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May 19, 2026
Freddie P and I have agreed to disagree about many things, and one of those things is Mats Sundin. Fred likes to diminish Mats' value in his blog. As recently as this morning he went off on the absurd offer Vancouver reportedly made for Sundin's services. This city, it seems,
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 Diodes - Tired of Waking up Tired This
I'm still getting over the big four year deal Cliff Fletcher gave The Finger and now I've logged on to learn we've handed out another big four year deal to yet another unproven player. No, this isn't as severe an overpayment as The Finger deal, but it's still more coin
I understood signing Cujo to a nice and tidy one year deal for $700,000 but I don't get why Cliff Fletcher just signed defenceman Jeff Finger to a four-year deal worth $3.5 million a season. Don't know much about The Finger? You're not alone, this is from TSN.
The other day I asked why the hell not Cujo? Somebody has to back up Vesa Toskala next season, and I figured it may as well be Cujo who would sign for one year and wouldn't break the bank. Clearly MLSE is still reading this blog because this afternoon goaltender
It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS19. For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS18, go here. We listened to hours and hours of new rock before deciding upon these 20 tracks. Without further
Happy Birthday, Canada, you're 141 years young today. Over the past 5.5 years I've written quite a bit about you. All of those posts can be found at http://www.torontomike.com/o_canada/. This is a great day to dive in and revisit those red and white entries.
Hairspray: 6.5 out of 10. I don't think Hairspray was made for dudes like me. They sing an awful lot, and I'm not really a musical kind of guy. By the time Travolta and Walken were singing to each other, I had had enough. Don't get me wrong, some
I read an article at NowPublic.com this afternoon that really spoke to me. It was entitled "Mike Boon blogs his way to the 5th Paper Champions Award" and it was about an entry I wrote about George Bell hitting 3 homers on opening day in Kansas City. Here's a
The American Family Association’s OneNewsNow site uses auto-replace when running AP stories. For example, they automatically replace the word "gay" with the word "homosexual". As you'll see below, that can produce unintentionally hilarious results.
The Google universe effects us all in different ways. I feel a great responsibility to be an authority on subject matter I rank #1 for in Google. Tomorrow is Canada's 141st birthday, so many are Googling best Canadian songs and finding my Top 100 Canadian Songs List. That makes me
"99 Problems" is my favourite Jay-Z song. I hear Jay-Z stole the show at Glastonbury this year and prior to busting into a "Back In Black" backed "99 Problems" he covered a little Oasis tune you might be familiar with. You see, guys like Noel Gallagher didn't think an American
It looks like Andrew Raycroft has played his last game as a Toronto Maple Leaf. So has Scott Clemmensen. That leaves Vesa Toskala as the only goaltender in the organization with NHL experience. We're all still hoping Justin Pogge will become a bonafide NHL goalie, but it looks like he'll
Yesterday afternoon, before heading over to East Side Mario's to celebrate a couple of birthdays, I asked for help finding three Canadian songs in MP3 format. These are three songs I adore but have never had in my collection. That fact alone tells you're they're a little obscure. By the
In no particular order, here's a list of guys I'm glad are still doing their thing. Nelson MandelaNeil YoungRoger EbertPete SeegerGary RobertsAndy RooneyBob ColeAndy BarrieStan LeeMike Wallace
Pete Seeger will be playing Hugh'S Room here in Toronto on July 6 and 7. I'm very happy to see Pete Seeger still plucking away at the age of 89. I'm a documentary fan and a music fan, so I've seen a number of extensive interviews with Seeger in docs
Shrek the Third: 6.5 out of 10. Shrek has followed the lead of Spider-Man, producing third installments unworthy of the previous two. As you might have guessed, I watched this one with the kids, and they loved it. I didn't mind it, I've seen many worse cartoon movies, but
I'm looking for a few MP3s. It's a little project I'm working on to spread my love of Canada to Fukuoka, Japan. I'll explain more on Monday, but for now I need... The Diodes - Tired of Waking Up TiredThe Demics - New York CityRheostatics - Record Body CountYeah, I'm
I haven't thought much about Johnny 5 lately. I was 12 years old when I first saw "Short Circuit" and I loved it. The Stonecutters were right to make Steve Guttenberg a star. The best part of "Short Circuit" was Johnny 5. Johnny 5 was number 5 of a group
Bryan McCabe was great on the powerplay during the first half of the 2005 season. His play during that period earned him a spot on the 2006 Olympic team, made him a Norris trophy candidate and had many Leafs fans touting him as the next Al MacInnis or Scott Niedermayer.
My all-time favourite songs with "birthday" in the title Birthday - The BeatlesHappy Birthday, Lisa - Michael Jackson and Bart7th Birthday - The Lowest of the LowSunday (The Day Before My Birthday) - MobyHappy Birthday Mr. Burns - The Ramones
Jim's Child of the '60s is a podcast of 60s tunes you don't hear that often. He recently asked me for a digital copy of Jayson King's "Heartaches", Bobby Kris & the Imperials' "Walk On By" and Grant Smith & the Power's "Her Own Life". I was happy to share.
If bloggage is a little slow today it's because I'm busy accepting well wishes. It started when my wife brought me a steaming hot cup of coffee in bed, continued when the kids buried me in kisses and hugs and then I logged on to find this email from my
I just got back from the Piranhas first win in franchise history. That's right, my horrible recreational softball team won 24-15 tonight. I went 6 for 6 with 6 runs scored, but who's counting... This isn't about me and it isn't about the Piranhas'. This is about a ball girl
