While taking a break from the gruelling world of voice recording, I found myself in a bit of a vocal exercise with my daughter, Teaghan, that left me exhausted.  I had walked upstairs to the kitchen from the basement studio to find my gal “washing the dishes”.  This incidentally is accomplished by running enough water to alter the humidity ratio of the entire household while barely affecting the cleanliness factor of aforementioned dishes.

I asked what she was doing.  A silly question that received the equally silly yet adorably obvious answer.  I mentioned it was almost time for bed.  She then proceeded to lure me into what seemed like an Abbott & Costello skit.

While recently in Cancun on business I turned on the TV in the hotel room and got the NBC feed from Miami.  It was like deja vu all over again since the same thing had happened the year previous when I was working for the same client while MC’ing a conference in the Bahamas. 

 The reason it’s noteworthy is because that particular peacock affiliate in Florida is a client of mine.  There’s something very cool about travelling from home in Canada, to Mexico or the Caribbean, and hearing yourself beamed in from the U.S.

Love, peace, health and happiness!   

I slipped into my MC shoes for a couple of events over the past six weeks.  One was for The Home Depot and the other was for a company teaching about the secrets of success.

The latter required a gruelling stay in Cancun for 10 days, welcoming people from around the world to develop wealth creation and personal growth skills.

While heavy lifting was not required I did have to tolerate Ritz Carlton room service, sand between my toes and swimming with dolphins.

We invented TV, and now TV is reinventing us.

TV Made Me Do It is a new documentary that explores how TV inspires the people who watch it. Yours truly is the narrator of the new program going national in Canada in the New Year.  Stay posted for distribution network and dates stateside.

‘TV Made Me Do It’ debuts Wednesday, January 9th - 7:00 p.m. (EST) on TVtropolis.

On-camera is busy with more companies refining their online look and presentations for meetings.

Unikron partners help choreograph keywall moves. Digital magic creates final look.

Here, I’m waxing poetic about the engineering advantages of cast steel structural connectors for bridges and buildings (I’ve always believed in maintaining strong connections).

Following the 24-ft RV vacation through the Rockies with my girls in June/July I declared I wanted to return to do the region again on a motorcycle (I’ve been riding since I was 19).

So, in mid-August I had a 2007 Harley Davidson 1600 Electra Glide Classic rented online and ready for pick-up in Kelowna, British Columbia (3000kms/2000 miles from where I live in Toronto). I flew in, stayed with friends and then took off solo early the next morning en route to Vancouver (5 ½ hour ride).

In my radio days backstage passes meant hanging with the hottest rock stars at the time. In the two years since I became a father I’ve noticed a massive paradigm shift in my and lifestyle and associated activities.

Case in point: before an eagerly anticipated performance for hundreds of pre-schoolers, of which my daughter was one, I posed proudly alongside the dude dressed up in blue. That’s none other than Rooney Doodle of the famous ‘Doodlebops’.

This trio is all the rage on the toddler circuit! Actually, Rooney reminds me of some of the freaks I met backstage during my rock and roll past. Oh by the way, which one’s Pink?

When voicing characters for animated projects it’s always more fun to be a monster or villain. If you’re near a TV on Saturday mornings, check out the new show ‘Magi-Nation’. I play the role of Zed. He’s the charming one on the right.

Magi-Nation airs Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. (EDT) on CBC (Canada), and 7:30 a.m. on the CW (US).