Tonight, I made my highly anticipated SkyDome debut. I had a perfect day at the plate, going three for three with two runs scored in a 5-4 loss. I can honestly say that my regular slo-pitch team Raging Storm would have won easily, but this new hybrid struggled at the
"When there's nothing left to burn, you have to set yourself on fire". ~ Stars, Your Ex-Lover is Dead Rumour has it Vesa Toskala may have re-injured himself last night. He came in to relieve Raycroft. Why they risked Toskala is beyond me. I would have let Andrew Raycroft finish what
Christopher Bowman was 40. He was the U.S figure skating champion who pleased fans and fellow skaters with his flair on the ice.
With the Leafs falling in the State of California, here are my favourite songs with "California" in the title California Dreamin' - The Mamas & The PapasGoing to California - Led ZeppelinCalifornia - Joni MitchellCalifornia - RustyHotel California - The Eagles
I've always been fascinated by the large contingent of Leafs fans who constantly wear rose coloured glasses. You know these guys, they believe in their team and will defend them and every facet of the organization until hell freezes over. I love this team. I always have. I love this
Between 5 and 5:30 I'm often in my car. Usually when I'm in my car, I'm listening to the radio. I go old school and listen to good ol' terrestrial radio. You know, that AM / FM stuff you've heard your parents talk about. On the AM dial, I listen
Edmund Hillary was 88. He was the unassuming beekeeper who conquered Mount Everest to win renown as one of the 20th century's greatest adventurers.
There are 24 hours in a day. The bulk of my day is either spent sleeping or in an office working. 1/3rds of a typical weekday is spent doing one of those two things. That leaves 8 hours for everything else. Everything else includes hanging with the family, eating,
You'll want to check out this list of the 10 creepiest old ads. It's got babies smoking, babies shaving and this ad that doesn't quite work post 9/11. 9/11 did change everything...
As you know, my slo-pitch team is participating in the 2008 'Round the Clock Tournament taking place at SkyDome this weekend. We couldn't get enough members of Raging Storm to commit, so this team includes a handful of players I've never even met. We're entered under the name Boonie's Angels.
Let's start this recap with a positive attitude. On the bright side, Vesa Toskala is back after missing six games with a groin injury. On another bright side, I chose sleep over watching this mess of a game and I'm quite pleased with that decision. Mats, we love you, now
I remember when we launched the Smells Like Sour website. Mark and I were quite enthusiastic. Smells Like Sour, or SLS if you prefer, was our Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval. If we dug a tune, it was SLS-worthy and this site would act as a tremendous forum where people
We Are Marshall: 7 out of 10. I'm a total sucker for these kinds of movies. I can watch Rudy over and over again and dammit, I liked We Are Marshall. It was manipulative, but I wanted to be manipulated. That's a fair trade.
After another physiotherapy session, it's become quite clear what I did wrong. I failed to respect the stretch. My right calf muscle is plenty strong, but it's tight and now it's hurt. I kept increasing my distance, but I didn't stretch before or after. I knew I should, but I
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. hHead - Happy In 1993 I had a copy
No sooner did I write about not being able to stay up for an entire Leafs game on the west coast than did our 2008 Round the Clock Slo-Pitch schedule get posted. One of our games is at 5am. That's right, our third game is scheduled at the diamond formerly
As I plan my week, I see the Leafs are in California to take on the Ducks, Kings and Sharks. That means the puck will drop after 10pm EST. Normally that would mean late nights for me. Sometimes these west coasters won't end until after one in the morning. Now,
When there are extreme swings in the temperature, it's time to blog about the weather. Today's high is 14°. It reminds me of this January 2007 day when we hit double digit temps. We didn't hit 14°, though.
Eddie Vedder has unveiled his first solo music video for "Guaranteed," taken from his Into the Wild soundtrack. My brother lent me this soundtrack on Christmas Day and I love it. As a long time Pearl Jam fan, I remember when they stopped making videos. The video for "Jeremy" was
I'm emotionally drained. Today I attended a company breakfast and some speeches, attended a funeral, visited the cemetery, attended the reception, met up with some colleagues for more speeches and a seemingly never ending dinner at Canyon Creek filled with good food and big laughs. I'm winding down with Scotch
I've watched this video of traffic in India a few times, and it's still baffling me. The best way to describe it is as organized chaos. At least one regular reader of this blog lives in India and I'm hoping he'll chime in and explain how this works and how
We attended my Uncle Bruce's wake today. This prompted many discussions with my five year old son and three year old daughter, before, during and after the visitation. My wife and I decided long ago to openly discuss such unfortunate parts of life with our kids so death wouldn't become
I spent eight hours yesterday putting up drywall in a basement with my brother Ryan. Eight hours in the same room with him is guaranteed to result in a series of arguments / debates. One that's still upsetting me was our debate about Mats Sundin and Daniel Alfredsson. Ryan arrogantly stated
Maj. Andrew Olmsted was stationed in Iraq and was a prolific blogger. He wrote an entry, left it unpublished and asked a friend to publish it in the event of his death. Maj. Andrew Olmsted's unit was ambushed earlier this week and he became the first 2008 casualty in Iraq.
Superbad: 8 out of 10. If it hurts to laugh, skip this one. It's almost two hours long and full of hilarious shite. Like the slightly better "Knocked Up", it's charming, sweet and very funny. Michael Cera plays a character not unlike George Michael if he was 17 and had
