Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan: 7.5 out of 10. I'm pretty sure most of you have already seen "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". Last night, I joined the club. When you hear a movie is
Are you following the whole Juno Awards time shuffle? A two-hour episode of The Amazing Race was set to clash with the Juno Awards, so CTV announced they would tape-delay the Juno broadcast for those of us in the East. As you might imagine, CTV was criticized heavily for this
It was a challenge catching the performances last night. I had the running clinic and the Leaf game, but thank goodness for west coast feeds. If I don't get my Sanjaya fix, I'm just no good. From what I saw, there's nothing too exciting to report except for the fact
Before I bore you with the details of my third week of running, the two of you who are interested in my offline challenge can read all related entries at http://www.torontomike.com/running/. Last night I began my third week of this quest, which meant we're bumping up
Let's face it, we toss around the term "must win" pretty loosely. In my humble opinion, last night's game against the Hurricanes was indeed a must win if we're going to make the playoffs this season. A loss would have been devastating. We're tied with Carolina for 9th, two points
Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, has shared with us the formula for happiness. Happiness = health + money + social life + meaning I'm working on all four...
Superman Returns: 5.5 out of 10. In the battle between "Batman Begins" and "Superman Returns", Batman wins easily. "Superman Returns" is rather disappointing. How do you take a story like that and make it boring? Even Kevin Spacey's Lex Luthor is boring. Although we'll never see it, you just
Watching the Simpsons last night, I was most impressed with the couch gag. I've seen hundreds of these things, and a few have really stuck out as winners, but last night's ranks amongst the very best. It's the evolution of Homer and it might be the longest couch gag in
Edward Scissorhands is coming to the Hummingbird Centre for three shows, starting April 4th. As you know, I can get you $15 off the ticket price. That's right, I'm a mover and a shaker. Login to Ticketmaster.ca with the promotional code EDBLOG to receive your discount. This offer is
The CBC and NHL announced a new television deal Monday that will keep Hockey Night in Canada on the air until 2014. When they lost the Grey Cup, I wondered if the CBC would lose Hockey Night In Canada as well. I can adapt to anything, and I can punch
Watching "Blood Diamond" got me thinking about musical diamonds. Not Neil Diamond songs or Diamond Dave songs, but songs with Diamond in the title. And not "Black Diamond" by Kiss, "Diamonds on the Inside" by Ben Harper or "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey, but diamond songs that are in
As recently as January I was writing about the unseasonable heat we were experiencing in Toronto. Later that month, winter did indeed arrive and February was bitterly cold. There were some chilly days earlier this month as well, but now we're enjoying our annual thaw. It's so therapeutic. The snow
Blood Diamond: 8 out of 10. I really liked "Blood Diamond" and I don't really like many films. Leonardo DiCaprio puts on a South African accent and it works. Jennifer Connelly played an American, but I'm sure I heard her slip into a faux British accent a couple of times
There, that's more like it. I predicted a Buffalo split and that's exactly what we got. We've got 82 points and sit two points out of eighth place in the Eastern Conference. With the teams we're trying to catch winning their games, we must win ours. There is no room
It's 1-1 after one but with both the Rangers and Islanders picking up wins this afternoon, I'm not feeling particularly optimistic. Thanks to YouTube, I just relived one of my favourite Leaf games of all-time. Game seven between the Leafs and Red Wings in 1993. Nikolai Borschevsky has his defining
Photoshopping Toronto City Hall - From FARK.com, our city hall is remixed.
We recently determined that the suspension bridge featured in the Tragically Hip's "Yer Not the Ocean" video isn't the Capilano Suspension Bridge in North Vancouver. Some suggested it might be the suspension bridge at Scenic Caves in Collingwood, Ontario, but as you'll see below, that's not it either. Is it
I met my brothers and mom for lunch. It rarely happens, but it happened today. As usual, the conversations were all over the place. Here's a taste. Another World - A defunct soap opera that was once my mom's favourite. We discussed the characters, where they've been seen since, how
At 11pm last night, Buffalo Boy was already rubbing salt in the wounds. Holy cow what a meltdown the Leafs had last night, I of course was jumping through my ceiling in amazement as the Sabres took it to them and tore them apart in the third. To quote a
"Aw, twenty dollars!? I wanted a peanut."
History repeats and James is now a TMNT fan as his father was before him. He's been talking about the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie for a while now, and in a moment of weakness at some point I may have promised I'd take him to see it. Today
My favourite Buffalo Springfield songs For What It's WorthMr. SoulRock and Roll WomanI Am A ChildBroken Arrow
They're doing it again. We Leaf fans are probably the most perennially punished patrons of any professional sports team. Our hopes are high, our teams are mediocre, yet with nine games to go we all know we have a chance. With nine games to go we're right in the thick
Earlier today I wrote about the invitation I received to see Edward Scissorhands at the Hummingbird Centre. I wondered aloud how many other Toronto bloggers got the same offer. I figured there was no better person to ask than Julie Giles from AWA Touring Services in New York City as
I take it we're no good at cricket. I typically avoid cricket news, but the BBC has been screaming at me all week about how pathetic we are at this sport I don't understand. I don't even understand the scoring. The BBC's sub header is "World Cup group C, St
