Wow. I knew they'd be bad, but I didn't think they'd be this bad. Our Raptors are 1-15. It's the 1997-98 season all over again. That year we came out of the gates 1-19 en route to a 16-66 mark. If we manage to win 16 games this year, I'll
My favourite December songs December 4th - Jay-ZA Long December - Counting CrowsDecember - Collective SoulDecember - WeezerDecember Will Be Magic - Kate Bush
When Firefox 1.5 was released the other day, I was quick to install it. It truly creates a better web experience and I encourage all of you to download and install it right now. One of my favourite Firefox extensions is Adblock which filters ads from web pages. I've
You never forget your first. Mikael Tellqvist stopped 28 shots for his first career shutout as the Leafs beat the Thrasher for the sixth time in a row. We've outscored these guys 18-2 this season. What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, we were tied for eighth in the Eastern
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. After reading your 3rd anniversary post, I noticed the part about the 'self-inflicted gunshot wound'. I don't think we've ever heard your opinion on all the conspiracy theories floating around Kurt
When Custom first sent me fourteen new tracks he was working on, I was blown away. What I haven't been able to write about until today is that he also shared with me a bunch of tunes that he was producing, performing and attributing to a side project he called
Fans of The Hip should mark December 7th on their calendars. Global Television is airing a special entitled "That Night In Toronto" at 22:00 EST. To borrow a piece I just read in The National Post, "If you don't love the Tragically Hip, then you just don't love Canada.
Wendie Jo Sperber was 47. She appeared in dozens of television shows and movies, including all three "Back to the Future" films.
I believe we're going to the well too often. In five powerplay opportunities, including a rather lengthy two man advantage, the strategy was to feed the puck to Bryan McCabe so he could rifle it home. It didn't work last night and we lost a game we should have won.
CIA - The World Factbook - Canada - A tremendous resource for boatloads of information about the best 9,984,670 square kilometres in the world.
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 Waltons - The Naked Rain Last week I
Stan Berenstain was 82. He created the popular children's books about the Berenstain Bears. James and I share a love for these characters. We've spent many a night reading books from the Berenstain Bears catalogue and the cartoon on Treehouse is a definite favourite.
Three years ago today, I added a Blog page to this web site. The morning of November 30, 2002, I heard "You Know You're Right" on the radio and realized that I'm hearing the same voices I was hearing ten years earlier. I banged off a quick summary of my
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. The Catholic Church must realize this is the 21st century not the 19th. Philosophies & life as a whole changes. What would you do if one of your kids came out
I watched the half time show during the Grey Cup on Sunday. For those who didn't, it was the Black Eyed Peas performing a variety of their hits and causing a little controversy. From what I can tell, there are three reasons for this controversy. I'll list the three reasons
Pandora - Discover music.
Way to lead the Catholic church into the 21st century, Benny. Some of us are desperately hungry for a sign of enlightenment from your institution. Instead, it's the same old same old. Today, in his first major ruling as Pope, Benny imposed restrictions on homosexuals entering the Catholic priesthood, saying
Ed Belfour has tied Terry Sawchuk for second place on the NHL's career victory list with 447. He played a great game, stopping 34 of 35 shots and helping us survive a second period onslaught. As previously mentioned, Bryan McCabe scored the winner while we had a two man advantage,
It wasn't that long ago that Steve and I were making fun of Ryan for owning a #24 Bryan McCabe jersey. He was having an off year and was always embarrassing himself with that ridiculous butt-check. That very same Bryan McCabe just rifled a one timer past Roberto Luongo to
Clare Laking died Saturday at the age of 106. Laking was a private with the Canadian Field Artillery, 27th Battery, 4th Brigade. It is believed that he was the last Canadian veteran of The Great War to have seen action, having fought on the front line. Mr. Laking... thanks.
We're about a month away from the unveiling of SLS14. SLS, as you know, releases an edition twice a year and contains what we deem to be the best new rock from the six month period. I spent some time on the weekend listening to your nominations and paring down
Oh no, I seem to have upset the Central Intelligence Agency. Now they're demanding answers. Check out this email I recently received. From: Admin@cia.gov To: listening@*****.com Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 09:38:40 -0500 Subject: Virus Found in message "You visit illegal websites" Dear Sir/Madam,
Panoramic photo taken from the first level of the CN Tower - I'm pretty sure I've linked to this before but it's worth a revisit. It's a tremendous view of the city from the CN Tower in 360° glory.
Yesterday I heard The Pursuit of Happiness' "Hard To Laugh" on CFNY Edge 102. It was the first time I've heard a song on the radio from TPOH that wasn't "I'm An Adult Now" in many years. Earlier in the week, I read this which discusses "When We Ruled: The
Ryan, it seems, has an uncanny ability to predict celebrity deaths. Since we drafted our little Dead Pool back in September of 2000, six of Ryan's 15 celebrities have passed on. That's not particularly impressive, both Steve and I could make the same claim, but Ryan has the two youngest
