Yes, there's an actual website that promises to tell you the sleeping schedule of your Twitter friends. You can try it now at http://www.sleepingtime.org/.

Their algorithm "will determine the approximate sleeping schedule based on the time when he or she stays least active on Twitter".

Naturally, I put in my Twitter username to see when it thinks I sleep.

Not bad... I'm more of an 11pm to 7:30am guy, but midnight to 6 are definitely my core sleeping hours.

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I had quite the iron man streak of Maple Leaf recaps going. I had written a recap of every Leafs game since the start of the 2003/2004 season until Brendan Burke passed away. I couldn't find it in me to recap that night's game.

Post Olympics, I had another problem. There's now been ten games since the Olympics and I haven't written a single recap. I think I'm done with recapping Leafs games this season.

I've been watching, though, and following. The past ten games have actually been quite entertaining, and we've won six of them, including two against those hateful Sens. It's clear to me that my recaps have been holding us back, even though we did win one playoff series during my recap era, although that was against the Senators and probably shouldn't count.

We've got the team I love to hate, the Habs, on Saturday night, and I might be talking about it on Montreal sports radio Sunday night. We'll see if they can meet my hefty salary demands.

I'll just close this recap of my lack of recaps by saying Phil Kessel can score. He's at 27 and counting. Brian Burke's no dummy.

And oh yeah... Go Leafs Go!

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My favourite time of year is quickly approaching. The NHL playoffs are mere weeks away. That also means it's time for our annual playoff pool.

Draft day is April 12. Here are the official rules. Here's a peek at previous drafts:

• 2009 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool
• 2008 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool
• 2007 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool
• 2006 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool
• 2004 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool
• 2003 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool

If you know me in the real world, and you're interested in participating in this year's draft, please contact me and I'll give you specifics. This year's pool promises to be the best yet.

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The kids are off school this week, enjoying their March Break. I thought that would make this the ideal week to avoid the office. I took a week off to sleep in and chill with the family.

It's the middle of March, and I haven't worn pants all week. That's right, I'm enjoying an unprecedented pants-less week in March.

It hit 19° today. They're expecting a high of 18° tomorrow. I can do this. I can make it the entire week without pulling on a pair of pants once.

Make no mistake about it, this is indeed epic.

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Fess Parker was 85. He was the actor who played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone.

I came within a Y chromosome have having a son named Daniel Boon.

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Martin Streek took his own life last July. As you'll see from the 214 comments over there and the many other entries in my Martin Streek Remembered category, Martin was a wildly popular radio deejay in this city, enjoyed by all who heard him and beloved by everyone who met him.

With the one year anniversary of his death coming this summer, I'm disappointed www.martinstreek.com is parked by the host. That typically means the domain name owner hasn't paid and instead of making the domain name available to anyone, the host eNom is holding on to it, hoping the owner will wisen up and pay up. Here's what martinstreek.com looks like right now.

It's possible Martin was the only one with the login details that would ensure we keep his site online, or it's possible someone reading this entry knows who can help with this. If you can help me get Martin's domain name, I'd love to put up a tribute to him at martinstreek.com. Please contact me.

Help me get it back online.

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Today, the swastika is primarily seen as the symbol of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany. The connotation is incredibly negative, and rightly so... under the flag of the swastika, a racist belief in the superiority of the Aryan race took hold and resulted in the death of 11 million people. This symbol has power.

Until the Nazis used this symbol, the swastika was actually used by many cultures throughout the past 3,000 years to represent life, sun, power, strength, and good luck. The connotation was so positive, it even made its way onto a hockey jersey. Here's the Edmonton Swastikas hockey team from 1916.

[Photo via Birthplace of Ice Hockey]

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Alex Chilton was 59. He was the singer and guitarist who rose to prominence in Big Star and The Box Tops.

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I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it to your PC before playing.

The White Stripes - Black Math Live
The White Stripes have released a documentary film and accompanying live album entitled "Under Great White Northern Lights" which documents their 2007 tour across Canada.

I'm enjoying the live album and I'm sharing "Black Math" because it's one of my favourite White Stripes tunes.

The White Stripes: The best band of the past decade. Agree or disagree?

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Dan Achen was 51. He was lead guitarist for the Hamilton rock band Junkhouse.

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