About a year ago, I test drove StarP.M., a free, downloadable afternoon daily newspaper in PDF format. Every weekday afternoon since I've enjoyed this little paper with up-to-date news. StarP.M. has been cancelled and will make their last issue available on October 17, 2007. The email I got
With apologies to Screamin' Jay Hawkins, I love this list of the top 10 rap songs white people love. It's a pretty strong collection of rap songs your average white person will get awfully excited about. Here's their top ten: Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got BackHouse of Pain - Jump
I just realized I've been logging on to one instant messenger protocol or another for over a decade now. How I do so today is quite different than how I did so back then, and over the past ten years there's been an evolution of sorts. Here, in chronological order,
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. Alice Cooper - Elected Does anyone in Ontario want
First the good news. Mats Sundin assisted on Bryan McCabe's goal last night to earn his 916th point with the Maple Leafs and moved into a tie with Darryl Sittler for the club record. As I type, Mats Sundin and Darryl Sittler have the exact same number of goals, assists
I'm pretty much done with Rescue Me, the drama starring Denis Leary that airs here on Showcase. I've watched it since the beginning but this season seems so uninspired and boring I don't feel like watching anymore. That's it for me, I'm done. Meanwhile, in other television news, I caught
When I first wrote about the Ontario referendum, I admitted I was undecided. Since then I've heard compelling arguments on both sides. The Star even did a nice job surmising the pros and cons of mixed-member proportional representation. Q: What are the advantages of MMP? A: Smaller parties like the
Now that I do most of my work on a laptop, this wi-fi detector shirt sounds like a pretty good idea. Geeks think of everything, don't they? Here at ThinkGeek we're pretty lazy when it comes to technology. We expect our gadgets to do all the busywork while we focus
It's October 8th and I'm sitting on the porch coming to the realization that's it's just too damn hot to be outside right now. What is it, 30°? It's stifling. It hasn't been warmer on Thanksgiving Day since I hit the earth. Don't tell Suzuki, but I'm thinking of throwing
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that forward Jason Blake is battling a rare form of leukemia. This news just hit me like a ton of bricks. On the surface, this seems very scary, but as you read on it appears to be highly treatable and will not affect his
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. We did the turkey thing yesterday, so today is all about catching up on some work, enjoying the warm weather and thinking about Roberto Alomar. That's right, every Thanksgiving my mind turns to #12 and how he gave us all the best Thanksgiving Day ever in 1992
During Thanksgiving turkey at my mom's house, the conversation turned to The Rheostatics. Actually, the conversation turned to Old Mill Donuts and then The Rheostatics, but the devil is in the details. I told Steve my favourite Rheostatics song was "Record Body Count" and promised to share the video in
Watching NBC on Saturday mornings in the 80s, I often caught the "One To Grow On" PSAs. Stars of NBC shows would basically tell us what we should and shouldn't do. These PSAs taught me a great deal, such as... Don't SmokeDon't Have a Crap AttitudeDon't Answer The DoorDon't Trust
I recently read about a supposed gunfight at the tv ratings corral. It's a war of words between Canada's private TV networks, CTV and Global. Each is making grandiose claims about how they've got all the important eyeballs as they chase the mega advertising bucks. CTV and Global are going
That was fun. All three games have been entertaining so far this season, but last night's effort against the Habs finally gave us the result we were waiting for. Vesa Toskala made game-saving stops down the stretch, carrying us into overtime where Tomas Kaberle hit paydirt. In Look at the
It's too bad all ads can't be as interesting as this one for Sony's Bravia. It doesn't make me want to buy a Sony Bravia television, but it does make me want to share the ad, which should be incentive enough for companies to sink a little more thought and
Bobby: 6 out of 10. This is far from a bomb from writer and director Emilio Estevez, but I found myself playing "name that actor" for most of the film. There are so many known actors and actresses in "Bobby" you can spend a third of the film identifying the
I've been helping Buffalo Boy start up his own blog. I just popped over to see how he's doing and I was delighted to find this entry in which he shares The Rheostatics' "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Part 1&2". If you remember Etobicoke in the mid-80s, watching
During a recent Leafs recap I made reference to the civil war that has erupted in Leafsland. Everyone, it seems, has an allegiance to either Andrew Raycroft or Vesa Toskala and that's pretty much all anyone wants to talk about with regards to this team. Tonight we're hosting the Habs
"Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman - and I have no interest in that, besides occasionally wearing the underwear, which as we discussed, is strictly a comfort thing."
This line of succession to the British Throne is so extensive, I was sure I'd make the list. When I couldn't find my name, I was pissed, until I learnt I'm ineligible. According to the Act of Settlement 1701, anyone who is Roman Catholic, becomes Roman Catholic, or marries a
My favourite characters on Oz Ryan O'ReilyVernon 'Vern' SchillingerChristopher 'Chris' KellerSimon AdebisiTobias 'Toby' Beecher
It's April 1993 and the Leafs are at Maple Leaf Gardens hosting the Detroit Red Wings in the Norris Division Semifinals. It's the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the entire city is on the Maple Leafs bandwagon. Roberto Alomar, the best player on the 1992 World Series champion Blue Jays, is
I'm a For Better or For Worse fan, and I recently discovered a great blog for fans of the strip. It's called The FOOBiverse! and every day the strip is discussed in a very snarky and hilarious manner. It's the kind of blog I wish I had started. Speaking of
What's so civil about war anyway? I ask this question, because I see brothers fighting brothers, a civil war is erupting in Leafs Nation. There are two camps: the Toskala boosters, of which I am one, and the Raycroft defenders. Leafs Nation won't have reason to unite and celebrate until
