Requiescat in Pace, Donald Gormley

Episode 479 · July 21st, 2026 · 1 hr 43 mins

About this Episode

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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