Fresh Catch 2.0

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It's not exactly a lie. But we're not wrapping up the whole truth for a meal, either. Why do we insist on sparing loved ones—or strangers—from the unvarnished truth? When St Betsy delayed telling David about the wild silver vine growing from his nostril's soil bed, was it the truth we need from our most dependable monitors? Sometimes we push broom. But if we do, someone needs to deliver Billy Bob's guttural response. In love.

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We did some genuine psycho-therapy work on this podcast. It so happens our recent life experiences converged about how we can't seem to find the Gentle Button when we naturally express ourselves and say what we, er, believe. Our tongues have not yet been tamed. Saying, "I don't care" does not absolve us of the hurt mudslide we cause…no matter how the Greek gods cherished apathy. But we pinpointed the ego in the middle of our Oreo rage cookie. Having said it aloud we now fear we'll not work at getting better. It's a fear shared by our loved ones. 

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Too many big moments to do justice to a single conversational thread on this episode. Dr Dave's eldest grandson is graduating 8th grade today, which is a huge deal for some of his buddies who are Amish. They're done with formal education. Meanwhile, an update on David's Pappy and his ascendancy to nursing home royalty challenges any assumption that we might ever, truly, be done. Respect to all since, as David closed with, "I can work a crowd but I can't milk a cow."

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Have you ever been around someone whose tone felt like they were cussing but the words were never actually uttered? We kind of had that vibe today…and we deeply regret it if we dropped a stumbling block in front of any loyal listeners who are struggling to tame their tongues. But, once the two D's found how they shared Liam Neeson-like intensity about retrieving a dropped French fry while driving, it became crystal clear why we belong together. To you, our loyal 27 listeners (a recent spike), thanks for being like us. We are the few. The proud. The Freshies.

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Social dilemmas are far too common for us. We cherish authenticity from our friends, so conversations should welcome truth-telling, right? But what if you're promoting a band with Genghis Khan roots to your family and they diss you? Brutal honesty doesn't feel so good. And what about those times when two thoughts get married right before they slide down into a spoken word salad not fit for anything but running for cover…at the Family Dollar? Please, loyal listeners, learn something from our mistakes. 

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We talked about the probing experience too much to not give it a prime spot in this episode's title. But this conversation was not about a health procedure; it was about David's day in court. More specifically, the funny guy smuggled info into the Podcast-o-sphere about interactions he witnessed while being (not) chosen for a jury pool. Apologies to all men who remember the 70s and their long hair if you feel "throwed" under a bus.

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This episode features David broadcasting from a Florida getaway with St Betsy. We celebrated the (spoiled) fruit of his unplugged status, as confirmed by the 7-11 clerk who mistakenly identified him as a local who, like her, was glad to see the tourists head back north. Apparently all it took for her to conclude he was a resident was being unshaven and wearing a cut-off t-shirt that would not suppress his beach-baked body odor. Sometimes a Slurpee is all you need to feel like you belong.

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Every once in a while we flirt with highbrow culture, just to prove (to ourselves) how versatile we are. So when David introduced a lovely tidbit about William Shakespeare early in this episode, we started connecting dots between Pappy's love for the Bard and Dr Dave's honeymoon in Stratford. Along the way, what David turned a future guest "teaser" into the sort of ominous heads up that has Dr Dave sweating the prep time. Please enjoy us as much as we enjoy you!

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On the way to discovering solutions that work we often have to wallow in excremental floodwaters. So we decided to sprinkle instrumental song lyrics throughout this episode with Eeyore. Indignation surfaced a bit. After all, we feel entitled to indulge in whatever we need when bobbing through the waters of sorrow. We chatted about how competitive our troubles can be and now lay authorship claim to this proverb: Pain makes us narcissists. What's the song you play in your head when uninvited neighborly woes intrude on your own self-pity escapes? Never mind - we don' care enough.

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isteners know that David's beloved Pappy is in a nursing home and dealing with dementia. Too many of us have walked in the grief of caring for our parents when they've lost a bit of themselves. So David was right to pause the start of our episode to listen to the message a nurse just left him. Thirty minutes later—after collecting himself from tear-inducing laughter (relief?) while hearing what was so urgent—he may still be stuck. Today's eldercare dilemma? what to do about his dad's PDA. Listener wisdom is welcome from all those who are OK with how much we giggled about this real-time moment. Fresh Catch indeed.