For a girl turning four later this week, Michelle knows exactly what she wants. For example, when it came time to bake her birthday cake, she was very clear with her request. She wanted a vanilla cake with vanilla icing. There was to be no chocolate on or in her
MyTTC.ca wants to make one thing perfectly clear. They are not the TTC, nor are they affiliated, endorsed, or otherwise associated with them. They are a community effort to make using the TTC a better experience for everyone, and they've succeeded. I love their "Plan a Trip" feature. Tell
This one is for a little princess having her fourth birthday party today. It's called "Ode To Joy".
Yesterday night I had a great time at a top secret party at an undisclosed location with a fun group of people you may or may not know that I can't mention. It was to celebrate a well deserved happenstance and both Taryn and I had a blast. Even the
Randy Pausch was 47. He was the Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book.
Tarantino's Mind - A film buff tells a friend that he's finally broken "the code" - the mystery behind the character & story threads that bleed from one Quentin Tarantino movie or screenplay into the next. His friend is less than impressed. Starring Seu Jorge (The Life Aquatic) and Selton
I've been hearing buzz about this little art house film called "The Dark Knight". The reviews have been off the hook, as the kids would say, assuming the kids are still saying that. It's so hard to keep up. I still think gnarly is a cool word. Ajax Mike wrote
I'm submitting a song for SLS20 consideration. I'm submitting "Wild International" by One Day as a Lion. If you haven't yet heard, One Day as a Lion is Zach de la Rocha from Rage Against the Machine and Jon Theodore from The Mars Volta. It's a great sound, right up
Roger Ebert has a great entry on his blog today regarding his departure from the "Ebert and Roeper" program. He was a part of the show for 33 years and while it was he and Gene Siskel, it was the only movie review show I'd bother watching. "Siskel and Ebert"
I share an MP3 from my collection every week. 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. » Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Have you ever been surprised to learn a song was a cover? Off the top of my head I can think of several songs I assumed were originals the first time I heard them. With many of these songs, it was years before I learnt they were recorded by other
Holy crap! My little brother is 30! Here we are in simpler times. He's the fashionable dude in the middle. Man, the 80s were cool.
I'm submitting a song for SLS20 consideration. I'm submitting "Gamma Ray" by Beck. This is the first single from Beck's new album Modern Guilt, produced by Beck and Danger Mouse. I've been a big Beck fan since Mellow Gold and at least three or four cuts from that album still
It looks like it's going to rain again today. What a surprise. According to Environment Canada, 2008 has been one of the wettest summers ever in the Greater Toronto Area and it's only July. The agency said about 240 millimetres of rain has fallen since the beginning of last month.
I've been playing ball with Mike Kic for years. He's one of our three Mikes, and all three can lose their cool on the field now and then. When competitive people engage in a heated battle, fuses shorten and tempers flare. The challenge is to ensure the line is never
Estelle Getty was 84. She was the Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning actress best known for playing Sophia Petrillo on the popular 1980s sitcom The Golden Girls.
It's July 22 and it's Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin, Mats Sundin. A Swedish newspaper reported he was set to sign with Vancouver, then his agent denied the claim. Another Swedish newspaper conducted a poll asking fans where they think the free agent
I once wrote that I like progress, I just don't like change. My slo-pitch team (the comp one, not the beer league one) has worn the same blue jerseys for years. We've done quite well in those old blue shirts, having won our division last season. Still, a few teammates
I'm submitting a song for SLS20 consideration. I'm submitting "Oblivion" by Wintersleep. These cats are from Halifax and I've been singing this tune all week. It's a cool video, too.
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. I don't have a great deal to say about Juan Beniquez. He was a serviceable utility player who I remember best for being the guy set to platoon at DH with Rick
At home, our ISP is Rogers. Judging from the analytics I receive for this site, many of you are also Rogers customers. It appears Bell and Rogers dominate the residential internet access space in the Greater Toronto Area. When you put a term like "cnn" in the address bar, your
I'm submitting a song for SLS20 consideration. I'm submitting "Let It Die" by the Foo Fighters. Here's the deal... We at SLS have this little rule that says each artist can only be represented once on each edition of SLS. "Long Road to Ruin" was pegged to appear on SLS19
Over the winter I played dodgeball. It was my first dodgeball season and it was a great deal of fun. We actually ended up winning the championship. Believe it or not, this is what a champion co-ed dodgeball team looks like. Scary, eh? I've signed up for another season and
On Wednesday morning I watched my car's odometer pass the 200,000 km mark. Other than a few thousand that belong to my wife, all 200,000 of these kilometres belong to me. My odometer is digital. I far prefer the old rolling odometers when it comes to odometer milestones
I've just returned from a little party we threw for my brother's 30th birthday and, as usual, there were plenty of debates / arguments / intense discussions. One topic was Pixar films. We debated which was the best, which was the worst and which was the highest grossing Pixar movie of them
