I assure you all, the 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories is coming very, very soon. You can't rush perfection. Look for it to hit cyberspace early next week. In the meantime... here's the 9 seconds we heard before the podcast began.
I give Rogers a good chunk of my hard earned cash every month. I've got Internet, home phone, digital cable and my wife's mobile phone with them. That's a lot of cabbage! At least Rogers was paying for my Flickr pro account. I'm a heavy Flickr user who used to
I'm toggling between both game sevens. Carolina is leading Boston and Detroit just beat Anaheim. The Leafs haven't been seen in over a month, so naturally I'm singing along to "The Leafs Are The Best". In the early 90s, when Pat Burns was behind the bench, Wendel Clark was wearing
Great laughter results when I pull out my BlackBerry 6230 in front of my brothers. Affectionately known as the Blueberry, this brick was durable, but not very fresh. Today my employers took back their Blueberry and gave me a Blackberry Curve. The Curve has such modern conveniences as a camera
I attended the TFC match last night at BMO Field against the Montreal Impact. Everything I wrote after my first TFC game remains true. There's really no other Toronto sporting event that's comparable to the ritualistic, fan-driven enthusiasm I've seen at BMO Field. It's 90 minutes of chanting, singing, cheering,
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. This Ontario Health public service announcement from 1984 really struck a chord with me. Maybe it's because I was 10 years
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. Tom Waits - I Don't Wanna Grow Up My
In addition to finding floppies, I stumbled upon my old Andre the Giant glass beer mug this past weekend. Back in 1985, when I was a big fan of the WWF and Andre the Giant in particular, somebody bought this for me and I've had it ever since. The funny
I have a man crush on Roy Halladay. Yeah, I'd have a bromance with him. Every once in a while I get overwhelmed by this crush and I write about Roy. Here's one such example from last summer. Tonight, Roy Halladay is on the mound as we face A. J.
I've got a double header tonight with Raging Storm, my comp division slo-pitch team. This year, I'm just play ball for Storm. Engell is wearing the Cito hat, and he's got me starting at third base tonight. I grew up in love with playing shortstop. The SS is the quarterback
I'm awarding TSN a 2-minute penalty for the inappropriate use of a song during one of their promos. Just before this third period of the Penguins / Capitals game, I sat through yet another promo for their 2009 NHL playoff coverage. The visuals were set to Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot.
I hate voice mail. My voice mail at work tells the caller not to leave me a voice mail because I don't check voice mail. If it's important, send me an email. I'll check that, likely within the hour, but I'll leave that red light on my phone glowing for
While we patiently await the Humble and Fred 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories, here's something almost as good. When I was a kid, I used to play DJ and record song intros on a cassette recorder. Using Audacity, a great little free audio editor and recorder, my kids play a
When Santa brought my kids a Nintendo Wii for Christmas back in 2007, it reminded me of all the fun I had on my old 8-bit Nintendo back in the day. One of my favourite games was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. The characters are returning to the Wii in Punch-Out!!. Here's
I really hated George Dubya Bush but I still really like this guy. Here's the funniest president ever at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Part 1Part 2
A couple of years go, my brother and I made "The Mark Bell Bet". When we shook on that bet, I felt like I was taking candy from a baby. I was absolutely positive Mark Bell wouldn't score 20 goals in a season as a Toronto Maple Leaf. Up $50,
Iron Man: 8 out of 10. Like the rest of you, I thought I'd see Iron Man before I saw The Dark Knight. I didn't know Jon Favreau had it in him. This is quite a step up from Elf. Iron Man is precisely the kind of action movie I
Moms rule. No matter what, I know my mom is there if I need her. That's pretty sweet. Here's a picture of my mother shortly after she first became a mom, almost 35 years ago. I have to give mad props to another mom I know and love. My kids
I spent 7 straight hours today cleaning out the basement. I purged a lot of stuff collecting dust down there, including some old relics from years past. For example, I found a bunch of old 3 1/2 inch floppy disks. Back in the day, I backed up all my
My daughter has taken ballet, gymnastics and swimming, but this week she participates in her first organized competitive sport. She's a proud member of the High Park Toronto FC and gets to sport a most excellent shade of green. Even though she's swimming in the extra small shorts, she promises
Remember this?. We all got together downtown last weekend and recorded the Humble and Fred 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories. I'm guessing we got two hours of awesome material. Before I can do my thing and get this thing online so everyone can hear it, Dan Duran needs to do
Chuck Daly was 78. He coached the original Dream Team to the Olympic gold medal in 1992 after winning back-to-back NBA championships with the Detroit Pistons.
I'm submitting a song for SLS21 consideration. I'm submitting "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" by Cage the Elephant. Cage the Elephant sound a little White Stripish on this track, but I dig it. Maybe I dig it because it's White Stripish? In Indian religious philosophies the elephant is a
It's May 2009. Right now. That calendar thingy in the corner of my laptop says it's May 8, 2009. A year ago, I was anticipating the release of The Dark Knight. Here's my entry in which I get all excited about it. The buzz was off the hizzle, I was
