This time last year I had just been dumped. In fact it was the Saturday before Valentine’s Day. I was waiting at my house for my girlfriend to come over so that we could go out on a double date. Earlier that day the gift I’d bought her for Valentine’s Day came in the mail. When she came over that afternoon I could tell something was wrong. When I asked her about it, she told me that she was was sorry but she was still in love with her ex-boyfriend. She asked if we could take a break for a little while so that she could figure things out. I’d had some bad experiences in the past with “taking a break” so I told her that I preferred all or nothing. She chose nothing. I gave her the gift I’d bought her (and a couple days later left the flowers I’d ordered on her doorstep) and she left. So, last year Valentine’s Day kind of sucked and that’s why I chose this song. Just remember, “everybody plays the fool, sometime.”

Aaron Neville - Everybody Plays the Fool