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inancial experts are predicting that Americans will spend  $27.5 billion  on Valentine's gifts like flowers, chocolates, and greeting cards. Officials say the average person spends about $188 on Valentine's Day items. Of course, there is another way...

Over the years, the cost of Super Bowl commercials has seen steady growth. In 2022, the price was around $6.5 million, while in 2023 and 2024, it rose to $7 million, and for 2025, it has surpassed the  $8 million  mark. Don't have that kind of cash? Maybe run your ads earlier and save?!

Simply put,  the NFL views any commercial activity that uses or refers to the “Super Bowl” to draw attention as a violation of its trademark rights . Here's one way around it-

AI Company Asks Job Applicants Not to Use AI in Job Applications  https://www.404media.co/anthropic-claude-job-application-ai-assistants/ Here's a message from Claude's AI assistant-

 January 30th is National Inane Answering Message Day- time to celebrate those awkward, cringe-worthy, and often nonsensical answering machine messages .

AI girlfriend trend exploding as 8 in 10 men think they could replace real lovers  https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/sex-relationships/ai-girlfriend-trend-exploding-8-34524480 We see where this is going...

37% of employers Would Rather Hire AI Than Gen Z Graduates  https://www.newsweek.com/employers-would-rather-hire-ai-then-gen-z-graduates-report-2019314   Alexa- Your thoughts?

Pizza-Flavored Cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch Teams Up with Totino’s for ‘Bold’ New Mashup  https://people.com/cinnamon-toast-crunch-totinos-pizza-flavored-cereal-8778675  ( alt ) But wait, there's more!

Workers are becoming increasingly secretive at work—and Gen Z is the most likely to hide parts of themselves -  https://fortune.com/2025/01/21/workers-secretive-at-work-gen-z-hidden-lives/amp/

After inauguration moved indoors, Trump fans who traveled to D.C. had to watch it on TV from their hotel rooms  https://www.the-express.com/news/politics/161037/donald-trump-supporter-maga-capitol-ceremony

TikTok says it’s restoring service to US users based on Trump’s promised executive order Sure, it's back online now, but it could be removed from the US again- Will you be prepared?!?

The  NFL playoffs  keep rolling on with  the NFL divisonal round of playoffs  this weekend. Only eight teams remain in the hunt for  Super Bowl LIX  − the  Baltimore Ravens  (13-5),  Buffalo Bills  (14-4),  Detroit Lions  (15-2),  Houston Texans  (11-7),  Kansas City Chiefs  (15-2),  Los Angeles Rams  (11-7),  Philadelphia Eagles  (15-3) and  Washington Commanders  (13-5). Here's a PSA if you...

Studies show that less than 25% of people actually stay committed to their resolutions after 30 days and only 8 percent accomplish them. This is for the 75 percent who've already fallen off the resolution wagon.

Cheetos Is Releasing a Pizza Flavor Just in Time for the Super Bowl  https://www.foodandwine.com/cheetos-puffs-cheese-pizza-flavor-8772631   Get ready for complete cornmeal/vegetable oil domination!

Arby's Changes Menu Items' Names to Sound Healthier to 'Cheat' New Years Resolutions  https://people.com/arby-s-is-renaming-some-menu-items-to-sound-more-healthy-8771937   Hey Alexa- Help me with my meal plan for the new year!

Cranky? Angry? Irritable? TikTok, Instagram and social media may be impacting your mood, study finds.  https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/cranky-angry-irritable-tiktok-instagram-161618091.html  

Study finds the jobs A.I. will steal first include postal service clerks, bank tellers, cashiers, and administrative assistants  https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/business/ai-job-losses-by-2030-intl/index.html  ( source ) Replacing a postal service clerk?! Whodathunk!??

Fantasy football season is now over. If you won, now there's a way to show off your prowess!

(Audio) Columbus funeral home to be first in Ohio to operate with a liquor license. Owner says, “My role in this position is to kind of be a party planner for dead people.”  https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/columbus-funeral-home-first-ohio-operate-liquor-license-evergreen-funeral-cremation-and-reception  

What are Americans’ New Year’s resolutions for 2025?  https://today.yougov.com/society/articles/51144-what-are-americans-new-years-resolutions-for-2025  ( source ) Hey Alexa- Little help?

14% of us have crashed a party before. 9% have crashed a  holiday party .  https://today.yougov.com/topics/politics/survey-results/daily/2024/12/11/f350c/1  ( more )

Distressing news! Regularly posting on social media may worsen mental health in adults  https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/dec/regularly-posting-social-media-may-worsen-mental-health-adults DUH! Alexa- what are you thoughts!?

Infants developing ‘werewolf syndrome’ after parents take popular hair-loss drug: report  https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/world-news/infants-develop-werewolf-syndrome-after-parents-take-hair-loss-drug-report/   *Werewolf Baby...coming soon to a theater near you. It's hair-raising fun for the whole family!

How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’  https://apnews.com/article/oxford-word-year-brain-rot-b43d864aed7f7d9d039edbd9b8a19ffb   Maybe it's not a bad thing!

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