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Good morning Gang Green Nation! Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. Valentine’s Day is the holiday in honor of a Christian cleric named Valentine, or another Christian cleric named Valentine, both of them Romans. One dude was from the city of Rome, the other from Terni. They were both fairly obscure figures, and they may just have been one dude, it’s not entirely clear. In any event, the legend goes this dude Valentine got himself arrested for marrying Roman soldiers with their paramours, which Emperor Claudius frowned upon since he thought proper soldiers should be single. Valentine got himself thrown in prison, tried to convert Claudius, failed miserably, ticked Claudius off in the process, and was rewarded with a clubbing followed by a beheading on February 14, 269 C.E. Before Valentine lost his head, however, he apparently found a friend in his prison guard and the guard’s blind daughter. Before his death Valentine wrote the blind daughter a letter, which of course she could not read. He thanked her for her friendship and signed off with “your Valentine”, which was the first Hallmark card, as everyone knows.
Now a bunch of learned scholars beg to differ. They say nobody ever heard of this Valentine’s Day celebration until Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer wrote a little love poem about birds finding their mates on February 14. Chaucer, being not so good at romantic titles, called his little love poem Parliament of Fowls. Despite the unfortunate name, the darling ditty caught on like wildfire amongst British lovebirds, and ever since the chocolates and flowers industries have been going like gangbusters. So either we are celebrating the unfortunate demise of a third century Christian cleric or we are celebrating some weird 14th century poem about birds in Parliament today. Cheers.
Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Friday in February:
Eric Allen - Jets to Move On from Aaron Rodgers
Rich Cimini - Jets announce split with Aaron Rodgers, wish him success
Bridget Hyland - Jets intrigued by potential Aaron Rodgers replacement
Bridget Hyland - Jets' Aaron Glenn explains decision to quickly move on from QB Aaron Rodgers
Alex Smith - Jets officially parting ways with quarterback Aaron Rodgers
Connor Hughes - 5 free agents Jets could target this offseason
Adam La Rose - Jets Likely To Proceed With Post-June 1 Aaron Rodgers Release
Andrew Gould - Jets Taking Huge Dead Money Hit With Aaron Rodgers Decision
Kameron Duncan - Jets Officially Announce 2025 Decision On Aaron Rodgers
Nick Wojton - Jets’ Aaron Glenn, Darren Mougey release statement on Aaron Rodgers
Albert Bainbridge IV - NY Jets, Aaron Rodgers officially part ways, team announces
Nick Brinkerhoff - Jets QB candidates: Who can replace Aaron Rodgers in 2025?
Sean Treppedi - Report Uncovers Aaron Rodgers’ Surprise NFL Destinations After Jets Split
Owen Crisafulli - Jets' Parting Message for Aaron Rodgers Draws Response from NFL Fans
Matt Wadleigh - Aaron Rodgers Could Sign With AFC...
