I use an ad blocker in Firefox for exactly the reason you mentioned - the in your face. On some sites, it's very bad, with every unused pixel (and some used) taken up with something that flashes, jiggles and otherwise sets my teeth on edge. The blocker can be "fine tuned" to allow some in, and you can use list subscriptions to help that, but I haven't had time to sit down and look at the sites without the blocker to see what I can do as a reasonable compromise.

The only thing I can think of for folks like me is a section I know I look at for special offers, supporter acknowledgement and so on. I'm not sure how much help any ads I see would be to you, since I'm not in Canada.