March 24, 2011: Hey, Phil, have you seen my headless, armless dummy? Oh. Here is is!

Moving to a new place always requires a bit of a readjustment.  Many of the aspects of your last home that you grew to know and love may be different, if not altogether  non-existent, in  your new home.  Things like roominess, grass, or a comfortable bed.  Sure, you can focus on the negatives – "It's a miserable city", "The people aren't friendly", or "Driving around is hell" – but why not focus on the positives instead: "The parking spaces are bigger than the ones in Vancouver!"?  Why not?  Well, for one – complaining is much more satisfying…

I'm not "one of those teenagers who's always playing their rock and roll music 'til all hours of the night" that Carl Binder complains about.  So why is the volume lock on my television set so low?  At maximum, I can barely hear the t.v. if someone is talking loudly outside the door of my apartment – and not at all if someone is taking a shower.

After my third morning in a row boiling water in a pot for my morning green tea, I wished I had a kettle. Well, seconds letter "wish granted" when Akemi pulled this out of the bottom drawer. Unfortunately, I failed to wish for the accompanying cord that would allow me to plug it into an electrical outlet.

"Hey, Phil, have you seen my headless, armless dummy? Oh. Here is is!"

I hate modern art as much as the next guy, but this makes it too easy.

Speaking of new places, we switched writers' rooms today – leaving the dark, airless environment of the old writers' room for the bright, noisy, somewhat chilly environment of the new one.

The sun! It burns!!!

Inspired by the change in location, we finished breaking episode 3, started breaking episode 4, had another conference call to discuss the European shoot, and even found time to eat some chipotle-chicken burritos.  How's that for prolific?

Rob pitches.





Carl tries to stay warm.





Alex, living the dream.

Tonight, went to check out two new possible Toronto homes – the first cold and cramped, the second old and possibly haunted.  Two more on tap for tomorrow night.

Fondy reports Jelly and Maximus have settled in comfortably at her place.

Hopefully not too comfortably.

Tomorrow afternoon, Jelly and Maximus go in for their "assessment" at St. Roch's School for Gifted Canines.

They're gonna look so cute in those uniforms!