My favourite photo sharing service is introducing video. They're all about the image at Flickr, so they only let us pro users upload 90 second clips or less. Flickr keeps getting better. Back off, Gate!
May 19, 2026
"If you want to have dodgeball victory, you have to grab it by its haunches and you gotta hump it into submission!" ~ Patches O'Houlihan, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story Even though I missed a good chunk of the season with an injury, I returned last week to help lead my
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. I remember Rick Leach as the backup outfielder who disappeared. I can't remember the specifics, I just remember it was a big deal at the time. They couldn't find Rick Leach for
I saw the sports doc today. I was feeling pretty down about myself last week when I hit my 3k wall, so it was good to reassess everything and come up with a modified game plan. There is now a three prong attack. 1. X-RAY - I'm getting an x-ray
A couple of months ago I wrote about a business proposal I got from a Taiwan Business Bank. Apparently there's $44.5m USD sitting in a dormant account and the account holder is dead. They can't find a living relative, so Mr. Hsu is willing to let me pose as
Below are the ten players I chose in tonight's playoff pool draft. It looks like I'll be rooting for Anaheim, New Jersey, Colorado and Ottawa. Who am I kidding? I will never, ever root for Ottawa. Here's hoping I lose the pool b/c the Sens go out in four.
I was following the news out of Paris closely this morning. Organizers cancelled the final leg of the Olympic run through Paris after chaotic protests. They actually put the torch aboard a bus in a humiliating concession to protesters. That made me smile. The protest, an effort to decry China's
Tonight we draft our 2008 NHL Playoff pool. When I awoke this morning, there were 14 confirmed to participate. It's noon and I've already had three "sorry man, I can't make it" emails. Still, 11 people makes for a pretty good draft and I'm stoked. This is at least the
My pal and partner in crime (more on that soon) Freddie P has unveiled "Papa's World", a potential animated series based on characters owned and voiced by Pete Cugnos. I met Pete the day we recorded the 17th annual Humble & Fred Christmas podcast back in 2006. You may know
"Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes". ~ Benny Franklin For years I kicked it old school with my taxes. I filled in the forms by hand and mailed them to Revenue Canada. At some point I discovered that after I filled in the forms by hand
Planet Terror: 6 out of 10. It only took me three weeks to finish Grindhouse. A bigger fan of Quentin Tarantino than Robert Rodriquez, I opted to watch Death Proof first. I far preferred Death Proof, which I gave 8 out of 10, but I didn't hate Planet Terror. It
And so ends another season of recapping every Leafs game, something I've been doing now for five seasons. During the lockout I even recapped every St. Johns game. In five years I believe this is the only eastern time game I didn't peek at or check the score once until
Charlton Heston was 84. He won the 1959 best actor Oscar as the chariot-racing "Ben-Hur" and portrayed Moses, Michelangelo, El Cid and other heroic figures in movie epics of the '50s and '60s.
Today, after a long, harsh winter, the sun came out and it practically felt like spring. I spent the first half of the day helping my brother move, then I watched the Jays game and got a little work done, but after dinner I was put to real work. My
Enchanted: 6 out of 10. If you haven't seen Enchanted, you probably don't have a daughter between the ages of 2 and 12. Enchanted takes the classic Disney fairytales girls know and love and throws it into modern day New York. If I put on my 3-year old girl glasses,
The cover story of the new issue of Maclean's magazine is titled "Why the Leafs Stink". I've probably written dozens of articles on that very subject, so I read with great interest. You can too, because I've reproduced the entire article below. It would be comforting to believe that the
The Jays look awesome tonight. It's too early to tell if we'll take out the Red Sox in our home opener, but win or lose, we'll look good doing it. They're donning the old powder blue uniforms and I'm wondering why we ever ditched these beauties. At least somebody at
I just know this is going to be one of those entries I regret writing, but what the heck. I am a good mover. First and foremost, I'm dependable. If you say Saturday morning at 8am, I'm there. Dependability is key. I'm also efficient. I don't need breaks, I aim
One of the first children's shows in my memory bank is Uncle Bobby. It aired on CFTO, our Toronto CTV affiliate, but it went off the air when I was five. One of the staples of Uncle Bobby was "Bimbo: The Birthday Clown". Wikipedia describes Bimbo as "a stationary cardboard
This tickled my funny bone. Enjoy a little Friday funny.
Games I loved on the old 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System RBI BaseballBlades of SteelSuper Mario Bros 3Ice HockeyPunch Out
Crap, I wanted the Sens to miss the playoffs. All Ottawa has to do now to secure a playoff berth is to get at least one point from its final regular-season game tonight at Scotiabank Place against the Boston Bruins. If they lose in regulation to the Bruins, they can
I chose the Jays game tonight over the Leafs game, but I flipped over every so often hoping for a Sens loss. Once things got out of hand, I stopped flipping over. Reading the AP summary of the game I caught a picture of an "Upset Fan" wearing a bag
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. I never felt comfortable with Jimy Williams at the helm. I liked Bobby Cox and I liked Cito Gaston, but I never believed Jimy Williams had what it took to lead my
I'm just checking my RSS feeds now, so I only just learnt that I'm emblematic of what’s wrong with Toronto. In fact, according to this entry from my pal Freddie P., I'm why Toronto has no chance. Here's a sample of what you'll find at torontomike.com this morning.
