Superb Owl, etc.

I can't remember the last time I paid so little attention to the Super Bowl and the accompanying ads. I guess hype fatigue has finally gotten to me. I really really didn't care who won (I know in Philly I'm supposed to hate the Giants more but I'm from New York, of course) and I instinctively knew that the ads wouldn't be worth my time.

Anybody else checking out the dating service called ChristianMingle? Tagline is "Find God's match for you." I get banner ads for it all the time. I know that the Internet is doing this to me because I'm not allowing web sites to collect any browsing information, and they even warn me that the ads I see will not be as relevant as otherwise. So this is their backup plan, to barrage me with possible the least relevant ad possibly imaginable to show me what a miserable online existence I shall endure unless I submit.

Because I have felt out of touch the past few months, I've decided that I will listen to only top 40 radio for the foreseeable future. So far, this has been only a limited success, because of the 30-or-so songs I've heard in the past few days, 6 have been something called "Ass Back Home." by Gym Class Heroes and 4 times each for "Lonely Boy" by the Black Keys and "Set Fire to the Rain" by Adele.

I'll hold back on any detailed comment for the moment, but I will say that for the most part it was all listenable aside from the repetition. I do remember when I was in my young teens that when a new song by a band I liked came out that I did want to hear it over and over, but at that point I didn't have instant access to new music in the same way we do now.

In the course of a related exploration, I happened upon a phenomenon called "Moving Like Bernie." Go to Youtube and search if you want to know more.