My last eight haircuts have synched up with my son's last eight haircuts. I took him to get his first professional cut back in March 2005 and I had my hair cut that day to kill two birds with one stone. We've been killing birds that way ever since. I've
A Good Year: 7 out of 10. I spent yesterday evening attending the opening gala of the new Sir Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe film, "A Good Year". The world premiere was held at Roy Thomson Hall as part of the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and I was lucky
"Most of us do not consciously look at movies." - Roger Ebert
Cars: 7 out of 10. "Cars" was released in early June, but I only got around to taking James to see it this afternoon. Half decent movies you can take your four year old to are few and far between. Thank goodness for Pixar. I was entertained, and that's all
"I didn't need that fact... now I forgot who won Bud Bowl 8."
Pope Benedict XVI is pissed at us. With seven Ontario bishops in attendance, Pope Benny let them know Canadian laws supporting same-sex marriage and abortion has excluded "God from the public sphere". He's also pissed at Catholic politicians here in Canada who are apparently ignoring the values of their religion,
Today is the last day of Frosh week at U of T. I just watched the parade shut down traffic along Bloor. I took some photos I'll share tonight. During my first year of university at the University of Toronto, I made a point to skip Frosh week entirely. I
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Online Alarm Clock - I'm not sure I'd actually need such a thing, but it's nice knowing it's out there if I do. It even works.
I mentioned that we in the Parkdale - High Park riding are going to the polls this month in a provincial by-election to replace Gerard Kennedy as MPP. Signs, signs, everywhere there're signs. Now we have a little smear campaign against NDP candidate Cheri DiNovo to make things a little
I'm going to let you in on a little secret. If you're a student at the University of Toronto, there's a way to save a bundle on rent. There's only one catch. You have to be married. In 1996 I was married and therefore qualified for subsidized housing through the
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. Gordon Downie - Hallelujah This is the famous Gord
IGN.com has come up with a list of the top 25 guest appearances in the seventeen year history of "The Simpsons". I've often contemplated writing such a list, but IGN.com beat me to the punch. Here's their top 25. #25: Glenn Close #24: Aerosmith #23: The Hullapalooza Performers
The TIFF vs. Cannes: which is the premiere film festival in the galaxy? According to Wikipedia, the Toronto International Film Festival has the bigger attendance figures and Roger Ebert himself says "Toronto is more useful and more important". If we're not #1 we're a close #2 and we're definitely the
The Toronto Star introduced Star P.M. today. To quote the Star P.M. page, it's "a free, downloadable afternoon daily newspaper in PDF format". At 4:27pm I received an email from the Star letting me know today's issue was ready for downloading. I decided to give Star P.
According to the official Toronto Mike countdown clock, there are only 29 days, 3 hours, 48 minutes, and 42 seconds left until the Toronto Maple Leafs regular season opener!
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. NFL Hall of Fame or PRO football Hall of Fame.That is the?Sorry Dan Marino - Damon Allen has to be there.Unbeleivable stats. He is still playing - fortunateley
With a shovel pass to Arland Bruce III at 5:02 of the third quarter, Damon Allen made football history. Bruce III's 29-yard touchdown run put Allen over Warren Moon's pro football record of 70,533 yards. Damon Allen is unquestionably the most prolific passer in professional football history. As
It just so happens that my shower radio is tuned to 102.1 and my morning showers last week coincided with a bit where the CFNY morning guys made fun of carnies working the Canadian National Exhibition. Throughout the CNE it's common for carnie jokes to resurface. I suspect carnies
It's been quite the week for this little site of mine. On Thursday, the company that was hosting this site suddenly realized I had blown past my bandwidth allotment for August. The thing is, I had exceeded my limit back on August 14. I just assumed it was a very
Steve Irwin was 44. He was the hugely popular Australian television personality and conservationist known as the "Crocodile Hunter."
"You can't spell "dishonorable" without "honorable"."
Cassette Generator - I totally dig this. It's like, so 80s. It takes me back.
Charlie Wagner was 93. He pitched for the Boston Red Sox during the 1930s and '40s and worked for the organization for 70 years.
Glenn Ford was 90. He was the Canadian actor who starred in movies such as The Blackboard Jungle, Gilda and The Big Heat during a 53-year Hollywood career.
