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Baby Leafs

According to the Toronto Star, the Maple Leafs have reached an agreement with Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto to make it the new home of their American Hockey League affiliate. The deal is expected to be approved at the league meetings on Monday. Although I feel for Leafs fans in Newfoundland,
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Allen-for-Carter?

Now that Vince Carter has essentially come clean with his desire to play elsewhere, it's looking more and more likely that the Raptors will trade him.  As I've said before, I'd rather see #15 in the line up for the Raptors season opener, but if he's got to go there's
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New Pictures

I've posted four new pictures in Pictures.  A couple are of Michelle and Zander and taken today while the other two are of Michelle and James taken earlier this month.
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Bad Santa

Bad Santa: 7 out of 10. Actually, the movie we watched on DVD last night was called Badder Santa and was the unrated raunchier version of Bad Santa.  I'm glad we didn't start this one until after James went to bed, because some of the scenes in this flick would
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The Best Movie Soundtracks?

The BBC conducted a poll to find the best movie soundtrack.  Below are their top 10. The Blues BrothersPulp FictionTrainspottingSaturday Night FeverDirty DancingGrosse Point BlankKill Bill 1 & 2Lost In TranslationThe Royal TenenbaumsFight ClubA glance at My MP3s reveals I own the top three as well as the two Kill
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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. haha, i leave the site for 1 day and anarchy breaks out!  This is better than TV!!!RicoYes, we're all mourning the loss of Rick James.
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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. hey guys ..relax. ..It was only an inside joke for Ryan and myself...it's really up to the child's parents on what they want their child to call a close friend
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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. To add further to the Uncle, Aunt debate ...I can understand why your last guest blogger would see things that way, but just because you have a bad relationship with your
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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. This is an interesting debate. One that I would think takes a few more years of wisdom to truly understand. Sometimes when loking back at life one sees a consitent family
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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. I have a different opinion on the aunt and uncle issue. By far many of my friends were better aunts and uncles to my children then the blood line. You are
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The Other League

I've never written about the other league.  Every week I post the score from my slo-pitch league and I maintain a page for our team where you can view the results of our games and our batting statistics, but I never write about the other league I play in. I
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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. I agree with you Mike. 'Uncle' and 'Auntie' are two titles that are passed around too much like candy. We need to stop calling every Tom, Dick & Harriette Uncle or
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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. Congratulations to all on the birth of the newest members to the Boon family. I have had the pleasure of meeting Zander and I must say what a beautiful child. Ryan
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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. Guns N' Roses - My Michelle Less than a
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Hoax

I hate falling for a hoax. Earlier today I was glancing at a site with the headline "Baroness Thatcher dies, 79".  There was a picture of Margaret Thatcher and the first lines read "Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister, died today aged 79. 'Maggie' has apparently been in failing health for
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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. It has been some time since my last entry.  As you are aware by now, I have a baby boy, Zander, and he will put a smile on anyone's face. I
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The Mod Club

The Tragically Hip's recent performance from The Mod Club in downtown Toronto was taped and can now be viewed online via an exclusive webcast. You get a great 75 minute performance from Canada's greatest band that's heavy on the new stuff with some golden nuggets tossed in for good measure.
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Google News Sources

Google News spiders more than 7,000 news sources and is my preferred news portal. Digital Deliverance analyzed all of Google News' categorical news pages one day last month.  Their snapshot revealed that the top 25 sources accounted for 54% of the content.  Very interesting... Below are the top 20.
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