It. Is. Over. Congratulations to Marc Felice for winning our 2004 playoff pool. Alexi gave him a good run for the money but will have to settle for second. I finished fourth out of ten. If the hockey gods shine upon us, we'll all do this again next April. For
Dave Andreychuk has his Stanley Cup. Moments ago I saw #25 hoist the cup over his head, the culmination of 22 great seasons in the NHL. I'm not ashamed to admit I shed a tear. Andreychuk deserves it. Great guy, great player, great year.
We in Raging Storm swept our double-header with the Dragons by scores of 16-12 and 19-4. Once we shook off some jitters early in the first game, our defense was absolutely stellar and we finally found the offensive groove we've been missing our last two games. We actually came back
Tonight is game seven of the Stanley Cup final. It all comes down to this. One game to determine a champion. If Calgary prevails, the entire country will go nuts. I know I held my breath during Saturday night's overtime hoping the red would win. They're such underdogs and had
Until this year, I had never heard of Fifth Disease. I'm sure most of the people reading this right now don't have a clue what Fifth Disease is. From the CDC website, "Fifth disease is a mild rash illness that occurs most commonly in children. The ill child typically has
I just finished watching the season five finale of The Sopranos. Another brilliant episode of one of my favourite television programs and things are set up very nicely for their final season. I know a lot of people who read this site haven't seen the finale yet and don't want
Today we pay tribute to the 150,000 Allied troops who took part in the biggest military invasion in history, the D-Day invasion of Normandy. The story of the Canadians is particularly touching. At the time of the war, Canada was a nation of only 11 million people with more
I'm sleepy this morning because I was up until midnight last night hoping the Flames would score in overtime bringing the cup back to Canada where it belongs. Instead Martin St. Louis scored early in the second extra period forcing a game seven. Go Flames Go! For the current standings
"The men of Normandy had faith that what they were doing was right, faith that they fought for all humanity, faith that a just God would grant them mercy on this beachhead or on the next. It was the deep knowledge - and pray God we have not lost it
That was one exciting race. Smarty Jones is an easy horse to like and an even easier horse to root for. We all gathered around the television for today's running of the Belmont Stakes in the hopes we'd see our first Triple Crown. If you watched the race, you saw
Ronald Reagan was 93. He was the 40th President of the United States of America. Back in September of 2000, my brothers and I drafted our Dead Pool. We each selected 15 living celebrities and we receive points every time the celebrity we drafted passes away. The points awarded for
The undefeated Smarty Jones can become racing's first Triple Crown winner in 26 years with a victory today in the Belmost Stakes. The Triple Crown is one of the most elusive prizes in all of sports, a feat reached by just 11 horses. It's on NBC at 18:38 EST.
"I think Smithers picked me because of my motivational skills. Everyone says they have to work a lot harder when I'm around."
I'm sure this is old news to everyone who would care, but I just wrote about it on the Smells Like Sour Blog. Music fans, Creed has called it quits. Despite being nothing more than a fairly good Pearl Jam cover band, Creed managed to release hit after hit for
The NHL season must be coming to a close because this is my second baseball entry of the day. ESPN has ranked the stadiums in Major League Baseball. SkyDome finished 23rd out of 30. I'm actually surprised we fared as well as we did. It's hard to believe there are
My favourite Stanley Cup celebratory moments (in anticipation of #12 hoisting it Saturday) Wayne Gretzky hoisting the cup for the first time (1984)Joe Sakic handing the cup to Ray Bourque to hoist for the first time in his glorious career (2001)Lanny McDonald finally winning the big one (1989)
Brian Linehan was 58. He was the puckish, always-confident TV personality and interviewer of both Canadian and Hollywood stars. A fixture on Canadian television, I remember him well both from his City-TV show City Lights and Martin Short's satire of him on SCTV. In the very early 90s I saw
I've mentioned several times the joy baseball brought me as a young man. I followed my Blue Jays religiously and could ring off their stats on demand. I also followed the other Major League teams and, like many my age, became enamoured with a young pitcher they called Dr. K.
I wrote another entry on the Smells Like Sour Blog last night. After hearing Hoobastank's "The Reason" for the six billionth time on CFNY Edge102 I needed to vent. When "The Reason" comes on, I dive to the tuner faster than you can say Hoobastank. In that brief moment this
The top two competitors in our 2004 playoff pool seem to be the only two collecting points these days. Alexi got a couple but Marc trumped him with a three spot. A five point lead at this point in the season is virtually insurmountable. Alexi is praying for a miracle.
The company that provides my homeowner insurance just sent me an amendment to my house insurance policy. It reads as follows. Your policy no longer covers any damages to the buildings, structures or contents if used for cultivating/selling marijuana or any other illegal substance.Talk about strict. If I've
I just received this press release from the Toronto Maple Leafs. John Shannon, vice-president of programming and executive producer of Leafs TV and Raptors/NBA TV, announced Thursday that Leafs TV will exclusively broadcast 12 Maple Leafs games on the club-owned digital channel during the 2004-05 regular season.Leafs TV
Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer - The trailer for the highly anticipated Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11 is finally available online. Traffic is extremely heavy today, so you'll have to be patient trying to view this one. It's well worth it. I can't wait to see it.
Classic Movie Trailers - From this page, "Some trailers which are no longer (or never have been) available on the 'net, have been Re-encoded, in high resolution picture and sound, and made available for Movie-List users. These are Movie-List Classics, and new ones are added each week." This page has
I read a great little news story the other day that revolved around the taping of one of my favourite shows. Curb Your Enthusiasm has freed Juan Catalan. Catalan was arrested for murder but swore up and down that he was at Dodger Stadium with his 6-year-old daughter when he
