Be My On-Line Valentine?

A box of chocolates, a glass of wine and the warm glow of the computer monitor.

Face it, not everyone has a date for Valentine’s. But on Black Wednesday the on-line chat rooms of the Internet will be packed fuller than a bar on New Year’s Eve.

Check out America Online, where that paragon of romantic indignation - Miss Piggy - will be offering advice to the lovelorn at 8 p.m. EST in the auditorium.

Still not ready to just sit down with a good book? The Cyber Love Shack goes live at 9 p.m.in New York, which AOL guarantees will be the “coolest, WILDEST show in the history of the Internet.”

If the idea of talking to a bunch of strangers doesn’t appeal, at least you can express your feelings for your one, true love - your pet. Just send an e-mail to Cupid and CompuServe will send a real Valentine to Fluffy or Spike.

“That’s for really lonely people,” spokeswoman Daphne Kent said.

For those coming in late from a disappointing evening, remember that the IRC Hottub Channel is just filling up with perky Australians as North America is going to bed.