I am a man, this of course means I am terrible at Valentine’s Day. Yes I have done some stupid things. I have purchased fake flowers. I have bought really stupid cards and gifts. It is not that I can’t do the right thing it is that it requires weeks of preparation and frankly I don’t have the attention span of a nat. I also don’t have ESP. Ladies you have to spell it out for us. I know, you want us to figure it out on our own. You think it means we really care if we take the time to know the right thing to do. It isn’t that we don’t care it is that it takes most of our brain power to keep us from drooling on ourselves so what is left over is for remembering to breath and how to find the drive through window for fast food. It is also true that thanks to groups like Hallmark, Jewelry stores and flower shops, if we don’t go all out we are in the dog house. And every guy knows it is a lie if she says she doesn’t want anything. Penguins, when they want to show their love give the potential mate a round pebble. He doesn’t have to pick a fight with a walrus, catch the biggest fish is the ocean or find flowers on a continent of ice. He has to find a nice round simple pebble and hope she likes it. Help us out here, if we do make an effort at least fake a smile!