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Saturday, February 14, 2026
VD - 2026
Today is Valentine's Day, but do you know what it's origin? Here it is from answers.com:
The origins of Valentine's Day, like the origins of love itself, are somewhat obscure — a combination of myth, history, destiny, chance and marketing.
Legend has it that a certain third-century priest named Valentine persisted in performing marriage ceremonies despite a ban by the Roman emperor Claudius II (Claudius was persuaded that single men made better soldiers for his army). Thrown into jail, Valentine formed a relationship with his jailor's daughter (some say he cured her blindness) and he signed his last message to her "From your Valentine," a phrase which still gets a lot of mileage.
St. Valentine was executed on February 14, circa the year 270, and his remains (probably his, but there were two other Christian martyrs called Valentine) are now on display in the Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin.
There are also reports of an ancient pagan custom that took place in preparation for the Roman festival of Lupercalia, which started February 15. The names of the town's maidens would be collected and then drawn at random by the local bachelors; in this fashion couples were paired off for the year.
Third, medieval Europeans thought February 14 was the date on which the birds started to mate. (There's no record of when the bees started.) From "Parlement of Foules," a poem by Chaucer:
"for this was on seynt Volantynys day/ Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his mate.
Starting on Valentine's Day 1400, the French royal court held a Cour Amoreuse, in which ministers met after mass in "joyous recreation and talk about love." Love poems were presented before the ladies, who judged them and awarded a golden crown for the best one.
St. Valentine's Day was on the official Church list of feast days from 496, when Pope Gelasius I established it, until 1969, when Pope Paul VI dropped it from the calendar.
The first valentine on record was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. That message is on display in the British Library. In the 1840s a Massachusetts woman called Esther Howland came up with the idea of mass-producing Valentine's Day cards; now, about a billion are sent yearly, mostly by women.
Valentine's Day gifts, however, are another matter — there, American men outspend women two to one. The most popular gifts, according to the National Retail Federation, are (in descending order): candy/chocolate, dinner/a night out, flowers, and jewelry.
That aside, in modern times this day is more like a "Hallmark Holiday" with an added element of legalized prostitution. If a man gives his lady an acceptable gift (the Hallmark part. You better damn well have a card and SOMETHING "romantic" such as dinner, flowers, candy, etc.) and in exchange you hope to score. If you're dating you are likely to have a fun night, if you're married, this is one of those "sex holidays."
To all the ladies out there, I suggest you give some up to your man, and to all the men out there, I hope you get lucky. Happy Valentine's Day!
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Have a drink!
Saturday February 14, 2026
boffin \BOF-in\, noun:
- a scientist or technical expert.
billet-doux \bil-ay-DOO\, noun; plural billets-doux \bil-ay-DOO(Z)\:
- A love letter or note.
In French, billet-doux means "sweet note;" or "short note" (billet, "note" + doux, "sweet," from Latin dulcis).
- acronym for made for each other
love
- nature's way of tricking people into reproducing
valentine shame kleenex
- 2ply partner-in-a-box usually found on the floor in a ball on February 15th.
I can tell Con didnt have a date, she must have watched love actually by herself last night, look at all the valentine shame kleenexs all over her room.
Valentines day
- A Pointless and worthless day invented by Hersheys Confectionary Co and Joining forces with Teleflora Florists and Corbans Wine Makers just so they can profit out of Wine, Cholocates and Flowers, while single people suffer at the clutches of the hands of this evil and corrupt capitalist-orientated day that is not even a fucking holiday period.
Valentines Day should be banned and all those celebrating it shot.
Valentime's Day
- The 14th of February. It falls on the same day as [Valentine's Day] except this one is only celebrated by 5 year olds.
My daughter rocks, she got Valentimes from all the boys at school on Valentime's Day.
Holiday
- St. Valentine's Day: celebrated in various American and European countries by the exchange of valentines or love tokens. Also called Valentine's Day. (now go get some ass!)
- St. Valentine's Day massacre: seven gangsters were killed as Al Capone's gang ambushed Bugs Moran's (1929)
- ENIAC: "Giant Brain" Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was unveiled at theUniversity of Pennsylvania (1946)
- fatwa: edict was issued by Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini urging Muslims to kill Satanic Versesauthor Salman Rushdie (1989)
- NEAR Shoemaker: space probe went into orbit around 433 Eros, becoming the first craft to orbit an asteroid (2000)
- Dolly the sheep: the first cloned mammal was put to sleep at age 6.5, suffering from lung cancer (2003)
Birthdays
- Christopher Sholes 1819
- George Ferris 1859
- John Barrymore 1882
- Jack Benny (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894 - Comedian
- James Pike 1913
- Jimmy Hoffa 1913
- Mel Allen (Israel) 1913
- Hugh Downs 1921
- Skeezix Wallet 1921
- Cesare Siepi 1923
- Donna Atwood 1923
- Elliot Lawrence 1925
- Frank Borman 1928
- Phyllis McGuire 1931 - Singer (The McGuire Sisters)
Vic Morrow 1932- Florence Henderson 1934 - Actress ("The Brady Bunch")
- Andrew Prine 1936
- Razzy Bailey 1939
- Lillie Bryant 1940 - Singer (Billy & Lillie)
- Ricardo Rodriguez 1942
- Michael Bloomberg 1942 - tyrant
- Bob Murphy 1943
- Maceo Parker 1943
- Alan Parker 1944 - Director
- Carl Bernstein 1944 - Journalist
- Gregory Hines 1946
- Pat O'Brien 1948 - Television personality
- Raymond Joseph Teller 1948 - Comedian, magician (Pen and Teller)
- Ewa Aulin 1949
- Roger Fisher 1950 - Musician (Heart)
- Jo Jo (Alicia) Starbuck 1951
- Michael Doucet (Beausoleil) 1951
- Ken Wahl 1957 - Actor ("Wiseguy")
- Meg Tilly 1960 - Actress ("The Big Chill," "Agnes of God")
- Jim Kelly 1960 - Football player
- Dwayne Wiggins 1961
Zach Galligan 1963- Enrico Colantoni 1963
- Rickey Wolking 1966 - Musician (The Nixons)
- Manuela Maleeva 1967
- Elaine Youngs 1970
- Simon Pegg 1970 - Actor
- Drew Bledsoe 1972 - Football player
- Kevin Blades 1972 - Musician (Lit)
- Rob Thomas 1972 - Musician (Matchbox 20)
- Steve McNair 1973
Friday, February 13, 2026
Rock out on a THREE DOG NIGHT
Jimmy Greenspoon of Three Dog Night had a birthday....
I hope no one is lonely this VD weekend.
One (Is the Loneliest Number)
Filter covered this for the
X-Files movie Fight the Future
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one, its the loneliest number since the number one
No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes is the saddest experience you'll ever know
cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever know
one is the loneliest number even worst then two
yeah
its just no good anymore since you went away
now I spend my time just making up rhymes of yesterday
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you went away
since you went away
(one is the loneliest number since you've gone away)
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you've gone away
Its just no good anymore since you went away
now I spend my time just making up rhymes of yesterday
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you went away
since you went away
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