Here are various images from Valentine's Days of yore.

This is one of my personal favorites.

[digital drawing of Batman hanging upside-down in his Bat Cave saying "Nana nana nana nana, Me!"]

The truth of our relationship.

Left side: The guy I love
[digital drawing of my smiling husband wearing a Mega Man shirt and holding out a pink sprinkle donut tagged "for wife <3"]

Right side: The guy who loves me
[husband in same Mega Man shirt now annoyingly advising "You can't have donuts *every* day..."]

I don't remember the exact context for this. I think his coworker left a mystery gift on his desk, and I joked it might contain bees.

Panel 1: "Awww, someone left a treat for me...
[digital drawing of a closed paper bag from Dunkin' Donuts]

Panel 2: ...I wonder what it is...
[the paper bag is now open]

Panel 3: ...Beeeeeeeeeees?!!!"
[15 letter B's in various fonts fly out of the bag]

Speaking of things I leave on his computer for him to find, here is an example of other dumb things I do to surprise him...

This idea first hatched when we were watching through the entire backlog of Chopped:
Every few episodes, a contestant would toss an over easy egg on top of whatever dish they had made (sometimes on purpose, but usually to help distract from / cover mistakes underneath).
Each time this happened, the judges would be absolutely beside themselves with amazement - raving and fawning about how innovative the chef was for "elevating the dish," as if they were all perpetually-surprised goldfish who had never encountered a runny egg before.

Apparently, "elevating a dish with eggs" is a trending topic in the culinary world. There is even a NYC food zine called "Put A Egg On It."

While I agree that many foods are improved with the addition of an egg (home fries, burgers, rice, etc.), the absurdity of the current hype and marketing around such a simple staple just makes me laugh. It's like, I hate to break it to you hip modern chefs, but I'm fairly certain people have been putting eggs on food since the discovery of birds.

[digital drawing of a creepily excited fried egg saying "Put me on you!"]

I'm pretty sure this was another case of him not wanting to eat the snacks I packed in his lunch.

[anthropomorphized cheez-it holding its arms out for a hug and proclaiming "Love me!"]

You already know my mind goes weird places.
One day I thought, "If animals can blep because they have tongues, what about shoes?"

[digital drawing of an anthropomorphized boot with its tongue sticking out. Text reads "Shoe Blep"]

[digital drawing of a fish that looks like it is 100% done with everyone and everything - the physical embodiment of a sigh. Text reads "Blub, indeed."]

Okay, that's the last of the "specifically drawn to be annoying" posts. There are still a few digital notes lined up for this week, but they are regular weird as opposed to desktop-clutter weird.

As a palate-cleanser, here are a few pictures from our first "Fishmas" celebration.

We've had Chintzy Blue, our belovedly-tacky Christmas tree, for almost a decade now, but in 2015 we finally decided to use its color to full advantage and adopt an underwater theme for our holiday decor. I handmade the starfish tree topper, which, while thematically appropriate, isn't quite as fun as either the "dead Harry Potter angel" I previously made out of cut paper, or the "Dr. Wily with floating coat action" figurine we used for the first few years.

[photo of Chintzy Blue lit up. Along with the starfish topper, it has a "sand" tree skirt adorned with collected shells, and various fish, boat, penguin, buoy, lure, seahorse, and stingray ornaments]