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Go on a Benjamin-Button-style trip through relationships, from lifelong soulmates to first loves. (Slate)

Still looking for love on Valentine’s Day? Definitely check out Bwog personals! And if you’re willing to venture beyond Morningside Heights for romance, take a look at this breakdown of NYC’s love life by zip code. (NY Mag)

Fed up with Valentine’s Day and looking to commiserate (anonymously, on the internet)? Here’s a handful of Valentine’s Days gone wrong. (City Room)

Nancy Rosin takes Valentine’s Day seriously. So seriously that she collects Valentines written for other people. That’s right, she has over 10,000, and some of them date back more than 300 years. (ABC)

The Google Doodle is really cute today.

And don’t forget, if you’re still scrambling to find something for that special someone, there are plenty of last minute gifts within a few blocks of your dorm!

ResLife is giving away free candygrams and Momofuku cookies today at 2:00 in the lobby of Broadway Residence Hall! For those looking for more than just a sugar-high, there will also be a sex toy info session presented by Babeland.

Be Glen Coco.

Update: Photos of sex toy spread below!

All of Morningside Heights seems to be in love this week. Check out the boringest of the neighborhood’s Valentine’s Day-themed decor.

Are you a lazy lover? Minimum effort produces maximum results with these great Morningside Heights finds. You can even pay with Flex! Katheryn Thayer keeps you in the know!

For the Cuddly
Breakfast in bed! Bonus points if you serve with John Jay trays.

For the Alcoholic
Check out these cute love-themed ice cube trays at University Housewares!

Read on for more gift ideas!

Love is in the air, and it’s making Bwog feel all warm and fuzzy. Cuddle up with a loved one (or just a pillow, we know times are tough), and enjoy the ‘toons!

Cartoons by Jody Zellman

Wave bye!

Murmurs of a Syrian revolution are beginning, though it remains unclear how many of them are coming from within the country itself. (Al Jazeera)

The City Council approved a bill yesterday that prohibits smoking in a bunch of city-run public places. So basically, there’s nowhere left. Poor, poor grad students. (Gothamist)

Apparently, exercise is leading to marital problems. Guess we’ll just have to watch 30 Rock re-runs instead. (WSJ)

The NY Schools Chancellor announced a decision to close 10 schools. People booed. Bloomberg announced a proposal to reform (and reduce) pensions for municipal workers. People really booed. (NYT, CityRoom)

Think slush was the worst of your problems? 2/3 of America shivers this morning, in some parts under as much as 20 inches of snow! As our own snow-fall comes to an end, snow-play is getting uglier. Please play nicely. (NY Post)

Could this be the last Valentine’s Day for candy hearts? Quite possibly, since a 6th grader found one that said… um… look for yourself. (Gawker)

Photo via Wikimedia.

Bwog’s Chief Romantic Messaging Tipster Jon Hill caught the following snow inscription on the benches outside of Low yesterday:

You know the drill: you wear things we like, we take pictures of you! As Seen on College Walk marches on, despite frigid temperatures and slush.

Zhuoxi Lu, BC ’09, Barnard Gates

So you graduated a couple of years ago. What brings you back? I’m meeting up with a friend.

What was your major? Biology and psychology.

What do you miss most about Barnard/Columbia? I don’t know. I guess. . . nice professors!

What are you doing now? I go to Parsons for fashion marketing.

What will you be wearing this Valentine’s Day? Red shoes – red heels.

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. . . just a couple of firemen making a special stop to buy chocolate for their sweethearts!

If Valentine’s Day is slipping away and you’re starting to fret about not being with your crush, well, fret no longer! Following its successful stint at the College of William and Mary, GoodCrush.com (formerly the CrushFinder) has expanded and hit Columbia/Barnard and wants YOU to sign up and start crushin’!

According to Josh Weinstein, Princeton ’09, who started the site in 2007 to be a “Valentine’s Day student government intiative,” the site has a number of special capacities, including room for making, browsing, and crushing profiles; alerts for missed connections; and a new “periodic crushing” feature. In many ways it’s the same as LoveatCU, though Weinstein notes that periodic crushing does not factor as centrally on LoveatCU as on GoodCrush. He also expresses (feigns?) surprise at the Columbia-as-a-sex-free-zone stereotype, sharing that “[the website] is designed to help and I hope it does.

Weinstein singles out specific students – those “sitting in Butler or a class exchanging glances with another across the room,” for instance – as those who would benefit most from regular use of GoodCrush. However, given that most crushes and sideward glances at Butler in recent memory have been directed towards James Franco, Bwog remains skeptical.

Famous people sing songs of love. (Entertainment Weekly)

Bubba comes home from the hospital. (NYT)

Your journalism professor takes off his clothes. (NY Daily News)

New York gets its very own street artist. (Gothamist)

New York hearts you. (MediaBistro)

To conclude this year’s string of personals, we give you Kay Sorin, CC’13 and Mason Silber, CC’13. To take either of these fine young adults out on a date, email personals@bwog.net and we’ll set you up and give you $10.

Name / Year / School / Major: Kay Sorin, CC ’13, Classics

Preference (guy for guy, etc.): Girl for Guy

Hometown: NYC

Your dream date in seven words or fewer: Fun in the snow, then hot chocolate

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Bwog presents you with Brian Nickel, CC’11 and Bwog’s very own Lecture Hop Editor, Mark Hay, CC’12. Interested parties should email personals@bwog.net by 9 p.m. tonight!

Name / Year / School / Major: Brian Nickel/2011/Columbia College/Poly-Sci and Sustainable Development

Preference (guy for guy, etc.): what up ladies

Hometown: Syosset, Long Island

Your dream date in seven words or fewer: Find a new restaurant downtown — my treat.

What redeems you as a human being? I’ve been told I have a great laugh.

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Bwog’s latest eligible bachelorette is Liza Weingarten, CC’12. Email personals@bwog.net for the hook up!

Name / Year / School / Major: Liza Weingarten/2012/CC/Urban Studies

Preference (guy for guy, etc.): Girl for Guy

Hometown: Boston

Your dream date in seven words or fewer: Anything but the Movies.

What redeems you as a human being?: I’m really good at baking.

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Bwog continues sending love your way with Russel Spruill, CC’10 and Kristine Hizon, BC’10. Email personals@bwog.net if you’re interested and Bwog will send you two love birds off with $10 for the date.

Name / Year / School / Major: Russell Spruill / Senior / CC / Premedical Concentration in Hispanic Studies

Preference (guy for guy, etc.): guy for girl

Hometown: Hillsborough, NJ

Your dream date in seven words or fewer: Must laugh at my corny jokes.

What redeems you as a human being? Wilma’s Anthem

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