Toronto Mike
Author image

Toronto Mike

20505 Posts Toronto
I own TMDS and host Toronto Mike'd. Become a Patron.

Maple Leafs 5, Canadiens 1

Life is good.  Life is very, very good.  That's seven of eight if you're following along at home. Again, the defence led the offensive attack as we outshot Montreal 41-26 and scored three power-play goals.  Is there anything better than creaming the Habs on a Saturday night?  Now it's the
Continue Reading

Quote of the Week

"It's a beautiful city, and the waterfront area is fantastic.  I haven't had time to visit the theatre, but I find it remarkable that Toronto has the third-largest English-speaking theatre district in the world, after New York and London.  I once noticed a fellow sitting on a bench, then I
Continue Reading

Remembrance Relevance

On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians are asked to pause and remember the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and democracy during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Afghanistan conflict and
Continue Reading

It's Our Job To Never Forget

As I mentioned earlier in the week, so many brave Canadians have sacrificed everything to preserve our freedoms.  If you stop and think about what we asked (and ask) these young soldiers to do, it blows your mind.  Back in 2003 I took a closer look at the participation and
Continue Reading

Match Point

Match Point: 7.5 out of 10. Of course Jonathan Rhys Meyers fell for Scarlett Johansson, who wouldn't?  Who could resist? Woody Allen's got a slick little movie on his hands here.  It's got a hypnotic pace, although it could be tightened up just a little, but the conclusion doesn't
Continue Reading

Three Little Pricks

Because I wear a cool Fonzie leather jacket, there's no where to pin a poppy.  Thinking outside the box, I pinned my poppy to the strap of the brief case style sack I carry to work each day.  When I slink this thing over my shoulder, the poppy is proudly
Continue Reading

Great Videos: Sledgehammer

Whenever MuchMusic would count down "all-time best video" lists in the late 80s, Peter Gabriel's "Sledgehammer" would always crack the top five, often finishing first.  It was groundbreaking, that stop action stuff kicked ass. This was one of those videos that was always on high rotation.  They're probably still playing
Continue Reading

The Slime That Men Do

My buddy Humble Howard has a new book out.  It's called "The Slime That Men Do" and it includes awful tales about dudes sent to him by his radio audience at Mix 99.9.  A portion of the proceeds is going to the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and you can
Continue Reading

A Wiser Continent

Our continent felt just a little more sensible this morning, didn't it?  Americans voiced their disappointment in Dubya and his military quagmire tendencies loud and clear yesterday, giving Democrats control of the House.  It's also looking like they'll hold an edge in the Senate. The writing was on the wall,
Continue Reading

A Symbolic Moment

I just took down the crib.  The baby of the house, two year old Michelle, slept last night in her new bed.  She triumphantly made the jump from crib to bed and there's no turning back now. Except for a brief period before Michelle's arrival, someone has been sleeping in
Continue Reading

Ron Porambo's Intriguing Life

I never heard the name Ron Porambo until today.  Porambo choked to death while eating an orange in New Jersey State Prison a couple of weeks ago.  This guy had the most intriguing life. He was serving 30 years to life for the 1983 murder of a drug dealer during
Continue Reading

Weekly MP3: Fidelity

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. Regina Spektor - Fidelity I was going to share
Continue Reading

Love

Love.  It's sought by all.  Nothing is more vital to our emotional well being.  Love truly is all you need. If a sweet young couple like K-Fed and Britney Spears can't make it work, what hope is there for the rest of us? Love.  K-Fed and Britney had it.  As
Continue Reading

Maple Leafs 4, Flyers 1

After the first period last night, I thought we'd cruise to a 6-0 victory.  We were relentless and only the Philly goalposts kept it 1-0.  Then, we took the second period off before sealing the deal in the third. I wasn't happy with the Andrew Raycroft signing.  He was coming
Continue Reading

I Hope

1994 gave us some unbelievable movies.  "Pulp Fiction", "Forrest Gump" and "The Shawshank Redemption" to name a few.  "The Shawshank Redemption" was unbelievably good with monologues like this one from Red. Get busy livin', or get busy dyin'. That's goddamn right. For the second time in my life, I am
Continue Reading