I love that scene in "Trainspotting" when Ewan McGregor's character delivers that killer monologue about choosing life. Choose life. Choose a job. Choose a career. Choose a family, Choose a fucking big television. Choose washing machines, cars, compact disc players, and electrical tin openers. Choose good health, low cholesterol and
You had to be there to believe it. There was a floating toilet, I swear. Since you weren't there, I've got the pictures to prove it. Oh yeah, there's video too.
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. Ministry - Everyday Is Hallowe'en Who wants to guess
Creative commercials that you'll never forget - This is a nice collection of some great commercials, including the Toronto-produced Dove ad that's been receiving a lot of press lately.
An interesting Canadian study on blogs and blogging was released yesterday by the Environics Research Group. Here are their findings. 7% have written their own blog9% have left a comment on a blog32% have read a blog in the last three monthsThe study points out that 51% of Canadians aged
The Leafs and Sens are taking turns stinking up their respective home arenas. On opening night, we were shell-shocked at the ACC only to win 6-0 in Ottawa the next night. Now, we've taken another beating at home and should return the favour tomorrow night in Ottawa. That can't come
The other day I decided to share great videos from my youth. Thanks to GooTube, it's easy. First up was A-Ha's "Take On Me" and today I'm sharing Cyndi Lauper's "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough". "The Goonies 'R' Good Enough" isn't a particularly good song, but as a kid I
I got an interesting email from David today. He's a Tigers fan who lives in St. Louis. He wrote the following. I am trying to find some historical information from when Toronto and Oakland played each other in the League Championship Series. Specifically – I’m trying to track down some
All morning I've been fielding emails from Hip fans wanting to know the password for this morning's presale. This happens every time The Tragically Hip announce a new tour. If you Google tragically hip presale password, I'm #1 with a bullet, making me a prime target for such queries. When
I used to be all about the music video. Before MuchMusic came down to our level of cable I would watch Toronto Rocks and Video Hits after school. On weekends, there was the CHUM 30 countdown. When MuchMusic started delivering videos 24x7, I was in heaven. I rarely see videos
I see IE7 is available for download. I don't dare download it myself, but I've seen it in action and there are honest to goodness tabs at work. This IEBlog entry is from August, but if Microsoft delivered what they promised, many of those horrible CSS interpretation bugs from IE6
I hate to admit it, but I'm rooting for the Habs tonight. They're hosting the Sabres who are 8-0-0 out of the gate. Back in 1993-1994 the Toronto Maple Leafs set the NHL record by going 10-0-0 to start the season. If your memory of that tenth win is a
Jane Wyatt was 96. She was the lovely, serene actress who for six years on "Father Knows Best" was one of TV's favorite moms.
The Philadelphia Inquirer blog has a very interesting entry today regarding Bob Clarke. I highly recommend reading The Bobby Clarke Era as it contains an insightful quote from some guy named Toronto Mike. City of brotherly love, welcome.
Schadenfreude is pleasure derived from the misfortunes of others. It's a fairly obscure term, but I've used it twice before when writing about Lenny Wilkens' horrible performance in New York and Justin Gatlin getting caught using steroids. Now, I'm using it again. Bob Clarke is out as General Manager of
"The Hour", George Stroumboulopoulos' show on CBC Newsworld and CBC, is dedicating tonight's episode to a performance by The Tragically Hip. It airs on Newsword at 8pm and CBC proper at 11pm.
On the bright side, the Leafs applied some awesome pressure late in the third to force overtime. That cheer you heard was me when Jeff O'Neill scored with three minutes left to tie it at 4. This shootout loss ended our longest winning streak of the season. That's right, we've
"I threw the opening pitch at a Blue Jays game, and after the pitch, the mascot asked me if I wanted him to sign the game ball, which I thought was funny. What would he write? "Best Wishes, Some Guy in a Bird Suit"?" - Ken Jennings
Before I forget and while there's a pause in the overtime action, there is now an RSS feed for comments made on this site. A request was made and I thought it was a pretty good idea. This new comments feed is at http://www.torontomike.com/comments.xml. The
At Ricoh Coliseum this afternoon, I watched the Marlies absolutely dominate. We outshot the Rochester Americans 55-24 and led after only 2:18 of the first period. Did I mention we lost 3-1? For the third time in four nights, I was in the building to watch a professional Toronto
I'm a little concerned. On Wednesday, I attended the Leafs game at the ACC and witnessed an uninspired performance by the blue and white. The Avs creamed us 4-1. Last night I was at Skydome to watch the Argos host the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Again, the home team put in an
I missed this game because I was at the stadium formerly known as Skydome watching the Argos flounder. From what I've read, it sounds like our special teams stepped up and we played a pretty good home game. Kyle Wellwood stayed hot adding a goal and assist to lead the
"Check and mate. Now king me!"
My favourite movies set in Toronto ExoticaLast NightCrashStrange BrewCanadian Bacon
Brendan Shanahan is off to a great start with the Rangers. He's got 7 goals and 2 assists in his first seven games in New York. In Shanahan takes Manhattan, a Damien Cox piece in today's Toronto Star, Shanny offers up this delicious quote. Hey, growing up I got used
