Back in September, Sarah Palin launched a target map. She was targeting 20 House Democrats who voted for the nation's new health care law and who represent districts that Sen. John McCain carried in the 2008 presidential election. Here's the map, which literally had targets over these members of congress.
On December 5, 1990, the Blue Jays pulled off their biggest trade in franchise history. Roberto Alomar and Joe Carter came to Toronto in exchange for Fred McGriff and Tony Fernandez. This trade changed everything. Alomar and Carter were key ingredients in our back-to-back World Series championships. Carter was Mr.
As the only Tragically Hip listening, hockey watching Canadian who doesn't drink beer, I'm merely passing this along as a courtesy. The small sized beer sold at Qwest Field in Seattle gives you the same volume of beverage as the large sized beer. You can save yourself $1.25 by
I'm sure I've bitched about this before, but I'm going to do it again. It's my blog, you'll just have to deal with it. It's Saturday. On Saturday nights during hockey season, I go on autopilot and naturally tune in CBC at 7pm for a Leafs game. The Leafs on
Let's try this again... Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Get something off your chest, start a debate, or simply rant away.
Because you don't follow me on Twitter, you didn't get the heads up last night. What else of interest could have possibly been taking place last night? Here's the tweet you missed. That's right, Jason Barr, recently dismissed from the Dean Blundell Show on 102.1, has joined forces with
You know what never gets boring? Da! Da! Canada! Nyet! Nyet! Soviet!
Exactly six years ago today, I wrote Good News For Robbie. Ryne Sandberg was voted into the baseball Hall of Fame and if Sandberg got in, Alomar had to be a shoe-in. I was watching baseball every day when Syndberg starred, and Alomar played the same position, only better. As
Gerry Rafferty was 63. He was the singer best known for hit tracks Stuck in the Middle With You and Baker Street.
I friggin' loved this game. I loved that it was on US soil but the crowd was all ours, I loved that we got revenge for last year and I loved that we dominated as underdogs, destroying our neighbours for a chance to play Russia in the finals. Goals by
The Associated Press is featuring an article about Marie Exley. Marie seems normal enough, she's a 32-year-old Army veteran from Colorado Springs, except for one thing... She believes the end of the world will begin May 21, 2011. To get the word out, they're using billboards and bus stop benches,
Anne Francis was 80. She was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was a sexy private eye in "Honey West" on TV.
Pete Postlethwaite was 64. He was the Oscar-nominated actor who starred in "Inception" and "The Usual Suspects."
This one actually scared me for a bit. Switzerland scored early on an absolutely brutal goal for Mark Visentin to allow and Swiss goalie Benjamin Conz looked like Martin Gerber circa 2006. But then, the universe righted itself, as it's apt to do. Ryan Johansen tied the score 1-1 and
CHUM Radio, a division of CTVglobemedia, has acquired CFXJ-FM b.k.a. The New FLOW 93.5. They're wondering at SOWNY whether changes are imminent. Even though I've never listened to FLOW 93.5, I'm intrigued. FLOW 93.5's license specifically states they play "urban music". Here's one of the
I just watched the first period of the Penguins and Capitals from Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. I realize there's a Leafs game on, but it's the Winter Classic and I'm a sucker for events, even silly made-for-TV sporting events, and the HBO 24/7 series actually had me psyched for
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten organic search keywords that brought people to this site in December 2010. toronto miketeri polo deathmark daly city tvjason barrgirl talk all day sample listwhat happened to jason barrmark daileychristmas playlistthe champbig shiny tunes 2Teri Polo is not dead, even though
Today is January 1, 2011. Or 1-1-11, if you prefer. That's my preference, because cool numerological dates like this don't come around every day. I could bury you in details as to what all those ones mean and what some say they symbolize. We're talking mystics and the fact that
It wasn't the prettiest game, but it was another New Year's Eve thriller. Swedish goalie Robin Lehner came up big in the shootout helping his squad squeak by and into the semi-finals. We'll now have to play a quarter-final game, likely against Switzerland. We knew going in it would be
Don't forget Torontonians, the TTC is completely free tonight from midnight to 4 am. Go ahead, get drunk and stupid as you ring in the new year, then leave your car and TTC it home. The free ride tonight is unsponsored (if that's even a word). In the past, they've
YouTube user Retrontario frequently uploads fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips never fail to bring back a ton of memories for me, so I feature them from time to time. I liked the Smurfs enough to include them on my list of favourite cartoons as a child. The Smurfs ranked #4
Bobby Farrell was 61. He was the charismatic frontman of Boney M.
My prediction for this game was 14-0. I was pretty close. You just knew this one was going to be a laugher, we've never lost to Norway and we've outscored them 60-7. It was 7-1 after 21 minutes. Luke's little brother scored 4 goals, giving him a tournament leading 12
True Grit: 7 out of 10. Don't believe the hype. True Grit is a very good movie, that's well acted and easy viewing, but it's not the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world you've been hearing about. I saw it yesterday and I was disappointed. Hopes were sky high for
As 2010 draws to a close, you'll likely be seeing a lot of celebrity death lists, remembering those who died throughout the year. For as long as I've had a personal home page on the interweb, I've marked celebrity passings. You can read them all at http://www.torontomike.com/
