February 14, 2012
Let’s talk a little about Valentine’s Day. If you want to get all comic book-y, we can call this kind of a “Year One” type story. Shall we? In 3rd or 4th century BC, The Parentalia and Feralia Festivals of Purification were celebrated from February 13-18 to coincide with the Fertility Festival. The latter was a ritual not unlike the “Casual Encounters” section of CraigsList. All of the willing females would enter their names into a box and one by one, eligible men would step up for their turn. With a name in hand, the two would go off and what happened next was reffered to as a “rite of passage.” Use your imagination for that one. Read the rest…

Let’s talk a little about Valentine’s Day. If you want to get all comic book-y, we can call this kind of a “Year One” type story.

Shall we?

In 3rd or 4th century BC, The Parentalia and Feralia Festivals of Purification were celebrated from February 13-18 to coincide with the Fertility Festival. The latter was a ritual not unlike the “Casual Encounters” section of CraigsList. All of the willing females would enter their names into a box and one by one, eligible men would step up for their turn. With a name in hand, the two would go off and what happened next was reffered to as a “rite of passage.” Use your imagination for that one.

Read the rest…

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