All this Valentine talk is entertaining me greatly... I for one personally knew 'Saint' Valentine, and I can attest to his decided lack of saintliness. The man was an ass, to put it straightly, and an absolute cad when it came to women. He would be terribly put out if he were to learn from beyond the grave that his holiday, rather than worship of ( Read more... )

It seems to me, after a while of watching this place, that the best way to get a measure of most of the people here is to play tennis with them.

Thus, I find it an opportune time to mention that once a long time ago (read: several decades) I learned how to play the game, and could probably mostly avoid embarrassment in a friendly match ( Read more... )