I can't remember a time when Hazel McCallion wasn't mayor of Mississauga. For you out-of-towners, Mississauga is a city on our west side where a downtown Toronto worker might reside. Our population spill over has made it the sixth largest city in Canada, but I digress. I'm thinking about 86
Normally he's not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but Greg left a comment on this entry a month ago calling a Detroit ~ Sens final. Sure, he went with a couple of favourites and hardly went out on a limb, but it's still upsetting to think he could be right.
"It's not whether you win or lose. It's how drunk you get."
From about 1984 to 1987, I was a big fan of WWF wrestling. My favourite wrestler was Rowdy Roddy Piper who used to host a little segment called Piper's Pit. Here's a classic clip of Cyndi Lauper on Piper's Pit. Captain Lou Albano comes in to claim he's the reason
My favourite U2 songs I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For (Rattle & Hum version)OneSunday Bloody SundayI Will FollowWith or Without You
I can't get her out of my mind, so this afternoon I returned to her side. I just wrote about her yesterday, but I didn't share my many questions. I'm hoping you can help me. Here are my main questions, accompanied by photos I just took. Please help me solve
Ricky Williams had me convinced he would never smoke again. I actually don't personally care if he enjoys a little grass on his days off, but I bought into his "natural high" mantra nonetheless. I attended Ricky William's first ever game in an Argos uniform and waited on the field
A couple of years ago, I wrote about my Toronto morning radio show history. I've listened to a few different morning shows throughout the years, but it all started with Tom Rivers and the Rivers Air Force on 680 CFTR. Tom Rivers passed away a few years ago, but I'll
I've been following the Blue Jays since 1983. That was a pretty exciting year for this young franchise. We had a good, young team, but we wouldn't win our first pennant until 1985, the year Terminator Tom Henke arrived. In addition to the obvious on-field benefits to having a solid
At this point there are probably only a few people following the daily updates in our playoff pool. Ryan is checking to watch his lead grow, Marc and Steve are checking in to see how close they are to the money and Alexi probably takes a peek now and then
I've pruned the original running playlist down to 20 songs. The prerequisite was having the word "run" or "running" in the title. I'll burn these 20 to an audio CD for the carpool on Saturday. Born to Run - Bruce SpringsteenOn The Run - Sam RobertsBorn To Run - k-osRunning
I go for a 45-60 minute walk every lunch hour. One of my routes takes me by a patch of rustic wilderness in the middle of a concrete jungle. There's this dilapidated shack that always catches my eye. Today I decided to bring along my camera to shoot this collapsed
My PC music playing history goes like this: Winamp forever, Quintessential Player for a while and then iTunes. What I liked best about iTunes was the enhanced searchability and sortability. As my collection grew, I realized there was a high price to pay for this indexing. I have my collection
Admittedly, I don't see a lot of Calgary Flames games, so I don't know a whole lot about Matthew Lombardi. His profile tells me he was born in 1982, plays center and he scored 20 goals in 81 games this season. Although I haven't seen a game yet, I follow
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. Tom Petty - Runnin' Down A Dream I'm a
There's not much time to go before SLS17 is unveiled. I've been digging a few new tunes late, but we'll start with The Kook's "Naive". It's a cool track, but damn it sounds like Hot Hot Heat to me. These guys are from Brighton, which means they're definitely not Hot
I play ball with Alek and tonight I saw him for the first time since last season. I was first to arrive at the diamond and he was second, and he quickly asked me if I had a daughter who sang k-os' "Sunday Morning". He went on to tell me
Dwight Wilson passed away today. He was 106 years old and he was a veteran of the Great War. That leaves us with one World War 1 veteran, John Babcock. The First World War ended in 1918. That was 89 years ago. That means Dwight Wilson was 17 when the
Vernon Wells was getting heckled by Cleveland's Jacobs Field Bleacher Creatures on May 2nd, so how did Wells respond? He wrote a note on a ball and tossed it to the key heckler, Jeff Raycher. Here's what Wells wrote on the ball. Dear Mr. Dork, Here is your ball! Can
This is the final week of my "Learn to Run" clinic. Following our final in-store clinic last night, we ran a couple of 10 and 1s and made a bee line for the Swan and Firkin to celebrate. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this offline project,
I openly acknowledged my weakness back in 2005. Some Leaf games only air on Leafs TV and I didn't want to miss them, so I ponied up the coin and subscribed to channel 414. There was instant gratification. According to globesports.com, Leafs TV will air about 25 games next
I thought this was pretty sweet.
I played tee ball as a kid, primarily at Rennie Park by Swansea. We started with tee ball and graduated to softball. I always assumed tee ball was the first step in baseball evolution, but it turns out there's a precursor. James is playing blastball this summer. If you don't
Once again, the Sharks have fizzled in the playoffs. The Dominator is dominating again, go figure. I'm calling a Ducks ~ Sabres final. For the rest of the story, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2007hockeypool.html.
Take a gander at all these Simpsons-related entries. And lest we forget the Homer Simpson Quotes of the Week I've been managing for almost four years. Yep, I've loved The Simpsons since day one. We're a couple of months away from the long awaited Simpsons movie. The closer we get
