I use the recaplets on Television without Pity to keep up with the basic plot and cliffhangers of tv shows I don’t watch, but most of my friends do. That way I don’t drop out of conversations just because they’re talking about True Blood.
Note: the only problem this strategy has caused for me is that my now-bf assumed I was a GoT fan (instead of having read the books and TWOP’d the show recaps), invited me over to watch, and assumed I turned him down because I wasn’t interested in him instead of being indifferent to the show. We sorted it out eventually.
Is there something similar, but for sports? I usually get lost when conversation turns to the local sports team. I couldn’t find anything with a quick google, but I’m probably not using the right search terms.
For a general overview of what’s going on in the baseball world, this is pretty good place to start. There are also pleanty of blogs devoted to individual teams, though I’m not really in a position to make recommendations, unless you happen to be looking for a San Francisco Giants blog, in which case I highly reccomend this blog. Can’t really help with other sports.
Haven’t the foggiest. I don’t really have friends who talk about sports. I read The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker so I end up really well informed on a couple narrow sports things that get features. And then my dad and brother rib me for knowing nothing about football, but everything about the Manning dynasty.
I use the recaplets on Television without Pity to keep up with the basic plot and cliffhangers of tv shows I don’t watch, but most of my friends do. That way I don’t drop out of conversations just because they’re talking about True Blood.
Note: the only problem this strategy has caused for me is that my now-bf assumed I was a GoT fan (instead of having read the books and TWOP’d the show recaps), invited me over to watch, and assumed I turned him down because I wasn’t interested in him instead of being indifferent to the show. We sorted it out eventually.
Is there something similar, but for sports? I usually get lost when conversation turns to the local sports team. I couldn’t find anything with a quick google, but I’m probably not using the right search terms.
For a general overview of what’s going on in the baseball world, this is pretty good place to start. There are also pleanty of blogs devoted to individual teams, though I’m not really in a position to make recommendations, unless you happen to be looking for a San Francisco Giants blog, in which case I highly reccomend this blog. Can’t really help with other sports.
Haven’t the foggiest. I don’t really have friends who talk about sports. I read The New York Times Magazine and The New Yorker so I end up really well informed on a couple narrow sports things that get features. And then my dad and brother rib me for knowing nothing about football, but everything about the Manning dynasty.