That was a strange one. The power at Mellon Arena went off twice for a total of 44 minutes, there was a small generator fire and the only goal of the game came on a third period penalty shot by my hero and yours, Chad Kilger. This was a vital
James and I went downtown to watch the St. Patrick's Day Parade this afternoon. We also attended the 2005 Santa Claus Parade last November which permits me to juxtapose these two downtown Toronto parades. With the Santa Claus Parade, you have to show up hours early and fight for a
Bill Beutel was 75. He was a longtime television news anchor and host of the show that became ABC's "Good Morning America."
South Park Scientology Episode - Rumour has it Tom Cruise got this episode pulled from Comedy Central by threatening not to promote "Mission: Impossible 3." You see, Viacom owns both Comedy Central and Paramount which is releasing "Mission: Impossible 3." Watch it here while you can...
Early in the second period, I recieved an instant message from my mother. It simply read "horrible". The Rangers had just scored to go up 2-0 and my mom knew what we all knew. The Leafs weren't coming back. I'm surprised we even managed to break the shutout. It was
"On the seventh day the Lord rested, but before that he did, he squatted over the side of England and what came out of him... was Ireland. No offence son." - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting, Gangs of New York
Homicides in the GTA, 2006 - From the Toronto Star, this is a handy way to track murders in the 416.
Geoffrey Chaucer has a blog. I only mention that because it segues nicely into a little story from my third year at the University of Toronto. In order to fulfill my obligations to the Department of English, I had to take a course on Chaucer. It was mandatory that we
Open Source Windows - This is a simple list of the best free and open source software for Windows. I personally use Mozilla Firefox, Gaim and Gimp daily.
Over the past couple of weeks there have been a few extended periods of down time for this site. The people that host this site tell me they've had server issues. The most recent outage was this morning from about 05:00 to 11:00 EST. That sucks. I'll be
"Marge, you're as pretty as Princess Leia and as smart as Yoda."
"Irish" songs in my collection Irish Lasses - Ashley MacIsaacIrish Paddy/Festival Reel/Roger's Reel - Great Big SeaA Walk In The Irish Rain - The Irish DescendantsThe Irish Rover - The PoguesIrish Rover - The Irish Descendants
Some of you may have noticed this site looking a little green this week. This St. Patrick's Day theme is no accident. Today is the Catholic feast day which celebrates the patron saint of Ireland. Some essential St. Patrick's Day resources for ya: Toronto St. Patrick's Day ParadeSaint Patrick's Day
Will everyone back off! We've had the world's tallest freestanding structure for thirty damn years and now every time I read the news somebody's trying to steal that claim. Our CN Tower soars 553 metres high. Chicago announced today they're building a 610 metre structure called Fordham Spire. Earlier in
Dammit, even when we play well we lose in Buffalo. When I watched Mike Grier undress Aki Berg in the third to score the go ahead goal, my heart sank. The curse of Punch Imlach continues... On the positive side of the ledger, Mikael Tellqvist played another strong game and
Quick. Name the Pearl Jam single that has debuted the highest on Billboard's Radio Monitor modern rock chart. I hear some of you saying "Jeremy", others are saying "Daughter", someone just said "Spin The Black Circle" and I'm sure I just heard "Given To Fly". Good guesses all of them,
I hate being teased and those blue and white sweatered SOBs are doing it again. The writing was on the wall. On February 23 I called for the axing of Pat Quinn, on March 1 I begged Quinn to relieve Ed Belfour of his #1 goaltender status, on March 3
My life long dream has finally been realized. I'm now the #1 search result when you Google how to gut a pig.
cbcwatch - I'm a fan of the CBC, both on television and on the radio. I truly enjoy their programs and documentaries and always turn to them first for the news. Many, however, believe the CBC to be too liberal and keep a close eye on their alleged bias. This
Roy Alvin "Red" Storey was 88. He played with the Toronto Argonauts, winning the Grey Cup in 1937 and 1938, and he was the Chief Referee of the NHL from 1950 to 1959.
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. House Of Pain - Top O' The Morning To
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Ernie & Buck together again with Mr. Gibbons at the helm. Mr Ted Rogers go for it. Unity!!dwrI'm sold. Buck Martinez got a raw deal last time he came through
The stats will tell you Ben Ondrus is pointless in his NHL career. I beg to differ. As I see it, he's helped earn seven of a possible eight points when it was most necessary. The Leafs have yet to lose in the Ben Ondrus era. That was an exciting
Reading about South Korea's victory over the United States at the 2006 World Baseball Classic, I came across a quote from USA manager Buck Martinez regarding Hee-Seop Choi's three-run homer. It was only then that I realized our two catchers for much of the 80s were well represented in this
I just submitted a tune for SLS15 consideration. I submitted "I Bet You Look Good On the Dance Floor" from the Arctic Monkeys. This band has a lot of buzz following them around... we'll see if they live up to expectations. It's a good single though and it's got me
