The V Day

The Reluctant Housewife bakes a Valentine's cake (topped with strawberries, natch).

Georgia Lyle and friends celebrate in style:

... Happy day, all of you. I'm eating out early, early, then watching the finest of V-Day film genres with friends: women-in-prison flicks. ...

Megan offers photographic proof that Jimbo loves her.

Frecklegirl wakes up to chocolate on her pillow.

Beth treasures a card from her parents.

Johnny Sapphire is gettin' some tonight.

Ned is happy a stable version of the Camino Web browser for the Mac came out today.

Paul Thurrott suprises his wife with a white iPod Nano with a homemade heart attached.

Plasticboy lays down a steamy playlist to get you in the mood for loooove.

Mike's boss's wife sends in chocolate-laced heart-shaped cookies today.

Lis Riba celebrates the day by discussing roses, specifically, the Christopher Marlowe English rose.

Rob Sama notes a story that Valentine's Day is a good day for private eyes to break up philandering paramours:

Be careful now.

Spatch is wistful:

It chagrins me slightly that "I Do, Too", my venerable 2003 Valentine's Day song, has been rendered slightly obsolete what with Alan Greenspan retiring and all.

Educand hates Valentine's Day, but says she's glad somebody's using the day to fight against violence against women and girls.

Be doesn't understand anti-VD bitterness:

... [F]or me it's always been a holiday of construction paper and glitter, rather than of truffles or roses.
Happy Valentine's Day and good luck getting the glitter out of your carpets!

Charlie Wrigley says enough already:

... Buy a card and some flowers and shut the fuck up about it.

If you don't have a special someone to spend Valentines Day with, who cares? How is it any different from yesterday - or tomorrow - or the rest of your life? ...