I mentioned I watched "Dave Chapelle: For What It's Worth" the other day. Chapelle closes with a little story that summarizes perfectly how I'm feeling these days. He's talking about his three year old son giving him a necklace made out of macaroni. Chapelle's looking down at his kid and
The Girl Next Door: 5 out of 10. I enjoyed "The Girl Next Door" far more than I expected to. It seemed to pick up steam as it went along and the last half hour is actually enjoyable. Some decent tunes throughout didn't hurt matters either. Oh yeah, and Elisha
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in iTunes the Quintessential Player and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today. 99 Problems - DJ Danger MouseSuper Disco Breakin' - Beastie BoysMy Music At Work - The Tragically HipWelcome Home (Sanitarium) -
I was a Winamp guy for most of my MP3 life until I test drove iTunes last month. The searchability and sortability of iTunes won me over and it was my player of choice for the past six months. There was one thing though that wasn't quite right. iTunes was
Paul Hester was 46. He was the drummer from popular 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House.
CBC Radio has completed their quest to come up with a great list of the 50 essential Canadian popular songs. You can view the list in its entirety. Below are the top ten. 'Four Strong Winds' by Ian and Sylvia (1963)'If I had $1000000' by the Barenaked Ladies (1992)
With March winding down we're half way there. SLS12 wrapped up just before Christmas and we'll be unveiling the songs for SLS13 at the end of June. For the unaware, there's an SLS guide. Looking over my notes it appears we're in pretty good shape. There are some great tunes
The St. John's Maple Leafs got production from seven different players, including four points from their leading scorers David Ling, Kyle Wellwood and Matt Stajan last night. The end result was a tidy 7-2 victory over the Manitoba Moose. That's more like it.Current Record Recent GamesSeason Leaders40-26-1-3 83 points7-2
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures. Two are from this morning following the great Easter hunt 2005 and two are of Michelle and her cousin Zander yesterday. Michelle and Zander were born on the same crazy day back in July.
It's been a great Easter morning in our household and I hope it's the same in yours. James thoroughly enjoyed hunting for Easter eggs and I'll be posting the photographic evidence later today. It looks like it's going to be a perfect Sunday for a nice long walk so that's
"He is risen; he is not here." - Mark 16:6
Paul Henning was 93. He created the hit TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" and wrote its theme song.
Dinosaurs Attacking torontomike.com - Yes, I'm under attack. There are also those damn smokers and Martians. Help!
I'm in a great deal of pain this morning. My side is still aching from watching "Dave Chapelle: For What It's Worth" last night. Hot damn that was some funny shite. It might just be the funniest hour I've ever watched. I seriously don't remember the last time I laughed
I've added eight new CDs to my MP3 collection. The new additions are Broken Social Scene's "You Forgot It In People", Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' "The Best Of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds", Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's two CDs from "Amadeus", Stevie Wonder's two volumes of "Song Review:
"We'll die together, like a father and son should."
It's been about ten years since I've had a video game console in the house. The last one I had such access to was the Super Nintendo but I left it behind when I moved into my first apartment at 21. Lately I've been thinking about my good ol' Nintendo
Yahoo! is testing a Creative Commons search utility. "This Yahoo! Search service finds content across the Web that has a Creative Commons license. While most stuff you find on the web has a full copyright, this search helps you find content published by authors that want you to share or
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. you're correct. My beef IS with the Crown. she shouldn't be in society.nuff saidThe LyonAnd so completes The Lyon's trilogy. Here's part one and here's part two.
Good things about working on a statutory holiday The roads are emptyThere's hardly anyone in the officeSomebody brought in donutsNo meetingsI'm taking Monday off
David Ling scored a pair but the Leafs were outshot 32-25 by the Manitoba Moose in a losing effort. With the win, Manitoba moves six points ahead of St. John's for second in the North Division.Current Record Recent GamesSeason Leaders39-26-1-3 80 points6-4 Loss vs. Monitoba 2-0 Loss vs. Hamilton
Barney Martin was 82. He was a former New York City detective who went into show business and became best known for playing Jerry Seinfeld's father Morty on the comedian's hit television series. It's rough when a player on one of your favourite shows of all time passes away. I've
I'm a little behind on posting songs to this site that I've submitted via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS13 consideration. This is a good opportunity to clean out my SLS closet. I have submitted the following songs. They'll all get strong consideration. For more on SLS, check out
Rod Price was 57. He was a founding member of the blues boogie band Foghat.
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. re: bernardo/homolka case: I hear you, but in all honestly...if he wasn't the one pulling the strings ..then do we risk another young girl to find out? Will anyone
