SOAPBOX: I forget who here was the reader who recommended that I start listening to the On the DL Podcast (iTunes link), but thank you (and please take credit). Dan Levy and co-host Nick Tarnowski provide a solid half-hour daily giving a Philadelphia-anchored take on the world of sports and those who cover it, including engaging interviews with folks like Tony Kornheiser, Ron Jaworski and Gov. Ed Rendell on a regular basis.

I bring this up today (a) because yes, that was my email regarding Gary Papa they discussed on yesterday's show, and (b) I, like many here, are always interested in other podcasts to which I should be listening, and I welcome your recommendations again.

NICE BRIGHT COLORS, GREENS OF SUMMER: But due to a lack of demand for all things non-digital, Kodak is taking its Kodachrome away.

It is weird, isn't it, that our children will never worry about the scarcity of film on a reel, and never will have to wait for their film to be developed to find out how well the pictures turned out? I have fond memories of receiving vacation photos in the mail the week later, and that thrill of anticipation and satisfaction is something that younger generations will never understand, much like the smell-the-ditto-fluid gag in Fast Times at Ridgemont High ...

Science in the Quest to Ease Figure Skating's Strains - NYTimes.com

IN WHICH REAL LIFE FINALLY CATCHES UP TO THE MICHELLE TRACHTENBERG/KIM CATTRALL HIT MOVIE 'ICE PRINCESS': Figure skaters are consulting with scientists and researchers to figure out how to do a triple lutz without shredding their ligaments.

HER HAIR IS SEEKING SOLE CUSTODY: One might not think that the Bucks County Courthouse would be a fertile location for finding TV spoilers. Apparently, today, it is. (Personally, I'm much more upset about the Whitford/Kaczmarek divorce, though i'm sure we have some of our female readership swooning over the concept of a newly single Josh Lyman.)

I AIN'T 'FRAID OF NO TREYF: Apparently, in the new (and generally well-reviewed) Ghostbusters video game (featuring the vast majority of the original cast providing voices), you can score special points not only by busting ghosts, but busting a honey-glazed ham placed at a bar mitzvah. No word on whether the 'Busters are also equipped to bust werewolves.

SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE STOPPED THE FIGHT, AND TOLD ME IT WAS HIM: We haven't talked about Top Chef Masters yet, but we should. It's nice just seeing the cooking without the chaos of a large field or all the interpersonal bullshit, and seeing Hubert Keller deliver the Boom Boom Mancini of culinary ass-kickings in week one was something to behold.

Speaking of which -- and by that I mean the excessive metaphor -- a regular reader here has pointed me towards The Rosa Parks of Blogs, and many here will appreciate the collection of snowclones Mark Peters has assembled.

WHATEVER GOODWILL OBAMA BUILT UP WITH THAT SPEECH, IT'S GONE NOW: It generally takes a lot for this blog to cover the world's game, soccer, but that threshold is met whenever the Americans make a surprise trip to the semifinals of an international competition fueled, in part, by their Egyptian foes having spent their pre-game prep time getting ripped off after carousing with local prostitutes while claiming to have been burgled.