It's come to my attention that I haven't blogged about The Wire all week. It's time to correct that oversight. This is my favourite character on The Wire, Omar Little, and Brother Mouzone. The scene opens with Omar whistling "A Huntin' We Will Go" and closes with "Omar listenin'". Stafford,
Dom DiMaggio was 92. He was the bespectacled Boston Red Sox center fielder whose career was overshadowed by his older brother Joe's Hall of Fame career with the New York Yankees. He was a seven-time All Star who still holds the record for the longest consecutive game hitting streak in
A blog called "like a muffin or a beet" has listed greatest Canadian song lists. I'm pleased to see my Top 100 Canadian Songs list made the list. I also like how it sees my work as the work of many. TorontoMike posted their Top 100 Canadian Songs: The Definitive
I recently shared an illustration of the prototypical blog troll. If you give a guy an audience and perceived anonymity, the end result can be super dickish. Earlier today, an incredibly stupid comment was left on a hockey forum site. Here's that message. I'm killing Ovechkin. I'm going to jail.
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. Circle Square was a Canadian children's television series that ran from 1974 to 1986. The series was produced by Crossroads Christian
I play for two different slo-pitch teams, and they couldn't be more different. Tonight's my first practice of the season and I've got a couple of games Tuesday night. Once more, it begins... The Comp TeamI've played for Raging Storm since the 90s. We started out as Hooray For Everything
Down Goes Brown wrote the entry of the day on his blog. He discovered that the Toronto Maple Leafs have been operating a Facebook page for almost a year now -- but for some reason it's closed to the general public. He hacked in and secured a screen cap. Well
I mentioned Elvis is taking me to the TFC match next week. This match is part of the Nutrilite Canadian Championship, otherwise known as the Voyageur’s Cup. As an NHL, MLB, NFL, NBA, CFL guy, I'm used to there being a single trophy presented to the winner of the
Horonymous just snapped a pick of the Google car making its way through his South East Mississauga neighbourhood. The Google car provides footage used for Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps and Google Earth that provides for many streets in the world 360° horizontal and 290° vertical panoramic
Jim Balsillie has lots of money, wants to own an NHL team and wants to move it to southern Ontario. That same Jim Balsillie confirmed Tuesday that he has offered to pay $212.5 million US to purchase the Phoenix Coyotes on the condition that the bankrupt team relocate to
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. The Remake Of A Remake (All I Need) -
I wrote all about this song yesterday, so click here for the totally awesome story of "Hang On Blue Jays". Paul Husiak and a bunch of folks at CHFI put this song together in 1982 or 1983. I remember it well from the early 80s, but completely forgot about it
I'm not in the club, but it's times like these that I wish I was. All around me there's a buzz amongst the Trekkers. They're talking about the new J.J. Abrams' Star Trek movie opening this weekend. I tried, but I could never get into it. I'm sure I'm
Dom DeLuise was 75. He starred in such comedies as "The Cannonball Run" and "Blazing Saddles" and was the voice of Pizza the Hutt in "Spaceballs". Here's Dom DeLuise and Burt Reynolds as the voices of Itchy and Charlie in "All Dogs Go To Heaven", a movie that makes my
Checking my RSS feed moments ago, I learnt I was going to the TFC's second Voyageurs Cup. That's right people - Toronto Mike is going to the TFC's second Voyageurs Cup home game with yours truly on Wednesday, May 13th.We'll be taking in the match against the defending champion
It's a shame I only get to pull this one out once a year. It's a classic. May the Fourth be with you.
Layer Cake: 7 out of 10. Outside of revisiting some old Indiana Jones flicks with my son, Layer Cake is the first movie I've seen since The Love Guru exactly one month ago. That's partly because The Love Guru was so disappointing it took a month to get the taste
I found this comic on sticky comics. It reminded me of a question I asked a few years ago. What did we ever do before the Internet? My grandkids will never have to figure out how to fold a map. My grandkids won't know the yellow pages as anything other
Jack Kemp was 73. He championed supply-side economics in nine terms as a congressman after a career as the quarterback of the Buffalo Bills.
I spent the afternoon at the Dominion on Queen enjoying the live recording of the Humble and Fred 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories. I'll have complete audio and hopefully some video to share early next week. It was a great crowd full of family, friends, fans and many who worked
A few years ago, my buddy Mark and I spoke of morning radio in Toronto. We're the same age, which means we'll be turning 35 this summer. We agreed on two points: Humble and Fred were the best morning crew we had ever heard and it made absolutely no sense
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There's buzz today about a Pew Research Center survey that suggests the more often Americans go to church, the more likely they are to support the torture of suspected terrorists. I'd file this one under D for "Duh!". As others have pointed out, the concept of Hell is pretty much
It's come to my attention that I haven't blogged about The Wire all week. It's time to correct that oversight. This is Snoop, one of Marlo's assisins, and she's buying a cordless nail gun from her neighbourhood Hardware Barn. It's a great scene and it was the opening in the
