Although I hadn't played since primary school gym class, I joined a volleyball team this year. We were called the Pandas and we wrapped up our inaugural season last night. In a 12-team league, we had a very strong regular season, earning us a first round playoff bye. In our
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. When In Rome - The Promise You don't hear
Shuffling my tunes, I just heard "Big League" by Tom Cochrane. I loved that song. Hearing it now, it made me think of Wayne Gretzky. I was heavy into Tom Cochrane's Victory Day back in 1988. When the heart breaking news of the Gretzky Trade came down the wire that
Yes, this is yet another entry about The Wire. I'm not apologizing. This is my blog and I write about what I dig. I don't remember digging anything as much as I dug The Wire. It's only been five days since I finished the series finale but already the daily
In Don't Feed the Trolls, Shoot 'Em! I wrote about Welland Guy. Welland Guy is a blog troll who shows up periodically on this blog, HumbleHoward.com and CanadianThinker.com. I make it a point to ban his IP address from commenting on all three sites as soon as he
I get that today's 4/20. I actually know that means. Happy 4/20 to all who celebrate the day, but I choose not to partake. I celebrate 4/21. 4/21 references the date April 21, the anniversary of the most legendary goal in the rich history of Canada's
I haven't done very well in recent NHL Playoff Pool drafts. Sure, a few years back I finished second, but even a blind squirrel catches a nut now and then. Last year, I banked on Ducks. The Ducks went out in the first round and I was toast. This year,
I'm submitting a song for SLS21 consideration. I'm submitting "Panic Switch" by Silversun Pickups. "Lazy Eye" was one of my favourite songs of 2007. "Panic Switch" is no "Lazy Eye", but it's that cool Silversun Pickups sound that'll hook you.
When Pogge made his Maple Leaf debut in the 2007 pre-season, I had butterflies. It's been up and down ever since. I recently got to interview him, witnessed a Marlies crowd turn on him, until he finally got pulled, and on March 29 I declared him "not ready for prime
Today is the 2009 Swansea Hockey Association Banquet. The Learn to Play Hockey Timbits took over the Swansea Legion from 11am to 12:15pm, enjoying hot dogs, drinks and trophies. Those trophies are the highlights. Learn to Play Hockey earns you a participation trophy, and it's all James has been
Some of my favourite scenes in The Wire were the wakes the Baltimore Police Department would hold at Kavanagh's Irish Pub to honour a fallen comrade. Last night, I was itching for another episode of The Wire, but ended up watching an episode of Lost from a few weeks ago
I have one of those jobs that didn't exist when I was in high school. I'm an eMarketing Manager. You take search marketing expertise, add a dose of HTML / CSS / PHP / Photoshop / Movable Type geekery, throw in mad webmaster skills and polish it all off with that shiny U of
Last night, I wrapped up episode 10 from Season Five of HBO's The Wire. That was the series finale and the 60th episode overall. I started with The Wire pilot back on March 9th which means I managed to burn through over 60 hours in less than six weeks. Addiction
They're wondering at forgetomori if a “Michael Jackson” ghost haunted Muhammad Ali and George Foreman during their Rumble in the Jungle back in the wonderful year of 1974. Michael Jackson's face shows up in the below video at the 5:45~46 mark. It's Michael Jackson circa 2000, not Michael
8 and friggin' 3. That's a helluva start. Doc Halladay is 3-0, we're knocking the cover off the ball and Cito is once again ruler of the universe. Life is good. It's time to share another old school Blue Jays song. This one is by Humble Howard. I asked Humble
On Monday, 13 of us got together at a top secret west Toronto location to draft players in our 43rd annual NHL playoff pool. It might not be our 43rd annual quite yet, but we've been doing this since I was in high school, and that feels like 43 years
Zack Morris was too cool for school. When he worked that brick cell phone, you knew he was King of Bayside. Here's Zack and the rest of the Saved By The Bell crew uncensored... and then censored once more.
We just enjoyed night one of the Stanley Cup playoffs, the Marlies won their playoff game and the Jays won another one, so naturally I'm writing about the Leafers first thing this Thursday morning. Guys and gals my age have the same laundry list of great Leaf memories. We remember
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. Little Green Bag - The George Baker Selection On
I'm going to interview Humble and Fred before their 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories on May 2. They've promised to be as honest and open as possible, so this will be fun. I've got some questions lined up, but I'd love to hear what you'd like asked. If you have
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. Molson Music presents WHAM! Explosive! Make It Big for '85. August 28th at CNE Stadium. With special guests, the Pointer Sisters.
