Justin Pogge was drafted in the third round, 90th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. He's currently a Toronto Marlie who gets called up to play for the Maple Leafs now and then. I had a few questions for him, as did you, and
Ya gotta love the NHL rule that saddles Cujo with the loss last night after Tosky got rocked for 4 goals in the first. Speaking of Maple Leaf goaltenders, I'm hooking up with Justin Pogge in an hour. No, that's not nearly as dirty as it sounds. I've got questions
The AMC Yonge & Dundas 24 Theatre is having a great promotion where for one price movie goers are able to see all 5 Best Picture nominees in one day. That day is Saturday, Feb. 21 and they're sending Toronto Mike, who has only seen one of the pictures nominated
I'm glad Jeremy Williams cleared waivers this afternoon and is headed back to the Marlies in the AHL. Firstly, that means I'll get to see him play on Saturday afternoon, and secondly, I like him as a player and hold out hope he can contribute to the Leafs. On February
I haven't received a Tragically Hip email in a while, but I got one this morning. Hi Folks,Greetings to all. We have some very exciting news to deliver. Our twelfth album, We Are The Same, will be released in North America on Tuesday, April 7th. The album was produced
I'm on the record calling Roberto Alomar the greatest Blue Jay of all-time. Robbie is all over the news today, but not because he's the best Jay ever. In fact, this Alomar news is rather sensational. Former Toronto Blue Jays star second baseman Roberto Alomar has been accused by an
Here are seven songs with "robot" in the title that I found in my MP3 collection. Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 1 - The Flaming LipsYoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2 - The Flaming LipsOne More Robot / Sympathy 3000-21 - The Flaming LipsSong of the Hip-Hop Robots -
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 Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today I'm
Jewelgurl is sharing a great Flickr photoset called Toronto Before from the gentleman behind http://torontobefore.blogspot.com.
If you were watching this one, you know we were up 4-1 in the third. This was a game I was willing to sacrifice. In fact, I'm willing to accept losing every game this season that isn't against the Senators or Canadiens. Right on queue, the Leafers collapsed and lost
I love Quentin Tarantino movies, and I think there's a local law that states you have to love Scarberian Mike Myers. I mean, the guy named his dogs Gilmour and Borchevsky and managed to get a club named Gasworks into a major motion picture. I like Quentin Tarantino and I
Here are five songs with "squeeze" in the title that I found in my MP3 collection. Squeeze Box - The WhoSoul to Squeeze - Red Hot Chili PeppersSqueeze 1st - Jay-ZJust Squeeze Me - Louis Armstrong & Duke EllingtonMail Squeeze - Lost Dakotas
Ten years ago, it was 1999. We called that year "nineteen-ninety-nine". Canada became a nation in 1867. We called that year "eighteen-sixty-seven". For the past nine years, however, we took a different approach to how we say our calendar years. This is 2009. We all say "two-thousand-and-nine". For some reason,
Alex Rodriguez has admitted to taking steroids. A-Rod was supposed to be the clean saviour who would wash the bad taste out of our mouths left by Barry Bonds. A-Rod is a jerk, but we hoped he was a jerk who didn't use performance enhancing drugs. It turns out he's
I'm getting an interview with Maple Leaf goaltender prospect Justin Pogge. We're ironing out the when and where, but it's happening. If you could ask Justin Pogge a question, what would you ask him? Here are some I'll ask him..... Do you read what the press says about you? Do
Here's the Doug Gilmour bobblehead doll they gave us at the Marlies game last Saturday. It's way better than the Tomas Kaberle bobblehead they gave out last year. Kaberle is currently in three pieces, headless and without a right arm. And, Kaberle had a big sponsor sign on it whereas
Last month I offered up a Toronto Mommy Blog. A Toronto mom took me up on the offer and has been blogging at http://www.torontomommy.com/ for a couple of weeks now. I think she's ready for her close-up. If you're a mother, even if you don't live in
I like Twitter. I can go weeks without checking in with Facebook, but I keep close tabs on my Twitter account. Today, thanks to Twitter, I finally visited Down Goes Brown's blog, one year old today. Ya gotta love a blogger with the handle "Down Goes Brown". What Leaf fan
21: 6 out of 10. Not bad, but not nearly good enough. It's frustrating that this interesting story with a solid cast amounted to a mere 6 on the Booner Scale. With a better script, it coulda been a contender.
Probably the two most viral pieces of multimedia last week were the audio of Christian Bale ranting and raving on the set of Terminator Salvation and David all drugged up after going to the dentist. If you somehow missed these clips, here's Christian Bale's rant (NSFW) and here's David After
I'd like to table something I've been thinking about for a while. In many regards, this is the greatest Leafs season a Leafs fan could possibly hope for. Allow me to explain... We're all okay with losing this season, so we find a silver lining when the Sabres cream us
You know the local sporting scene is desperate for anticipation when the main story heading into a Saturday night tilt between the Leafs and Habs in Montreal is Grabovski vs. Kostitsyn. Grabs never struck me as the fighting type, but he's been jawing at Sergei Kostitsyn all week. I think
Here in Toronto, we've had Russell Oliver's schlocky ads shoved in our faces for decades. He's the guy who wants to buy your used jewellery, calls himself the Cashman or Loan Arranger, and works out of Oliver Jewellery on Eglinton Avenue West. We expect him to offer well below fair
James Whitmore was 87. He was the many-faceted character actor who delivered strong performances in movies, television and especially the theater with his popular one-man shows about Harry Truman, Will Rogers and Theodore Roosevelt. I knew him best as inmate Brooks Hatlen in The Shawshank Redemption.
Loved ones, it's time for our annual Oscar Pool. Is this our 80th in a row or 81st? I've lost count. To participate, complete this form before midnight on February 20th. Who will predict the most rich and famous recipients of this overindulgent award? Let the pomp and circumstance begin!
