At the tip of my tongue

"What was that song playing at the background of that ETC (cable channel) commercial?" my friend asked me. "Close to you by Kenny Rankin and Dan Siegal," I said.

Am I a genius? Hell, no! I googled it.

Flashback to five years ago, I would have been caught singing the song over and over until somehow something clicks and I remember this little trivia stuck inside my aging brain. I would have been chanting, "I know it! It's at the tip of my tongue..." until I become convinced that if I yanked it hard enough, the answer will come to me.

Now, things that used to keep me awake at night are no more. No longer will I suddenly wake up and shout "aha!" as the tip topples over and reveals itself because even my cell phone has internet access. I have access to google 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. No trivia is too small or insignificant that I couldn't look it up.

Sometimes, I miss it though. Maybe next time someone asks me something, I'll resist "the urge to google" and give my brain the mental exercise.