All you need is love. No, I need food and shelter and transportation and a computer and the Internet, so I can blog at daily kos. But I also need the companionship of my wife, to avoid nasty depression and suicidal thoughts. I just had a whim, and decided to write an early Valentine's Day diary. So I can say, First! No, that means first comment on another site. So, are you ready for me to dish out the links and quotes? I know that whatever you need in your romantic partners, what gets you feeling right here at the mighty DKos is lots of links and quotes. So, here goes.
Here is your first link: Whip My Roman Sex Gods
Basically, it went something like this: In ancient Rome, on the 15th of February, in an altar called the Luperci sacred to the god Lupercus........Then came the sex lottery. Oh yes. Say it like you mean it. Pretty much only have to say the words, "sex lottery," and already you're like, damn, count me in, sure beats dinner and a movie.
The author of this article, Mark Morford, goes on to describe modern Valentine's Day celebration as a combination of the nice outer facade of pretty heart balloons, with the core of lusty sex, just like the old pagan days. If you want to know, who was St. Valentine, exactly, I give you this link, which will not give you the answer. The Origins of St. Valentine's Day
Although the mid-February holiday celebrating love and lovers remains wildly popular, the confusion over its origins led the Catholic Church, in 1969, to drop St. Valentine's Day from the Roman calendar of official, worldwide Catholic feasts.
All this academic stuff cries out for an ad. You know this has become the main feature of this holiday in our lives, just like Christmas. We are bombarded with ideas about what to buy for the holiday. So, if you want to take a peek at some of the items offered on the Internet, look here: The Holiday Spot Nice lavender ocean! And now that she is out of prison, you know that Martha Stewart has a few ideas. Why are Valentine's day cards simply called valentines? Sorry, do not have the answer to that one. But Wikipedia can tell us that about one billion valentines are sent each year. And, if you have had trouble making Valentine's Day 'work' for you , maybe you need to read about it at How Stuff Works. Then, maybe you will know how it works. Then, maybe you can make it work for you. Of course it would work much better if we would bring back the sex lottery.