Today's Toronto Star has an article about Rami Tabello's fight against illegal billboards. 283 illegal signs are currently being tracked on this map as he details his fight at http://www.illegalsigns.ca/. Rami and I attended Michael Power high school and had several classes together. His dad even taught
My favourite "Army" songs Seven Nation Army - The White StripesArmy Reserve - Pearl JamArmy - Ben FoldsOne Man Army - Our Lady PeaceArmy of Me - Bjork
James is on March Break, so like any kid on March Break, he's been waking up a little later and going to bed a little later. Last night he went to bed at 9pm, but at 9:45 I could hear he was still awake. His little footsteps were accompanied
The TTC is unveiling an ambitious blueprint for a light rail system that would crisscross the city far beyond existing and planned subway lines. Here's a map of the network of new routes, which include: Don Mills – Steeles Avenue to Bloor-Danforth SubwayEglinton Crosstown – Kennedy Station to Pearson AirportEtobicoke-Finch West – Yonge
Whenever I'm channel surfing and stumble upon Robot Chicken, I find myself laughing. It's a show I find very funny but I never make a point to watch it, I just trip over it occasionally and bust a gut. My friend just sent me this very funny little Calvin and
Bowie Kuhn was 80. His 15 tumultuous years as baseball commissioner coincided with free agency and multimillion-dollar salaries.
The 2007 NCAA Basketball Tournament is underway. I used to love this tournament, back when I followed NCAA basketball closely. I was a big Michigan fan, although I also loved Alonzo Mourning's Georgetown team. I miss those days. Now I'm rooting for Canadians participating in the tournament. There are sixteen.
Arcade Fire's Funeral is one of my favourite albums of all time. That's right, I love it that much. Every tune hits home for me, and after thousands of listens I still love every note. When I first heard Neon Bible, I was ready for a let down. I'm happy
Thanks to my pal Humble, I attended the Toronto Raptors game last night at the ACC. We started sluggish but T.J. Ford made sure we came together in time to dispose of the New York Knicks 104-94. We booed both Isiah Thomas and Steve Francis, but Isiah got it
Alexi Chabane is an Art Director on the Backyardigans. He shows off his stuff over here and competes annually in our NHL playoff pool. I kept seeing these neat paintings as his IM profile so I asked him how he did it. He opens a picture in Photoshop and simply
From the Flickr Blog. Today we launched what's probably the most requested feature over the last few years: a way to categorize and organize your photo sets! In the past this feature has been referred to as "sets of sets" or "subsets". After today, we'll know it as "collections".What
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. Johnny Cash and Joe Strummer - Redemption Song This
Spike Lee's 25th Hour has this five minute scene where Ed Norton's character delivers a monologue to the mirror. I wrote about this scene before. It's five minutes of total and complete anger, a sort of bizzaro world love letter to New York City. It's most definitely NSFW as it's
Earlier this month, I made a precious declaration. It started with a song and ended up at The Running Room. Yesterday evening I took my first steps toward my personal offline challenge. This clinic is literally called "Learn to Run". It's for people like me who want to learn how
I think this is the weakest final 12 we've ever had on AI. Of course, forcing them to sing Diana Ross songs doesn't help matters much. I know she's "legendary", but I find her music super boring. The one song I didn't mind was by Billie Holiday, but maybe that's
I would like to fully disclose my long time disliking of Nik Antropov. I don't dislike him personally, just his performance on the ice. Back in September I summarized my feelings in "Nik Antropov: The Bane of My Existence". With Hoglund gone, he became my new whipping boy. Dagnabbit, the
Betty Hutton was 86. She was the energetic star of movie musicals like "Annie Get Your Gun."
Somebody else has just added me as a friend on Facebook. I've been getting a lot of these emails lately as everyone and their mother gets a Facebook account. The thing is, I don't have a Facebook account, and I don't plan to ever get one. The same is true
I only read one comic strip on a daily basis. I check in on the Patterson's and see what's new in the For Better or For Worse universe. I'm confused by today's strip. Read it below and we'll continue this discussion around the bend. April and Elizabeth are clearly having
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 6 out of 10. Hmmmm, I'm not sure if I liked this movie or not. It started strong, Robert Downey Jr.'s narration had me laughing, the film noir spoofing seemed sharp and interesting, but then it sort of fizzled. I stopped caring who murdered who
It's warming up outside, so I took a stroll to Yonge and Dundas. Passing 333 Yonge, home to HMV, I thought about Kish. Kish was a local rapper who hit the charts back in '91 with I Rhyme the World in 80 Days. According to his Wikipedia page his real
There are certain tasks I have to perform on a daily basis. I'm sure many of you are doing the same things with your computer, and I thought it might be interesting to hear what tools others prefer. Below are typical requirements in my day to day life and the
Happy Feet: 7.5 out of 10. For the first time ever, all four of us went to the theatre together to watch a flick. James had already seen Happy Feet with his grandma, but he didn't mind seeing it twice. I just wanted to see the movie that won
Richard Jeni was 49. He was the stand-up comedian who starred in the sitcom Platypus Man and appeared in the Jim Carrey film The Mask.
Chalk Circle is already a major part of my personal history because they were the first band I saw live in concert. When CFNY Edge 102 played the top 102 Canadian new rock songs of all time, Chalk Circle showed up twice. Their highest ranking song on that chart, and
