Happy Valentine’s Day to those who celebrate.
Here’s a photo from 2013 (Reagan National Airport): “You are the CSS to my HTML”.
This is the year that we say Happy 30th Anniversary to the CSS/HTML couple. CSS goes back to 1996 (first standardized) and HTML to 1990.
My wife is a sysadmin, and she gave me a “Code Ruby, Be Happy!” t-shirt. She also tried to give me a “Slurm” (supercomputer management software) shirt, but it was too small. Her thinking, apparently, is for the shirts to repel other women. We don’t celebrate because she opposes re-badged Pagan holidays. But really, every day is Valentine’s Day in our house. She made me a special brunch this morning. And just last fall, I picked her a bouquet of miniature roses from the HOA grounds.
I just asked the wife if she knew it was Valentine’s Day, and she said “Oh, I wouldn’t know. Wasn’t that holiday based on a ancient flagellation ritual?” No chocolates for me again this year. She said that she went to the store without makeup, wearing the Slurm shirt, a big floppy hat, and sunglasses. The first nerdy guy she saw said, “Oh, hi! Are you a Futurama fan too?” She said she gave him a mean look an stared at the floor. I once wore my “Citation V” parting gift t-shirt to a motorcycle accessory store in Colorado and the female clerk said, “Oh those are cool. A little down-scale, but cool. My dad flys on Gulfstreams.” Happy V-Day.