A Heart-Throbbing S&G

First a bit of trivia - did you know that there are somewhere between 3 and 7 St Valentines, depending on your research and which church - Eastern or Catholic - and that none of them seem to know squat as to why they were martyred and sainted. Also, the name, which came from Roman times, whould have been Valens.

So today is the one day of the year where the male is supposed to give his significant other a card with flowers, candy, jewelry - or all three. I have a clue for you Clyde - if you need one day out of the year to express your love you'd better have a really close examination of your relationships.

And on a completely different subject, don't you just love it that our Navy allowed a Russian bomber, the TU-95 "Bear", to overfly the flight deck of the USS Nimitz at 2,000 feet - not once but twice, while another Bear circled around 60 miles away. If anyone can come up with a reason why these bombers wern't intercepted by our fighters and escorted away, I'd love to year it.

Finally, I wonder if the Obama staffer in Houston has taken her flags off the wall yet. You know, the Cuban flags with a picture of Che on them? I doubt that Obama was aware of them - it's a small office and maybe the staffer was under the impression that Latinos would think the Cuban flag with the picture of Che would get them excited. I think it may have worked, but not in the way she had in mind. Of course, the photos I saw could have been photoshopped, but the original story came from a local Houston TV news.


Now, go put on Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" and have an early afternoon delight with the species of your choice - Happy Valentines Day!