Facebook is the new wink.

A:  "So should I ask out that girl from Proposition?"

Me:  "YES!  Do it!!"

A:  "Just txt her?"

Me:  "Wait, are you FB friends yet?  You should be FB friends for a few days before you switch to txting."

A:  "Yeah.  I put a msg in the friend request.  She wrote on my wall.  I wrote on her wall."

Me:  "Ok, that's fine then.  Switch to txt."

A:  "But I don't even know if I'm going to Eden on Wednesday."

Me:  "Okayy... ask her if she wants to go to Cubby on Thursday.  Or back to Prop on Friday?"

A:  "If I ask her out it won't be to a lesbian bar."

Me:  "So this is a hang-out, not an ask-out."

A:  "I'll ask her out to dinner or something."

Me:  "You really are the boy."

A:  "Yeah yeah, help me.  What should I txt her?  When?"

Me:  "You realize this is turning into my next blog, right?"

A:  "Yes."

Me:  "Ok, then txt her now and ask if she's 'around' on Thursday and wants to grab dinner at the place across from Cubbyhole.  This way if it turns platonic, you've got a backup plan."

A:  "I mean, she made out with me and asked for my number.  I hope she knows it's a date."

Me:  "I might have actual work to do.  If you can't hit a beach ball with a canoe paddle from 3 feet away, I can't help you."