Requiescat in Pace, Donald Gormley

Luke and Gomer talk about the passing of Gomer's father, but the episode isn't all doom and gloom (just the appropriate amount). Also included this week: an attempted murder, gray-market drugs, and a review of The Odyssey.

In This Episode:

• Luke and Gomer compare notes on sleep, snoring, and inheriting their dads' blood pressure meds
• The legend of Dave Van Vickel: grocery deliveries, a mid-street knife fight, and a jury summons
• A review of The Odyssey movie, mythology demythologized, and Elliot Page's casting
• Gomer reflects on his father's death, anticipatory grief, the Sirach 38 reading, and the funeral
• Don Gormley's Shell/Texaco career stories, plus Luke's deep dive into nasal breathing, buzz breathing, nitric oxide, and gray-market Redatrutide

• Chapters:

• 00:00: Intro — Sleep Problems and a New YouTube Rabbit Hole

• 06:09: Blood Pressure Meds, Family History, and Following in Dad's Footsteps

• 08:21: The Legend of Dave Van Vickel (Knife Fights and Groceries)

• 16:53: Sponsor — Faith Mosier, Dallas Healing House

• 18:37: The Odyssey Movie Review

• 24:41: Back to Dad — Carrying His Ashes and the Sirach 38 Reading

• 32:11: Anticipatory Grief, Hard Conversations, and the Funeral

• 1:00:47: Don Gormley's Career — From Skelly Oil to the Shell Tanker Standoff

• 1:10:04: Sponsor — Cloister Ignatian Prayer App

• 1:14:16: Welcome to the Dead Dads Club

• 1:16:34: Nasal Breathing, Buzz Breathing, and Nitric Oxide

• 1:32:02: Redatrutide, GLP-1s, and Wrapping Up

Resources Mentioned:
Dallas Healing House
Cloister Ignatian Prayer
ParishSOFT
Catching Foxes Substack

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