This is yet another game we should have won. We earned a point, but we needed two. It was a road game and we rule on the road. We currently have the most road points in the NHL with 38. When did the Islanders become so difficult to beat? Current
Lately I've been playing retro recall with myself, remembering kids shows I watched in the late 70s and early 80s. For a while I was restricting myself to shows that aired on TVOntario, but today I thought of a show that aired elsewhere. I thought of "The Great Space Coaster"
Dennis "DJ" Johnson was 52. He was part of three NBA champions with the Boston Celtics and one with the Seattle SuperSonics.
Late Night With Conan O'Brien Bumper Art - I've always been a fan of Conan, tuning in nightly when he first scored his late night gig. I've always loved the bumpers they'd show coming out of commercial breaks, and this gallery has 17 pages of them, capped from a high
It's official. Maple Leaf Gardens will become a grocery store. After years of speculation, the company also made the formal announcement to investors that it will develop a grocery store in downtown Toronto's famed Maple Leaf Gardens."This is an icon, just like Loblaws is an icon. I think it
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. The Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone What happened
The twelve guys who sang on on Tuesday couldn't hold a candle to most of the gals who sang on American Idol last night. It was night and day. In this year's competition, the women are indeed the finer sex. Here are my three favourites from last night: Lakisha JonesMelinda
I recently wrote about The Fables of the Green Forest, a children's cartoon I used to watch on TVO in the late 70s and early 80s. Lori left a comment on that entry asking if I remember Barbapapa. Do I ever! I loved Barbapapa. I thought the way they changed
When I was dating my wife back in '95, there were two sleeping quirks she had to deal with. I slept all night with a fan on, no matter what season it was, and I fell asleep each night to the radio. She not only learnt to live with the
Last night twelve dudes sang on AI. As a whole, they were awful. There are other words I'd use to describe them, like uninspired, mediocre and boring. The biggest disappointment of the bunch has to be Sundance Head. I was so impressed with his first audition, I posted the video
Again we outshot a team badly and lost. We outshot Boston 43-22 but couldn't put a puck past Tim Thomas and slipped into a tie for ninth place in the East, a point in back of Carolina. Andrew Raycroft allowed three goals on 13 shots before getting replaced by Jean-Sebastien
James lost his first tooth today. It's been pretty loose for a few weeks now and today it finally fell out. I can't believe how small this thing is. It's been a while since I saw a baby tooth outside of a mouth. I just hope the Tooth Fairy is
I think I watched a lot of TVOntario in the late 70s and early 80s. Most of my television memories are from shows airing on cable 2. TVO brought me Jeremy and Dr. Snuggles and Fables of the Green Forest. I'll never forget that opening with the blue jay warning
I don't want a lot of television, but sometimes I get exposed to a show because my wife is watching it. This happened recently with Grey's Anatomy. Taryn had heard good things so she rented season one on DVD and blitzed it. I caught about half the episodes, got to
C.R.A.Z.Y.: 8 out of 10. Why do I rarely see films this good coming out of English Canada? C.R.A.Z.Y. is fantastic, almost as good as The Barbarian Invasions. No wonder it cleaned up at the Genie Awards.
I ♥ Flickr. It's a pleasure to use and she never causes me any trouble. If I have a memory that's fit for public consumption, I upload it to my Flickr account. I just uploaded a scan of my Tragically Hip ticket stub and I think Flickr's wires got crossed. Here's
Celia Franca was 85. She was the founder of The National Ballet of Canada and its artistic director for 24 years.
I'm not a completist, but I own a handful of R.E.M. albums. I've always liked the band and enjoyed their radio singles. I was happy to add In Time - The Best of R.E.M. 1988-2003 to my collection, but it's always bothered me that it's missing
SeeqPod - I've been totally digging this link lately. It's why I'm so glad Al Gore built them tubes in Chicago.
I've added 33 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are... Band of Horses - Everything All The TimeClap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud ThunderRoberts, Sam - Chemical CityYeah Yeah Yeahs - Show Your BonesWeakerthans, The - Left and LeavingWeakerthans, The - Reconstruction SiteRed Hot Chili Peppers
A third trailer for The Simpsons Movie aired last night. This appears to be the footage they watched on AI the other day.
If you read my recap of last night's Leaf game, you already know that I expected more from the pre-game ceremony honouring our 1967 Stanley Cup champions. Why it all seemed so underwhelming has been bothering me ever since, but I think I know why the reaction was merely lukewarm.
Fred Patterson, or Freddie P as he's often called, was/is one half of the Humble & Fred radio show. He's been maintaining torontomike.com with a site building tool called SiteStudio and he's been leaving blog-like entries on his page on a daily basis. Every once in a while,
"In Pierre Elliot Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination." - Irving Layton
The Leafs suck at pomp and circumstance. I was totally underwhelmed by the pre-game ceremony honouring our 1967 Stanley Cup champions. It was nice and all, but I expected something more. I expected a longer ovation for Dave Keon, I expected it to at least feel like those awesome ceremonies
