The kids go through a lot of bread. During this March Break, I'm pretty sure they went through three loaves. We keep the active loaf in the fridge, and when it's winding down, I spring into action. My job is to eat the two end pieces. If I don't, they
Heck, if our victory last night over the Habs helps them finish 9th in the conference, you can practically call this season a success. Yes, it's the new Leafs math, where logic takes a backseat to epikhairekakia. It was a fun game to watch. Here's to helping ruin a certain
Walt Poddubny was 49. He played 11 NHL seasons for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, the New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques and New Jersey Devils. He had 184 goals and 238 assists in 468 games and topped the 30-goal mark three times. Leaf fans, I need some help with
Head over to Elvis' blog to see pictures of Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli, Cpl. Tyler Crooks, Trooper Jack Bouthillier and Trooper Corey Joseph Hayes before you watch the Fox News clip below. Go ahead... I'll wait for ya. Master Cpl. Scott Vernelli, Cpl. Tyler Crooks, Trooper Jack Bouthillier and Trooper
It happened. I suspected as much. Norm MacDonald will be forever linked with that damn beaver. Reading the Globe & Mail this morning, here's their description of Norm. NORM MACDONALD He's the muttering comedic actor and the voice of Bell Mobility's Frank the Beaver April 17 and 18. Yuk Yuk's,
I realize this is now Tank Nation, but let's win this one. Let's play spoilers with our arch rivals and help push the Montreal Canadiens out of the NHL playoffs. Let's take a look at the current NHL standings... Montreal is sitting in 8th place. The Panthers are only a
I've got a hockey game tonight and I plan to score. Thanks to Alexander Ovechkin, I now know what I'm going to do after I pot my first of the night. I'll call it "Too Hot to Handle" and it'll look a little something like this...
Betsy Blair was 85. She was the Oscar-nominated actress and teenage bride of Gene Kelly whose enthusiasm for leftist causes landed her on Hollywood's blacklist.
I'm submitting a song for SLS21 consideration. I'm submitting "The Girl" by City and Colour. My wife doesn't understand how I can enjoy Slipknot and a tune like this, back-to-back. I can head bang with the best of them, and turn on a dime to chill to the sweet sound
I should have taken a screen cap of every design this site has had. I now do that, but from 1999 through 2007, all I have is what was archived by the Wayback Machine. I just visited the Wayback Machine in an attempt to salvage screen caps of the evolution
The Sens won't make the playoffs, so if we can get the Habs to finish out of the playoff picture, we'll call this a decent season for the Leafs. With this goal in mind, I knew we had to lose to the Panthers last night. It's all about sacrifices here
I'm submitting a song for SLS21 consideration. I'm submitting "Love is a First" by The Tragically Hip. I wasn't sure I liked "Morning Moon", the first song I heard from the new Tragically Hip album. This tune, however, sounds great. I can't get enough of it. It's a great choice
I enjoyed Earth Hour 2008. Here's how I spent my first Earth Hour, on March 29, 2008. The people behind Earth Hour 2009 want to kick it up a notch this year. In 2009, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of 1 billion people
When driving home from the office, I'll often listen to Prime Time Sports, hosted by Bob McCown on THEFAN590. Like any die hard Leaf fan, I love it when they explore the glorious fall of the Montreal Canadiens. The go-to guy lately, for such discussions, is Mike Boone of the
Natasha Richardson was 45. She was the actress who won a Tony for her performance as Sally Bowles in the 1998 revival of "Cabaret" and earned raves for her Blanche DuBois in a 2005 production of "A Streetcar Named Desire."
I saw an xkcd web comic today that reminded me of a recurring nightmare that pops up now and then. I actually wrote about this dream about four years ago. I too suffer from the popular "I have an exam I completely forgot about and I'm in big trouble" dream.
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 Bat Boys - OK Blue Jays It's the
If you read this blog, you know I've recently become addicted to The Wire. Many years ago, I had a similar addiction to the show Oz, and currently I'm a keen follower of the show Lost. The Wire, Oz and Lost have one other thing in common. That's the man
I hate the Roman Catholic stance on birth control. It's irresponsible and incredibly dangerous. Back in the day, when I'd go off on Pope John Paul II for forcing me away from the church, it was the church's views on birth control that really exposed the institution as irrelevant and
I was just testing the monthly drop-down menu and randomly chose to visit March of 2003. That's when I found a letter I wrote to God on behalf of all Maple Leaf fans. Here's what I wrote on March 15, 2003. Hello God, it's me Mike.What exactly do you
Our Maple Leafs avoided a four-game, season-series sweep by the Lightning with a sweet come-from-behind victory in front of many Canadian tourists and Snowbirds in Tampa Bay. Here's your useless piece of trivia for the day. The Leafs lead the NHL in overtime games, with 22. Current Record Last GamesSeason
This morning, I blew up this website. I run this site with Movable Type, so all the entries, pages, comments, categories, etc. reside in a MySQL database. That gives me a lot of flexibility when it comes to site redesigns. Once I write the new CSS and XHTML, I just
Today I get to share a picture of St. Patrick I took myself during Toronto's St. Patrick's Day Parade. St. Patrick died in 461, which makes this a very special pic. It's the magic phone booth they stick him in as he's driven around in the back of a pick
