sports talk radio

i've been spending a lot of time by myself lately. i can always gauge when i'm spending too much time in solitude by the amount of sports talk radio i'm listening to. it fills a void when i can no longer stand the silence. it's almost like a conversation, a good conversation at that. the people who host sports talk radio know their shit. they're not the meat heads that you meet at a bar and in convo say things like:

"so why do you not like the cowboys?"

"CUZ TONY HOMO!! (and then him and his 2 stupid friends erupt into laughter immediately)."

no, the people speaking to you on sports talk radio are extremely knowledgeable and they present their points of view  to you in a well mannered fashion (okay, sometimes stephen a. smith goes off the deep end, but the dude's passionate and i'm a fan). and this is when i know i probably have had enough of hermit time... when i start coming up with examples as to why sports radio dj's are better than people i'd meet in real life.

but it is what it is and sometimes i just wanna stay the fuck inside and not face the world. i have three radios in my house... bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen. sometimes i have all three going at once so i can move about my apartment freely and never miss a thing. this might be the most human interaction i'll have all day, might as well invest myself fully into it.

and it's sports talk. there's nothing offensive about it (although the whole penn st. thing was kinda a drag to listen to after while). i like sports, they like sports... it's a perfect fit. sometimes they take callers and it feels like another voice has been added to the convo. i may not agree with stan from queens, but he's entitled to his opinion that tebow starts by week 6. i'm glad he opened up and shared. i shouldn't confine myself to only listen to people who share my opinion on everything. that'd be close minded of me.

so sports talk radio, espn in particular (sorry if you're a wfan person. to each their own), i tip my hat to you and say thanks. sometimes when the solitude gets to be too much, you help to take some of the edge off. you help to keep me grounded in reality. there's a whole wide world of sports going on out there and i can tune in and listen to people talk about it any time i want.