Reign Over Me: 6 out of 10. My favourite part of Reign Over Me is the music. Charlie Fineman escapes into his iPod and many of the tunes he plays are used as background music. Some of the best belong to Bruce Springsteen and The Who. The Who's "Love, Reign
I enjoyed that Pittsburgh game yesterday afternoon. The Rangers fought back to force OT and the Pens pulled it out in OT to end the series in five. I wonder how Sens fans feel seeing Hossa come through in the playoff clutch. With the Rangers and Sharks exiting stage right,
I spend a lot of time at High Park. Every year, at about this time, the cherry blossoms at High Park bloom. Cherry blossoms are nature's fireworks, so beautiful but oh so brief. Before the know it, the blossoms have blown away. From Wikipedia: High Park in Toronto, ON features
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Tournament of Hearts" by The Weakerthans. This song reminds me of the previous Weakerthans single, "Civil Twilight", which I also dug. You know a band's Canadian when they drop curling references in their song lyrics. I couldn't find an official video,
Last night, I had the delightful pleasure of greying out the Montreal players taken in our draft. They're done, having lost four straight games to the Flyers. I really feel for Habs fans throughout this great country. In the pool, Drew has a slim lead over Marc, Ryan and Pops.
I'm submitting a song for SLS19 consideration. I'm submitting "Them Kids" by Sam Roberts. I love this tune, even though the opening totally reminds me of My Morning Jacket's "One Big Holiday". Or maybe that's why I love it...
Microsoft is withdrawing its offer for Yahoo! after talks between the two companies broke down on Saturday. My reaction can be summed up in one word... Yahoo! Previously on Toronto Mike: Say It Ain't So, Yahoo!It's the Interface, StupidYahoo! Defends Itself From The Evil Empire
When I was young, there were dangers with the choking cake, but we never played the choking game. As shocking as this will seem, we were way too smart to play the choking game, which I hear is a big hit amongst today's youth. The choking game, also known as
I've attended school holiday pageants and Beaver banquets, but until today I had never been to a recital featuring one of my children. That all changed when at 2pm the curtains opened and Michelle's ballet class performed their recital. When your child is on the stage, you're stricken with tunnel
I hate it when athletes age and lose their dominance. It happens to everyone, from Michael Jordan to Wayne Gretzky, and it's a cruel reminder that youth is fleeting. I cringe when I look at New York Mets boxscores because Carlos Delgado is ageing rapidly. He's batting .210 right now,
I enjoyed this.
This is a new Radiohead video, and it's pretty good. Radiohead's In Rainbows actually gets better with every subsequent listen, and I'd be submitting this for SLS consideration except we only allow one song per artist and I'm reserving that spot for "Jigsaw Falling Into Place". It's two children with
In sports, you can often guess the headline. For example, if the Jays gets stomped by the Kansas City Royals, the headline might be "Jays Crowned By Royals". If the Raptors are beat up by Chicago, the headline might be "Raptors Can't Run With Bulls". You get the idea. Last
This morning I had to drop my daughter off at her ballet recital. They're going to work out the kinks before we all show up to witness their grace. Walking the hallways of the school who should I bump into? Mr. 75 points, Drew. We're not done the 2nd round,
Dave just left an awesome comment on my Bob McCown vs. Bill Watters entry. It's a list of 8 things you should do if you want to talk baseball with Bob McCown, host of Prime Time Sports of The Fan 590. I like this list because it's both well written
At the office, I'm the president of the coffee club. I created a logo and everything. We have a French press and we try different types of coffee. We've got coffee from Brazil, Columbia, Cuba, Mexico, etc. This morning, we tried Canadian coffee. I was surprised to hear there was
My favourite songs of 1993 Nirvana - All ApologiesRadiohead - CreepSmashing Pumpkins - TodayRage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name OfBreeders - Cannonball
On day 23, my last two active players hit the golf course. Well, they were already inactive due to injury, but now it's official. I will finish this year's pool with 25 points. To put that in perspective, the last place finisher last year had 47 points. The two years
This is been a busy mofo of a week. I'm just coming up for air, was there an announcement about the iPhone coming to Canada? Oh yes, here it is. In the worst kept secret in Canadian telecom history, Rogers will be bringing Apple's iPhone to Canada later this year.
Things are going from bad to worse for our Blue Jays. We lost 6 in a row until I single handedly pulled us out of our funk by sharing Shaker's Rap. We won that day, but we haven't won since, so I'm pulling out the heavy artillery. Joel sent me
I've never met Buffalo Boy Mike. He's a big Humble & Fred fan who discovered this blog when I worked with Humble and Fred on their podcasts. I worked with Buffalo Boy on his blog, so I follow his entries with great interest. Earlier in the week I wrote about
I could have swore I heard that Carey Price was the reincarnation of Patrick Roy? That's a ballsy move benching Patrick Roy for Jaroslav Halak. In the pool, Drew still leads, and he tells me he's moving to Nova Scotia and not New Brunswick. Toronto Mike regrets the error. For
My three year old daughter was just singing a song I had never heard before, so I asked her what it was. She told me it was the Jonas Brothers and she loved the Jonas Brothers. James chimed in that the Jonas Brothers stunk. I was left confused. I have
Boing Boing has a little write-up about how NYTimes.com hand-codes its HTML. I'd link to the NYTimes.com article, but you have to register to read it. I've been hand-coding all my HTML and CSS for a decade now, and I doubt I'll ever do it any other way.
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. April Wine - You Could Have Been a Lady
