Audiences and readers have appreciated the stories and truthful rants of this prodigy who figured out the crafts of broadcasting and acting and writing, all by age 19. Listeners near the turn of the century heard him in his youth when he expertly did news broadcasts on a Canadian radio station. He has performed in plays that were written by great writers. He has written plays -- some have been staged, some haven't yet. At age 41, as of the time of writing this blurb, he still considers his overall career to be in its early stages.