I had a pretty good idea, but no time to execute. I wanted to create Toronto-centric Valentine's Day cards featuring local prominent figures, past and present. Here are a few quickies I threw together. If anyone else wants to take this torch and run with it, we still have 7.
My three year old daughter wants to tell you all something.
After the game, TSN hockey analyst Mike Milbury said it best. The Leafs played hard, played well and lost. That's the perfect game for this team at this time. I'm happy with the recent effort from this squad, but my greatest fear was that they'd go on a winning streak
A year ago this week, Humble and Fred recorded together for the last time. When we were recording the Valentine's Day Podcast of Love, I assumed there would be a fourth podcast. There wasn't. The archivist that I am, I'm hosting all the Humble and Fred podcasts, including this one.
Baltimore police officer Salvatore Rivieri doesn't like skateboarders who call him "dude". Dude needs some perspective.
A life long baseball fan, I've never seen a pitcher as good as Rocket Roger Clemens. When it comes to offensive prowess, I've never seen a hitter as good as Barry Bonds. As far as I'm concerned, you can take a big ol' eraser and scrub the marvellous careers of
I have a pretty good memory, but for the life of me I can't remember who called me Andy Van Slyke. It was 1989 and my locker was in the St. Joe's building, and I remember vividly somebody bringing in an Andy Van Slyke baseball card from when he was
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 know there are people in this country who hate the CBC. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Hot Fuzz: 8 out of 10. I should start by telling you I've never seen "Shaun of the Dead", so I had no idea what to expect when I sat down to watch "Hot Fuzz". Not only is "Hot Fuzz" hilariously funny, but it's a pretty sharp crime film as
I'm featuring 1988 Topps Cards featuring members of my beloved Blue Jays that are featured on this blog. Jesse Barfield was a key member of our awesome mid-80s outfield. He was a great slugger back in an era when 27 homers meant something. He was also the first Blue Jay
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. Sublime - Doin' Time We were spoiled these past
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. When I wrote all about The Polka Dot Door, one of my favourite television shows as
The National Post asked my pal Humble Howard a couple of questions about love and sex. Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are his answers.
A couple of days ago I wrote that "I had never skated on a sheet of ice shared by a professional hockey team". That was true, prior to Sunday, but it was also false. The picture below was taken a couple of years ago at Rennie Park. The Leafs are
If you're reading this from the GTA, you know how damn cold it's been these past few days. How cold is it? They actually cancelled Beavers toboggan night. When it's too cold to toboggan, it's too cold. It looks like this chill is about to subside. We're supposed to hit
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 about Elwy Yost before. He hosted Magic Shadows and Saturday Night at the Movies
I've been getting hits today from people Googling Grammys Recap. This 2004 entry is #17 for that search. This year, I didn't watch a minute of the Grammys and nor did I feel the urge to tune in. I hear Amy Winehouse did alright for her hit single "Rehab", which
As I wrote last week, Humble Howard Glassman was a guest on The Debaters this past weekend. While The Debaters aired on Saturday night, Humble was devouring my wife's lasagna (not as dirty as it sounds), so I didn't get to hear the show. Luckily for me, Humble had a
I just received an intriguing offer via email. It was from Ching-Hua Hsu, Executive Vice President, Head Auditor Wealth Management Division of Taiwan business Bank, Taiwan. I don't get a lot of email from Taiwan, so I read with great interest. Apparently there's $44.5m USD sitting in a dormant
Yahoo! has rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion takeover bid and I'm pleased with the rebuff. Yahoo! is so eager to defend itself against an unsolicited bid approach from Microsoft that they've restarted merger talks with AOL. A tie-up with Google is not entirely out of the question as well. As
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. Every Jays fan from the 80s is going to love this Blue Jays promo from CKCO.
Roy Scheider was 75. He was a one-time boxer whose broken nose and pugnacious acting style made him a star in "The French Connection" and who later uttered one of cinematic history's most memorable roles in "Jaws."
I am 33 years old and prior to today I had never watched a game from box seats and I had never skated on a sheet of ice shared by a professional hockey team. I've just returned from a most fantastic evening at the Ricoh Coliseum which saw me do
In addition to My Hootastic Cross to Bear I must confess to another guilty pleasure from the 1990s. I'm throwing this out there in the hopes that my full disclosure will absolve me from all sin. In 1997, Christian-ish rock band Creed released their debut album My Own Prison. Creed
James is a lucky six year old. The ghost of six year old Mike is envious of the current six year old James. This afternoon, after we take in the Marlies game at Ricoh Coliseum from box seats, we get access to the ice for an hour. I think this
