Stephen Brunt has a great column in today's Globe & Mail entitled "A Higher Calling". It's about Michael "Pinball" Clemons, easily the most likable athlete to play in this city. Pinball is asked daily when he's going to run for Mayor of Toronto. I decided long ago this was both
"I'm not a genius, or are I?"
I just read that Montreal's Arcade Fire trail only Of Montreal and Battles in nominations for the 2008 PLUG Independent Music Awards, which recognize the best indie acts from around the world. Canadians Emily Haines, Sunset Rubdown, The New Pornographers, Caribou, Chromeo, A-Trak and the profanely named Toronto acts Fucked
Joe Nuxhall was 78. He was the youngest player in major league history and the beloved "old left-hander" on Cincinnati Reds radio broadcasts.
If we're going to allow the most goals in the NHL, we're not going be playing past the first week of April. It sure didn't take long to go down 1-0 last night with Marc Savard scoring 19 seconds in. Rayzor finally heard the crowd chanting his name, even if
What I loved about baseball was how timeless and romantic it was. Baseball might be America's sport, but I developed a love for the game as a young boy and cheering the boys of summer quickly became a cherished summer ritual. When they cancelled the World Series, we fans were
Earlier this week, I toasted "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and shared one of my favourite exchanges from this season, Get In That Ass, Larry. I've just watched the season finale, and damn, that was awesome. I'm issuing a very serious spoiler alert here. If you haven't seen the season final of
This year's Santa Claus Parade will be hitting out streets on Sunday. I'll be there, for the fourth year in a row. I just hit up the official parade site to see if they updated it. Even though they added an iPhone to the home page to give it a
How many Torontonians went hunting for a nude picture of Jiri Tlusty this week? Yesterday, with some high Google rankings and a link from a site called Wikio to this entry, my unique visitors doubled the normal number. The extra visitors were all looking for pics of Tlusty. I chatted
Some of you are being duped. I'd say some of us are being duped, but I've caught on. Your favourite team's record is not what it seems. 7-7-5 If you check out this morning's NHL standings, that's our current record. It doesn't look so bad, does it? Heck, it sorta
My 17k run Sunday was changed to a 10k run at the last moment. No worries, I'll hit the 17k mark Sunday after the Santa Claus Parade. It's been a warmer week which has made running a great deal easier. Heck, tonight was damn hot. I could get used to
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. Odds - Eat My Brain Not only was this
With Music World closing, there will be no more Canadian-owned national music chains. CQ just left a comment on that entry in which he dropped the name Sunrise Records. Sunrise Records is still around, but it's not a national chain as all their stores are in Ontario. Sunrise Records is
Until news broke that nude photos of Maple Leafs forward Jiri Tlusty were flying around the interweb, this entry of mine was ranked in the top five when you Googled his name. Today, young Jiri Tlusty belongs to us all. He's gone from being the only teenager in the Maple
Well, well.. what do we have here? Another game we should have won? Did Bryan McCabe pull another boner in overtime to gift wrap the game for a division rival? I know you all just want to read about Jiri Tlusty, so I'll get to that in a bit. I
Ira Levin was 78. He was the author of bestsellers such as Rosemary's Baby, The Boys from Brazil and The Stepford Wives.
Did you know Music World was the last Canadian-owned national music store chain? Neither did I until today when I read Music World is under bankruptcy protection and will close its stores. That makes HMV the last chain standing in an age of digitized music collections and downloads. There was
Crap, it's been a busy day. I'm just coming up for air now. The Toronto Marlies have played 12 games thus far this season, winning 10 and losing two in a shootout. That's pretty awesome, and perhaps a little hope on the horizon in Leafsville. Scott Clemmensen is 7-0 with
Neil Young rules. It's as simple as that. The man is a living legend. Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute To Neil Young was released last month, but I haven't heard it yet. I have heard City and Colour's cover of "Cowgirl In The Sand" and I dig it. That's one
We've all played the desert island game. If you're going to a desert island, which ten CDs would you bring? If you were going to a desert island, and could only bring one food, which food would you bring? Heck, I think I've written a desert island entry or two
Vince Carter of the New Jersey Nets will be sidelined indefinitely with a sprained right ankle. I don't mean to make light of another man's pain, but this image is deja vu all over again. I'm trying to heal, but there's always something there to remind me of the pain.
I don't know how I missed this news, but Toronto was voted the official Spice City. It's true, read this from The Return of the Spice Girls Wikipedia page. Toronto was voted the official Spice City. Toronto received more votes than Rio de Janeiro - which came close in second
What a difference a few days make. On Friday, this blog readability test said this site's reading level was elementary school. Today, it's junior high.
Yesterday, Taryn went to some renovation showcase thing for charity. At one of the homes she met Sandra Rinomato, host of HGTV's "Property Virgins". Both my mom and my wife love this show, and because it usually features Toronto neighbourhoods, I've caught my fair share of episodes. If you haven't
I haven't been keeping up with "Weeds". I've also dropped "Rescue Me" and rarely catch "The Office". My non-sports television these days is primarily focused on programs I can access via Rogers On Demand. Rogers On Demand, channel 308 at my house, comes with TMN and is how I watch
