Does Anyone Care About the Super Bowl?

It might just be me, but are the two teams who made it to the Super Bowl this year kind of boring? Unless you’re already a New England Patriots fan or a Seattle Seahawks fan, are you like me and asking yourself, “Who cares?” There aren’t a lot of human stories coming from these teams, except for Sam Darnold (QB for Seattle) having left a couple of other teams and now shining as a SB contender. Or coach of the Patriots, Mike Vrabel, getting fired from the Titans and now he brought his team to the Super Bowl.

Am I missing anything with either of these two teams? Of course, the Seahawks have a chance to right a wrong. Remember when they passed the ball instead of running it with Marshawn Lynch in Super Bowl XLIX…

Comment below with what you’ll be doing instead of watching the game.

-Out of the Wilderness

Using Gemini Nano Banana To Create AI Images of Me

I started out with just a single photo I captured just before going on an AI binge. Here is the first photo, no edits.

From that one image, here is what I created with Gemini on a Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra through their Nano Banana software. Some are great AI creations, others not so much. Which is your favorite and least favorite?

-Out of the Wilderness

The Starbucks All Together Commercial 2026 – The Song and More

Airing during the AFC Championship is a new commercial from Starbucks with a soundtrack that’s anything but new. Can you guess what year this song came out?

The Song. From half a century ago, almost to the day, here’s The Beatles with “All Together Now.” It came out in January 1969.

What were you doing in 1969 when this song was released? I was about 10 years away from being born but I love the 60s era music and furniture. They don’t make it like they used to, do they?

-Out of the Wilderness

Now That Football is Almost Over…

This is how I feel…

I can’t help it. College had a great football season and the NFL did, too… especially if I block out the conspiracy theories that sometimes seem true. The NFL has just 4 teams left at the time of this post. Three more games. Then we remember that we have family and friends who actually want to do other stuff–besides watch football– and there’s a whole world out there to explore. Boring.

-Out of the Wilderness

Big Snow in Nashville? Part of me is jealous…

I have three distinct memories of specific experiences during big snow storms in Nashville. In one, I was downtown and thought it would be fun to spin out as I exited a parking garage. A thousand dollars later, my front axle was back to normal. In another memory, I was driving home after work let out early… but not early enough. It took me over an hour to drive 8 or 9 miles where I decided to park my car in an apartment complex lot and walk another mile to my house. The third memory is when I made the mistake of doing delivery work during the snow. It would be fun, I thought. I’ll be fine, I thought. Well, after one of the deliveries my only choice was to descend down an icy road or drive through the front yards of every house on the street, slowly creeping through the crunchy grass. One of my better decisions even though I was in a situation I should’ve avoided altogether.

From those experiences and many more, I pretty much detest driving in snow, rain, and anything other than sunny, dry conditions. I guess that’s how people go from young, carefree drivers to whatever I am now. 🤪

Nashville has been preparing for a big snow storm this weekend. I don’t envy anyone who has to drive in it but there’s a part of me that misses the solitude and quietness during those snowy days. The roads are mostly empty, even in neighborhoods (or ESPECIALLY in neighborhoods since it takes days to get those roads cleared). Birds chirping and brown leaves rustling on branches above, along with the occasional sound of kids–or adults– sledding down hills. That’s the part I miss. Being cooped up indoors with a fire and a good movie or going into the yard to play with the dogs. So even though those three memories stand out, I had so much fun with my dogs in the snow, speeding down nearby hills on a boogie board, or walking through the neighborhood hearing nothing but the cool air blowing by.

Nashville… be safe this weekend. Don’t do anything I wouldn’t do and for goodness sake, don’t do the dumb things I already did.

-Out of the Wilderness