The Curious Cultural Journey of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" - Earlier this week, a contestant on American Idol sang Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah". The dude did a pretty good job (yes, I saw it, but this isn't about that) and Simon mentioned it was one of his favourite tunes. I get the
I've got a radio in my shower and this morning it was tuned to 102.1. At about 7:40am or so, I heard a familiar voice. Freddie P was in the studio, chatting with the crew that took over after Humble & Fred left CFNY for Mojo. Freddie P
Uncle! I give up. It's relentless. Since my shovel broke from being abused all winter long, Mother Nature hammered us again and I almost broke my back trying to clear all that snow without a damn handle on my shovel. The crack in the base I can manage, but you
YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. Here's a promo for CityTV's CityPulse sports back in 1984. The team consisted of Peter Gross,
The Toronto Argonauts appear to have landed a bonafide starting quarterback who's not in his 40s. Sources say the Argos have acquired the Canadian Football League's reigning outstanding player, Kerry Joseph, for a group of players. We'll likely get the details tomorrow at 10am. Joseph ranked third in CFL passing
I wrote about Tom Henke yesterday and Stephanie suggested I insert "The Ballad of Tom Henke". I didn't want to bury such a great song in the comments, so this entry is all about "The Ballad of Tom Henke". "The Ballad of Tom Henke" appeared on the same Blue Jays
If the Leafs lose one more game, just one more, I'm going to stop believing in them. Current Record Last GamesSeason Leaders29-29-10 68 points Tied for 12th in Conference4-1 Loss vs. New Jersey 3-2 Win vs. Washington 3-2 Loss vs. Tampa BayM. Sundin - 71 N. Antropov - 50 T.
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 Jeff Healey Band - See The Light If
Do you remember the Sean Connery movie Finding Forrester? It wasn't a bad little film, I recall enjoying it at the time, but today the first thing I remember about the movie is the song that played during the closing credits. It was "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" and "What A
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. When B.J. Ryan went down about a year ago, I wrote a little tribute to Tom Henke. He is, after all, my favourite Toronto Blue Jays pitcher of all time. When
Gary Gygax was 69. He co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and helped start the role-playing phenomenon.
I'm too busy right now to do this justice, but I'm disappointed Brett Favre is calling it quits after 17 seasons. He's going out on his terms, at the top of his game, but the fan in me wants one more year. Brett Favre was my kind of player, the
It's 9:17pm, do you know where your wife is? Check the computer. If your wife is anything like my wife, she's attending the church of Oprah. That's right, Taryn has registered on Oprah.com for a 10-week Web seminar with Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth,
Over five years of blogging has taught me a thing or two about Google Adsense, the program responsible for the ads you see on the left of this page. I closely monitor traffic trends and how it relates to monies earned from Google Adsense and I now believe I know
The other day I was downtown with an hour to kill and I had some work to do. I had my laptop with me, but I needed a WiFi hotspot so I could jump on the web. Sitting in the McDonalds in the Eaton Centre at Queen and Yonge, I
It's been two years since we lost The Canadian Tire Guy, and I'm missing him now more than ever. Love 'em or hate 'em, you remember the Canadian Tire ads featuring Ted Simonett as the bearded, neutered male. Quick, tell me about a Canadian Tire ad you've seen since CTG
Jeff Healey was 41. He was a legendary Juno-winning rock and jazz musician who taught himself to play guitar by laying the instrument across his lap. Fourteen months ago I shared a little story about Jeff Healey after I read he had major surgery to remove cancerous tissue from both
No Country for Old Men: 9 out of 10. After seeing Juno a couple of weeks ago, I finally finished off my 2007 must-see list with No Country For Old Men, which I caught in theatres this afternoon. "Caught" is the wrong term, as you don't really catch No Country
YouTube user WNED17 recently uploaded some fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips have brought back a tonne of memories for me, so I'm going to feature them one by one over the next few weeks. I've written extensively about the children's shows I grew up watching in the late 1970s and
Premonition: 3 out of 10. Have you ever watched a movie and then completely forgot you had ever seen it? Taryn and I watched Sandra Bullock's Premonition either Wednesday or Thursday, and I just now remembered I had even seen it. Yes, it's that memorable. Premonition isn't very good, either.
With all hope seemed lost, the Leafs have gone 4-0-1 in their last five games. The same thing happened last season and the season before. There was no season before that one. Mats Sundin was the offensive hero last night and Vesa Toskala was once again excellent. I'm old enough
These are the top searches that referred people to this site in February of 2008. The three wedding searches below all resolve at this entry. That's one of only a handful of entries on this site with "sponsored links" at the bottom. Move over Daddy Warbucks! wedding playlistwedding playlistsmarge simpson
Laugh if you will, but we've been playing will.i.am's "We Are The Ones" quite a bit these last two days. Even my kids love it and can be heard chanting "O-BAM-A, O-BAM-A" as they play around the house. The Obama message of change and hope is only getting
I've got 4,851 photos in my Flickr account, and the vast majority were taken with my trusty ol' Olympus Stylus 410. I got this 4mp Olympus camera for my birthday in June 2004 and four years later I still love this camera. A couple of years ago, my wife
There's nothing I like better then waking up at 7am on my Saturday so I can press the F5 key on my laptop hundreds and hundreds of times. Today is the Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation registration day for spring and summer 2008, so hundreds of parents like myself had
