The Toronto Maple Leafs powerplay strategy this season is clear. Pass around the puck, get the puck to Bryan McCabe at the blue line and let him wind up and rifle a shot at the net. Ideally, McCabe scores like he did twice last night. If he doesn't score, there
A few weeks ago, Stephen Dame wrote me to ask if it was okay to link to this picture from his Tragically Hip site. It was that day that I first visited A Museum After Dark. It's a tremendous resource for Hip fans. I love the thoroughness of the extraordinary
Listening to The National Playlist on CBC radio this morning, I heard a song entitled "The Bridge" from a Toronto-based band from Windsor called Elliot Brood. Prior to today, I had never heard of Elliot Brood. One listen to "The Bridge" and I was impressed. It's a very cool single
There are thirty people in my NFL pool. Of these thirty people, three are members of my immediate family. That means four of thirty are Boon's, which is 13%. With my mom's win this week, Boon's have won three times in ten weeks. That's a success rate of 30%. Now
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. Tic - HelmetShadow Stabbing - CakeGeek U.S.A. - Smashing PumpkinsGo It Alone - BeckProtect
Eduardo Gory Guerrero was 38. He was a World Wrestling Entertainment superstar.
David Cross' Rant - With the cancellation of television's funniest show, this QuickTime video of a David Cross outtake says it all nicely.
pillow fight @ dundas square - Here are some pix from yesterday's pillow fight at Dundas Square in Toronto.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. Today is my mother's ninetieth birthday. I am so grateful to have had her in my life all these years. She is not doing as well as one might wish upon
My beloved Grandma turns 90 years young today. In my life there have been very few who I could trust to love me unconditionally. Grandma is one of those rare few and that's worth its weight in gold. I'm not alone in wishing Grandma congratulations on her ninetieth. There are
There was a great exchange between Marge and Bart last night on "The Simpsons". While riding a bicycle built for two, they begin singing Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama" together. We witness them singing the following verse about our very own Neil Young. Well, I heard Mister Young sing about
A Love Song for Bobby Long: 6.5 out of 10. Often I'll skip a movie simply because it stars John Travolta. Sure, Travolta was in my favourite movie of all time, but I consider that the genius of Quentin Tarantino and not a credit to Travolta. I was going
With 2:28 remaining in the third, we got our miracle. The puck somehow fell into the net from behind on a crazy shot by Jason Allison and the game was tied. In OT, a wicked shot by Jeff O'Neill beat Jose Theodore and the good guys secured an important
"You can't jump a jet plane, like you can a freight train." - Gordon Lightfoot, Early Morning Rain
I've added 13 new CDs to my MP3 collection. Here they are... Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Great Summit - The Master TakesLouis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - The Making Of The Great SummitLouis Armstrong - Louis Armstrong's All Time Greatest HitsLouis Armstrong - Louis and The Good
A bunch of Sony BMG Music Entertainment CDs were recently sold with copy-protection technology that not only hides the copy protection from view, but also leaves open a hole that could hide other malicious software. The software is intended to prevent us from burning too many copies of the CD
This game was a great deal closer than the score suggests. You can add this to the list of games we've lost that we should have won. In April, when we miss the playoffs by 2 points, we'll have plenty of games to blame. We've now lost four straight road
"You know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car!"
A giant, urban pillow fight has just been scheduled for Sunday afternoon at 14:00 EST at Dundas Square. Specifics on where to meet at Dundas Square are available here. Here are the rules... Soft pillows only! Do not hit anyone who does not have a pillow. Do not hit
The funniest show on television has just been cancelled. Fox cut the third-season order on the Emmy-winning "Arrested Development" to 13 episodes which means we don't have many moments remaining with the Bluth family. The ratings are so bad, Fox won't let the show near November sweeps so we'll have
My favourite "remember" songs Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio - The RamonesRemember - DisturbedI Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlanI Remember You - Skid RowDo You Remember - Jack Johnson
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following entry earlier today. omg i dont no wat to do every one that i think are gay keep caling me solar panal because i have a big head and i no why the **** do
The NBA record for futility belongs to the 1972-73 Philadelphia 76ers who finished that season 9-73. They began the season with 15 straight losses, and also recorded losing streaks of 20, 14, and finally 13 to end the season. The Raptors, out of the gate 0-4 and looking dreadful, are
When Chris Carpenter was named the National League Cy Young Award winner yesterday, I started thinking of what might have been. Carpenter and Roy Halladay were once the bright future of our Toronto Blue Jays, until Carpenter suffered a serious shoulder injury and flew the coop after the 2002 season.
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved,
