I have the sailing bug. It’s a well known affliction—one where you can’t stop thinking about getting out on the open water, sometimes in the company of friends, always exploring and enjoying the open air all around you. Since 2010 I have organized an annual trip on Lake Ontario that has come to be known as… The Mancation. What started as a cathartic sailing trip up the Bay of Quinte to Toronto with my first sailboat, Om, has now become an annual trip for two boats, my current vessel Daydreamer and my best mate George’s ship, Reunion. The concept remains the same- we leave for a week or more on a trip to let loose, relax and take stock of our lives together, no pressure, no judgment. It’s a
Award winning producer Byron A Martin (Resident Evil:Afterlife, Land of the Dead) and Jim Donovan’s production shingle Undertow Entertainment have teamed up with LA’s management and production company MoJo Global Arts to develop screenwriter Michael F. Stewart’s latest comedy television project Conspiracy Therapy. Mojo’s co-founder and producer Morris Ruskin (Glengarry, Glen Ross) will roll out the series project in the US Market to premium media outlets including Amazon Studios. In this half-hour dramedy, a broken family of misfits strikes a pact to take over their disappeared mother’s virtual-psychotherapy practice and help patients with problems, and in turn solving their own. Jim Dono
