At some point early yesterday morning, the company that hosts this site realized I was way over my bandwidth limit. In a bold attempt to extract some more coin from me, they threw up a 509: Bandwidth Limit Exceeded error and took me down for the remainder of the month.
I had never seen a minute of the reality show "Rock Star" until last night. Waiting for the season premiere of "Rescue Me", I stumbled upon "Rock Star" and stuck around for a bit when I heard someone was going to cover Nirvana's "Lithium". "Lithium" is one of my all-time
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. We are having a municipal election this fall and our current mayor is seeking re-election for his third term. Currently he has been charged with two counts of assault in June.
With the Canadian National Exhibition in full swing, this is the ideal time to revisit my "Tales from the Ex". Three years as a games booth attendant provided me with some pretty cool stories. Here are seven I shared during the summer of 2004. Read 'em while they're hot. Conklin
A woman in Hohhot, the capital of north China's Inner Mongolia region, crashed her car while giving her dog a driving lesson. I couldn't make that kind of thing up, it's true. She was letting her damn dog steer while she worked the pedals. Shockingly, she crashed. Unfortunately, she survived,
The Flickr MT plug-in I use for the home page displays the last seven pictures uploaded to my Flickr account in the sidebar. On every other page you'll see ads, but on the home page you see pictures. You'll see pictures, unless the image uploaded to my account is a
As I mentioned last week, I'm lucky enough to live in a riding that will be going to the polls in a couple of weeks to elect a new MPP. This has brought out the sign people. They come out every time there's an election, either Federally, Provincially or Municipally.
The Tragically Hip's "In View" from World Container - I was tipped off that the new Hip song "In View" was being previewed on the official Hip site. Here it is.
I came this close to being referred to in The National Post as an "internet wizard". Humble Howard Glassman has been writing editorials for the Post's Toronto section, and he recently submitted a column to his editor that referred to me by name, heaped praise upon me and gave a
"The easiest way for your children to learn about money is for you not to have any." - Katharine Whitehorn
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou: 7 out of 10. Ranking the four Wes Anderson films, this one ranks fourth in my books, but it's still a good film. That tells you how special his first three films were. "Bottle Rocket", "Rushmore", "The Royal Tenenbaums", that there's some comedic gold.
"Rock stars, is there anything they don't know?"
Taryn and I have been married for ten and a half years, but our oldest kid is just four and a half, so that means we had a good six years to kill. At some point in the late 90s, we "adopted" a virtual child. We called him Rufus. Rufus
My favourite songs to head bang and let loose to Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the NameSystem of a Down - Chop Suey!Slipknot - Wait and BleedMinistry - Jesus Built My HotrodDisturbed - Down With the Sickness
Maynard Ferguson was 78. He was the Canadian jazz trumpeter known for his soaring high notes and for recording the hit theme song to the film Rocky.
Forget what you have learned. Forget what they rammed down your throat in primary school about there being nine planets in our dinky little solar system. Forget My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nine Pies. You can replace that with My Very Excellent Mother Just Served Us Nothing. Pluto
Have you seen Stephen Colbert's send up of Wikipedia? It's very funny, but is it true? When I'm doing research, Wikipedia is often my first stop. Sadly, no Wikipedia page linked directly to this site, until now. Since anyone can edit a Wikipedia entry, I visited the Howard Glassman page
I have fond memories of the Humble & Fred morning show on CFNY Edge 102, and those memories sparked this entry back in 2004. A year later, I was saddened to learn Fred Patterson had been released of his duties at Mix 99.9 and Humble was Fred-less. On July
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. Seether - Immortality This is a cover of one
Late last night, as the clock struck 11pm, we in Raging Storm put the squeeze on the final out in an 11-5 victory. It was our final regular season game and we finished with a 10-5-1 record. It's been an interesting season to say the least. The Great Stats Debate
Frank Lennon was 79. He was the photographer best remembered for taking this picture of Paul Henderson celebrating his winning goal in the 1972 Summit Series.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. DR. PILL Occasionally I am sucked into watching the Dr. Phil Show with a young person who gets great delight from it - a sort of sanitized, upscale Jerry Springer show
Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons is a competitive and fiesty guy. He might be a little too competitve and fiesty. For the second time this season, Gibbons has been involved in a potential/possible/plausible punch-up with one of his players. Yesterday, it was Gibbons vs. Ted Lilly at
No, we're not expecting a third kid, but this might be just the push I need. It's pure genius, a bonafide aphrodisiac. This company "transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies, sending your little one to a slumberland of sweet dreams." The two I have my eye on are
Lucky me, I get to vote again on September 14th. Gerard Kennedy was my MPP but he decided he might aim a little higher and shoot for federal Liberal leadership. That left the Parkdale-High Park seat open and we'll fill the sucker next month. Kennedy, of course, was a member
