor. 1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 days. 1. If you won’t dress like the Victoria’s Secret girls, don’t expect us to act like soap opera guys. 1. If you think you’re fat, you probably are. Don’t ask us. 1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways, and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one. 1. You can either ask us to do something or tell us how you want it done. Not both. If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself. 1. Whenever possible, please say whatever you have to say during commercials. 1. Christopher Columbus did not need directions, and neither do we. 1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings. Peach, for example, is a fruit, not a color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is. 1. If it itches, it will be scratched. We do that. 1. If we ask what is wrong and you say “nothing,” we will act like nothing’s wrong. We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle. 1. If you ask a question you don’t want an answer to, expect an answer you don’t want to hear. 1. Don’t ask us what we’re thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or monster trucks. 1. You have enough clothes. 1. You have too many shoes. 1. I am in shape. ROUND is a shape. 1. Thank you for reading this; Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight, but did you know men really don’t mind that, it’s like camping.

And I’m spent.