Back in February, I wrote about how I met Il Duce. Il Duce has been breaking my balls in the comments of this site for years. If you revisit that entry, you'll see how this all started on Humble Howard's old blog and how he read aloud Il Duce's trashing
If you've ever watched an infomercial, you've seen several people simply do it wrong. As seen on TV, here's a tribute to doing it wrong. Has anyone out there ever bought something after watching an infomercial?
Yesterday I ranted about the Leafs and Rob Ford. As a proud Torontonian, both embarrass me. I'm just not sure which embarrasses me more. Please take a moment out of your busy Friday to cast a vote below. Simply leave a comment telling me which is the greater embarrassment for
Ron Santo was 70. He was a legend in Chicago as a former Cubs third baseman-turned-wildly popular announcer. He finished his major league career with a .277 average over 15 major league seasons, with 342 home runs and 1,331 RBIs.
I was certain we hit bottom last October. Hell, that was a good rant... here it is again in its entirety. It's never been easy being a Leafs fan. I discovered the team in the early 80s and endured some painful seasons when I was too young to expect any
Rob Ford surprised nobody with grandiose statements made on day one as Mayor. He announced that he's canceling the Transit City LRT construction plan so the city can concentrate on building subways. Sure, we've already spent millions of dollars and new subway lines might not be finished until 2020, but
It was eight years ago yesterday that I changed my personal home page into a blog. In the world of blogging, eight years is actually pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. The vast majority of your favourite blogs started well after November 30, 2002. The Tale of the
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Jim Kelley was 61. He was a longtime sports writer and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame who recently worked alongside Bob McCown co-hosting Prime Time Sports on The Fan 590.
Gimme Shelter from the Rolling Stones is an awesome tune. I just came across an entry at Dangerous Minds that "wonderfully demonstrates how the Rolling Stones sound is more than just the sum of its parts, with the component tracks" from Gimme Shelter isolated for our enjoyment. First we have
In honour of Leslie Nielsen's passing, here are my five favourite quotes from Lt. Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. It's true what they say: Cops and women don't mix. It's like eating a spoonful of Drano; sure, it'll clean you out, but it'll
Leslie Nielsen was 84. He experienced success as a serious actor in the films Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure before achieving his greatest successes in the comedy films Airplane! and The Naked Gun. I absolutely adored Leslie Nielsen in Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Here's a little something I
I was just reading The Villager. The Villager is a local paper that serves the Bloor West Village, Junction, Roncesvalles and St. Clair neighbourhoods of Toronto. The front page had an article about the primary school I used to attend, so I read on with great interest. Since the beginning
I caught this live last night after the Leafs game. On Hockey Night in Canada, Kevin Weekes almost got run over by a Zamboni. He was pretty cool under pressure, though...
This afternoon, I interviewed Habs blogger The Active Stick for a job. At some point during our conversation, we compared the Barilkosphere to the Habs blogosphere. The first thing you need to know about the comparison is that we're united under the awesome handle "Barilkosphere" while they're divided under the
The Lebron James Rise ad for Nike opens itself up nicely to retorts and mash-ups. We recently enjoyed Cleveland's response, and now there's Michael Jordan's response. Now that's a mash-up that rings true. Lebron James is no MJ.
I just stumbled upon a fantastic Google Chrome extension and had to share. This extension, known as "Nothing", does exactly what it's supposed to do. You can download it here.
It's Black Friday. That doesn't mean much here in Canada, but I understand it means a whole lot to our American brethren. Go consumers go! Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Get something off your chest, start a debate, or simply rant away. Or, if
My mom has been happily running Ubuntu on her desktop for years. She never complains, it just works. She has a little netbook that runs Windows, and I'm always getting support calls about that machine, but I never get a single call about her Ubuntu PC. A couple of years
A YouTube clip of Cookie Monster trying out for Saturday Night Live is making the rounds, so you'll see it very soon. Or, you can press play below and see it now. It's up to you. Cookie Monster will always be near and dear to my heart, because he starred
Watch a Nick Cage film, and there's bound to be a moment or two when he completely loses his shit. Here's a bunch of those moments in one awesome video montage. Here are the movies from the above video. 0:09 - 0:30 Vampire:s Kiss 0:30 -
A few years ago I decided I would chisel my favourite Canadian albums down to a lean and mean top ten. The resulting list included Shakespeare My Butt from The Lowest of the Low, an album that turns 20 next year. I just read a nice little article about The
The Toronto Santa Claus Parade needs to mix things up year after year, to ensure they don't rerun the same parade. Often, they'll simply redesign an existing float. For example, here's the Yahoo! float that was in the parade the last few years. As you'd expect from Yahoo!, it's a
The montage that opened Saturday night's Leafs / Habs match-up on Hockey Night in Canada was pretty awesome. I've been critical lately of these opening HNIC montages as they've been pretty weak so far this season, but this one was a winner. The song is Paul Langlois' "Can't Wait Anymore" from
