blackout.

my laptop failed me yesterday and now needs repair.

i mention this in case any family members (mayte, that means you) are concerned about the radio silence on this blog.

we are well and happy and fed in edmonton and plan to continue in this manner for some time. i am here performing with and without other people at improvaganza while aitor keeps quite busy with nightly unflattering portraits of drunken comedians and other illustrative work.

i would also like to congratulate aitor on having his live stage debut today. he played a hard-up travelling mustache salesman in the improvised kids show, uncle grampa's northern jamboree, and was quite a great hit. it's a good thing he can back up those dashing good looks with jokes and mustache drawings.