An observation, and the evil that is "Valentine's Day"

I'm sure like all of you, 90% of your inbox is merely spam. Even with the filters in Thunderbird, some of them get through. Well, this one subject line caught my eye today:

"Former President Klinton uses Voagra"

and dang it, the only thing I could do was guffaw and say "well he's using the wrong dang thing, Boseefus!"

Why I did that, I'll never know, but the memory of which still gives me a chuckle (you had to be there).

So what's the deal with Valentine's day? Seriously... I mean, I'm marginally aware of the history of Saint Valentine, but to be honest, shouldn't everyday with your loved one be a mini-love fest? As if this day needs to be "especially special". Why? Because Hallmark said so? Sorry, just ranting. It's actually not a horrible day if you do have a loved one (let's face it, we don't celebrate the loves in our lives often enough, at least let this day force us to remind us of that). I think the thing I despise the most, and it's the same thing I despise about most holidays, is the commericialism. When I did have a sweetie, at the time she was living in NC and I in NY, I called 1800flowers, and had a custom bouquet sent to her. It had a small white teddy bear (I think it had a custom message on the t shirt as well), and a small bouquet that had one dark rose (I'd have prefered purple/blue, but I think red was the darkest they had available) surrounded by half a dozen white roses (that's my 'specialty bouquet', I think it is a fair representative of myself, as presented to my love in flower format), and it cost a small fortune.

I did learn though, that if you wait for the end of the day (or if it's on a sunday, all day is fine), you can usually get flowers cheaper (but forget the delivery) as many places usually overcharge, and find themselves with overstock. Hey, it's still the thought that counts. Isn't it?

I can't comment on the candy, because I always found that the most fascist part of valentines day. We always found toilet paper (usually in the large 12-24 roll pack) to be a more practical gift, as well as saying, "even when you're taking a sh*t, I got your ass covered."

Isn't that what real romance is all about?