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Heads Up

Fellow members of Raging Storm, we have a playoff date and opponent. We're playing the Buccaneers on Monday, August 23rd, so clear your calendar.  The Buccaneers are 4-10 while we're 10-6 so we'll be the favourites.  We just missed a first round bye.
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following submission earlier today. First Eatons, then Future Shop, then Molson and now The Bay? That's great!No, really! I mean, what's so bad about merging with the States? The privatized Health care system is
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Air Play

Two of my favourite songs this past spring were Franz Ferdinand's "Take Me Out" and Modest Mouse's "Float On". In fact, I liked them so much they not only made SLS11 back in June but they're first and second respectively on the playlist.  They open the lastest edition of SLS
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Is The Bay a Target?

The Hudson's Bay Co. is Canada's largest department-store chain.  The place has been incorporated since 1670 and at 334 years old is Canada's oldest company.  It's a part of our history.  It's as Canadian as maple syrup and Anne Murray. Rumours are circulating that U.S.-based Target Corp. is
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Not Complaining

I hope it didn't sound like I was complaining about it being 17 degrees celsius for my ball game. The conditions were absolutely perfect.  It's a great time to be alive.
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Weekly MP3

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. Radiohead - Karma Police I got into Radiohead's Ok
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Raging Storm 16, Horny Thorns 10

We in Raging Storm played well enough to win tonight easily tonight despite not matching the effort from last week.  Once again the defense was solid and but there's room for improvement at the plate.  Alex went five for five though, so he's exempt from the preceding criticism. I'll update
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Homer's Emmy

Homer Simpson has won another Emmy.  Well actually, Dan Castellaneta won the Emmy, but it was for voicing my hero Homer Simpson as well as Krusty the Clown, Grampa Simpson, Groundskeeper Willie, Barney Gumble and Mel among others. Woo Hoo!
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The PGA Championship

Tomorrow the PGA Championship tees off.  Once again, I've entered the office pool and my fate is tied to the performance of these three golfers: Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh and Ernie Els. My how the mighty have fallen.  This is the first time I've selected Tiger Woods all year.  My
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A New Name

The Toronto Maple Leafs announced Monday the AHL board of governors has approved their request to relocate their St. John's farm club to Toronto for the 2005-06 season. While playing in Newfoundland, they were known as the St. John's Maple Leafs.  Now that they will be playing in Toronto, a
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My Cassettes

I've been going through a bunch of my old stuff cleaning out the crap.  One box I stumbled upon in the cellar was filled with my cassette tape collection. I wasn't sure what to do with my old cassettes.  I'm 100% sure I'll never, ever play them again.  As technology
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Olympic Baseball

When our Canadian Olympic baseball team takes the field in Athens, there will be a few familiar faces to Blue Jay fans.  Paul Spoljaric and Rob Ducey are on the squad and both used to suit up for the Jays.  Peer into the dugout and you'll see we're managed by
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The Monday Shuffle

Every Monday I shuffle my entire MP3 collection in Winamp and list the first ten songs that play.  Here are the ten I heard today. Neil Young - The Old Laughing LadySmashing Pumpkins - EyeOtis Redding - White ChristmasLinkin Park - Hit The FloorPearl Jam - ImmortalitySublime - BurritosNirvana -
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NFL Pool

When the Colts and Patriots kick off on September 9th, the 2004 NFL season will officially be underway.  That means it's time to enter an NFL Football Pool.  If you know me and are interested in joining our pool, contact me. This pool is nice and simple.  You make your
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Athens 2004

I love the Olympics.  We're five days away from Athens 2004 and I'm ready.  When Canada medals, you'll read about it here. There are a few sites in particular I'll be keeping my good eye on throughout the games. CBC Olympics PageBBC Olympics PageAthens 2004 Official SiteYahoo! News Full CoverageESPN
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Politirock

I just heard Green Day's latest single, "American Idiot".  It's clearly a Dubya-inspired ditty.  Below is a taste of the lyrics. Well, maybe I'm the faggot America I'm not a part of a redneck agenda Now everybody do the propaganda And sing along in the age of paranoiaIt got me
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