So you want to listen to a local podcast but aren’t feeling so, well, spiritual today? Well, there are actually a few other local podcasts to choose from. By the end of the year, I predict, there will be 4-5 times as many.

Again searching in iTunes, I was able to find podcasts from the Tacoma Art Museum, the University of Washington-Tacoma, the Covenant High School Choir and the Tacoma Cat Hospital.

And Dick Stein’s Jazz Kitchen podcast emphasizes his dry wit, knowledge of jazz and cooking to serve up an entertaining combination on KPLU’s weekly cooking show. (That's him in the photo.)

Digression: I also found podcasts by the Lakewood Observer and Lakewood High School, but wondered if it was our Lakewood or some other burg. After about 10 minutes on the Observer’s site, I finally found that it’s actually in Ohio. Which brings me to one of my top Web peeves: sites that don’t explicitly say where they’re coming from. It’s OK for a newspaper to simply say “Lakewood” when it’s only available in print form in and around the town. But once you’re on the Web and your content is accessible globally, understand the opportunity and make it easy for visitors to know where you’re coming from.

OK, rant over. Back to work.