:mattLandia:

I'm not sure, but I think I've crossed some sort of invisible aging boundary. Try as I might, I've never been able to endure more than short spurts of AM radio. It's less about AM radio content, and more about AM radio tone. Since college days when my roomies worked as DJ's and Editors for the local college radio station, I've tried to develop a taste for AM. But, like beer, no amount of effort has changed my disposition to the weaker of the radio sexes.

Till now.

I've gone nearly two weeks without switching back to FM. Mostly sports talk radio. I turn it on, start my commute, and within 10 or 15 minutes have tuned it out, but I've LEFT IT ON. However, this leads me to a disheartening conclusion. My inner ear has become old and musty. AM radio tonality simply can't aggravate my once macho ear canals. Conclusion: Vitamins and anti-oxidants notwithstanding, my ears are getting older. I suppose the rogue ear hair is a giveaway too.