There’s an excellent short story by Stephen King (or maybe somebody else) about a writer who runs out of things to say. I woke up this morning feeling the same way. I’ve got nothing left to say. I’m out of words. I’m out of opinions. I’m done.

This morning I started writing a post about the strength of the Canadian dollar. It was not coming from a creative place. It was coming from:

1. A strategic place: I’ve got fifteen years of experience in global financial markets that is not being utilized as I write about penises.
2. An angry place: I’ve lost a fortune from those US dollar assets that I did not convert when I moved to Canada.

About midway through, I discarded the entry; I’ve got no real desire to write about currencies. This is not the first time I’ve deleted a blog.

The simple truth is I’m not blogging enough. I only average 1-2 entries a week. A friend of mine who runs the successful website www.pets.ca, has suggested I increase my productivity. He’s probably correct. Most popular bloggers blog at least four times a week.

But most prolific bloggers don’t exactly craft their words. Many of my entries take a long time to write. My recent posting about social responsibility,”We all pl-eh a part ” took four days to complete. It’s 2,000 words long! Not exactly the kind of thing slackers want to read on their lunch break. (more…)

Well here it is: the video that I’ve been blogging about for what seems like forever. It’s my best effort to visually portray this exciting new stage in my life. It’s taken a lot more effort than I could have ever imagined. Put a bullet in my brain if I ever try something like this again.

The centerpiece of the video is an animated scene of me appearing as a guest on a famous daytime talk show. The idea behind the scene was conceived back in May 2006, only a week after I started writing the book. In a fantastical conversation with friends, I playfully described what I would do if my book were to ever become a success and I were invited on Oprah.

This fantasy percolated in the back of my mind and the decision to make an animated clip, came about in March 07, when I was building this website. (more…)