Bah, humbug, Steven. Actually, Valentines day is an ancient pagan holiday dating back a couple millenia in northern Europe. Much like Christmas, which has similar roots, it was "embraced and extended" by Christians - and only recently by western consumer society.
So don't feel bad about celebrating Valentine's day. I actually like buying flowers. It's fun. Knowing it's origins helps me to ignore all the commercial, ahem, pressure. Ignore the social pressure at your own peril ... :-) Quoting Uri Guttman <[email protected]>: > On 02/10/2012 11:19 AM, Morse, Richard E.MGH wrote: >> On Feb 10, 2012, at 11:11 AM, Steven W. Orr wrote: >> >>> Hold on thar Bullwinkle! Let's analyze what you just said: >>> >>> You want to suggest that it's appropriate to reschedule a lecture >>> on *perl* so that a bunch of sad males, married or otherwise, will >>> be validated to stand in huge lines, to buy expensive vegetation, >>> in some vague attempt to satisfy the artificial societal pressure >>> imposed by the dual cabal of the krypto-fascist flower industry and >>> the opposite sex? >>> >>> I think not. >>> >>> Remember what they say in Japan: "Everyone wants to be where >>> everyone else wants to be". >>> >>> Uri, I love you like a niece, but I'd rather give you the flowers >>> on some random day that doesn't include images of cherubs with >>> ancient weaponry than to my own wife at the appointed hour. >> >> I'm not sure if this means that you want to have the meeting or not :-? > > steve is a long time friend who is just busting me here. my issue is > more about low attendance. i got a couple of off list (those should > be on list!) replies expressing interest and unlikely to attend. so > to have a better crowd, i suggested punting on v day. very few so far > have said they would attend that night. most or at least many of us > are actually in relationships and regardless of steve's sentiment (or > lack thereof), market and social forces exert extreme pressure to > spend cash and time on these made up holidays! :) my wife actually > would let me go to the meeting as we have something booked for the > next night. > > so back to the actual topic. do we reschedule for tues feb 21, or > punt altogether and i do this talk in april? > > thanx, > > uri > > _______________________________________________ > Boston-pm mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm > _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
