For most people, spring conjures up relaxing thoughts of green grass, trees in blossom and the prospect of lowering their golf handicap. But for me it is the season of high anxiety. It is time to gear up for Comic Vision, which is an evening of comedy to raise funds and awareness for the Foundation Fighting Blindness. In 1999 we hosted our first Comic Vision in Toronto at a local comedy club, The Laugh Resort. We thought we had hit the proverbial motherlode when we raked in a whopping $7000! Wow. A class and glamour event? Who would deny it with raffle prizes ranging from car care cleaning kits to a box of giant freezees!
Well, here we are 8 years later and our event has morphed into a multi-city tour across Canada that raises well over a half million dollars.
Set off in the van this morning for the golf course all geared up to conquer the game. While driving on the highway I couldn’t help but notice an odd noise coming from somewhere in the vehicle. Of course I was in deep prayer that the noise was part of the radio program I was tuned into. No such luck. Often in these cases the remedy is to turn the radio up and open the window. That will usually solve anything. That didn’t work either. The noise got louder.
