Rumor has it that tomorrow (or is it Friday?-- these things have no grasp on my mind) is a Hallmark (tm) Holiday. Valentines Day has always seemed an odd sort of celebration to me. Many years ago, when I was in elementary school, we had Valentine-themed crafts projects. Everyone in the class would make Valentine cards for everyone else in the class. There would be construction paper, and that crusty-feeling paper lace, and some of that thick white library paste with the odd smell. Scissors would be passed out, and we would spend the afternoon making crude cards, then exchange them, and everyone would go home with a bag full of these clumsy, smelly things from people they barely knew. Even at the time, I thought the whole thing surpassingly weird-- so much so, that I've had nothing to do with the holiday since. I think we ought to change it to Ballantines Day, and everyone should consume a quart or so of one or another of their beverages. That would be a holiday worth celebrating.
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The Day Before Thursday
Rumor has it that tomorrow (or is it Friday?-- these things have no grasp on my mind) is a Hallmark (tm) Holiday. Valentines Day has always seemed an odd sort of celebration to me. Many years ago, when I was in elementary school, we had Valentine-themed crafts projects. Everyone in the class would make Valentine cards for everyone else in the class. There would be construction paper, and that crusty-feeling paper lace, and some of that thick white library paste with the odd smell. Scissors would be passed out, and we would spend the afternoon making crude cards, then exchange them, and everyone would go home with a bag full of these clumsy, smelly things from people they barely knew. Even at the time, I thought the whole thing surpassingly weird-- so much so, that I've had nothing to do with the holiday since. I think we ought to change it to Ballantines Day, and everyone should consume a quart or so of one or another of their beverages. That would be a holiday worth celebrating.
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