February 13, 2010 | My Own Valentine’s Day Blog

Ah, yes, Valentine’s Day. That day. It’s a day that men dread due to the absurd amounts of social programming that tells us that the gifting of chocolates and jewelry apparently equate to the retention of romantic courtship. I’m not into that romantic pomp and circumstance social dance, and thankfully I don’t have to worry about it at the present.

Emancipation is a wonderful feeling, even if you’re the only one tossing and toiling in bed, all alone in the night.

Onto more important matters: sometime this month marks the fifth birthday of a site that helped change my life. It’s called Battlestar Wiki, and I spent the better part of an hour and a half sifting through my experiences running the site and, much to my surprise, writing what amounts to a love letter to the frakking fandom that has placed so much time, effort, and trust in a website. It is as raw as bloody steak, having come from a stream of consciousness, and can be found here:

http://blog.battlestarwiki.org/2010/02/13/our-five-year-mission/

Thank you.