My birthday is August 24th. To celebrate I brought the two people responsible for the man I have become, my parents on for an hour of fun. As I have mentioned many times on this podcast, my mom is from the Bronx and my dad was raised on a farm - this week you will hear the story of how they met. We also spend some time talking about what it was like raising little me, older me, and how it felt to see adult me move out into my own place. I promise, no tears, but there are plenty of laughs to be had. This was a very special episode, I hope you enjoy it.

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This week I'm joined by Chris Paladino from Promethium Marketing. He's been a busy guy over the last year so I consider it a minor coup that I stole an hour of his time to get into his experiences as a member of the Microsoft's Gamerscore Blog as well as the genesis of Promethium Marketing and his current role there. We tangent off into some more philosophical gaming discussion topics that were certainly more thought provoking than I had anticipated, but that's the fun of having a podcast like this. If you haven't had enough, be sure to follow Chris on twitter at @CPaladino. Here's to Episode 44. Enjoy!

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On October 2nd, 2010 there will be a gathering of individuals both young and old. Some may have diabetes, others may not not. All will have fun, I promise.

This Just Talking Public Service Announcement is presented as a call to anyone in the Southern California area (or anyone that can get there the first weekend in October). If you want to meet me and plenty of other great people, come on out. If not, I will resume my regularly scheduled podcast tomorrow.

Visit http://www.ninjabetic.com for all the details.

This week, my guest on Just Talking is Peter Toledo, also known as Peterocc, from Gamertag Radio. If you didn't know, Pete is a really, really busy guy and we spend an hour and some change demonstrating that point. Gamertag radio is a pretty big deal within within the independent gaming/blogging/podcasting community and naturally we discuss Pete's role with that site. Additionally, we take some time out to talk about the sports scene in Miami including Lebron James. I also ask Pete what makes a DJ a real musician, and of course get the scoop on the upcoming launch parties for Mafia 2 in New York and Miami. Trust me, there's a lot in this episode so I wont waste any more of your time. Enjoy.

Follow Pete on Twitter at @Peterocc.

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Continuing my hit-list of participants in Roche's Social Media Summit, I welcome Sarah Jane Blacksher on Just Talking this week. She has a blog about her life with type 1 diabetes, a hidden love for the St. Louis Cardinals, and a really, really big announcement about a secret project of hers that will be revealed on this podcast. Technically, she already announced it on her blog, which can be found at http://sajabla.wordpress.com but I'm still very honored to have her share this exciting news on my podcast. And did I mention the baseball conversation? I know! Just typing up this intro has me excited. Enjoy.

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