On Easter Sunday, I hooked up with the usual suspects to break bread and celebrate. Steve dropped the opening line from my bad ass rap song and Vanessa chuckled. You see, when I was a silly teenager in the late 80s, I wrote a rap song. Originally it was just
It started innocently enough. Last night, at about 10:00 pm with the kids asleep and a little time on my hands, I decided to muck around with the css for this site. By 11:00 pm I was modifying templates and completely redesigning the side bar options. This afternoon,
There's been a see-saw battle between Marc and Enzo all week. Meanwhile, Steve crept out of the basement on the back of Peter Forsberg. I watched a good chunk of that game last night and Forsberg is just an unbelievable playoff performer. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.
"I can't believe it! Reading and writing actually paid off!"
Steve Howe was 48. He was a former major league pitcher whose career took a downward spiral due to substance abuse.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. I just read an article about former star pitcher Steve Howe of the Los Angeles Dodgers. He dies today in a traffic accident.I remember when he was a star pitcher
With Ken Dryden's announcement earlier today, there are now ten candidates in the Liberal party leadership race. Eight of them happen to hail from Toronto, a city near and dear to this blogger's heart. The ten hopefuls, in alphabetical order, are: Maurizio BevilacquaCarolyn BennettScott BrisonStephan DionKen DrydenMartha Hall FindlayGerard KennedyMichael
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. An amazing sight driving to & home from work today. The sight of a plane crash with pieces of fuselage, etc, clothing, baggage, destroyed cars, etc. strewn all over Goreway Dr.
My favourite "war" songs War At 33 1/3 - Public EnemyMasters of War - Pearl JamCivil War - Guns N' RosesWar - Edwin StarrWar Pigs - Ozzy Osbourne
Neil Young - Living With War - Neil Young is streaming his new political disc over the web for free. Very cool.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Now that the Leafs have fired Pat Quinn, I have a few suggestions for trading/acquiring players: 1.Todd Bertuzzi - will do fine in Toronto 2.Marc Savard 3.Sean
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. I WISH STEPHEN COLBERT WOULD REALIZE HE IS JOHN STUART'S PUPPET NOT HIS AUDIUANCES'. I WAS AT A TAPING AND I FOUND HIM INCREDIBLY INSULTING (hateful even) TO HIS VIEWERS. If
In 2004, Marc won this pool with 88 points. In 2003, Pops won with 91. This year, goals are being scored at a record pace and already Enzo has 40. It's the new NHL, folks. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2006hockeypool.html.
Brent Runyon’s folk cover of Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” - Those who know me know I know every word to this song and will rap it on command. This is a nice little folksy cover of the classic Public Enemy tune.
The annual Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge Amphitheatre in the state of Washington has an absolutely killer line up. It's frighteningly good, actually, with all the bands you want to see and more. There's some fantastic Cancon too. Here's the line up: NINE INCH NAILS, BEN HARPER, THE FLAMING
What we once called Revolution is now Wii. That's the name Nintendo is going with for its new console. From what I've read on the Interwebs this afternoon, people don't like the name Wii. I instantly liked it. For one thing, it looks good in print. the two i's side
Toronto Maple Leaf defenseman Aki Berg has signed with TPS Turku of Finland's SM-liiga. I, for one, am really going to miss having him around. I'm not going to miss him because he was particularly valuable or skilled, but because he was always there when blame needed to be applied.
Dallas' loss means I'm most likely done. Although I'm currently in fourth, I banked on a long run from the Stars and without them I'm toast. Speaking of toast, I'm going to make some right now. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.com/2006hockeypool.html.
Pat Marsden was 69. He was the former sportscaster best known for his play-by-play coverage of the Canadian Football League telecasts in the 1970s and 1980s.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Alright Boon,So now it´s April 26 and yesterday we have arrived in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. We have officially one week left on our adventure, yup we will touch
Wow x 2. Victoria, British Columbia native Steve Nash will be named the Most Valuable Player of the National Basketball Association for the second year in a row. You may recall he won it last year, and I suggested he run for Prime Minister. He is only the 10th player
It's been about two years since I installed the Audioscrobbler plug-in to track the tunes I play on my computer. This thing operates so far under the radar I totally forget about it. My personal Last.fm page has been keeping track of every song I've played since then (42952
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. John Lennon - Mind Games This one is dedicated
Enzo and Marc keep racking up points and now lead with a whopping 31. Ryan isn't far behind with 27. Everyone else is at least ten points back and Steve trails by twenty, despite having a pretty good day at the office. For the current standings, visit http://www.torontomike.
It's been three months since I've written about Stephen Harper and his Conservative crew. I wanted to take some time to let the dust settle and see whether my fears he'd be a Dubya Jr. were justified. He's been Prime Minister of Canada for three months and what I've seen
