Valentine-O-Rama

While I've never been much enamored of Valentine's Day, I was feeling rather amorous (in my usual silly way) this year. So here's a quick Valentine-O-Rama:

My favorite Valentine's Day GraphJam is definitely the "Who Benefits from Valentine's Day" pie chart.

When I was young, my father bought my mother a manure spreader for Mother's Day. (She was happy!) This 1/2 mile wide manure heart seems to be in the same vein, albeit rather less practical.

Even the envelope of Paul's Valentine's Day card cracked me up... I'm the best woman he's ever married because I'm the only woman he's ever married!

Paul and I had a good day today: huge sous vide egg breakfast, then a matinee performance of Rossini's comic opera "The Barber of Seville," then a yummy steak dinner with friends. In honor of that, here's the classic Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit of Seville. It's set to the somewhat re-arranged overture of "The Barber of Seville":