The 100 songs for my brother's wedding have been finalized, burned and are ready for the big day. It's 6.9 hours worth of tunes, so it's highly unlikely anyone will ever hear the same song twice. Yesterday I received a request from the bride to produce a second mix
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a tie for first place. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2006hockeypool.html.
We've been preparing for the big Ricky Williams signing here in Toronto for a week now. There are loads of conflicting reports out there, but the fact is Williams has been in Toronto all week and he visited with the Argonauts yesterday, even watching a practice from afar. If it
After brushing her teeth, Michelle was ready for daddy to give her a hug and kiss and lift her into her crib. I gently lowered her onto her stomach, patted her back, told her I loved her and said goodnight. She replied with a "goodnight daddy", but followed that up
Capote: 7.5 out of 10. This is an exceptional acting performance in a pretty decent movie. I'd recommend it based on Philip Seymour Hoffman's performance alone, but the movie isn't bad either. I didn't think it was a great flick, but it's got some depth to it and might
Ryan picked up a whopping five points last night and now only trails Marc by two. We're talking some major scratch here. You can cut the intensity with a knife. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2006hockeypool.html.
Ian Copeland was 57. He was a pioneering booking agent and music promoter credited with helping launch the "new wave" alternative rock movement of the 1970s and '80s with such bands as the Police, the B-52's and R.E.M.
A couple of years ago I wrote an entry entitled "America Doesn't Like Hockey". I thought it best that we all just accept this fact and move on without taking America's disinterest as a slight against our game. The game may be more exciting now than it was then, but
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. Oasis - Let There Be Love I plucked this
Edmonton was lucky to make the playoffs. After squeaking in, nobody gave them a chance against the Red Wings. Then, nobody gave them much of a chance against the Sharks. Now they're just one win away from the cup final and the bandwagon is filling up fast. Go Oilers Go!
Tonight we played an effiicent game with solid defense and timely hitting to improve to 2-0 on the season. An unnamed player on our team brilliantly pulled a Canseco, running to the warning track to make a catch only to have the ball bounce out of his glove and over
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. BBall season is upon us. 2 kids playing for 2 different REP teams. 1 playing a division up - he's 14 playing with 15-17 year olds & holding his own so
We had the NBA's fifth worst record at 27-55 but we ended up jumping four spots to win our first draft lottery tonight. With Bryan Colangelo at the helm, this couldn't have worked out better. Actually, that's not true. We could have won this thing when Lebron James was available.
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Lots of bands cover Joy Division's "Love Will Tear Us Apart". Here's a pretty good list complete with MP3s.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Re: Blenders Worst Songs Ever: Wow, this sure generated lots of discussion between Hubby and me. Here are our thoughts:Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (Beatles).......This is such a happy tune and reminds
Blender has listed the 50 worst songs ever. It's fun to agree with lists like this, but it's even more fun to disagree. Below are seven songs I enjoy that made Blender's list. R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People - C'mon Blender, is this one really so bad? True,
In any draft, somebody has to go first. In our pool, we each pull numbers out of a hat. If you end up picking last, as I did, that's just the way it goes. I like to think drafting first isn't that bit of an advantage, but crunching the numbers
Last summer was just brutal for wasps in our neighbourhood. Not just those pesky white Anglo-Saxon Protestants but also those annoying insects who showed up for every BBQ just to piss me off. I'm always on the look out for a solution to this problem and I'm intrigued by this
She's done it again. She died in 1901 after a reign of more than sixty-three years but she continues to bring delight to Canadians over 100 years later. Every year on this day I'm thankful for the holiday but upset it's in honour of a Queen of the United Kingdom
This weekend I paid tribute to the old Runnymede Theatre which is no longer a theatre. I lamented that the days of smaller, charming neighbourhood movie theatres are long gone. Today, another nail was hammered into that coffin when it was announced three of Toronto's repertory cinemas will close at
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today with a personal story about one of them. Something's Got To Give - Beastie BoysGuinnevere - Crosby, Stills & NashWhen World's Collide - Powerman
Looking back on that fateful day we drafted our players, nobody wanted to touch the Oilers. Steve was first to dive in, making his ninth pick of ten Ryan Smyth. Three others followed with their final selection, but that was it. Only four Oilers were drafted by four different poolies.
In the mid 90s, Alex Gonzalez was touted as a can't miss prospect for the Blue Jays. Although not a great batter, he was a stellar defensive shortstop who gave us eight promising years. In 2001 he hit .253 with 17 homers, 76 RBIs and stole 18 bases. He also
Freddie Garrity was 69. He was the lead singer of the 1960s pop band Freddie and the Dreamers who hit the top of the charts with the 1965 hit "I'm Telling You Now".
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies." - Aristotle
