Questions were raised in another thread by Ashaki on the nature of my relationship with Kevin Somers.  So here's the scoop, and sorry to say, no good dirt.   This might be a little known fact, but Kevin and I both got "recruited" for YCDTOTV from the same middle school, and were 2 of only a few people who ended up in the same East end, Ottawa high school after that.  Kevin lived on the same street as my best friend, and the irony of all of this is that I completely lost touch with Kevin for a long time there, and I figured he was off living in some exotic locale, like Australia or Alaska.  Turns out Kevin lives not too far from where I do, in Canadian geographic terms, and he is doing some really interesting things these days. (another irony: both he and Ashaki are writers)

I didn't take this photo: I am 99% sure that it was taken by the lovely Carole Hay, our drama teacher.  Kevin is in his show 2 clothes, I must have been shooting for show 3.  I don't know if these shows ever made it on to Nickelodeon; these were the very first, live programs we made, when YCDTOTV was a local Ottawa show.


So where is he now?  Well, as I mentioned, Kevin is a writer.  When we first reconnected, Kevin was (and still is, I think) writing for Women's Post.  Just before Christmas this year, he dropped by my office with a copy of his latest book, I'm Gretzky, which I promptly read and found hilarious, if not a little dark.  And he also writes for Raize the Hammer, and recently mentioned YCDTOTV in an article.

Kevin has also offered to post here: Lemme know what you think!!