I often wonder what I'd do if I was ever asked to throw the ceremonial first pitch at a Blue Jays game. Would I try and throw a hard strike? Would I just chuck it over the plate? What if I threw it in the dirt or offline? This is
Today we ran for three minutes, walked for one, and repeated that couplet five times. Our group has naturally divided into three collectives. There's my group, which has decided running slow is for losers, and we form a pack way out ahead. There's another group of less fit noobs who
I was just glancing at this afternoon's news items when I read what might just be the quote of the year. It's from Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine
Last week Humble and I were trying to pick a day to hook up. Not that kind of hook up, but the old school hang out hook up. He advised me that this week would be tough because of his spiritual time. I assumed he was talking about Passover and
Children of Men: 7 out of 10. It's 2027 and no child has been born in 18 years. It's a very cool premise, a neat vision of our future and a great looking film. It started strong but started to lag a little which is why I'm only giving this
According to Mercer Human Resource Consulting, Toronto ranks 15th among cities around the world in overall quality of life. That would make us the second-best city in Canada to live in, after Vancouver. Before Vancourites get all high and mighty you should know they only get ranked so high because
They're talking about building a city of Toronto museum and the Star is reporting they may build it by the giant Canada Malting Company silos. I have a long and interesting history with the Canada Malting Company silos. For a couple of summers in the early 90s, by pal Ed
Not to harp on the essence of time, but has it really been nineteen years since George Bell hit those three homers on opening day? He was my favourite Jay and coming off an MVP season and I was so friggin happy when that third homer cleared the fence. The
What a crappy effort in a most important game. We're stuck in ninth but in typical Leafs fashion there's still a chance for 8th. With three games to go we're one lousy point behind Montreal who currently hold down the last playoff spot in the East. As we all know,
All day I've noticed an influx of traffic from people searching for Chalk Circle's "April Fool" video. I'm #1 for chalk circle april fool video and proud of it. We're not talking about massive traffic, but even ten such visits is ten more than usual. There was definitely an increase
Next Sunday is the beginning of the end. Last March I wrote about the two year wait for new episodes of The Sopranos, but we only got 12 of the final 20. Next Sunday we start the last eight episodes of this fabulous series. I recently ranked it #3 on
These are the top searches that referred people to this site in March of 2007. One of the first signs of spring is the arrival of Blue Jays fans. richard jeniwedding playlistbig shiny tunes 2toronto maple leafsconcert ticketstoronto blue jaysbig shiny tunes 3big shiny tunes 4big shiny tunes 6big shiny
There was a trend in the late 80s and early 90s where every hip-hop album contained a track that featured all the MCs taking turns. One by one they'd drop their rhymes in their style and they'd go down the line. One of my favourites was "Down the Line" which
As I age, I find it harder to interpret the distance between the current time and a memory. For example, while reading the paper this morning I got lost in a synopsis of the Blue Jays' first 30 seasons. There was a blurb about Dave Stieb losing a no-hit bid
It was a roller coaster ride at the ACC last night with the Leafs jumping up 4-1, getting caught with four seconds to play and winning it in overtime to keep pace with Montreal and the New York Rangers. I live blogged the game if you're interested in more analysis.
The last time I live blogged a game, Sidney Crosby was part of a Canadian team that beat the Russians at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Crosby is in town tonight as part of a Pittsburgh Penguins team looking to end our playoff dreams. I'm comfortably situated in my basement,
The article in the Sun says it all. Former Leafs' tough guy Tie Domi was "like a beast" as he screamed obscenities at his 11-year-old son Max's peewee hockey coach at a North York arena last night.Witnesses say Domi's profane tirade happened in front of a dozen stunned and
You want buzz? I'll give you buzz, as in a miraculous Morris Peterson buzzer beater to send last night's Toronto Raptors game into overtime. The Washington Wizards were up 109-106 with 3.8 seconds to play in the fourth quarter. We had no time outs and a long Hail Mary
"My back yard makes my front yard look like an idiot."
Janis Joplin passed away on October 4, 1970, almost four years before I was born. I own Pearl and her Greatest Hits, but to truly appreciate Janis Joplin you had to be there. I remember taking a pop culture history course at U of T and the professor attempting to
Freddie P. was right. Back when we were working on his new blog we had a phone conversation he wrote about here. I was feeling a pro-Raptors buzz and he wasn't. This surprised me. After tonight there are ten games left in the Raptors regular season and we're six games
My favourite former Pittsburgh Penguins Mario LemieuxEd OlczykJohn CullenKen WreggetChris Kontos
At this point in the season, every point matters. We really needed two, but one is better than none. We're sitting alone in 9th, a single point behind Tampa Bay and Montreal who are tied for seventh. We have the Penguins in town tomorrow night. We've yet to beat them
Hot damn I love this. Kermit the Frog covers Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" and it's all so sad. It's sad, but there's a comfort in feeling sad, and I haven't felt this comfort since Johnny Cash did the honours. The scene with Ralph is just wrong, but desperate times call
A competitive marketplace benefits consumers. That's why I'm pleased to hear Yahoo! Mail will offer unlimited storage. Google has to respond and I'm hoping they follow suit. The Gmail 2.8 GB limit may sound like a lot, but I'm constantly having to delete messages to ensure I don't run
