Hubert Selby Jr. was 75. He was the acclaimed and anguished author of "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and "Requiem for a Dream".
May 20, 2026
How would you feel about a person who thinks it is okay to grab your shirt and use it clean their eyeglasses? This website asks that very question and then shows video evidence of Dubya doing just that during a commercial break on the Late Show with David Letterman. To
Only one goal was scored in the NHL last night and only one person in our 2004 playoff pool registered a point. Joe's Patrick Marleau is turning out to the be the pick of the draft as he secured his tenth point of the playoffs thus far. With San Jose's
I submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS11 consideration. I submitted "Vaccination Scar" by The Tragically Hip. When I hear the intro to Vaccination Scar, I'm jacking up the volume. It's vintage Hip and it's great. Although I didn't submit it, there is another tune I
My MP3 player of choice on the computer is Winamp. Winamp 5 beats the bejeezus out of Windows Media Player when it comes to playing MP3s. It's far lighter than Windows Media Player and far more intuitive. It's my default player for audio files. One of my Winamp playlists is
Yesterday, over 27 months after his birth, a lock of James' hair met scissors for the first time. Seeing that strands of hair were dangling over his eyes while he played, I realized he needed his bangs trimmed just a little. Out came the scissors and off came a centimetre
For the first time in quite a while, Ryan is not alone at the top of our 2004 playoff pool. He's now tied with Alexi who got another two points from his productive Tampa Bay tandem. My Vincent Lacavalier slept through the first round but now has five points in
We could have won on Thursday, but we should have won tonight. That's what made this loss particularly painful. The Maple Leafs had plenty of chances but failed to capitalize. Where this game was lost was special teams. Philadelphia scored both their goals on the power play while we failed
Estee Lauder was 97. She took a family recipe for skin cream and a passion for female beauty and turned them into a $10 billion cosmetics empire.
I borrowed a digital camera for the weekend. It's an Olympus Camedia C-50 Zoom and it's pretty slick. On Friday I took a bunch of shots of James running around in the backyard and I'm sharing five of them in Pictures. Boy do I want a digital camera.
The headline for this article reads "Dog Feels Below Par After Eating 28 Golf Balls". A German Shepherd had managed to eat 28 golf balls and wasn't feeling too well as a result. The headline writer decided to use the "below par" expression because it fit ever so nicely with
It's been a while since I've delved into the vault, but telling the tale of the lost and found wedding ring forced me into the vault to retrieve the receipt from that purchase back on January 4th, 1996. Here's the receipt.
About four weeks ago, we lost Taryn's wedding ring. She had taken it off for one reason or another and it disappeared. Had James picked it up and deposited it in parts unknown? Had Booner played a role in the shenanigans? We searched and searched for two days straight but
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference." - Robert Frost, The Road Not Taken
I'm a lot like a trained seal. It's Saturday night and we're right in the thick of the NHL playoffs, so naturally I'm on autopilot heading to the living room to watch Hockey Night in Canada. Unfortunately, there are no games scheduled tonight. There were a couple of games earlier
Yesterday I passed not one, but two gentlemen walking along the side of the road with a portable gasoline container. Clear, they had each run out of gas and had to walk to a gas station to buy enough fuel to get their respective cars going again. They weren't going
Thanks to Tampa Bay's 4-0 shut out of the Habs, I actually scored some points in our 2004 playoff pool. In fact, Marc and I led the way with four points a piece. Look out now, I'm only 15 point from Ryan! For the current standings go here.
"You know, my kids think you're the greatest. And thanks to your gloomy music, they've finally stopped dreaming of a future I can't possibly provide."
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Re: Your Top 100 Moments entryWhat's #4 all about? It's not ringing any bells at all. Mike HollickI had no idea either. Number four reads, "Collapse of the Mercer Arts Centre
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We as a society have seriously devalued the meaning of the word "hero". We toss it around so lightly it's lost all substance. The player who caught the Superbowl winning touchdown pass isn't a true hero. Pat Tillman is a true hero. Pat Tillman abandoned his $3.6 million a
The Ongoing History of New Music on CFNY Edge 102 have listed their Top 100 Moments. Here are their top 10. Death of Kurt Cobain.Edison invents recorded sound.Invention of the electric guitar.Collapse of the Mercer Arts Centre and CBGBs convinced to have a rock night.Ramones at
Alexi picked up three points last night to move to within a point of Ryan in our 2004 playoff pool. Joe equaled Alexi's output thanks to Patrick Marleau's hat trick. For the current standings go here.
Less than 48 hours removed from a hard fought seven game series against the Senators, the Maple Leafs opened their second round against the well-rested Flyers in Philadelphia. We shouldn't have won this game. We didn't. Clearly, this is going to be a tougher challenge than the one we just
As I've mentioned before on this blog, I frequently use Google News Canada as a portal to various articles on the latest news stories. Today, one headline jumped out at me and forced me to recall a less joyous time in Toronto. The article, Suspected SARS case in Beijing, brought
