This video does a good job of explaining blogs in plain English. Of course, this is a kin to preaching to the choir, but you might have a friend, co-worker or aunt who just doesn't get it. It's pretty good, but it needs more cowbell... and RSS.
Did you have a pen pal growing up? I'd always hear about kids maintaining long term long distance relationships with pen pals. They'd exchange birthday wishes, holiday greetings and well wishes over years and years. I always thought this sounded like a great idea. I never had a pen pal
blogTO has a little write up about local boys MSTRKRFT making good. Their entry about MSTRKRFT features a picture of Jesse F. Keeler sporting my favourite Blue Jays logo on his cap. Add Jesse to the growing list of people begging for a return to the old school Jays logo.
Those of you who also frequent torontomike.com know there have been technical issues over there since Thursday. I knew there would be a natural curiosity as to what the heck was going on, so I tried to keep everyone up to date with this posting. Now it's time to
In June I wrote about Jill's Squamous Cell Carcinoma with a T2 tumour. Although she recognized me once at an Argos game, I only knew Jill through her comments on this blog and then her own. I followed her fight online as she wrote about the difficult ordeal and today
The other day I wrote about the old Blue Jays logo and posted a picture of my favourite Blue Jay of all time, #11 George Bell. This picture of George Bell reminded me of something, but what? The video for Lionel Richie's "Hello" tells the story of a blind arts
With a five year old and three year old running a muck in the house, there are all sorts of bruises and bumps. Ever since James was a baby, I've treated these injuries in a fashion taught to to me by Mr. Miyagi. Remember in The Karate Kid when Mr.
I just submitted a song for SLS18 consideration. I submitted "Empty Walls" by Serj Tankian. A big System of a Down fan, I wanted more Serj. His solo effort, Elect the Dead, gives me what I asked for, and this single rocks. It's a slam dunk for SLS18 which we'll
My company's Christmas party was last night and there wasn't a single television in the restaurant. Every so often I pulled out the Blackberry and checked in the Leafs and Raps. It figured I'd miss Mark Bell's first goal as a Leaf. Is it his first of twenty? Mats Sundin
Like many of you, I've always been a fan of gamers. Gamers are a special breed of athlete. They play with a linebacker's mentality and elevate their game when it matters most. They hustle all the time and never let up. They play through pain and do what it takes
I saw a doctor yesterday about my right leg. I had to get a flu shot anyway, so I decided to kill the two birds with one stone. The doctor doesn't think I'm suffering from anything more than a muscle strain. She prescribed me anti-inflammatory drugs and told me to
"In a world gone mad, only a lunatic is truly insane."
Sometimes an Internet meme spirals out of control and becomes so pervasive I intentionally won't reference it. This has happened a couple of times over the past several months so I'm going to combine the two in one quick and dirty entry. Tay Zonday's "Chocolate Rain" was everywhere all summer
These are the top searches that referred people to this site in November of 2007. What's with the surge in people looking for Ralph Wiggums' Valentine's Day card? Did they move Valentine's Day up this year? wedding playlistswedding playlistbarry bondsbill barilkobig shiny tunes 2tie domii choo choo choose youbig shiny
Evel Knievel was 69. He was the red-white-and-blue-spangled motorcycle daredevil whose jumps over crazy obstacles including Greyhound buses, live sharks and Idaho's Snake River Canyon made him an international icon in the 1970s.
My buddy Mike Kic sent me this link with the subject line "You got your wish sir!". You see, I recently begged for a return to the old logo and the Blue Jays have announced they'll wear vintage uniforms as part of their Flashback Fridays promotion. It's close Kic, but
My favourite movies featuring Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless MindFinding NeverlandTitanicHeavenly CreaturesLittle Children
I alluded to a certain blog's birthday yesterday. It was five years ago today I wrote the first blog entry on this site. You can read that initial stab at this blog thing right here. When I started blogging, it was merely a writing exercise to keep me sharp. I
Some of you are here wondering what happened to Fred Patterson's blog www.torontomike.com. At this moment in time, it's tagged with a lovely "This Account Has Been Suspended" notice. The outage is temporary. We're in the midst of negotiations with Fred's host and hope to have this resolved
The season is saved, everybody can keep their jobs, if it ain't broken, don't fix it. Right? In all seriousness, it was a tidy little victory last night in Atlanta, but it was Atlanta and we'll need to stockpile these suckers if we're going to take a run at a
I remember Kellie Pickler from American Idol, and she didn't come across as the sharpest knife in the drawer, but I assumed she was playing dumb. After watching this clip of her on some game show, I'm sure it's no act. She sincerely thought Europe was a country and clearly
I hear there's an interesting match up tonight in the NFL. Something about two 10-1 teams hooking up... there's controversy too, because in the USA it's only airing on the NFL Network. The NFL Network has been in a dispute with large cable providers who don't carry the network on
As this year's Santa Claus Parade got rolling, I was happy to see Elmer the Safety Elephant leading the way. Along with Blinky the Police Car, Elmer the Safety Elephant was a character I remember well from my primary school days. He'd pay us a visit and teach us not
I'm not sure what you do in this situation. A certain blog I know and love is having a birthday tomorrow. What's the proper etiquette in this situation? Do you buy blogs birthday gifts?
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. Streetband - Toast Remember this one? They used to
