My buddy Randy Peterman (aka Randy-pants) has been “pord-casting” for a little while now. For the uninitiated, pod-casting is the geek term for putting sound files (such as music or recordings of your cat passing a hair ball) on to the internet for all to enjoy. The technology was originally engineered for folks to download music libraries on to their iPod MP3 players, but has grown into a huge waste of time for millions of people… kind of like blogging.

To be honest it’s a dad-blamed miracle I haven’t started this myself considering that my favorite toy growing up was a fisher price tape recorder which I would use to record and then listen to myself doing, well, just about anything. Still, I just can’t think that I would have much to share that the world would be interested in hearing. Then again, I felt the same way about blogging at one point. My other excuse is that I don’t have the equipment to produce a pod-cast, meaning a microphone.

So anywhoo, I know that pod-casting is the next big thing and it’s probably just a matter of time before I take up the mike. As a sign of the impending pod-splosion, my favorite web-comic, PvP, as started a story arc about pod-casting which you can see here.

Resistance is futile! Cast thy pod upon the net!

When I updated my blog software a few days ago, I made a back-up of the database. In so doing, I found a database table that I had forgotten about. It contains a long list of “Conversation Enhancements”. I’ve posted a few of these linguistic paragons in the past, but I hope to do so more often.

Just as a reminder, I post these gems as a public service so that you might put them to use in your daily repartee. Think of them as the sprinkles upon the donut of your vocabulary; the gold glitter upon the finger-painting that is your communiqué; the whoopee cushions that… well, you get the idea.

He’s a vacuum in the universe of clue.