{"id":346,"date":"2007-02-04T22:52:31","date_gmt":"2007-02-05T03:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/2007\/02\/04\/valentines-day-cometh\/"},"modified":"2007-02-04T22:52:31","modified_gmt":"2007-02-05T03:52:31","slug":"valentines-day-cometh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day Cometh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems to be that time again: Valentine&#8217;s Day. The holiday most of us are forced to celebrate unwillingly. Why don&#8217;t we feel as compelled, if not more, to celebrate the useful holidays like Arbor Day? (Thanks, R).<\/p>\n<p>\t<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/02\/valentine.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\tSo, despite Valentine&#8217;s Day being an overall bad thing we still have to deal with it. Even if it&#8217;s a slight gesture I&#8217;d wager you still do <em>something<\/em> on Valentines. If you&#8217;re one of the <strike>fortunate<\/strike> few that don&#8217;t: congratulations, you picked a good time to be single. Don&#8217;t feel left out, you&#8217;re one of the lucky escapees.<\/p>\n<h2>So what do we do?<\/h2>\n<p>\tSince we&#8217;re forced to &#8220;celebrate&#8221; this holiday in some form or fashion we might as well do it with as little effort as possible, right? Don&#8217;t we always say it&#8217;s the thought that counts, anyway? With that said, there are two possible routes to go down.<\/p>\n<h2>Be My Anti-Valentine<\/h2>\n<p>\tA clever site has been setup called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meish.org\/vd\/\">Be My Anti-Valentine<\/a> which allows you to send clever anti-Valentine cards to that special someone. Fellas, if you have a girl who appreciates this gesture&#8230; send her my number, you&#8217;ve got a keeper.<\/p>\n<p>\tBut really, if you&#8217;ve agreed that you don&#8217;t need to waste money on each other to remind yourselves how great you are to each other&#8230; then send a funny card.<\/p>\n<h2>Valentine Gift Finder<\/h2>\n<p>\tOr, if you&#8217;re like the other 99.9% of the nation, you&#8217;ll end up deciding now is a good time to let someone know you&#8217;re still there and you still care. You may go out to dinner, you might even cook it yourself. Some send cards, others send flowers. Me? I&#8217;m a fan of thoughtful, relevant gifts. Sure, chocolate is a given, but wouldn&#8217;t you like to find a gift that always reminds your special someone of you?<\/p>\n<p>\tWell, the folks at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imagini.net\/giftfinder\/\">Imagini have created an excellent gift finder<\/a> designed to help us out. In fact, you simply send a quick picture-based questionnaire to your better-half and you&#8217;ll have a great list of gifts narrowed down in no-time. In fact, I&#8217;ve used it and I was impressed with the results (yes, I purchased a gift this way). It&#8217;s quick, easy, and makes things a bit more relevant.<\/p>\n<h2>Good luck<\/h2>\n<p>\tSo, with 9 days left you should probably get moving. Which route are you taking? Card? Gift? Dinner? None of the above?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems to be that time again: Valentine&#8217;s Day. The holiday most of us are forced to celebrate unwillingly. Why don&#8217;t we feel as compelled, if not more, to celebrate the useful holidays like Arbor Day? 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