What's up with Valentine's day? When did the observance become so cynical?

Yesterday I reported on un-Valentine's cards, candy, T-shirts and background checks.

Now I see in the Wall Street Journal a special Valentine's piece on how to have a good divorce. Some advice: Try coming to terms without a lawyer, be prepared for a major loss of assets, and treat your ex as a business partner rather than as someone you loved.

USA Today reminds the soon to be divorcee to purge the e-mail archives of damaging evidence so you're not caught out like the mayor of Detroit. And don't forget to clean up your Facebook profile.

And a West Virginia radio station is giving away a free divorce for Valentine's day.

Maybe it's always been like this, ever since Saint Valentine was tortured to death on February 14th, 496AD for secretly marrying young couples.

But at least the Tulsa World had something positive: How to make love last. The answer: put the flowers in a vase of sugar water with a drop of bleach, and cut the stems on a diagonal.