This one's for all the marbles. Canada faces Russia for Gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship in minutes. As promised, I'm blogging the game. I want this one bad. Boys, it's time to kick ass. Bring it home. 20:09 - Yes! Ryan Getzlaf scores on a great drop
Ryne Sandberg was voted into the baseball Hall of Fame this afternoon. He appeared on 76.2 per cent of ballots, just above the 75 per cent cutoff. Personally, I don't think Sandberg belongs in the Hall of Fame. He was a fantastic second baseman for the Cubs with some
The Calgary Herald went to press last week with quite the tsunami photo on their front page. Here it is, in case you don't read the Calgary Herald. It is an undoctored photo of a tsunami, only it's a couple of years old. Great photo, wrong tsunami. Oops.
Stop the presses. During the live New Year's Eve broadcast of "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno", Motley Crue rocker Vince Neil turned to bandmate Tommy Lee and said, "Happy fucking New Year, Tommy!" East coast viewers watching NBC after midnight heard the F-bomb in its entirety. Pray for their
Finally back from his lovely Moroccan vacation, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced yesterday that Canada would double its aid to victims of the tsunami disaster to $80 million, putting us in the forefront of developed nations that have pledged money to the relief effort. Today he followed that up by
Jenny, Are You There? - Eight six seven five three oh nine... Who will ever forget the early 80s hit from Tommy Tutone "Jenny (867-5309)". This guy called 867-5309 for every area code in America and documented the results. Useless but fascinating stuff.
Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in Winamp and list the first ten songs that play. Here are the ten tunes I heard today. Limp Bizkit - NookieNirvana - Paper CutsDisturbed - StupifyAdam Sandler - Listenin' To The RadioHayden - My Parent's HouseCypress Hill - Tres EquisParis -
As an experiment, I blogged Team Canada's 9-0 win over Germany in real time last week. It didn't detract from my enjoyment of the game and it provided an interesting account of the action, so I've deemed the experiment a complete success. Tomorrow night our junior team faces Russia for
Scott Peterson's former mistress, Amber Frye, is releasing a book this week and will be plastered all over your television while she promotes it. Scott Peterson, meanwhile, will be formally sentenced on February 25 for the murder of his wife Laci and their unborn child. Why do I know these
For the fourth year in a row, Canada has advanced to the finals of the World Junior Hockey Championship. The final score was rather deceiving as the game never seemed close. Canada once again completely dominated play and outshot the Czech Republic 42-11. The finals take place at 19:30
With the Bills playoff hopes down the drain and with a few minutes before TSN's coverage of Team Canada's semifinal game against the Czech Republic at the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship, I've started spinning tunes. Looking back at music in the year 2004, there are quite a few bright
Fellow fans of The Tragically Hip will want to tune into CTV's "Corner Gas" on February 28, 2005 to see a cameo appearance by the band. You may want to stick around for "Degrassi: The Next Generation". If the stars align, there might be a Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith
I blame myself. The Buffalo Bills started this season 0-4 before I swore off regular season NFL football. Then, right on queue, my favourite NFL team won eight of their next nine. I, apparently, was a serious jinx. If the Bills beat Pittsburgh this afternoon, they will finish the season
"Like maple syrup, Canada's evil oozes over the United States." - TV Announcer, Canadian Bacon
I've posted four new pictures in Pictures, including the mischievous work of a very naughty little boy.
Taryn bought a half pound of coffee from Alternative Grounds in Roncesvalles and left it on the table in the living room while she went upstairs to tend to Michelle. Meanwhile, I was working in the basement while James roamed the house freely. I began to smell the strong scent
I just read this article from USA Hockey about their quarter-final game against Sweden today at the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship. It's a hilarious example of an obvious and transparent bias. The headline of the article is "Buoyant Team USA takes momentum into crossover" and it's all about what
On the first day of every month I'm going to post the top ten search strings from the previous month. These are the Google searches that referred people to this site. Below are the top ten search strings for December 2004. big shiny tunes 8motley crue presale passwordhomer quotestsunami video
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Number four? Having your first nephew born on the same day as your first girl against astronomical odds and it hits number 4 on your list of top blogs of 2004?
"God bless those pagans."
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. I don't mean to be redundant. This has been addressed all ready on this site, but I can't for one moment understand why more is not being done by those countries
My favourite blog entries of 2004 My MichelleMy New YearThe Story Of...My NephewJames' First GameCanada 3, Finland 2Seein' ConanChampionsO CanadaKurt Cobain
As holidays go, New Years is pretty weak. I can't get excited about celebrating a change from one calendar year to the next. Today is 2004 and tomorrow will be 2005...whoopie! To me, the changing of the calendar year is merely a convenient excuse to write and read various
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. UR ING-LISH IZ SO DAY-UM GOOD. IZNT DIS 1 OV YO PET PEEVS? p.S> GOOD CHARLOTTE RULES!random internet userOver a year ago, I wrote this entry in which
Jean-Sebastien Aubin stopped a franchise record 63 shots giving the Leafs their fourth straight victory at home. Aubin is proving to be quite the signing, stopping 144 shots in his last three games and entering last night's game with a 1.56 goals against average and .958 save percentage.Current
