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Telefile

When I file my tax return, I use a service called Telefile.  With Telefile I call 1.800.959.1110 and enter my tax information using my telephone keypad.  It's far easier than it sounds as they only ask you a limited number of questions because they can fill in
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The Family Guy

Back on November 19th, I wrote that 20th Century Fox was considering raising The Family Guy from the dead. In a sea of crappy sit-coms, it was a beacon of hope. It's official!  Stewie Griffin's plans for world domination shall continue.  The Family Guy is scheduled to hit the tube
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Leafs Trade For Leetch

Off the wire last night... John Ferguson, general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, announced Wednesday evening that the hockey club has acquired defenceman Brian Leetch and a conditional draft choice from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenceman Max Kondratiev, forward Jarkko Immonen, Toronto's first-round pick in the
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The Sopranos

The long wait is finally over.  It's been over a full year since I last saw a new episode of The Sopranos, but this coming Sunday at 21:00 EST I'll be sitting down for the first episode of season five. The best part about TMN airing The Sopranos Sunday
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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. Re:  Your "This Is How You Make Up Your Mind" Blog I agree, Theory of a Deadman sounds too much like Nickelback, but I think Theory and Default are better than
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Most Popular Video

Throughout his two years of life, I've posted dozens of videos of James in Videos.  The usual suspects give each video a viewing and occassionally one will receive a number of repeat visits.  A video I posted on February 1st, however, takes the cake. "James makes animal noises" has now
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Dr. Seuss

Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dr Seuss, author of classics such as "The Cat in the Hat" and "Green Eggs and Ham" and my favourite Christmas special, "How The Grinch Stole Christmas!". I was just reading an article from the BBC on him.  Theodore Seuss Geisel
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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. Re: Baby Update What are James' opinions on the subject?  :)     Mike HollickGood question.  I suspect James will be equally happy with a baby brother or sister.  He's been hearing the b
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This Is How You Make Up Your Mind

This morning they spliced Nickelback's "How You Remind Me" with Theory of a Deadman's "Make Up Your Mind" on CFNY Edge 102. One listen to Theory of a Deadman and you'd think they were Nickelback Jr., a label previous given to Vancouver's Default.  Theory Of A Deadman's self-titled debut was
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Baby Update

Taryn is now sixteen weeks pregnant with our second child.  Every so often I'll write an entry about her progress and how things are coming along. She saw her ObGyn yesterday for a quick check up and scan of the baby.  Everything is going smoothly which is quite a relief
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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. Here comes the Sun ... Have you noticed the days are getting longer? Thank God! I for one was getting very tired of driving to/from work in darkness. The Antarctic cold
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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. Thank you for crowning me the 2004 Oscar Champion.  I have many people to thank for this achievement.  I would like to thank the Academy for being so predictable and boring
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Blogging

The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a study on blogging yesterday. According to this study, somewhere between 2 percent and 7 percent of adult Internet users in the United States actually keep their own blogs.  Of those, only about 10 percent update them daily, the majority doing so
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Oscar Pool Results

If you took part in my little Oscar pool, you'll be anxious to find out who won.  Visit my 2004 Oscar Predictions page to see the final standings.  As you'll see, the final standings are also available to you in PDF. Below are the final standings.  Congratulations to Steve for
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Band of Brothers

Over the past few weeks, Taryn and I have been watching the 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers on DVD.   Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Starting with their rigorous training in Georgia in 1942, it recounts the
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My Quote of the Week

"First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out - because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the communists and I did not speak out - because I was not a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak
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Broken Smilies

As regular readers know by now, a friend and I run another site called Smells Like Sour.  It's essentially a place for us to maintain SLS submissions and manage the songs that qualify for our SLS complilations.  If you want to know more about SLS, I'd start with this entry.
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Trade Watch

The entire torontomike.com staff is watching the wire for any word of a trade involving the Maple Leafs.  Sergei Gonchar was scratched from the Caps lineup yesterday, and more interesting than that, a Sergei Gonchar bio page has sprung up on the official Maple Leafs website.  Unless they've taken
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Rewind

When the Toronto Raptors took in on the chin yesterday against the Boston Celtics, it was their eighth loss in a row.  Our beloved Maple Leafs themselves have lost three in a row.  These are tough times in the big city. Lets rewind back to my entry of December 7,
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