Socially isolating makes blogging difficult. I used to write about what I did when I went out. Now I never go out except to go shopping. What am I left with? I tell you who I spoke to on the phone but that’s a lot more fun to do that to read about. That’s especially true yesterday as I got a call from Brian; nobody wants to hear about Brian. I was delighted to get the call. The vast majority of my phone calls are from Katrina or River. I’m older than both of them combined. I have no idea what that’s about. There was a time when most of my calls were from Leah and Carey and I was older than both of them combined too. Am I young at heart or immature? I used to go on Brian’s radio show. I miss that. We have an unscripted comedy act when we’re together. I wonder if we could do the Seinfeld of podcasts. It would be about nothing. We’d just riff off each other. I love that I can have that kind of relationship with someone. Just don’t tell Brian I said that.
I recorded another Gord’s Gold last night. This one was on Crys Matthews. I thought I covered her early on, I hadn’t. It’s easy for me to rave about her; she’s special. Just listen to this.
In my segment on her I said, ” She weaves the names of the victims of police violence and racial attacks into a poem, their elegy, and asks whites to share the pain, fear, and sorrow of people of color.” The tone of Gord’s Gold is quite different than Wise Madness; I’m not as silly. I’m not sure I’m happy about that. Silliness is one of my virtues. I like looking at things sideways and getting others to do so. It’s not silly to be silly. Silly is deeply serious. It’s gives you a different perspective on things. There’s as much intellectual content in Monty Python as in The West Wing. Never feel guilty about enjoying silliness. It frees up you mind.
Today is Canada Day and I don’t have any meat gravy to make poutine. This was poor planning. Do I go to Stop & Shop to buy some today? I might have to. If I do I can also buy bagels. I’ll try and get up the energy to do so. That will give me something to write about tomorrow. I have therapy first thing tomorrow, 9 AM. That’s different. Friday is my usual day but this week that’s July 4. That means writing my annual patriotic blog entry.
Wise Madness 