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" I must apologize. As I finish up this post, only a few minutes remain in Valentine&amp;#039;s Day 2010. My day has been pretty sad. I went out with my fellow disgruntled date, Todd, and came home alone last night. We ran into some interesting characters, headlined by a beautiful group of Canadian girls (why is every girl that I meet from Canada beautiful?).  But it got depressing when one of the girls guessed I was older than I was (the first time that&amp;#039;s ever happened), and I was thrown off my game. Todd and I ended up discussing the evening&amp;#039;s adventures over chicken tenders at the diner before calling it a night. This morning I was so hungover, I couldn&amp;#039;t get out of bed until the late afternoon. And, even then, I had a horrible headache. So, my late Valentine&amp;#039;s post is because of my horrible hangover. It&amp;#039;s a sad excuse, but I planned to post it this morning Here are some fun gift/date/activities that I learned about as Valentine&amp;#039;s Day approached: What Valentine&amp;#039;s date is complete without music? Guys love gadgets, so let this clever device do the heavy lifting for you: the Sonos ZonePlayer S5. It&amp;#039;s a portable system that you can control with your iPod/iPhone, and gives you access to streaming music stations and download sites such as Napster and Rhapsody. You can create playlists and listen in any room in the house. So you&amp;#039;ll have a musical backdrop whether you&amp;#039;re cooking, stargazing, or soaking in the tub. There are folks working to eliminate the anxiety a guy faces as he tries to buy clothes so he can avoid buying things too big or too small \u2014 I&amp;#039;ve made both mistakes. Myshape.com is a clothing site that allows consumers to input their measurements into a profile so that their significant other can get the correct sizes. And, as I found out from Myshape.com, women have up to 10 measurements. Considering my buddies and I don&amp;#039;t know how many measurements we need to send in for tuxes for weddings, we definitely don&amp;#039;t know all the female clothing measurements. Make your man feel like super stud by nominating him for World&amp;#039;s Greatest Lover. When you nominate your significant other for World&amp;#039;s Greatest Lover by simply uploading their picture, the site will do the rest. There will be a custom newscast complete with commentary from an esteemed panel of judges that you can send to friends. Wanna find out how compatible you are? Head to Omadamo.com to take a compatibility test. The system calculates the intensity of your relationship and your compatibility based on the following aspects: affection, respect, admiration, empowerment, loyalty, intimacy, and appreciation. At first glance, I feel like I&amp;#039;d measure up pretty poorly: I don&amp;#039;t respect myself, I feel no empowerment around females, I fear intimacy,  and I tend to only admire women who have boyfriends. But for those of you who do have something somewhat healthy going on, it&amp;#039;s fun to see just how healthy you are. And the site even offers tips on improving your relationship. Finally, I&amp;#039;ve had some fun date ideas on my mind. I dug up an interesting dogsledding with optional beer tasting outing (I assume after the sledding \u2014 we can&amp;#039;t have any drunk dogsledding) offered by the New York Adventure Society. And it&amp;#039;s great for singles or couples because there&amp;#039;s a focus on socializing and meeting people. Other outings include ice climbing, a Valentine&amp;#039;s massage class, hiking, mountain horseback riding/wine tasting, and (my personal favorite) guns &amp;amp;amp; pub \u2014 again, I hope they do those two activities in the right order. Remember my theory is that nothing brings us together like a challenge, and nature often creates a great challenge for couples. Do a little research, and I&amp;#039;m sure you can dig up some fun activities like this near your town. It&amp;#039;s always a good thing to try something a little different. Again, I apologize for my tardiness with my Valentine&amp;#039;s tidbits, but these are things you can do anytime. I hope you had a wonderful Valentine&amp;#039;s Day...and I really hope you didn&amp;#039;t spend it hungover in bed like me. Follow me on Twitter: twitter.com/richravens "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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