The Toronto Blue Jays home opener is tomorrow. I won't be at the game, because I'll be busy earning my Father of the Year award, but more on that later. I've written a ton about how much this team meant to me from 1983 through 1993. I clung to every
That's 14 goals surrendered in two games, if you're counting at home. Sometimes I wish we could take a pass on playing out the string. The goaltending is horrible, the effort is non-existent and even games like this we die-hards can get up for are gift wrapped for the opposition.
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." We learnt this quote from the Book of Ecclesiastes back in high school when we were studying William Shakespeare
The Love Guru: 3 out of 10. I've finally seen my beloved hockey team win the Stanley Cup. Unfortunately, it was embedded in this steaming pile of elephant dung that I watched last night. I'm thoroughly disappointed. Mike Myers gets to make amends for our game seven loss to Gretzky
We were down 6-0 in this sucker before we started our thrilling comeback. Wait, is it still a comeback if we lose by three? Christian Hanson, son of Dave "Slap Shot" Hanson, made his NHL debut. He appears to be just like his old man, only without the killer instinct.
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My web browser of choice is Firefox. I actually use a portable version of Firefox that can be cloned and run off a USB flash drive. I've tried other browsers, like Chrome, Opera and even IE8, but after five minutes of browsing I find myself missing Firefox terribly. Yes, there
I just read an interesting article about Joe Carter. The former Toronto slugger said baseball fans and historians rank his Game 6, bottom-of-the-ninth, three-run homer off Philadelphia closer Mitch Williams below moments such as Kirk Gibson's pinch-hit homer off Dennis Eckersley in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series.Highlights
Last night, I wrapped up episode 12 from Season Three of HBO's The Wire. That was the season finale and the 37th 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
The Leafs, Raptors and Jays all won yesterday. That's pretty impressive for three teams that will finish well out of the playoffs in 2009. I realize the Jays season hasn't actually started, but their chances are slim to none and slim just hopped the Greyhound to Saskatoon. Excuse me for
I've got this poster on my office wall. It says "Together Everyone Achieves More". It's TEAM, get it? It features a Leafs team from much earlier this decade. Svehla, Reichel, McCauley, Fitzgerald, Mogilny and Kaberle are seen congratulating themselves. Because together, everyone achieves more. The Leafs have missed the playoffs
At first I thought it was a typo. The headline in my RSS reader claimed "TV's Guiding Light switching off after 72 years." Television has only been commercially available since the late 1930s. A series couldn't possibly have been running for 72 years. It turns out Guiding Light began as
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. Nickelback - Old Enough Today, Nickelback is exhibit A
Today is the perfect day to share my favourite song from the first band I saw live in concert, Chalk Circle. April Fool
I enjoyed this.
I didn't watch a minute of the Juno Awards. Does that make me a bad Canadian? The artists receiving the big hype weren't my cup of tea and I cringe at the thought that Canadian music is now synonymous with Nickelback. Because I didn't watch the Junos, I missed City
Earth Hour 2009 made for some nice photos at The Big Picture. Here's the skyline of downtown Toronto before and after Earth Hour on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Before After
I enjoy following Scroll on Twitter because he's always thinking aloud about the new media and traditional media and how the two should coexist. Earlier today, he made the following tweet: I will peg the current number of active Twittererers in the Greater Toronto Area at 8,000; too high/
My favourite time of year is quickly approaching. The NHL playoffs are mere weeks away. That also means it's time for our annual playoff pool. Draft day is April 13. Here are the official rules. Here's a peek at previous drafts: 2008 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool2007 NHL Playoff Hockey Pool2006
My 7-year old may have found heaven this afternoon. With nobody between him and a table full of ice cream bars, popcorn, pretzels, fresh pizza and cold drinks, James made his move...
Toronto is a playoff-free zone. This is true for the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Argos, TFC and Blue Jays. I've referred to the Marlies as an anomaly is this town, because I expect them to actually make the playoffs. This afternoon, I watched our Marlies fall to the Syracuse Crunch in
The joke you'll be hearing today is that the Maple Leafs turned off their goaltending for Earth Hour last night. After allowing six goals in 33 minutes before getting pulled, Justin Pogge's goals against average was sitting at a frightening .832. My buddy Pogge isn't ready for prime time. It's
