Idle hands are the devil's tools. Whenever I find myself with a little free time, I get overwhelmed with an urge to blow-up and recreate this site. Not the content, but the layout and design. I just completely re-wrote the xhtml and css and realized I actually like the current
Sure, the Leafs lost to the last place Islanders, but did you see John "The Next One" Tavares lead the charge for Canada with two goals and an assist? Even more telling, did you see how he opted to pass the puck to Angelo Esposito instead of scoring a natural
I don't know about you, but I've already started emotionally distancing myself from Tosky. Clearly he's not long for the blue and white and he's not who I thought he was. He had another rough start last night. We lost badly to the worst team in the league, but when
DJ Earworm put together a video for what he called "United State of Pop 2008 (Viva La Pop)". It's a very slick mashup of the Top 25 Hits of 2008, according to Billboard. There's lots of the typical R&B pop in there, Coldplay aside, with one glaring exception.
We lost some cool cats in 2008. Here are the five most significant celebrity passings of 2008, in this guy's humble opinion. Jeff HealeyGeorge CarlinPaul NewmanIsaac HayesHeath LedgerAnd since this is all about me, my family lost someone far too soon in 2008. Very early in the year, Uncle Bruce
Listen up music fans. Wolves, Hawks and Kites, maintained and written by Paul Watson, is sharing his favourite Canadian songs of 2008 as sweet MP3s. He's broken up his 30 top Canadian tunes of the last 12 months into two parts. I've downloaded the tunes, most of which I haven't
It doesn't get any better than this. The IIHF Under-20 world junior hockey championship is a tournament I look forward to every year and it never fails to deliver. It all starts tonight at 7:30 when Canada takes on the Czech Republic in Ottawa. We went 3-0 in pre-competition
Eartha Kitt was 81. She was the sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality. It's fitting she passed on a day many of us were playing her best known tune, "Santa Baby."
Santa came last night. He was very good to my kids, so he'll be in my good books in 2009. Here's hoping he was good to you, too. The rest of this fine day promises to be a blur, so we'll call it a single entry day. Michelle's favourite gift
Norad Tracks Santa - For more than 50 years, NORAD and its predecessor, the Continental Air Defense Command (CONAD) have tracked Santa’s Christmas Eve flight. Daddy needs a new pair of socks!
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. Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping If you're curious how an
Tosky recovered quickly and got the start in place of my choice, Justin Pogge. Tosky then allowed 7 goals before getting pulled for Cujo. Admittedly, Tosky's not having the year I predicted he'd have, but I watched this game and these really weren't bad goals. I think our D broke
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. I'm sharing a random clip of CBC television on December 22, 1985. I was ten years old and my brother Ryan
Elvis just reminded me today is Festivus. I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus. For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one.
I went indoor rock climbing last night at the Rock Oasis at Bathurst Street and Front Street. It was my first time, so I had to take a lesson. Once they taught me how to put on my harness, tie into the safety rope and belay, I was ready to
Justin Pogge made 19 saves to earn his first NHL victory in his first NHL game. Jeremy Williams scored again, giving him goals in five of six games this season. I'd like to see them put Pogge back in net tonight against Dallas. Cujo can back-up Pogge until T'osky's healed.
It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS20. For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS19, go here. We listened to hours and hours of new rock before deciding upon these 20 tracks. Without further
It's finally happening. Tosky hurt his groin and Justin Pogge has been called up to the NHL form the Marlies. We'll likely see Pogge make his NHL debut tonight. The entry I want to write was already written last January. But it was written by me, and cleverly entitled "Nothing
Disturbia: 5 out of 10. This is a modern spin on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window. A better spin on Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window was that episode of The Simpsons when Bart breaks his leg and starts to believe Ned Flanders has committed murder. Disturbia isn't terrible, it's just not particularly
Robert Mulligan was 83. He was known best for directing the1962 movie "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Kic, you picked the right night to drive to Pittsburgh. We annihilated 'em in a laugher. In a super fun Saturday night game, Jeremy Williams scored yet again. That's goals in four of five games this season. Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders13-13-6 32 points 4th in Northeast Division7-3 Win vs.
I'm writing this Public Enemy primer off the top of my head, because I was there and I remember. You thought I was strictly a rock guy, didn't you? The fact is that I've spent a pretty good percentage of my music listening life focusing on the rap and hip-hop
Fred Patterson was reminiscing about the good 'ol days of the Humble and Fred morning show, and he posted a picture of "The Humble and Fred Mobile". I had never seen it, but thought it was great, so I asked Fred for a higher res version I could share with
Dock Ellis was 63. He infamously claimed he pitched a no-hitter for Pittsburgh under the influence of LSD and later fiercely spoke out against drug and alcohol addiction.
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