Here it is:

I’ve been reading for about a week now….STOP TAKING COLD SHOWERS! Are you crazy???? :)
(haven’t showed it to your Dad yet…afraid he might think you’ve totally flipped out!

That is, for those of [...]]]> (So glad I didn’t bother to search out that game lasterday…Browns-Steelers, I will watch online tonight.)

Here it is:

I’ve been reading for about a week now….STOP TAKING COLD SHOWERS! Are you crazy???? :)
(haven’t showed it to your Dad yet…afraid he might think you’ve totally flipped out!

That is, for those of you without the skills of deduction, from my mom.

(Yeah, it could’ve been from my dad’s mistress, but we don’t really get along, and I can’t remember the last time she emailed me.)

Cold shower #2 was just taken – here are more things I’ve noticed, and you know how I like things:

1) The mirror in the bathroom doesn’t steam up.
2) You start to dry instantly, and the entire drying process is faster than after a warm shower.
3) This is by no means easy. While it’s somewhat empowering, you want to be done. Beyond the 1-minute “stand there with clenched fists and feel powerful” phase, you get down to business and get finished.
4) You’re not cold when the shower is over. In fact, as soon you turn the water off, you feel this rush of warmth and energy.

Overall, I feel like this is not only good mentally, but it’s saving me a lot of time, due to numbers 1-3 above.

NOTE: My old friend Jordi’s website, The Serious Tip, turned two today – congratulations!

He also was wondering what, if any, sports blogs I read anymore. This is the list, direct from my RSS reader:

Blog Maverick – Mark Cuban’s blog. I don’t know if this even counts as sports – in fact, just now, I moved it over to “Tech/General Blogs”.

(That link goes to his post about why John McCain not knowing about computers is frightening. I completely agree.)

Deadspin – I don’t really “read” it – just skim the headlines in case there’s something interesting, which often there is.

The Big Lead – Only for the links/round-up posts.

True Hoop – As a (somewhat disenchanted) NBA fan, of course. Plus Henry writes about things that aren’t written about elsewhere.

Brian Windhorst’s Beacon Journal Blog – Cavs insight. Brian is also a good guy.

That’s all there is for me anymore. I figure anything significant that happens in sports or on sports blogs, I will catch wind of through those and ESPN DOT COM.

I also check other places now and then just for the hell of it, but most of my regular reading is entertainment/film stuff, and personal blogs of people I know or find interesting.