Happy Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Gene Howington

We at FFS would like to extend a Happy Valentine’s Day to our audience. True, it is as a modern holiday one largely made up by the greeting card industry, but that doesn’t alter the sentiment behind it: celebrating romantic love from the simple crush to lifelong dedication to a partner. Few know the history behind the holiday though. It is a tale, like many in history, a story obscured in its true roots. Despite this murky history, it is hard to argue that a day celebrating love is a bad thing in a world where more love of all kinds would be most helpful.

Celebrate love today!

Unless of course you are a member of the North Side Irish gang led by Bugs Moran. Then today is a day of celebrating getting viciously gunned down by Al Capone’s crew.  But I digress.

May love in all its splendorous forms find you all not just today, but every day.

Gene Howington, Editor-in-Chief

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8 Responses to Happy Valentine’s Day!

  1. Mike Spindell's avatar Mike Spindell says:
    February 14, 2015 at 10:32 am

    Gene,

    Despite the curmudgeonly exterior I’ve always known you were a romantic at heart. A happy Hallmark’s Valentines Day to all the Flowers for Socrates gang and may love and romance infuse your lives.

  2. Carterbo's avatar Carterbo says:
    February 14, 2015 at 11:08 am

    I’m of the opinion that Barry White songs get listened to the most on Feb.14th.

  4. Gene Howington's avatar Gene Howington says:
    February 14, 2015 at 11:55 am

    Damn you, Daniel Craig! :mrgreen:

    Thank you for the lovely gift, Elaine.

  5. Gene Howington's avatar Gene Howington says:
    February 14, 2015 at 3:45 pm

    I forget where I read this quote the other day, some story about Valentine’s Day certainly. It is from a book I’d never heard of, but loving a good turn of phrase, I thought I’d share it here:

    “Love is a sea of desire stretched between two shores – only the shores are real, but how much more compelling is the sea.”

    From “The Illusion” by Tony Kushner.

  6. gbk's avatar gbk says:
    February 14, 2015 at 5:52 pm

    This is always a hectic month for me as my wife’s birthday, and her twin sister’s, occur just days before Valentines Day. It’s all good, though; even when I forget, which has only happened once!

    Nietzsche, Friedrich: “There is not enough love and kindness in the world to give any of it away to imaginary beings.”

  7. pete's avatar pete says:
    February 14, 2015 at 8:39 pm

    What do you expect, Bugs was a moran.

    I have never seen that pic of Rachael Weiss before. Me want apple.

  8. eniobob's avatar eniobob says:
    February 15, 2015 at 9:46 am

    What the heck:Should put a smile on your face.

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