I’m giving it my best shot at winning the “Mad Men Casting Call” contest – and a walk-on role on the show. But, with the winner picked from the top finalists in an online vote, the whole thing has been marred by cheaters who were clearly using underhanded, software-based techniques to rack up unbelievable vote counts. As someone who entered in good faith, and even made a video to promote my quest, it was frustrating and discouraging. But now the playing field seems to have been levelled out at last. AMC posted a message yesterday to the site:

“In our commitment to keeping the contest fair for all, we have removed the small percentage of contestants who have not observed all the terms and conditions of the contest. We will continue to monitor and evaluate submissions and voting through September 17th. Best of luck!“

That means that your votes are more important than ever! But even more important… is the exponential power of sharing. Please pass along my funny, one-minute video – the link is http://bit.ly/AdamsMadMenVideo – and keep voting for me using this short link: http://bit.ly/VoteForAdam .

If you voted for me already, THANK YOU! Please click here to vote for me again right now. Thanks!

Voting ends on September 17, so there’s more than two weeks left to help me win. But I can’t do it without my friends and the mighty power of “the crowd”. Anything you can do is much appreciated!

On the first Friday of every month, the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral holds a Perogy Night. For $12 you get an authentic home-cooked perogy meal. It’s been written up in many local papers and there’s always a big lineup – it’s supposed to be quite the event.

My friend Sara Zacharias (we met when performing in an APPLAUSE! Musicals in Concert show) is currently running a “Glee” workshop for teens – and she’s now adding after school/work sessions for adults too.

I was fortunate enough to attend last night’s opening of Neil Simon’s “Brighton Beach Memoirs” at the Metro Theatre, and I can happily report that it’s a charming, funny – and surprisingly moving – evening of theatre.

My friend Lynda has a free trundle bed for the taking. It’s a single bed; the lower drawer can be used for storage or it can be pulled up to become another single bed. She can also provide a mattress. She’d like to get it out of her garage by September 11. Interested? Email Lynda at l_shioya@shaw.ca!

Here’s an original, 1-minute film that shows one possible result of my winning the Mad Men Casting Call contest. Watch, enjoy, and spread it around! And please keep voting for me at http://bit.ly/voteforadam — thanks!
Special thanks to Cassandra Freeman, Irwin Levine, my nephew Kevin McCartney and my lovely wife Christine for their assistance and input [...]