Who the hell needs a Stanley Cup when we could have Nik Antropov instead? The Maple Leafs have reached agreement with Antropov on a two-year contract extension. Clearly Leafs management had a decision to make. Do we try and build a team capable of winning it all or do we
The other day, right after Raging Storm's second loss in four nights, both of which can be pinned on a certain pitcher who bailed on us, I turned on the car and heard the opening of Faith No More's "Epic". It's been a few years since I've heard "Epic", but
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. Chris Cornell - Seasons Teddy Vedder is a dude
A little birdy told me Canadian Idol was airing tonight. I followed American Idol and I love this country, so naturally I'd follow Canadian Idol, right? Wrong again. I can't watch Canadian Idol. I can't stand Ben Mulroney and seeing and hearing him drives me bonkers. He's my Mary Hart
If you grew up in Toronto, you remember the TTC Student Cards. You had to show this card when you paid student fare to ride the TTC. Every fall the TTC would come to our school and take our picture. That's where the trouble began. In typical dumb ass teenage
London has the Olympics in 2012, and they've just unveiled their logo and the critics are not impressed. No, it's not as nice as our inukshuk, but is it really so offensive? (Boldly stolen from here.)
Prior to our ball game last night, Kic was telling me he napped. For a period of time between work and our 8p game he actually went to sleep. Jordy tells me Kic frequently naps. I must confess, I've never been a napper. Once I'm awake, why would I want
Mikey likes it! Mikey likes it very much! Those Sens had me worried for a while. They were really on a roll, and I started to wonder if they'd ever choke. Still, I kept the faith, and here we are one game away from an ABO victory. How sweet it
My quest to come up with a definitive list of the 100 best Canadian tunes of all-time has the momentum of a Phil Leotardo led assault on our favourite New Jersey crime family. Here's the ninth dump of Canadian gems. Take no prisoners. Maestro Fresh-Wes - Let Your Backbone SlideMashmakhan
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them. blink-182 - DammitSoundgarden - Nothing To SayGowan - Out of a Deeper HungerRadiohead - True Love
The Michael Lee-Chin Crystal designed crystal expansion of the ROM was officially unveiled to the public this weekend. You've no doubt read and seen a great deal on this $270-million endeavour. I recently spent eight months watching it grow. From August 2006 until quite recently I worked out of the
Awesome Sopranos episode tonight... damn I'm going to miss this series. Next Sunday at 9pm I'm unplugging all the phones and boarding up the windows. The end is here and there's no telling which way the wind is blowing. This is the end Beautiful friend This is the end My
These are the top searches that referred people to this site in May of 2007. The first search string more than doubled the second. It's also nice to see I'm getting more visits from stoners. wedding playlisttoronto maple leafsbig shiny tunes 2wedding playlistsbig shiny tunes 3stanley cupbig shiny tunes 7cereal
Tony Thompson was 31. He sang on the 1990s R&B hits "I Like the Way (The Kissing Game)" and "She's Playing Hard to Get" as part of the group Hi-Five.
The Toronto Star has redesigned their Saturday Star. The Saturday Star is the biggie and has always had the most sections, but is it too big? I counted 14 sections in yesterday's Star. The first thing I do is sort the paper into two piles. One pile I'll actually look
Inspired by this awesome buffalo comeback, James and Michelle morphed into wild African felines. There was a brief battle, but in the end there were only hugs. The animal kingdom can teach us a great deal, but a five year old and a two year old can teach us even
A few months ago I wrote about my great Facebook and MySpace resistance. MySpace turned my stomach, and although I had no Facebook experience, I decided to lump the two social networking portals together and see how long I could resist them. A group of people I run with decided
Ottawa won a game. Oooooohhhh, I'm sooooo scared. I can barely type I'm shaking so much. For the rest of the story, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2007hockeypool.html.
As heroic as Lebron James' effort was the other night, it wasn't the best YouTube video I watched tonight. Against all odds, this 8:23 of footage from Africa kept me at the edge of my seat and ended up blowing my mind. At first it's buffalo vs. lion, and
I know I'm late on this one, but I'm a busy dude. This awesome video from the NBA shows LeBron James single handedly winning a playoff game Thursday night against the Pistons. James scored 29 of his team's last 30 points. There was actually an hour and ten minutes at
Damn it's a nice day out. I've been out all day, but before my 4pm BBQ I wanted to share the lineup and positions for Raging Storm's Monday night game against the Booty Pirates. This isn't normally entry-worthy, but Cito did have a decision to make. Cito thought about this
"I don't miss a thing. Whoa! We have a kitchen?!"
I had a pretty good time sharing "Jays To The Top", a Humble Howard song from a Blue Jays compilation that might just be the worst song in the history of the world. That same Blue Jays album contains a song from Freddie P, starting in the guise of Mr.
Cito screwed up. I thought it was an 8pm game tonight for Raging Storm but it was actually a 6:30pm start. I missed the first two innings and by the time I showed up we were down significantly. We actually made a game of it, battling back and loading
My quest to come up with a definitive list of the 100 best Canadian tunes of all-time is bigger than Jesus. You know Jesus Delgado, right? He's a Red Sox pitching prospect. This is even bigger than him. Here's the eighth dump of Canadian gems. Take no prisoners. Lee Aaron
