Twelve days into 2010 and it’s off to a great start for both myself and one of my best friends.  Granted; my first few days of the decade haven’t been quite as news-filled as his… but it’s my blog so I’m going to share my news first.  (I hope that this is a slow work week for you… because there are a bunch of things to listen to and watch.)

On Saturday morning the host of CBC’s Daybreak, Russell Bowers, called both myself and fellow comedian Lori Gibbs into the studio to share our views on the new airport security measures that are being implemented for flights to and from The United States. Sure, neither of us are experts on the topic, but the experts aren’t as much fun to interview.  You can listen to our portion of the show here:

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(I also highly recommend subscribing to his full podcast -- which comes out every Monday.  He gets a lot of great interviews and talks with more than a few really cool people.)

In the audio clip (I’m assuming, of course, that you listened to it) you heard that I spent my weekend performing at the Yuk Yuk’s Club in Edmonton, Alberta.  I started a couple of the shows with a joke that I wrote on January 1 of this year, making it my first joke of 2010.  Given that this particular bit has a very small amount of time to be “topical”, I’ve put it up on YouTube to hopefully get as much use out of it as possible.  It’s less than 30 seconds long:

And now for the BIG news: It’s a well-known fact that I use this blog to fuel my own egomania, but every so often someone that I know achieves something that I simply can’t ignore.  Shawn Farquhar, who I have written about before, has done just that.  This coming Thursday, January 14, Shawn will be making an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show! So, check your local listings… set your PVRs, DVD recorders, and VCRs (if you still have a VCR)… and don’t miss out on watching it.  I know that I am looking forward to both seeing what he has come up with for the show, and seeing him dance.  Well done, Shawn!

That is a lot of excitement to start the year.  I may have established a dangerous precedent -- living the whole year with this much going on could get a bit crazy.  (Mind you, I don’t think that I will complain… at least I’ll have something to blog about.)

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