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what if in the future they figure out the scientific formula for love? and then they just program robots to love for people because everyone's too busy fighting alens or using their personal time-machines to hang out with gandhi or ride dinosaurs? valentines day has been made out to be this big festival for couples and lovers and spouses. (a consumerist holiday, too) which is kind of stupid when you think about all the poor single people in the world with no one to celebrate. so i'm making a stand, i'm taking this out of the hands of hallmark and soulmates and hearts and flowers and carrot gold necklaces. i'm turning this boring-blah-blah holiday into a celebration of all kinds of love. like the kind of love that exists between friends, between your cat, or between your mother. the kind of the love that makes you smile when you are sad, and dance when you are dreaming. the kind of love that makes waking up rushed, and going to bed delayed. it's really all about what makes us tick and tock and all those other things human-heart clocks seem to do. because there's a whole lot more to life than sharing your bed with someone. what about sharing your food, or your space, sharing your hopes and your dreams. so i'm declaring valentines day, national love everyone day. before the robots take over, that is. so let's love, damn it! with crazy old-fashioned human love.