My friend lent me his Hulk DVD which I watched this morning. When I started the DVD three or four coming attractions began to play. Immediately I pressed the MENU button but this function was disabled. There was also no way to advance or fast forward to escape these commercials.
Olivia Goldsmith was 54. She was an author who penned "The First Wives Club" which sold millions of copies and became a number one film in 1996 starring Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton and Bette Midler. Much like Uta Hagen, I read of Olivia Goldmith's passing and didn't immediately post it
Uta Hagen was 84. She dazzled Broadway for more than 50 years and wrote what many consider the actor's bible on performing. I first read about Uta Hagen's death a couple of days ago but didn't initially add here to the Dead Pool list because I had never heard of
"All right brain, you don't like me, and I don't like you. But let's just get me through this, and I can get back to killing you with beer."
Facing the Philadelphia Flyers seems to bring out the worst in Eddie Belfour. He was shelled for seven goals on 22 shots back on November 2nd and tonight he didn't make it out of the first period. The Leafs won't have to wait long for revenge with Philly coming to
Whenever possible, I prefer to make my gift purchases online. During the pre-Christmas rush, I had a bad experience doing this that I'd like to share. I wanted to buy my brother Ryan one of those four-in-one printer/fax machine/photo copier/scanner dealies. I found a good sale on
Ron O'Neal was 66. He played a cocaine dealer named Youngblood Priest in "Superfly" and the sequel, "Superfly TNT," which he also directed.
Apparently, Paul Martin has quit. His blog, that is. In a previous blog entry, I wrote about how our future Prime Minister had a blog. In his own words, maintaining the blog was "an opportunity to express my thoughts publicly without having to go through all the sturm und drang
Best Slacker Anthems Nirvana's Smells Like Teen SpiritRadiohead's CreepBeck's LoserGreen Day's LongviewThe Offpring's Self Esteem
Reading about Mystikal's six year jail sentence for sexual battery, I started thinking about the one song I listen to from Mystikal. I'm referring to "Shake Ya Ass", and it's what I would call a guilty pleasure. Every once in a while I really dig a tune that I'm sure
How cold is it? I just checked the Toronto weather forecast and was pleased as punch to see we'd reach a sweltering high of -3 Degrees Celsius on Saturday. -3 sounds very, very warm to me right now. With a slight 5 km/h wind expected, I may even wear
I promised I'd share a picture of Taryn and I before the Justice of the Peace eight years ago. Here's the pic. Consider it part three of my anniversary trilogy today following my dip into the vault earlier.
I get some interesting messages via my Contact Mike form. This is the form you can contact me with if you don't want your message published on this site. When you want to write a Guest Blog and have it appear here, you go to Guest Blog. I just received
CFNY Edge 102 airs a promo every once in a while that claims they are "One of the ten most listened to stations in the world". Every time I hear it, I wonder how they can justify such an outlandish claim. I read the most recent BBM Ratings for Toronto
Because it's my anniversary today, I thought I'd reach into the vault for a picture from that afternoon eight years ago. This picture was taken in the room at Old City Hall we waited in prior to being wed. I'll post another picture tonight of us in front of the
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today regarding my recent entry about SARS and the Asian Bird Flu. "I miss the good old days when we got the 24 hour flu and the common cold. Our biggest threat
She's my best friend and I love her to pieces. Eight years ago today, I married Taryn. It's one of the smarter decisions I've made in my life. We both had classes that chilly Toronto afternoon, but we had an appointment we couldn't miss. Ten days earlier, while chatting on
Isiah Thomas has fired New York Knicks head coach Don Chaney and hired former Raptors coach Lenny Wilkens. Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! I can't believe Lenny Wilkens has managed to find himself another head coaching job this quickly. Not only did he land a head
Four letters I didn't want to hear in 2004 were S-A-R-S. Unfortunately, I've been finding the S-word all over the news lately as China last week confirmed its first SARS case of the season, and has since announced two additional suspected cases. I've seen this movie and it sucks. To
There's a new company called RipDigital that will rip your entire CD collection into MP3s for a price. For $129 USD you can ship them up to 100 of your CDs and they'll ship them back along with a DVD containing your CDs as MP3s. Their site celebrates the act
Kodak has announced plans to stop selling traditional film cameras in North America and Europe. It's digital only from here on for the world's biggest photography company. This is a bold move for Kodak, but a necessary one if they're to compete with Canon, Dell and Hewlett Packard who have
The Leafs looked great last night. Playing a good team, we dominated, winning every race to the puck and showing energy that was non-existent on Saturday night. Bryan McCabe scored another couple of goals and Nik Antropov added a goal and an assist in the Toronto victory. For the first
Bush in 41.2 Seconds - The Bush in 30 Seconds ads have received a great deal of press lately, and earlier today they announced the winning ad. If you're looking for the straight-up goods and have an addional 11.2 second to spare, I recommend Bush in 41.2
I just read an article from the New York Times that reveals the latest radio format sweeping the United States. They call it "classic alternative" and several stations have switched to the format in the past month. "Classic alternative" is essentially music from the early 90s like Nirvana, Pearl Jam,
I was a Cub Scout. As a kid I would cross the street to the United Church to attend Beavers and then Cubs. One of my fondest memory of being a Cub Scout was the summer we attended Camp Oba-Sa Teeka for a weekend. It was 1983 and I was
