Deeply digging my position as Head of Development at Amaze Film + Television, producers of some of Canada's best film and TV, including one of my favorite Canadian films, Saint Ralph, and the hit comedy series, Call Me Fitz, starring Jason Priestly (HBO Canada). Created by Canada's occasionally-resident genius, Sheri Elwood, the show is seriously entertaining, shockingly stylish, and deeply, darkly funny. Season 2 is well into post-production, so stay tuned. Lots more hilarity to ensue.

I'm also teaching at the Humber College Comedy Program. Last term I taught three 'writing room' classes; each group created an original sitcom from scratch, culminating in a highly entertaining table read in front of their peers. This term I'll be helping students write their own original and/or spec scripts. Love the students. Love teaching. And Andrew Clark, the Director of the program, is the best boss this side of the Humber River.

I'm also working on turning the essay I wrote at the Banff Literary Journalism Program into something else. That's all I'm saying for now... But what a brilliant month we had -- 8 writers from across the country were treated to 4 weeks of paid writing at the Banff Centre for the Arts for the entire month of July, including airfare, accommodation, food, our own private writing cabin in the woods (yes, I saw a bear). As if that wasn't enough, it was all under the incredibly entertaining, brilliant and award-winning tutelage of writers Ian Brown, Don Gillmor, and Katherine Ashenburg. Greatest gift to artists this side of Holland. Or the Humber River.

To What Else I Am Up

The usual mix - screenwriting, journalism (see my book reviews from the Globe and Mail of Russell Peters', Sarah Silverman's and Laura Bush's new memoirs), the occasional satirical song...