I use this site sometimes as a personal bulletin board of sorts. It's a convenient way to document things I'll want to reference later. This is one of those entries so you might want to pass on by. In my haste to write about my near death experience yesterday, I
Don't forget Torontonians, the TTC is completely free tonight from midnight to 4 am. Go ahead, get drunk and stupid as you ring in the new year, then leave your car and TTC it home. The free ride tonight is thanks to Capital One. That's the second time this year
We finished 3-1 in the preliminary round of the world junior hockey championship after disposing of Denmark 4-1. We're groomed to be disappointed with anything other than perfection in this tournament. Sweden went 4-0 to secure the bye so we've got a quarter-final game against Finland on Wednesday. Not to
Yes, 2007 went by awfully quickly, but I'm more concerned with how we're burning through this decade. How can we be hitting 2008 already? Didn't we just say goodbye to the 90s? 2008 is awfully late in this decade and I still don't know what we're calling it. Do we
Television got jealous of music after I posted my ten favourite songs of 2007 and demanded fair treatment. I didn't want any trouble and caved immediately. Here are my ten favourite television shows in 2007. These are shows that aired new episodes during the 2007 calendar year, so shows like
My mental "must see and hear" list is pretty short. There are two current movies I'm aching to see and one album I'm dying to hear. I read plenty of movie reviews, even if I rarely catch a film while it's in theatres. There's one movie out there that has
Taryn caught this moment of nerd zen yesterday and snapped a picture. It's a nerd trifecta.
I went for a run this morning. I almost didn't live to write about it. While running South on Jane toward Bloor, I had just come to the realization that my leg wasn't better and I wasn't going to make it through the planned 6k. As we passed a store
Writing these Leafs recaps is usually one of the first things I do the morning after a game. It's past noon and this is the first time I turned on the laptop. That was one ugly game and I don't even feel like recapping it. It would be easy to
The Leaf game was breaking my heart, so I pulled out today's Toronto Star and checked out For Better Or For Worse. The Toronto Star runs the Sunday strip on Saturdays, so this strip hasn't appeared online yet. I could be wrong, but I think Jim just passed away. Jim
Up 2-0 in the third, I wasn't just thinking about our 21st win in a row, I was thinking about an unprecedented 3rd shutout in a row, and perhaps going the entire tournament without surrendering a goal. That's when Team Canada turned into the Toronto Maple Leafs. That Tobias Forsberg
Oh 2007, where have you gone? It seems like only a year ago you showed up, all fresh and new. Now, it's time to say goodbye. It wasn't easy trying to come up with my ten favourite songs from 2007. I had "Nature of the Experiment" from Tokyo Police Club
The New York Daily News has quite the interview with that pest Sean Avery. Asked after practice yesterday whether he was looking forward to visiting Toronto tonight, Avery, who grew up in neighbouring Pickering, Ontario, replied: No. I never enjoy going to Toronto, really. So all that'll do is motivate
"I'll make sure you Christian Fundamentalists control everything by the 21st century!"
Looking back at 2007, I wrote a lot of forgettable crapola, but here are five entries of note worthy of a revisit. The Saint Ralph Soundtrack Acquiring the Saint Ralph soundtrack became a personal quest. After years of hunting, I became one of the very few to secure a copy
50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007 - I enjoyed this list of the 50 most loathsome people in America. #1 wasn't a surprise at all. 1. George W. BushCharges: Is it a civil rights milestone to have a retarded president? Maybe it would be, if he were ever legitimately
I've had several favourite songs these past few decades. At one point I remember a Duran Duran single being my favourite, then there was Billy Idol, then Guns N' Roses, Public Enemy and Nirvana. My first favourite song, however, as memory serves, was sung by Bobby Day. In 1958, Bobby
I can't grow a decent beard. It grows out, but it's not thick enough to look right. I've never been happy with it and that's why I almost never go more than two days without shaving. Since I've been hibernating, I'm on my third day of growth. I was just
I haven't worked since Christmas Eve. From Christmas Eve until this morning, I didn't leave the house. I was hibernating. A bug of some sort got into our home and both my daughter and wife were sick. I felt under the weather too, feeling really tired and not at all
One of my favourite songs of the year is "Take Me To The Riot" from Stars. It's just a great little ditty. Here's the video. The Stars are responsible for one of my favourite songs of all-time. I don't remember the last time I synced my iPod without including "Your
Prior to last night's game I read a couple of articles about the excellent timing. The Leafs were running into a slumping team that had lost six in a row. Also, this is a team we have owned, having gone 5-0-1 against them recently. The two points were sitting there,
Now that SLS18 is in the bag, it's time to deconstruct the 20 tunes that made the final cut. How much of SLS18 is CanCon? How many artists are making their first appearance on SLS? Find out the answers to these questions and more below. Canadian Content - 6 (Arcade
The Canadian juniors won their 20th in a row in this tournament with another shutout, this time posted by Steve Mason. Kyle Turris, a Phoenix Coyotes prospect playing with the Wisconsin Badgers in the WCHA, scored both goals. Next up is Sweden on Saturday.
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. Ella Fitzgerald - What Are You Doing New Year's
Benazir Bhutto was 54. She was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state, twice elected Prime Minister of Pakistan.
