12-07-08 Toronto Canada: 2043 hrs. Sitting in a hotel room. It is very cold outside. Made walking around a little difficult in my thin sweatshirt but slowly, my hands are beginning to thaw. I am listening to Miles Davis? classic Kind Of Blue. Next week there is and event celebrating the 50th anniversary of the album?s release. I think it came out in 1959 but I don?t think anyone?s going to complain. That?s a record you should listen to a few times if you have not already. It is said that drummer Jimmy Cobb, the last person alive from those sessions will be at the event. I?m going to stick my head in there for a little while and see what there is to see. I got into Toronto a few hours ago. I will be working one day in a film shooting here called Suck. It is a heavy metal vampire film. I was asked to be part of it several weeks ago and when I heard that Iggy was going to be in it, I said yes. I have a very small part but it should be a lot of fun. I play Rockin? Roger a DJ with a mullet. The lines are very funny and I am glad for the work. If all goes according to plan, I will be back on a plane and headed towards Los Angeles on Tuesday morning. Last Tuesday I emcee?d the Drop In The Bucket fundraiser. What a great organization they are. They drill wells for water in parts of Africa where there are water shortages. The people who operate the organization are completely non-profit. No one gets paid and everyone works out of their own offices to make it happen. I hope to travel to Africa next spring to see what they have been up to. Here?s their site so you can check it out if you want to: http://www.dropinthebucket.org/Welcome.html. I met some really great people there. I introduced Dep Tuany to the stage. He is doing great work for refugees of Sudan who are living in San Diego. I talked to him awhile before the doors opened. His story is incredible. Here?s a link to a good article about the man: http://voiceofsandiego.org/articles/2007/11/22/news/deptuany112207.txt. When he spoke, he had the place riveted. He?s also working to bring water systems to Africa. Also, Rocky Dawuni played, what a man, what a band. Here?s the link to his site if you want more information: http://www.rockydawuni.com/home.html. He and his band played a short acoustic set, really great music. Gil Garcetti brought on some of his photographs and talked about what he?s doing to get safe water to people in Africa, here?s a site with information: http://www.worldwater.org/donate.html. I also introduced Justin Arana who spoke about drilling for water in Africa, the guy is 25 and has done more than many people much older than he is, what a remarkable guy, here?s an article that explains more: http://daily.stanford.edu/article/2005/10/7/darfurFastRaisesFundsToFightGenocide. I am glad I got to be part of the event. All I did was talk a little about the difficulties of water distribution in Africa and then basically get these people on and off stage and stay out of their way. It was a great thing to be a part of and very inspiring to think that things can get better and will get better. Compared to that, the rest of the week was just working at the office and getting ready to come out here. I have come up with some interesting travel plans that I am getting together with management?s assistant, Geoff The Octopus Man, the most capable man alive. We are seeing if I need any new shots for this one. Should be good. We will have more details at the end of next week so I will supply information when things are more solid. Tomorrow is my last day of obligation as far as work. Otherwise, it?s just how much I want to work on things at the office. I think we will have the next book almost done by the end of the year and out in the spring. If I wrap out early enough tomorrow night, I will be able to get through another chapter. I should study my pages some more and try to get my head down. There wasn?t much sleep in the last couple of days. Thanks for reading. –Henry