Where did today go? Why didn’t I write earlier? Once again I’m caught in a spacetime vortex. Do these things happen to other people? Is this what happened to Amelia Earhart? Are they going to find her sitting at a computer saying, “Where did the last 84 years ago? Why did I get on this plane?” I’ve been waiting for things to quiet down so I could record Gord’s Gold but it never has. When the apartment upstairs gets quiet there’s noise from the street. I’ll try recording when I get home tonight if it’s not too late. Yes I’m actually going out tonight for a real live Irish Session at Mary O’s. I’m going to hear live music, eat pub food, and meet Caitlin and Chris who I have only seen on streaming shows. I even have a gift certificate so I can afford the pub food. I love pub food. If anyone wants to join me come to Mary O’s, the show starts at 8:00.
As I’ve been home, the most exciting things going on have been food. I made the Dangerous Pork Tenderloin last night and it came out perfect. I can’t do that every time without the air fryer. The best thing is that I can cook the homemade potato chips with it on the same sheet for the same amount of time. I love when the timing works out. To crisp the chips, I put the temperature up to 450 for the five minutes that the pork cools before I cut it. I’m hungry just thinking about it. The Aldi peppercorn pork tenderloin is so good, and it costs me less than $1 a meal.
Last night I was supposed to see Nicole Atkins, but Thor prevented that. Some people would blame Tropical Storm Elsa, but you can’t put blame on an inanimate phenomenon. You can’t even call it an object. Just because we give storms names, does not make them rational beings capable of moral culpability. People For that we need to blame the mighty God of Thunder. He must not be a music lover. I can’t believe people are so irrational as to blame a storm. I take a scientific world view and blame the god that controls the weather. Storms don’t cancel concerts, gods cancel concerts.
I planned out and scripted Gord’s Gold even though I have not been able to record it yet. I end it with a tribute to Martin Swinger who died earlier this week. I already eulogized him here but there were somethings that I wanted to say on air but don’t have time for. More importantly Gord’s Gold is not the best place for my thoughts on thanatology. Thanatology is the study of death from the Greek thanos. Both Thor and Thanos made it into today’s Wise Madness; it still won’t be a blockbuster.
I’m an atheist so I think that Martin has returned to the same place he was before he was born, non-existence, the same fate that awaits us all. That’s not good and it’s not bad. Non-existence is the epitome neutrality. When we mourn the dead, we mourn the void they leave in our lives. That is real and it’s undeniable. If there is an afterlife I cannot imagine any deity consigning Martin to anything but the best possibility. Yahweh would send him to heaven. Catholic Yahweh would not make him stop in purgatory. Allah would send him to paradise, The Valkyrie would take him to Asgard where he’d have a word with Thor about canceling concerts. If the Hindus and Buddhists are right he’ll be reincarnated as the happiest animal in the Hungry Pond the setting of the musical he was working on.
Now I should start getting ready for my night out. I’d love for you to join me.
Wise Madness 