Yesterday I referred to Taryn's free trip to Portugal. Her mom won the weeks trip from her work and Taryn was the lucky guest who got to accompany her. So, for a week it was just the two of us. Two dudes living off the land. On Thursday night, when
"Oh, Marge, cartoons don't have any deep meaning. They're just stupid drawings that give you a cheap laugh."
My Favourite Steve Buscemi Movies (not counting his cameo in Pulp Fiction) Reservoir DogsFargoThe Big LebowskiGhost WorldLiving in Oblivion
Taryn went to Portugal and all I got was this lousy tee shirt. Actually, it's a very nice soccer shirt for the national team from Portugal, but wearing it violates one of my rules. Thou shalt not wear paraphernalia for sports teams thou does not passionately root for. The only
There, that's better. In a true acid test for the Maple Leafs they passed with flying colours. It was an all around excellent effort. There are few games remaining in the regular season, and both Boston and Ottawa have a game in hand, but last nights win does give us
Earlier this week, I wrote Alan Cross, CFNY Edge 102 Program Director, regarding this year's Edgefest line up. He wrote me back and I posted my original email and his reply. What I didn't mention was the fact we continued our conversation. I replied to his reply and so on.
With spring training well underway, I was thinking about baseball the other day. Throughout the 1980s, I was as big a Blue Jays fan as I was a Maple Leafs fan. In fact, because we had such a competitive baseball team starting in 1983 while our hockey team was always
The Plain English Campaign conducted a poll of the most annoying cliches in the English language. Here are their most annoying four: At the end of the dayAt this moment in timelikeWith all due respectI'm guilty of using the fourth one, but I'm proud to claim I don't use the
If you glance at the main navigation menu on the left, you'll notice a new link to My MP3s. As promised, I've made this page easier to access. Since I completed my digitalization project back in December, I've made a few significant changes. First of all, I decided 128kbps wasn't
I was just reading the official news release from the Government of Canada regarding the 2004 Federal Budget. One change in particular captured my attention immediately. Listed as one of the "key initiatives of the budget" was the following: Providing a new Canada Learning Bond of up to $2,000
A graduate student at the University of Western Ontario has been a study in anger and anxiety since her laptop, which contained research for her PhD thesis, was stolen on campus last week. Charlene Weaving, a 26-year-old set to finish her kinesiology PhD in September, took a washroom break and
I don't even want to write a recap of this game. 100% pure shite. I'm waking up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat fearing a first round match-up with New Jersey. All my playoff memories of the Leafs and Devils are bad. Please Lord, grant us
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Following the summer of 1974, my mother began to go through her own quarter-life crisis. She took-up smoking and bought herself an 8-track tape player! With it (the 8-track tape player.
I submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS11 consideration. I submitted "Cold Hard Bitch" by Jet. I've been contemplating the submission of this song for a while now and I finally decided to take the leap and submit the damn thing. It's pretty catchy. Although I
I just read an interesting article about Alanis Morissette's new single "Everything". I can't say I've listened to much Alanis since Jagged Little Pill, but this article was about an offending lyric so I was intrigued. It turns out "Everything" contains the A-word. That's right, she says "asshole". The opening
As I mentioned earlier tonight, I wrote CFNY Edge 102 Program Director Alan Cross regarding this year's Edgefest line up. To the dude's credit, he's already written me back. Below is the email I sent Alan Cross. Hello Alan, I've been a faithful listener of CFNY/Edge 102 for fifteen
For the past two years, I've been a member of a softball team called "Hooray For Everything". This season, for reasons I still don't quite understand, we've changed our name to "Raging Storm"...and it's no longer softball, it's slo-pitch. Members of Raging Storm will want to check out our
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. I would like to add my name to the lengthy list of disappointed people who's heart sunk after hearing the name "Good Charlotte" in the Edgefest announcement. This is the weakest
I'm still stewing over the fact Good Charlotte is headlining this year's Edgefest. Last year we had The Tragically Hip, Our Lady Peace, Sloan and Finger Eleven. Good Charlotte simply doesn't cut it. I could go on a rant here, but I thought I'd post something I posted to the
They announced the location and lineup for this year's Edgefest this morning. Last year, I attended the the last Edgefest at Molson Park in Barrie and wrote this review. It was a great day with The Tragically Hip finishing things off strong. I won't be attending Edgefest this year. Not
For no particular reason, here are the last five CDs I listened to from my MP3 collection and why. Hayden - Everything I Long For: This album soothes me. It's folksy and cool all at once. The first time I heard "Bad As They Seem" I was hooked. This entire
I was at my mom's house this morning and she had today's Toronto Sun on the kitchen table. I read it and came across the following headline: 'Very nice' man shot That got me thinking. Would they ever print the headline "Arrogant jerk shot", "Controlling, abusive man shot" or "Mean
Much of the opposition of late in the United States to gay marriage is based on the bible. I wrote extensively in the past on my issue with people using the Bible to promote hatred. I came across an interesting site which points out some other Biblical rules to add
"Teenage angst has paid off well. Now I'm bored and old." - Serve The Servants, Nirvana
For the second game in a row, the Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-0 lead. Again, this was no reason to relax as the Avs scored twice in the second to make it a one goal game before Mats Sundin made it 4-2 late in the period. Still, it
