Blue Jays rookie Travis Snider hit two home runs last night, including a go-ahead two-run shot in the eighth inning, as we rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 8-6. Although it's awfully early, I've seen enough of Travis Snider to know he's got the stuff. I'm talking about the good
Below are the ten players I chose in tonight's playoff pool draft. It looks like I'll be rooting for San Jose, New Jersey and Chicago. Out of 13 poolies, I got to pick 13th. Yes, I'm that lucky. If you're a trivia buff you'll be interested to know I picked
I'm submitting a song for SLS21 consideration. I'm submitting "Gimme Sympathy" by Metric. I like Emily Haines. She went to Etobicoke School of the Arts, a breeding ground of sorts for cool Canadian music. If you took some time to chart it, you could link Metric, Broken Social Scene and
Harry Kalas was 73. He was the longtime Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster famous for his patented "It's outta here" home run call. Here he is calling the final out of last year's World Series.
Marilyn Chambers was 56. She was the adult film star who starred in the 1972 film "Behind the Green Door."
Last night, I wrapped up episode 13 from Season Four of HBO's The Wire. That was the season finale and the 50th episode overall. Season One was all about the Barksdale Organization and we spent those first 12 episodes on the streets of Baltimore and in the pit with Avon's
As the kids get older, the Easter Bunny has to raise his game to a whole new level. Back in the day, chocolate eggs were hidden in plain sight. This morning, the kids had their work cut out for themselves. In fact, I'm sure a few eggs won't be found
The Battle of Ontario has come to this. In a nothing game between two nothing teams, Martin Gerber exacted some revenge as we won our last game of the season. Boyd Devereaux finished strong, recording a hat trick. In the final standings, Ottawa beat us by two points. If you're
The Marlies and Toronto FC play next door to each other on the Exhibition grounds. Today, the Toronto FC game started at 4pm and the Marlies started at 5pm. I like to tweet via Twitter during Marlies games, and apparently Toronto Mayor David Miller likes to tweet during TFC games,
I live in Toronto. Not the GTA, but Toronto proper. My area code is 416. I love my little 3-bedroom house and I love my neighbourhood. I work with lots of people who live outside the city, in Mississauga, Brampton, Milton, Oakville, Georgetown or Burlington. When it comes to square
Years ago, I wrote about the worst team I ever played for. I was a forward with the CN Towers in the Swansea Hockey Association. We played at Rennie Park and went 0-15 one season. I was just going through some old photos when I found a shot of Sam's
A Toronto-based professional team is making the playoffs this year! I just got back from Ricoh and an amazing Marlies game. Against all odds, we have clinched a playoff spot. Pogge was great between the pipes, we fought back from a 3-1 deficit against the best team in the division
I've already explained the importance of these final two Marlies games. Our games are against the top two teams in the division while Syracuse is playing a home-and-home against the worst team in the division. I was just on the Syracuse Crunch site reading up on them when I found
You have homework. My buddy Fred wants to bring Kiss to Peterborough. In his words: Kiss is holding an on-line contest that will determine 40 dates on their upcoming tour and the way its set up, absolutely any town, village or hamlet in North America could host a concert.It's
Dave Arneson was 61. He was one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy game and a pioneer of role-playing entertainment. I once wrote about Dungeons & Dragons, the game of choice for those in the primary school gifted program.
I managed to leverage an issue with my work issued laptop into a new one. It's a LATITUDE E6500 from Dell, and since it's been a while since I've set up a Windows machine, I'm documenting what I do here so I can reference the details next time. Firstly, it
The Marlies lost in overtime last night. That gave us a point, but because the Syracuse Crunch only got a point, we hold a one point lead over them for the final playoff spot and we both have only two games to play. We don't hold the tie breaker, so
I don't know about other Leafs fans, but I can't muster up an ounce of care around Brad May's 1000th game in the NHL. It might be nice for Sabres fans, but other than a great Rick Jeanneret "May Day" call, Brad May is just a guy who played 1000
Q is a nice little radio show that airs on CBC Radio One. It's hosted by Jian Ghomeshi and airs live Monday to Friday at 10:00 a.m. Q was visited this morning by country-pop band The Boxmasters. The Boxmasters's biggest claim to fame is that their singer is
I was chatting with Humble yesterday about the upcoming Humble and Fred 20th Anniversary Podcast of Memories. If you haven't heard, it's taking place May 2nd at Dominion on Queen and everyone's invited. Show up for 1:30pm and listen to the guys stroll down memory lane. I was asking
Son of Hanson scored his first NHL goal as we surprised the Devils in New Jersey. That's nice and all, but it was a damn rough season, difficult to watch and difficult to write about. Even the Senators have passed us in the standings. In more interesting hockey news (to
I recently wrote about Adblock, the most necessary of all the Firefox Add-ons I use. In the comments, someone asked me which other Firefox Add-ons I use for work and/or play. Here are my ten favourite Firefox Add-ons. Adblock Plus - You know those ads you see all over
Me: Are you ready for the Hannah Montana movie? Her: Yes! I'm wearing my Hannah Montana underwear! I had an awesome evening yesterday. Only a stone's throw from where the Jays were putting up big numbers on opening night, my daughter and I were having a Hannah Montana experience. Disney
Michael Jordan is in the basketball Hall of Fame. He was elected to the class of 2009 today along with David Robinson, John Stockton, Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan and Rutgers women's coach C. Vivian Stringer. Michael Jordan was the best basketball player I ever saw play the game. It's
My buddies are heading a little east on the Gardiner Expressway to catch the Jays home opener at the dome. I too will be heading a little east on the Gardiner Expressway, but I'm heading downtown for a different reason. I'm off to secure 2009 Father of the Year honours.
