At long last, my theories about Chicago’s crappy cloudy winter are proved:

http://www.wunderground.com/tripplanner/index.asp

It is twice as likely to be cloudy here in January than it is in Philly. Or in Wilmington, at least, since the site seemed to have some problems with Philly.

On the other hand, it looks like I might've been wrong about Chicago not being windy -- compared to the East Coast cities I checked, it is definitely windier. Also windier than Omaha or Denver, which I figured were shoo-ins for windiness. Nope.

I have been in Work Hell for the last month-plus. It seems to be subsiding, though not as much or as rapidly as I'd like.

Colliculus and I are on a new quest to identify and research Mystery Bars. These are bars that have a beer sign (usually an Old Style sign) but nothing else, i.e. they don't appear to be called anything. Nor do they ever advertise any specials or attractions such as a pool table. The most intriguing of these has a Duvel sign.

I'm also on a Capital Letters Jag. 

¶ 10:04 PM