Roy "Doc" Halladay allowed only four hits over eight innings last night and earned his 13th win of the season. He's already pitched seven complete games in an era when that just doesn't happen. The man has been here for ten years and I once saw him pitch a no-hitter
Do you remember Custom? He had a rock radio hit back in 2002 with the single "Hey Mister" from his debut album Fast. Shortly thereafter, his label went under and that's where I came in. I got to come in and rescue his teamcustom.com domain from the defunct label
Get Smart: 8 out of 10. I just shared a bit of how I ended up at Get Smart this afternoon. I'm glad I caught this film that seemed to be flying under the radar. I'm a little young to remember the series, but I knew enough to appreciate the
My mom had a birthday last week and I told her I'd take her downtown today for lunch and a movie. I still have a few passes to the AMC 24 at Yonge and Dundas, so I told her to pick a movie playing there. Dear mom picked Mamma Mia.
Skip Carey was 68. He was a voice of the Atlanta Braves for 33 years and part of a family line of baseball broadcasters that included Hall of Famer Harry Caray.
I just received the following email from Ajax Mike. I have a challenge for your Google-Fu. Back in 1990 or thereabouts there was a British miniseries (originally on ITV) that ran on Masterpiece Theatre over here. 'Piece of Cake' was about a squadron of Spitfire pilots in the months before
It's hard to believe it's already been eight years since Governor Dubya delivered remarks at the Republican National Convention. Here are a few gems from that fine day in August 2000: I am proud to have Dick Cheney by my side. He is a man -- he is a man
A few years ago I wrote about old scrapbooks I uncovered. I haven't really revisited these scrapbooks since, but it really does give you a nice snapshot in time of a different period in this city. Today we have a baseball team that hasn't played a playoff game in 15
Today was sort of a bonus day with tomorrow being the new Saturday. It's the Simcoe Day long weekend, don't ya know? At least that's what we call this holiday here in Toronto. The question is, who the hell is this Simcoe guy? In a nutshell, and shamelessly copied and
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten keywords that brought people to this site in July 2008. As you'll see, Rick Hodge dominates the top ten, but he couldn't match the 4,828 people who searched for info on the HMS Ontario. hms ontario foundrick hodgeroger rick and
These are five films I reference on a very regular basis Pulp FictionFight ClubOffice SpaceShawshank RedemptionThe Karate Kid
Ludacris wrote a song for Obama called "Politics as Usual". Read the lyrics and guess why Obama is distancing himself from this endorsement. Will give Luda a special pardon if I’m ever in the slammer Better yet put him in office, make me your vice president Hillary hated on
Leif Pettersen was 57. He played eight CFL seasons with Saskatchewan and Hamilton and worked as a television analyst.
Vegas Geoff just sent this over. I just came across this absolutely fantastic clip of our anthem being butchered during a Las Vegas Posse CFL game. Apparently, the story goes that this singer, Dennis "KC" Parks, had never heard the anthem before, so just tried to wing it. As you
I can't say for certain that Igor Kenk stole my bike. It happened in 1989 and my bike was gracefully removed from our garage in the middle of the night. One morning I woke up, saw the garage door was opened and realized my bike was gone. Shortly thereafter I
Today's For Better of For Worse strip is sweet and all, but I didn't get it. I simply didn't know what mucilage meant. I need you to be honest with me. Should I have known was mucilage means? I suppose the real question I'm asking is, without cheating, do you
Over at Freddie P's blog, he's been writing about how little there is to write about these days. The absence of an interesting and juicy news story is the juiciest story out there. It’s been a quiet summer when you think about it. There’s been some gun play
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. We called Lloyd Moseby The Shaker, and he was part of "the best outfield in baseball" playing center field between George Bell and Jesse Barfield. The Shaker Mo is still the all-time
Here in Toronto, we love our signs. You can tear down our buildings, just don't mess with the signage. The CHUM building on Yonge Street, just south of St. Clair Ave., is going to be torn down and turned into luxury condos. Fear not Torontonians, the iconic CHUM sign will
The baby of the house is now four. That's no baby, that's not even a toddler, that's a bona fide school-going big girl age. I'll never forget the details surrounding Michelle's birth because I blogged the crap out of it. The July 2004 archives are full of memories like this
The Toronto Blue Jays just recalled Canadian pitcher Scott Richmond from triple-A Syracuse. Richmond, 28, of North Vancouver, B.C., has made five starts for the Syracuse Chiefs, posting a 0-2 record with a 2.53 ERA. He has limited opponents to a .210 batting average, while walking only six
Cuil, pronounced cool, is the newest search engine out to steal a slice of Google's pie. I just checked it out for the first time by searching for toronto blog. The results were fantastic! I mean, look at what's #1 in Cuil when you conduct that search. That's pretty cuil.
Buffalo native Kathleen has just informed me that Goldie Gardner has finally retired. You may not know that name, but you know the face and you know the voice. We Torontonians have been bombarded by Goldie's pleas to give to PBS during the many pledge drives on Buffalo's WNED 17
Johnny Griffin was 80. He was the jazz tenor saxophonist who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel Hampton, Art Blakey and Thelonius Monk.
0.17% of visits to this site come from India. Believe it or not, that puts India in 10th place. Over the past month, these visits have come from 24 cities in India, and a city called Cochin leads the pack. I happen to know those visits are by Roshan,
