On Monday I suggested that Mr. Sub's "Dinner" ad in which a father comes out as gay to his family might just be the worst ad I'd ever seen. It sparked quite the discussion in the comments. Earlier today, someone from the ad agency BOS Toronto wrote me a stern
Remember Labour Day weekend when 102.1 the Edge counted down the Top 200 songs of the 90's? In this neck of the woods, we had plenty of issues with how they came up with those 200 songs. I ended up posting the list I thought CFNY / 102.1 the
The Leafs open the 2009-10 regular season tonight against those hateful Habs. I can't wait. Here's our opening night roster. Forwards Jason Blake Mikhail Grabovski Niklas Hagman Phil Kessel* Jamal Mayers John Mitchell Colton Orr Alexei Ponikarovsky Wayne Primeau Jay Rosehill Viktor Stalberg Matt Stajan Lee Stempniak Rickard Wallin Defence
The Jays played Seattle on Sunday night, and something amazing happened during the Mariners television broadcast. Mike Blowers predicted that Matt Tuiasosopo would hit his first career home run. He was very specific with his prediction, as you'll hear in the clip below. Then, as predicted, the man they call
Our dryer broke in the spring. All summer we dried our clothes outside, which was great, but with summer behind us and our washer on its last legs, I'm in the market for a washer / dryer combo. Where should a poor bastard in need of a stacked washer/dryer go
Mats Sundin has retired. He spoke in front of reporters at a news conference at Stockholm's Grand Hotel, and he spoke in Swedish. Here's what he said: Ishockeyn är som ett drama utan manuskript. Ett envig i ett känslomässigt kaos där varje byte har sitt eget liv. Manuskriptet skrivs under
For the life of me, I can't remember who sent me the "Buy Canadian" email this morning. I think it was Mike from Lowville, please correct me if I'm wrong... I got the instant message while balancing four burning issues. I thought it was a valid point and worthy of
The past two years, my son has been a Beaver. For the unaware, Beavers are essentially Boy Scouts between the ages of 5 and 7. Although still eligible to be a Beaver, my boy has decided to move on and do indoor soccer instead. For the first time since 2006,
If you've had a life these past few years, and have missed the viral YouTube videos everybody's been talking about, you can catch up in four minutes.
37 years ago today, on September 28, 1972, "The Goal" was scored. There was only 34 seconds left in the eighth and final game of the Summit Series, and only a win would allow Canada to lay claim to victory in the series against the USSR. 32 years ago today,
Mr. Sub's new "Dinner" ad might just be the worst ad I've ever seen. Granted, that's a pretty subjective analysis, so I'm wondering if I'm alone. Here's the Mr. Sub Dinner ad in which the Dad tells Mary, Sara, Emily, Josh, Gideon, James, Sam, Michael... and Honey the big news.
When Brett Favre retired the first time, I didn't like it. When he retired the second time, I still didn't like it, and I took heat for actually wanting him to make another comeback. I simply didn't want the ride to end. Week 3 highlights offer convincing evidence as to
Changeling: 6.6 out of 10. Clint Eastwood has made several better films than this, but even if Changeling doesn't measure up to Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby and his other superior movies, it's still a great deal better than most of the slop out there. Angelina Jolie plays the primary
The CMS running this blog is Movable Type version 4.2. I've been using Movable Type for years and I highly recommend it. My MT services are even available to you, but more on that later. As much as I enjoy working in MT4, the documentation can leave you a
I've watched The Monster tend net for the Leafs two nights in a row, and he's yet to allow a single goal. He made a save late in the third on a Detroit 2-on-0 that was just sick. I'm loving The Monster. Here are monsters I have loved in my
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "(If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To" by Weezer. Back in the day, I was a much bigger Weezer fan than I am today. I still like 'em, but I no longer need to see them
Years ago, in the pre-YouTube era, I was pretty stubborn with my HTML and CSS. It simply had to validate with the W3C or I wouldn't publish it. Here's an entry I wrote exactly six years ago today. I'm proud to declare that all pages within torontomike.com conform to
It's Saturday morning, I'm sipping my coffee and about to head to High Park. This is the perfect time to throw down a sports smörgåsbord. The Monster Jonas "The Monster" Gustavsson made his preseason debut for the Leafs last night and he looked awesome. He played half the game and
During the first intermission of tonight's pre-season Leaf game, I popped over to Canadian Thinker and read Fred's thoughts on comedian Ron James. Fred doesn't think Ron James is funny. I agree 100% with Fred. I've never found Ron James to be the least bit funny, and after I saw
It turns out David Miller won't be mayor of Toronto forever. He's not running next year. I'm announcing this morning that I will not be seeking a third term as mayor of Toronto in next year's municipal election. While it's been a difficult decision, I feel secure in my priorities,
The Dean Blundell Show on 102.1 The Edge / CFNY is in a little trouble. Here's the latest on their code violation. The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council today released its decision concerning a segment entitled “Spencer the Cripple” on the Dean Blundell Show on CFNY-FM (102.1 The Edge, Toronto)
This blog just received the nicest comment. It really made my day. Here it is... I don't know If I said it already but ...Great site...keep up the good work. :) I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but,
While we're on the subject of Toronto radio station call letters that meant something, I just learnt CFRB stands for Canada's First Rogers Batteryless. Those call letters date back to 1927, but all that history doesn't mean much in 2009. Astral Media will now promote the station as Newstalk 1010,
I got a tweet from @genday telling me the Spirit of the Edge on Sunday nights is out on Edge 102 / CFNY. LoriAnn's Facebook page confirms it. Spirit of the Edge live to air from Velvet Underground was really one of the last throwbacks to the days of the Spirit,
On September 12, I threw my two cents at the Leafs' 2009 Training Camp roster. I openly bet Nazem Kadri would make this team. I've watched all five Maple Leafs preseason games. We've won the last four, which makes watching them much more fun. But I don't watch to see
