[out there]

I've never been a fan of Google ads. Especially on Mindsay.

I realize the need for them - it's expensive to run a website in
general, much less one as complex the place we call our blogging
home. Still, when the ads came to appear, I was
disappointed. I didn't mind so much having them on the "main
page", but having them on every reply page just bugs me.

I knew they were not going away, though, so I began to seek the humor
in them in lieu of my griping. Every once in awhile, the ads "pick"
rather comical keywords from the blog posts that give me a chuckle or
two. (And yes, I do have a dry sense of humor and yes, I am
easily amused - like Google ads on reply pages, that's just the way it is! Deal with it!)

Today was such a day. The banner ad that appears above one of my reply pages amused me. Twice.

The banner features a woman on the left, staring wistfully off in the distance. To her right reads the caption. TRUE LOVE: We'll help you find him. On the right, there is a bare-chested man with morning-messy-styled hair and two-day stubble. (Hmm...I think someone overshot the target audience by a blog or twelve. Anyway...)

Enter laugh #1. For me. It's good to know that true love is out there. And I can find it. Through Google ads. Should I ever find myself craving a connection with a man who cannot afford a shirt or a razor, I now know that I can solicit assistance in finding him. Online.

Who will be there to help me in my time of need? Enter laugh #2. For me. Apparantly, I need only visit www.CaliforniaPsychics.com for all of my stubble-faced shirtless boy needs. If I ask one FREE question, the boy just might be mine.

This is all so unfortunate, though, because to me stubble-faced shirtless boys tend to be even more annoying than Google ads. (But I'm sure that's just because I've not met the right one yet, right? Uh huh. Sure. Target practice people!) However, I would be willing to sacrifice said boy on the altar of paranormal sciences (i.e. give him away to one of you) if only to test the skills of these Psychic Investigators from Cal-ee-for-nigh-ay.

Any takers? Come on! True Love is out there. Way out there. If nothing else, Mindsay will get some revenue by having the link clicked. And perhaps they'll use said revenue to buy the poor boy a flannel and some shaving cream. Everyone's a winner!