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Flabbergasted by podcasts!

An old friend once (GVGL) -a precocious individual who enjoyed intellectual discourse and appreciates songs by Bob Dylan and Tracy Chapman- told me that I will soon be like a hermit on mountain - keeping all to myself and finding joy in recluse. My son thinks I am on the way there. With very few friends to go by, hardly receiving courtesy non-work related calls on my phone, indulging in a non team sport like running, working long hours alone and lately with the listening to myriads of podcast downloadable free from my iPhone, I will reach there in no time! Hey, but I am enjoying it!
The iTunes has indeed opened a new can of worms that a omnivore like me find hard to resist. The more you indulge, like a bull in a china shop, you can go berserk!
If never in this life time can you step foot in the lecture halls of Yale, Stanford or Oxford, the least you can do listen to podcasts of their distinguished lecturers. I am sure we all can go to these varsity as tourists as 'now everyone can fly'! I find great ecstasy in lectures on history, religions of the world and various civilizations. You can listen to anything at any time at the touch or slide of the tip of your finger (not even at a click) and a functional wifi connexion. BFM's programmes are available as well. Joy to the world!

N.B. Beware of the danger of being engulfed into a world of the unknown that may induce the unknown. Just heard of a twenty something son of a friend who went into the unknown world of the occult religion and voyeurism to which the young man subsequently succumbed to by self induced hypoxia! How unfortunate! 
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  1. Anonymous2 December 2011 at 09:32

    Oh...Hermit on the mountain. I don't mine being alone, doing things that I like (travelling, studying at this age, watching discovery channel, history channel).
    In fact I enjoy my own company. I cannot find friends who enjoy doing this at this age.
    It sounds we are in the same boat.Ah!You still listen to Tracy Chapman .Hehe.

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