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An ornately set table. A fine bottle of pink sparkling wine. A bouquet of flowers purchased in a hurry on the way home from the office. A filter on the window to simulate a blue moon. Andy Williams crooning "Moon River" or the 101 Strings playing "Light My Fire" in the background. All of the necessary mood-enhancing ingredients for a cozy tête-à-tête on Valentine's Day.

It's snowing again! This gives Torontoist yet another opportunity to bust out a pretty picture of streets clogged with snow, and it gives the rest of Canada the opportunity to go, "Hey, how come those Toronto folks can't deal with a little snow ha ha ha don't they have plows?" Then we say, "No, we don't have enough plows, fuckers, because it turns out everybody else is entirely happy to suck money off us and not give us any of it back." Then they punch us, and we punch back, and it ends with black eyes and everybody drunk at the bar... no, wait, that was that wedding we went to last week! Never mind.

Barack Obama and Mike Huckabee win the Iowa Democratic and Republican caucuses. The caucuses, which are the first real test for any American presidential candidate, delivered powerful margins of victory for both candidates. However, Iowa alone does not guarantee you the nomination—just ask 1992 Iowa caucus winner Tom Harkin.

As of Friday, it's no longer the Hummingbird Centre, but instead the Sony Centre. You know what? All performing arts venues should be renamed so that they sound like something you would find at your local mall. It gives the whole experience more delicious corporate flavour.

Justin Timberlake.

Torontoist, in reality being totally above caring about the Britney Spears divorce, is only excited that Toronto Doctor Vincent Lam won the Giller Prize for his first collection of short stories, Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures. Torontoist reviewed the book way back in the day.

You know who's going to be upset about those Bikini Bandits? The Houston school system. Houstonist also reports on some redevelopment shenanigans over a landmark theater.

Two guys, indy-looking hipster 20-somethings, exit the new Diesel Theatre (aka the old Second City building) on Blue Jays Way. Guy: Now I've got Britney Spears' Toxic stuck in my head. F*CK! Both guys sing it softly under their breath as they walk away....

- That lumpy lothario Neil Strauss (or, He Who Suggests That He Seduced Britney Spears) is in town to chat about his new book on picking up, at Chapters Festival Hall (or, the Chapters on Richmond and John) tonight.