I pretty much summed up the whole big ball o schmoopy this time Last Year… sooo… Valentines Day…. everyone was off…

Four years now.. wow.. that’s like undergrad… or high school…. yet for some reason it doesn’t feel like the same spans of time when you compare them.

After a very lazy morning – we finally got dressed and headed out to find something to eat…. On a recommendation from devcubber – we went to this little, rather sheik pizzeria called Dewey’s Pizza in neighboring downtown Kirkwood. We later discovered that this is a Cincinnati phenomena- the owner’s son has expanded their operation to St. Louis with this one location… Once again – a day of relevance can’t got by without Glass leaving our lips.

Despite living near and driving through Kirkwood my entire life – I’d never explored it… We re-parked the car after lunch and went for a stroll… (it was like Spring out).

The neighborhood is littered with little mom and pop shops… The towns “main drag” isn’t quite what it used to be. Time has turned the area into prime zip-code to live in for young yup-pups… So now huge deluxe condo-loft-plexes are cropping up, jammed onto lots that sit uncomfortably close to the sidewalk… “Condominiums, from the mid 300’s!!!”. Hell – I remember considering an apartment off this very street in college for $350 a month.

Stopped into a kitchen store – found a tea kettle for half off… Stopped into the health food store and bought ear candles… which is where we get to the visual meat and potatoes of this post.

Just the other day “Ear Candles” came up in conversation. Of course, I didn’t believe them…. No sir! I wasn’t going to fall for another one of their silly bullshit stories again!! No way!

Then of course I found out that these things actually “DO” exist.

Soooooo… figuring it was a sign – we picked some up for entertainment that evening.

Entertainment indeed… I can’t begin to tell you how completely ridiculous one feels with a lit candle sticking out of your ear… (it’s more like a hollow cone – not like a candle you’d use in a candelabra).

The warm smoke loosens the gunk in your ear – and the air induction sucks it up the end…. And… I guess it worked?… Click HERE for photo docs – *if you’re not easily grossed out and / or have a fascination with nasty things.

“So Jim – what did you guys do for Valentine’s Day?

Well.. We had pizza, went shopping and sat around that night sticking candles in our ears…

You expect me to blog about this?