tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post4774661335633232610..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Happy Valentine's DayBy Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-59389709559827988942010-02-16T09:40:33.674-08:002010-02-16T09:40:33.674-08:00"I couldn’t tell you the status of one other ..."I couldn’t tell you the status of one other athlete."<br /><br />That's because, in typical NBC fashion, they pick the athletes they're going to focus on and beat you to death with information about them until someone else does something truly noteworthy. If you watched their promos, the only U.S. athletes competing were going to be Lindsay Vonn, Shaun White, and Apolo Ohno. <br /><br />The same thing happens Michael Phelps and Tiger Woods. Great athletes, but we get oversaturated with coverage about them until they ARE swimming and golf. Then, the media wonders why no one is interested in anyone else, or why ratings for non-Phelps/Woods events are down.<br /><br />I'm tired of hearing about Vonn and she hasn't even raced yet.JimBriggsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11789061346155032262010-02-15T13:30:19.033-08:002010-02-15T13:30:19.033-08:00That was a good Taxi bit (so many to choose from),...That was a good Taxi bit (so many to choose from), but for me, love is this story from the StoryCorps project:<br /><br />http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5220402Chris Riesbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09361434968521805027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-82351787150632481442010-02-15T09:02:08.962-08:002010-02-15T09:02:08.962-08:00Happy Bday Ken!Happy Bday Ken!Palomanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-10676932801320169622010-02-15T08:59:13.228-08:002010-02-15T08:59:13.228-08:00Happy Birthday, Ken. Hope there wasn't a line ...Happy Birthday, Ken. Hope there wasn't a line at Taco Bell.bellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08948452746378319484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32673493308260299182010-02-14T18:34:51.941-08:002010-02-14T18:34:51.941-08:00Happy Valenbirth Day, Ken!
You know, there's ...Happy Valenbirth Day, Ken!<br /><br />You know, there's a lot of pressure on women for Valentine's Day, too. So it might not have been as bad with today being a Sunday, but during the week? Hoooboy, the anxiety.<br /><br />Will he send flowers? Will he drop by the office with flowers. If so will they be nice from a florist or did he stop at the gas station or supermarket? Will they be nicer than the ones received by the skinny beyotch in the next cubicle?<br /><br />Tonight.. cook a romantic meal or angle to go out to dinner? Get a new dress or wear the one you think he really likes even if you suspect it shows something that isn't a baby bump? Is the lingerie sexy enough? Will that time of the month hold off another day? Total pressure.<br /><br />A Buck Short said:<br /><i>the Columbus Day cubic zirconium “she’ll mistakenly think she landed a diamond,”</i><br /><br />Holy hell, that's funny!Mary Stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02186261066656584772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-70633386900516282762010-02-14T17:47:08.590-08:002010-02-14T17:47:08.590-08:00Happy natal day. You should be pleased that they ...Happy natal day. You should be pleased that they invented a holiday to celebrate your birth.Roger Owen Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05298172138307632062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13242449170128548432010-02-14T17:39:24.924-08:002010-02-14T17:39:24.924-08:00Happy Birthday, Ken!!! Hope your day (and your di...Happy Birthday, Ken!!! Hope your day (and your dinner) were fabulous, and that this is just the start of a superlative year for you! <br /><br />(Still shaking my head over the post by anon 2:48 PM ... wtf??)45 is the new 30noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-75281513306187403702010-02-14T14:48:06.028-08:002010-02-14T14:48:06.028-08:00Why don't you go marry a man then if you hate ...Why don't you go marry a man then if you hate women so much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49192780350683452862010-02-14T13:54:49.274-08:002010-02-14T13:54:49.274-08:00Happy Birthday, Ken! I hope you have the birthday ...Happy Birthday, Ken! I hope you have the birthday you'd like, and that whoever is counting on you for Valentine's Day gets the V-Day they'd like.<br /><br />(V-Day? Sounds like the end of a war -- and with any luck not the beginning of one.)<br /><br />BTW: @Ref -- I think "Wault" is where DisneyCorp keeps not its money, but its founder.Charles H. Bryanhttp://www.charleshbryan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-25844044069287077272010-02-14T13:38:30.723-08:002010-02-14T13:38:30.723-08:00Ken,
Happy Birthday!... And just keep telling you...Ken,<br /><br />Happy Birthday!... And just keep telling yourself that it could have been worse... You could have been born on April 15th...Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-49628062354812841042010-02-14T11:40:38.801-08:002010-02-14T11:40:38.801-08:00Nice of you to give US a present when it's YOU...Nice of you to give US a present when it's YOUR birthday.<br /><br />Thanks for that classic bit of dialogue, and hope you're having a great birthday.-beenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26260962673523268562010-02-14T10:07:02.699-08:002010-02-14T10:07:02.699-08:00Informal survey:
