A popular story told about the history of Saint Valentine, who inspired the same name holiday, goes something like this. Twenty-three hundred years ago, Rome was an empire under siege. In an effort to get men to enlist in the army, Emperor Claudius II put a ban on marriage reasoning that the reason men didn’t want to join was because they weren’t inclined to leave their wives and girlfriends.
Personally, I think those men just didn’t want to die in a [...]
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It’s the day of the big game and the last thing you want to think about is the approaching holiday – Valentine’s Day. You just want to sit back, relax and enjoy watching your favorite team pummel the competition. But every time you look up, you’re getting a side glare from your significant other indicating you had better get on the ball with picking out an appropriate Valentine’s Day gift. Do yourself a favor and just get them flowers.
Flowers are [...]
