Valentine's Day Massacre GSB

["Harold Fox" <hfox@>]

If you're reading this message, Congratulations! You've survived another
Valentine's Day without committing suicide or being murdered. Valentine's
Day is easily the most dreaded of the secular holidays. Compared to
religious holidays, it ranks somewhere between Good Friday and that Shia
Islam holiday where young men flagellate themselves bloody in the streets.

For all involved, it's a dismal prospect. If you're single, you trudge
through the cold streets watching smug couples hand-in-hand, off to their
dates at the ballet followed by romantic nights of passion. If you're
attached, you forget to reserve a restaurant, find everything booked, and
then confront your future among the frazzled parents and screaming children
at the IHOP. Meanwhile, you've grossly underestimated your expected
financial outlay when your modest card and rose is compared with your
partner's best friend's diamond necklace and public a capella serenade
complete with Blue Angels flyover.

Yes, no one appear to like Valentine's Day apart from the gremlins in the
flower & chocolate industry, bustling about in their evil, dark, island
lairs. Bars open their taps for Singles Awareness Day (SAD). Hollywood dumps
its off-season cinematic ballast into theaters, like Matthew McConaughey's
"Fool's Gold" or Paris Hilton's "Hottie or Nottie". The History Channel
annually airs its documentary on Al Capone's 1929 Valentine's Day bloodbath.

A few good-hearted souls mitigate the disaster by giving gifts to everyone:
virtual cards to all Facebook friends, Hershey kisses to everyone in the
office. Love for everyone. Now, I would be totally up for a huge, anonymous,
make-out session among the whole student body in Killian court, weather
permitting. However, these misguided individuals that share their love so
generously appear to mean it purely Platonically. And, as those ubiquitous
Victoria's Secret commercials suggest, Valentine's Day is not strictly about
brotherly love.

The only way to make it through the day is to soften you and your partner's
heart with plenty of frosty beverages. Celebrate your Valentine's Day
survival at this week's

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