How many also opened cards this m...Informal survey:<br />How many also opened cards this morning that read the equivalent of:<br />“We may not always agree on everything…<br />and…<br />and…<br />and…<br />but………………...”<br />and what’s the ratio we have to attain for another sign of the apocalypse?<br /><br />Because nothing says "love" like an appropriate string of qualifiers.<br /><br />Would have gotten her a nice sparkly something, but we’re pretty tapped out from all the new diamond jewelry "concept" gifts that Zales, Kays and the deBeers cartel have created to move product and drive demand beyond the typical engagement ring necessity. The 3-stone “Hearts of Fire” anniversary ring. The 5-diamond “Journey” diamond I still love you pendant, the don’t worry I will always love you “Infinity” diamond necklace, the intertwined “Eternity” diamond prenup ring.<br /><br />Thank God our union has been strong enough to resist those brand-centered merchandizing efforts. Plus I think I’ve already responded sufficiently to the jewelry industry’s manipulation by consenting to the Presidents’ Day diamond pendant in the shape of the bullet that wasted Lincoln, the Labor Day industrial diamond broach, the Columbus Day cubic zirconium “she’ll mistakenly think she landed a diamond,” and, of course, the Purim pierced diamond earrings.<br /><br />BTW, for a day of love, they couldn’t come up with better initials than <i>VD</i>?<br />Happy birthday.A. Buck Shortnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-77982367410407303212010-02-14T10:00:27.730-08:002010-02-14T10:00:27.730-08:00Dear Ken,
I hope that on your birthday you get ba...Dear Ken,<br /><br />I hope that on your birthday you get back half of the joy and laughter you brought me through your blog over the last year. You would have a raucous birthday!<br /><br />So, thank you and have a very happy birthday.<br /><br />FredFrednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-32011483775492141442010-02-14T09:54:16.446-08:002010-02-14T09:54:16.446-08:00What a brilliant post Ken. Love it!What a brilliant post Ken. Love it!Cameron Yardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08819788763563762774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28558503084271378412010-02-14T09:49:10.365-08:002010-02-14T09:49:10.365-08:00Got one thing to say to that..
Happy Birthday, Ke...Got one thing to say to that..<br /><br />Happy Birthday, Ken!!<br /><br />Oh, and ... why not make the best of your birthday and Valentine's Day? Order dinner in, watch a fave romantic movie, drink champagne and snuggle on the couch with your wife. Bliss. :)Beth Ciottahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02251212401535078560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6161088898313397812010-02-14T09:26:06.460-08:002010-02-14T09:26:06.460-08:00That looks like my FB post to me!
Thanks Ken an...That looks like my FB post to me! <br /><br />Thanks Ken and have a very happy B'day!SharoneRosenhttp://www.sharonerosen.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-40158894095708040672010-02-14T09:19:41.406-08:002010-02-14T09:19:41.406-08:00Happy Birthday, Ken! Make a wish and blow out the...Happy Birthday, Ken! Make a wish and blow out the candle on every romantically set table tonight.Janicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09980095483532599400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-11476356804851297402010-02-14T09:19:38.837-08:002010-02-14T09:19:38.837-08:00I think any writer would be lucky if just once in ...I think any writer would be lucky if just once in a lifetime they came up with dialogue that good.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-60854657100054871552010-02-14T08:52:39.615-08:002010-02-14T08:52:39.615-08:00Happy Birthday!!!!
:)Happy Birthday!!!!<br /><br />:)Alicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13807617344101669416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-28566374761008524432010-02-14T08:43:11.258-08:002010-02-14T08:43:11.258-08:00P.S.Them Gorditas @ Taco Bell are quite heart felt...P.S.Them Gorditas @ Taco Bell are quite heart felt,too!denzdenizenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252485007801942119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-8531151300068200162010-02-14T08:39:14.266-08:002010-02-14T08:39:14.266-08:00Oh,by the way,what does 'WAULT' have to do...Oh,by the way,what does 'WAULT' have to do with Valentine's Day,anyway?denzdenizenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252485007801942119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-83752785777919810752010-02-14T08:36:55.575-08:002010-02-14T08:36:55.575-08:00If your heart isn't in it,you're dead,roma...If your heart isn't in it,you're dead,romantically or otherwise!denzdenizenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252485007801942119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-7316333689383857112010-02-14T08:10:09.012-08:002010-02-14T08:10:09.012-08:00Happy birthday, Ken. I hope your day is filled wit...Happy birthday, Ken. I hope your day is filled with everything you love. No irony intended. :-)Rose Vanden Eyndenhttp://www.vandeneynden.biz/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-38669164380272259482010-02-14T07:29:05.702-08:002010-02-14T07:29:05.702-08:00Happy birthday, Ken. My grandfather's birthday...Happy birthday, Ken. My grandfather's birthday was also Feb. 14 and his parents made "Valentine" his middle name. If your middle name isn't Valentine, you got off easy. <br /><br />WV: horticsp. Hooker with hiccups.Lairbohttp://www.celebritydeathhaiku.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-44202760362932394282010-02-14T06:24:21.148-08:002010-02-14T06:24:21.148-08:00Happy Valentines Day!
What an entertaining post. ...Happy Valentines Day!<br /><br />What an entertaining post. While I complete disagree that it's a day designed to trap men. I don't believe that most women look at a gift and worry about how much it cost.<br /><br />Valentines Day is all about love and thoughtfulness, not the price tag.<br /><br />Too bad about the birthday thing though - means your birthday is never completely about YOU.<br /><br />I love you definition of love, how true.<br /><br />Happy Birthday and thanks for sharing, <br /><a href="http://confessionsofalovingwife.com" rel="nofollow">- Shannon | Confessions of a Loving Wife</a>Shannon Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922352460480348662noreply@blogger.com