Podcasts and booboos

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Playing a little hurt today, but I'm about as tough as it gets, so it's ok. Who's that laughing? I'll sick the dog on you.

Thanks to some melting snow/ice from the roof, the front steps of the mansion were pretty much sheer ice. Rushing down the stairs to take the mutt out to yellow up the snow, while simultaneously talking to my parents on phone, and wearing pretty much traction-less shoes, might have been seen, by a lesser human being, as a recipe for disaster. Exceptionally balanced and graceful individuals such as myself rarely think of "traction" or "Hey, I might fall down the stairs if I'm not careful." Well, color me shocked when for once my super human balance failed me, and I went down the front steps ass over tea kettle.

While my dignity had taken a beating, my pinkie took a worse one. not sure if it's broken or not, but it is kind of swollen and purple today. Thanks to having broken most of my fingers before, and thanks to my overall toughness as a human being, I didn't cry like a little girl. I thought about it though.

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In keeping with new re-organization of the blog, Tuesday's are all about "Entertainment." Maybe tv, maybe movies, maybe sports. Most of these things only interest me. Sometimes I might attempt to write a relatively serious film or book critique. Others I might talk about what sort of embarrassing tv shows I'm sucked into these days.

Today? No long dissertations on anything, just a list of a few podcasts worth checking out if, like me, you like sports talk radio. Now, I understand completely people who hate sports talk radio. Is it completely useless? Possibly. Are most hosts borderline morons? Yes. Accepting all of these things as true, here is a list of some Sports podcasts that don't always suck.

• Pardon the Interruption - Sometimes great, usually good. Same as the tv show. Usually about 25 minutes or so.
  
• Mike and Mike in the Morning - A fat guy and a metro-sexual talk sports. Surprisingly entertaining, even if they have Dick Vitale on to scream once a week. 30 plus minutes
  
• Dan Patrick Show - Dan Patrick is an annoyingly pompous past his prime putz. That said, sometimes he has on some pretty entertaining guests. Desperately needs a co-host, sometimes Keith Olberman fits the bill. 15 minutesish
• ESPN Daily Dish - ESPN basketball writer Chad Ford and a few others interview basketball GMs and others to talk about various issues. Usually 10 minutes or less.
• Baseball America - Reviews minor league and college baseball players, farm systems, and the baseball draft. Anywhere from 20 - 60 minutes.
• Tony Kornheiser Show - From his Washington Post radio show, Tony doesn't really talk a ton about sports, but for fans of his old ESPN show, it's nice to have him back. 60 - 90 minutes.

All of the above update daily. Some of them suck for the most part but are interesting sometimes, others are generally worth listening to, others are at best good background noise.