1. Raffle to win art by Britt Wilson.

2. "18 Places Google Maps Won't Let You See."

3. For next February - - goofy Valentines.

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This weekend's show at Gallery Nucleus glorifies letters. The space-themed letters you see above are by Jared Andrew Schorr, who also created this viking-themed valentine:



He has various goods on sale at Etsy.

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A few gems, mostly from Reddit and Found:


Lawn and Order.



Dog says goodbye to its master.



Stormtroopers are infinitely more interesting than clones.



Ken Jennings welcomes our new robot overlords.



Inappropriate candy heart.

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Chell from Portal 2. And since I haven't posted it yet, here's the funny Valentine's Day-themed video Valve made for the game:



Via.

*Buy Companion Cubes at eBay.

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1. Warren Ellis describes the origin of Valentine's Day (it involves werewolves). (I'm sure his site is NSFW.)

2. Especially with the nonsense this week about how video games cause rape, this is a particularly interesting observation:

For years we've been told that violence on TV creates imitation in real life. What, are police exempt from this theory? If a TV network makes felonies committed by a cop under color of authority entertainment, network standards and practices is complicit in fostering an atmosphere of lawlessness and disrespect for the Bill of Rights that can only encourage more official lawlessness.

3. Chris Fowler, Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso have deals with Nike. ESPN claims that it didn't know. (Herbstreit called the national championship, if I remember correctly. It'd be interesting to listen to the broadcast and see if he praised Oregon's uniform.) Via.

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Valentine's Day image by Kim Herbst. She has lots of prints on sale at Etsy.

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Doctor Cat and Legend of Zelda Valentines by Sarah Sobole. She has prints on sale here, and a hoody on sale at Threadless.

*Buy Legend of Zelda toys at eBay.

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Heart-shaped eggs and toast. More here.

*Buy cookie cutters at Amazon.

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1. Dog with removable heart sculpture (it's cute).

2. John Allison:

Webcomics is the sphere where you give it all away. All your hard work, all of it. It works to an extent, but only to an extent. Giving away your backbreaking labour then selling someone a tshirt based on a Star Wars joke you knocked out in fifteen minutes is mental.

3. Last Exit to Nowhere's new limited edition t-shirt for Paul is on sale (UK only).

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1. Hilarious: Lindsay Lohan might not have committed grand theft (stealing something worth more than $950) because although the price tag on the necklace was $2,500, it wasn't even worth half that much. Via.

2. And speaking of Valentine's Day-related scams, read about this one involving Groupon and FTD.

3. Finally, zombie and stalker-themed Valetines.

*But I'm sure the deals in Amazon's jewerly store are always good deals.

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1. The BBTS has the McFarlane Walking Dead figures available for preorder.

2. Death, Desire, and Delirium of The Endless at Dr. Sketchy. (NSFW)

3. Cute and simple thumb print Valentines.

*Buy Death of the Endless toys at eBay.

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1. Some nice Mignola-esque art on display at Thomas Kovach's site.

2. Apparently Hellen jo is an excellent person to commission artwork from.

3. Two Commander Riker Valentines. Via.

*Buy Star Trek cologne at Entertainment Earth.

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