There's an awful lot of chatter about our minimum wage hike to $8 an hour. For one thing, Ontario MPPs just gave themselves 25% raise while throwing the working poor an extra quarter. This 25¢ raise reminds me of the time McDoug rewarded me with a great deal less. As
Last spring I wrote a little love letter to the TTC. Although I was gushing at the time, I gave the TTC some much deserved lumps with regards to their website. Finally, if you want to see how out of touch TTC marketing is in this new age of viral
I remember as a fifteen year old feeling awfully proud that I had negotiated my way up to $5 an hour. I was working at the CNE as a games booth attendant and I think minimum wage at the time was $3.85. $5 for an hours work was sweet.
Work commitments forced me to miss this game, but I followed along online. It was a thriller with Jonathan Toews scoring in the seventh round of the shootout to secure us the victory. It took a Luc Bourdon goal with a little over five minutes left to force overtime. We'll
It's late in the third period and Canada trails USA by a goal in our semifinal game. TSN has been celebrating the fact they're streaming live video of all the games on their website. Am I the only one who has never been able to connect? Don't get me wrong,
As I enter my fifth year of blogging, I find myself 360° from where I began. In the beginning, I was writing for a few members of my family and a few friends. That was my audience and the stats proved it. I remember when I first saw the number
It was worth the wait for this recap. Mats Sundin scored twice and added an assist to help the Leafs start the new year right with a big win over the Bruins. Kris Newbury, who I thought was our best player the afternoon I watched the Marlies, scored his first
Regular visitors might have noticed this site has been offline for the past couple of days. Happy New Year everybody! If you sent an email to one of my @torontomike.com accounts, please resend it. If you're suffering without the Leafs recap from a couple of nights ago, I'll get
Darrent Williams was 24. He was a cornerback with the Denver Broncos of the NFL who just finished the season with 88 tackles and four interceptions.
I have no plans tonight. The two year old is already asleep and the four year old is going to bed soon, so somebody has to stay home and protect them from dragons and the boogey man or men. You're probably all dressed up and on your way to an
Taryn and I have started watching season two of Lost on DVD. We enjoyed watching season one this way and now we're three episodes into the season you all watched last year. The first couple of episodes featured a song sung by Mama Cass Eliot called "Make Your Own Kind
Yikes, it's New Year's Eve. Time is running out. I can't promote a holiday podcast much longer! If you haven't heard it yet, head on over to humbleandfred.com, click play and hear what all the fuss was about. Even if you've never heard of Humble and Fred, you must
While Maple Leaf prospect Justin Pogge was coughing up the Spengler in Switzerland, our Juniors were playing a nothing game in Sweden to finish off the preliminary round. Kris Russell scored another two goals to lead the offence to a nice and easy 3-0 win. Our semifinal game is January
There was 2:06 left in the third when Chris Kelly scored. That's all. With Boyd Devereaux and Alex Steen providing the unlikely offence, I thought we were actually going to win this one. A win against our provincial rivals to close out the year would have been something sweet,
For a variety of reasons, I heard less new music in 2006 than I did in 2005. Still, I heard a lot of new tunage and kept my ear to the ground as much as I could. Here are the ten songs I enjoyed most in 2006. 10. illScarlett -
My cousin played two seasons for the Belleville Bulls in the mid 90s. In 1994-95 he started 39 games in net for the Bulls which meant I was following that team closely. The big story that season was a fifteen year old Newfoundlander named Daniel Cleary. It was Cleary's first
I've written a recap for every Leafs game since game one of the 2003/2004 season. That first game was a 4-0 loss to Montreal. When we lost a season to the lock out, I switched my focus to the St. John's Maple Leafs. I monitor my team's progress this
"We're goin bowling. If we don't come back, avenge our deaths."
We've got Slovakia on Sunday, but no matter. Our 3-0 record is good for a first round bye. We're in the semifinals, baby. The German team has played one hell of a good tournament thus far. They managed to score the first power-play goal against us in three games.
This is my 1588th entry of 2006. Below are ten that mattered. The 17th Annual Humble & Fred Christmas Show - I've said it before and I'll say it again, this was the most fun you can have on a Saturday morning without taking your clothes off. Humble and Fred
Munich: 8.5 out of 10. My biggest complaint about this movie is that it's almost three hours long and our wild and crazy lifestyle forced us to break it into three parts. Steven Spielberg has directed another great movie that's not only suspenseful and thrilling but also thought provoking
Saddest celebrity passings of 2006 James BrownBernard "Boom Boom" GeoffrionJane JacobsEd BradleyDarren McGavin
I was at Howard's house earlier today and he was telling us about his friend Jeff Hamilton who passed away in 1987. Every time he hears Steely Dan, he thinks about his friend. Hearing this story made me think about Warren Blackwood. Warren and I went to Michael Power high
Now that SLS16 is in the bag, it's time to deconstruct the 20 tunes that made the final cut. How much of SLS16 is CanCon? How many artists are making their first appearance on SLS? Find out the answers to these questions and more below. Canadian Content - 9 (AlexisOnFire,
It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS16. For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS15, go here. We listened to hours and hours of new rock before deciding upon these 20 tracks. Without further
