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. My Life - Billy JoelGreen Onions - Booker T. & the M.G.'sDown Another Day
For the second Christmas season in a row, I spent some time with "Bad Santa". Sure, I watched "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" with the kids, but "Bad Santa" was for Daddy. It, in my humble opinion, is a modern Christmas classic that deserves to be
In his illustrious NHL career, The Great Wayne Gretzky scored 894 goals and added 1963 assists for a total of 2857 points. There is nobody like him. He's the greatest player ever to play the sport. I've loved him for as long as I can remember. I shared some of
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures. In anticipation of Ryan's big birthday bash and the arrival of St. Nick I'm wiping clean my xD cards.
Powers of Ten - A film made for IBM in 1977 to explore the effects or adding a zero.
I've previously declared myself a tweener. We tweeners are those people who are realistic and objective about their team. We stick with our team no matter how it's doing but we have a sense of what's really going on. The tweener in me realizes the Leafs are a far worse
"I've been to Canada, and I've always gotten the impression that I could take the country over in about two days." - Jon Stewart
In addition to listing their official selections for movies of the year, AFI also lists their TV programs of the year. I just wrote about only seeing one of their ten movies but I can also cop to watching but one of their ten television programs. The one I did
In the years between being a kid and having kids of my own, the Christmas season was missing something. Not being a particularly religious guy, Christmas requires a child-like innocence and excitement to elevate it from a couple of days off to something magic. Although it's only December 17, this
I just read the AFI Movies of the Year Official Selections. I've seen one movie on their list. In my defense, I'm notoriously late getting to movies because I see so few in theaters and many of these are awfully fresh. A number of the movies below are on my
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. The Christmas Massacre of Charlie Brown - DJ John
"I'm not a bath man myself. More of a cologne man."
Wanna hear what Dubya has to say about his iPod? He chatted briefly with Fox News anchor Brit Hume about it after Hume asked him what was on his iPod these days. Here's the transcript. Bush : Beach Boys, Beatles, let's see, Alan Jackson, Alan Jackson, Alejandro, Alison Krauss, the Angels,
My favourite Winter songs Winterlong - Neil YoungA Hazy Shade Of Winter - Simon & GarfunkelSong For A Winter's Night - Sarah McLachlanWinter Time - The Steve Miller BandWinter Song - Crash Test Dummies
John Spencer was 58. He played Leo McGarry on "The West Wing" and Tommy Mullaney on "L.A. Law".
Howard Stern Don't Bleeping Miss This - In 44 minutes Yahoo! is covering the Howard Stern festivities on the streets of New York as he concludes his career on terrestrial radio.
You know they're busy setting up the Storm Centre at 680News in anticipation of tonight's storm. Earlier today they were predicting up to 30 cm but now I see they've downgraded it to 5-10 cm. Hell, if they thought we were getting 2 cm they'd be in full Storm Centre
Listening to the second last live broadcast of Howard Stern's radio show on WBUF this morning I started thinking about my Toronto morning radio history. I've been with Howard for about eight years but before that I spent time with several other morning shows in Toronto. Here's a brief recount
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. The joke's been on us since we first elected these corrupt promise breakers in 1993.TeederYou're right Teeder, the joke has been on us for a while. The joke's on us
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Dubya & Steven Harper a marriage made in heaven - too bad Mr. Harper doesn't accept these type of marriages. What a joke!!!!!!!!!!!!!AnonymousThis is the election nobody wanted. We're all
Watching "Arrested Development" these days is bitter sweet. It's sweet because it's so damn funny and smart but it's bitter because I know the end is near. Or is it? There's word that Showtime is in talks to pick up the comedy. Nothing's certain but just knowing they're talking about
Patrick Basham's commentary in The Washington Times from earlier this month is entitled "Gift From Canada?" and it's all about Stephen Harper putting a big ol' smile on Dubya's face. According to Basham, Harper may be Canada's Christmas gift to Bush. Here are some excerpts from the article. Why does
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. Vince Guaraldi Trio - O Tannenbaum I love "A
Golden Globes 2006: The nominations - The nominations for the 2006 Golden Globe Awards for film and TV productions have been announced in Hollywood. Here are the nominees in selected categories.
Stanley Tookie Williams was 51. He was the Crips gang co-founder whose case stirred a national debate about capital punishment versus the possibility of redemption. He became an anti-gang activist while on California's Death Row, renouncing his gang affiliation, apologizing for the Crips' founding, and co-authoring books and beginning programs
