It is now exactly 11 minutes into Valentines Day

[Barrucadu]

And so, the spirit of Valentines Day creeps across the world, filling everyones head with images of hearts and cherubs.

Firstly, hearts: Why has a bloody organ come to symbolize love and affection? Possibly it is from the ancients, believing that the heart was where the thinking took place (and the brain was simply a cooling system), or maybe there is a deeper reason, going back to those rituals where peoples hearts were ripped out to make the sun rise (though that was mainly in South America).
Now, the cherubs. Babies shooting arrows at people just sounds weird, no matter how nice and fluffy you make it. I sometimes wonder where we get these ideas from...

With all that said, happy Valentines Day anyway

 

[Jeff]

I got the warm & fuzzies ... Happy Valentine's Day! :hearts:

-Jeff

 

[Humdizzy]

Milego dnia Swietego Walentego!

 

[weblord]

Hey Happy Valentine's Day To All
my local time is feb. 14, 8:25am

 

[jdolla]

My first valentine's day with my new g/f... ARGH. Everyone and their mom wants to give advice, and I just want to hide under a rock, haha.

 

[Gerrit]

Be glad you have a girlfriend to love and care for. Not all of us have that luck (and being an aspie, I am well prepared for many more lonely valentine's days I am afraid)

That said, it still remains a celebration of commerce rather than a "holiday of love".

 

[htmlindex]

It is now exactly 11 minutes into Valentines Day

Not where I live. There's only just over 5hrs left before it's all over.

 

[dgridley]

Happy Valentine's Day!

And to gerrit:

http://www.namepros.com/the-break-room/269529-aspergers-syndrome.html?highlight=autism

Be glad you have a girlfriend to love and care for. Not all of us have that luck (and being an aspie, I am well prepared for many more lonely valentine's days I am afraid)

That said, it still remains a celebration of commerce rather than a "holiday of love".

 

[Barrucadu]

I've also been told I probably have Aspergers and should get a professional diagnosis, add that to the depression and low self esteem I have and you get a socially-inept weirdo with no friends :P. Aren't we all a happy, autistic, family