Happy New Year

Happy New Year
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2005 is almost over. Wow what a year!!

Well we finally got a bit of winter weather in Cowtown! No snow but at least the mercury dipped into the freezing side so we could get out and skate. The kids and I had to travel out to Bragg Creek to find a rink that had good ice. The Chinook melted all the rinks in town and most have not been flooded with new ice due to the warm temperatures. Bragg Creek is one of the coolest little towns to just get away from the modern rat race of city life. Just a short drive west of Calgary. Check it out sometime.

Christmas week has been fantastic. A few nice back yard bonfires, visited with friends and family, lots of gifts. Tonight we are off to see the display of lights in Airdrie, just north of my great city. Should be a nice night, not too cold and no wind. It has been a great week with my boys being here and we are having a blast.

I am grateful that a certain hack in Edmonton has stated in his blog that he “decided not to spread any Christmas joy my way out of respect for my kids.”
Really? Well how immature of him. What do you expect from a guy who seems to have no direction of his own and is at the beck and call of the industries biggest shit disturber and least liked comic around? (No need to mention whom the shit disturber is, as it would only add traffic to his site, which is one of his goals).

I am glad no well wishes came from the hack, as he is a bad role model for kids. I remember a time I had to work with this mindless puppet, when I had my kids along with me (they were in for an extended visit). We were working a show up in Dawson Creek and had to leave out of Edmonton. He showed up at my hotel at 5 am phoning the room, drunk out of his mind! I had seen him smashed many, many times but to call at 5 am?!?!
I told him the meeting time was supposed to be 9 am and to call back then. The night manager even had to verify if I knew this drunk in the lobby as he was causing a bit of scene.

Then the boozehound called again at 6 and 7am!! Finally, the kids and I came down for breakfast as he kept calling. Hammered out of his mind, he spilled his coffee all over the table in the restaurant. I wondered how many times his kids had to see this sort of behavior?
Once in the rental van I told him move to the back to sleep it off. I then had to explain to my kids that his behavior was not acceptable and that I was sorry they had to see this alcoholic act like that if front of them. They seemed a bit scared of the big, snoring slob in the van.
He snored most of the way north, to Dawson Creek, where we did the show. Me in clean clothes, him in the ones he slept in.
Nice. Very professional.
This drunken hack has slagged me enough so I figured it was time to thank him for keeping his so called well wishes to himself. So, Howie Miller, have fun with your shit disturber puppet master on your New Year’s gig. Say hi to Sveen for me. He is the only one with talent on the bill in my opinion and a classy professional comic far above your antics.

On another item, I do believe I speak for most comics in saying that Derek Edwards is probably the funniest comic in this country. Your puppet master registers way down the list.
Good luck to both of you, enjoy your gigs and your agency or boss as you call them.
There is enough of the comedy pie for all comics. So enjoy your crust while the rest of the comics go for the sweet filling in the middle. Stay out of my life and good luck with your one trick pony act. Drink up!! Drink lots, like you always do.

To everyone else, Happy New Year and I hope your 2006 brings much success.