10: You will discover that there are people out there in the world who think the way you do, and you will be surprised.

9. Your friends will ask “What’s a podcast?” and you will get to say “I don’t know if you can handle the concept.”

8.  Your coworkers will notice that you have stopped trying to talk to them about Star Trek. This will lead to an immediate change in workplace status, ie: They’ll tell you about the box of doughnuts before they’re all gone.

7. You will eventually realize that most podcasts are pretty bad, and gravitate to Simply Syndicated, which has better T-shirts.

6. You will sign up for a forum that offers cameraderie, knowledge, wisdom, civility, and a few Floridians.

5. You will get to the point where you have to clear room off your iPod, and those Nickelback albums will be history.

4. You will discover that foreigners are kind of okay.

3. You will learn that it’s perfectly all right to just talk. And talk. And talk.

2. At some point, you will realize that not all microphones are created equal, but also that it doesn’t matter.

1. You will learn that there’s no such thing as “off topic.”

– Kennedy, Starbase 66