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Toronto Taste Online Auction From Second Harvest
Published June 29, 2009 @ 09:53 in Mixed
Simply click this link to see all the great items you can bid on. Items are added daily, so keep that link handy. Jordan says all monies raised will help Second Harvest continue to feed the men, women and children who rely on their services everyday. It's a great cause so click over and whip out the credit card.
Let's Stop Taking the Blue Smarties For Granted
Published June 28, 2009 @ 13:22 in Mixed
I take blue Smarties for granted. I know I can stroll to the corner store, by a box of Smarties and there will be blue ones in the mix. They're just there, along with the purple, brown, green, yellow and others. It wasn't always that way. There was a time when blue Smarties did not exist. In 1987, they literally fell from the sky.
The Blue and the Green
Published June 25, 2009 @ 11:05 in Mixed
Take a look at this image:
Do you see blue and green? I did too, then I was told they're the exact same colour. I have a colour picker add-on for Firefox that lets me click a colour to see the RGB numbers and lo and behold both the blue and green are rgb(0, 255, 150).
My Birthday Gift From the MTO
Published June 22, 2009 @ 13:32 in Mixed
You see, I have a birthday this week, and that meant I needed to renew the plates for the two cars I own and renew my driver's license. That last detail explains the need to actually visit the MTO office. I typically renew my plates online, but when the driver's license has expired, they force you to physically get to an office so they can snap an updated picture. Normally it's $74 to renew a license plate for one year, but I got hit with some Toronto tax that pushed it to $134 a plate. Oh yeah, and one car needed an emissions test that's almost impossible to fail, so it's really costing me about $383 to have a birthday this year. $383 so I can keep two cars on the road. Thanks, MTO! </rant>
And the Grass Trimmer / Edger Goes To...
Published June 21, 2009 @ 22:18 in Mixed
That made Rob S. the big winner. I wrote Rob to let him know he won and asked him to tell us a bit about himself.
Thanks to Canadian Tire for shipping Rob the grass trimmer / edger and thanks to everyone who entered. On a personal note, it was pretty neat reading how regulars discovered this little hobby of mine and what kept them coming back. Hopefully, there will be more of these giveaways in the future.
OJ Boy: To Ban or Not To Ban?
Published June 20, 2009 @ 09:32 in Mixed
Jason, a.k.a. OJ Boy, is a Jason, however. Since he added getyouroj.com to his display name, I just queried the database and found he's left 838 comments. Usually he's laughing at me for going to Edgefest or telling us all we're scum for using kleenex or listening to songs with mass appeal on corporate radio. Other times he's chastising the poor for shopping at Walmart, snickering at the masses for enjoying Twitter or sharing his distaste for hockey, the Hip, Pearl Jam or, basically, any song or band you dig. I've never met OJ Boy. He was noticeably absent from the Humble and Fred 20th Anniversary Podcast, and he's clearly a huge fan of their old morning show. I'm wondering if it's time for an OJ Boy ban, because I'm getting tired of the constant stench of humourless misery and holier-than-thou judgement. Don't get me wrong, I like comments that disagree with me or offer an alternative viewpoint. I would never consider banning Argie or Irvine or Sammi, a few commenters who seem to see things differently than I do. But haven't we all had enough of buzz-kill OJ Boy? What do you guys think?
Don't Forget To Enter To Win - The Odds Are Pretty Sweet
Published June 18, 2009 @ 16:17 in Mixed
Click here and leave a comment revealing how you first found this site and why you returned. You don't need to kiss my ass, because the draw will be completely random. I'm going to put all the entries in a hat and I'll have my wife pick one out. What are you still doing here, go and enter!
I Gave Up Predicting Social Bookmarking Behaviour
Published June 15, 2009 @ 20:58 in Mixed
Stumbleupon is currently sending a whack of traffic to my Best. Party. Playlist. Ever. entry. It's just a laundry list of the songs I played during a corporate retreat at Horseshoe Valley ski resort. The entry is six months old, and certainly not one of my more inspired posts, but it got added to Stumbleupon five days ago and is still gaining momentum. You just never know... I gave up trying to predict which entries might cause a stir with social bookmarking sites, and so should you.
Enter to Win a Lithium-ion Grass Trimmer / Edger
Published June 15, 2009 @ 08:34 in Mixed
In the comments for this entry, you just have to tell me how you first discovered this blog and why you came back. Everyone who leaves a comment will be entered in a random draw. Please leave your email address in the Email Address field (it won't get published on the site) so I can secure your mailing address should you win. Canadian Tire will only ship the prize to addresses in Canada or the United States. I'll pick the winner on June 21. How did you discover TorontoMike.com and why did you return?
Carp Jumps at Humber River
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Published June 13, 2009 @ 15:26 in Mixed
Today, as my son and I walked along the Humber River, we could see carp jumping by these falls. It's nothing like you see in early October with the salmon, but it somehow manages to fascinate us both.
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Storm second baseman (or is it second basewoman?) Jordan just reminded me that the Toronto Taste Online Auction is underway on eBay.
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Part of the reason birthdays lose their lustre as we age is the ding we get from the MTO. The MTO, for those of you who don't live in Ontario, is the Ministry of Transportation for Ontario. I just came back from an MTO office $343 poorer.
I love reading the comments on this site. I wish more of you would comment more often. Don't be shy, create an alias and stick with it and you'll remain anonymous. Do you really think Argie is an Argie and Elvis is an Elvis?
If you haven't yet entered to win the lithium-ion grass trimmer / edger I'm giving away thanks to Canadian Tire, do it! Think of the odds... there are less than 50 entries right now. These are "draft Sidney Crosby" type odds!
The big social bookmarking sites are Delicious, Digg, Stumbleupon and reddit. This is my 9005th entry, and I learnt about 5000 entries ago that you can't predict which entries will gain traction with these social bookmarking services.
Every year around Thanksgiving, there's this awesome salmon run in the Humber River at Etienne Brule Park. It's just north of the Old Mill Bridge at the weir. You see hundreds and hundreds of salmon trying to swim up the weir and it's pretty fun to watch.