Police recently uncovered Canada's largest indoor marijuana factory in the old Molson brewery in Barrie. The more I read about this story, the more impressed I become. This wasn't a couple of dudes growing pot to make a few bucks. This was an extremely sophisticated operation. 30,000 plants were
just posted three new pictures of James in Pictures. The first is a neat shot of James in mid-laugh taken sometime in December and the other two are from our trip to the Woodbine Centre Fantasy Fair last month. If you've never been to the Fantasy Fair, it's billed as
The Chilly Beach Great Canadian Trivia Shootout - 10 Canadian trivia questions with entertaining results whether you're right or wrong. I scored 8 out of 10. I should have scored 9 out of 10, but I misread the question about consecutive years in office for a Prime Minister. Give it
The People's Choice Awards aired last night. If there's a more useless awards show on television, I've yet to hear about it. There are a number of crappy awards shows, but this is the crappiest of them all. I just read the list of "winners". Mel Gibson won for best
I was showing off my collection of newly ripped MP3s to my friend Marc Felice the other day. He was nice enough to drop off some tunes I didn't own so I could have a listen. Among the CDs he lent me was Warning by Green Day, the lone Green
Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com. I received the following submission earlier today. Mike, cords are very cool. No need to be ashamed. VanessaIt's true, I now own a pair of cords. Vanessa, I find your words of encouragement comforting during this time. Thank
I watched Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl this afternoon. It wasn't a bad flick, but I couldn't get past the Keith Richards-like antics of Johnny Depp's performance. If you haven't seen it yet, Depp plays Jack Sparrow as if he's imitating Keith Richards. The voice
I've just submitted a song via the Smells Like Sour website for SLS11 consideration. I submitted "The Ex" by Billy Talent. I must admit I like this band's sound. Their breakthrough single "Try Honesty" appeared on SLS10 and "The Ex" is just as good. I believe it's SLS-worthy. Please be
I thoroughly enjoyed The Observer's list of "300 Reasons We Love The Simpsons". In particular, I appreciate #23 on their list. I've reprinted it below. Ideally, you should be able to watch each episode anew at five distinct stages in life. As a toddler, marvelling at all the bright colours;
Yinka Dare was 32. He led the George Washington Colonials to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances before being drafted in the first-round of the NBA draft by the New Jersey Nets.
When Old Navy invaded Canada a couple of years back, the buzz was the quality wasn't great but the prices were reasonable. I've never bought anything at Old Navy, but that's mainly because I'm not one to buy myself clothes. I have certain tops and pants I find comfortable, and
"Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it." - Henry David Thoreau
The debut of Clarke Wilm wasn't enough last night as the Leafs were shut out by Martin Brodeur and the Devils. Eddie Belfour played well, but the offense was pretty much non existent. Watching this game, it's my observation that the Leafs didn't want to win. There was no energy
It was a week ago today I asked if spring had sprung early. 12 Degrees Celsius in Toronto will cause such delusion. God, apparently, is not without a sense of humour. The Weather Network claims it feels like -21 Degrees Celsius right now, which would make it the warmest it's
When James is napping, I use a set of baby monitors so I can hear him while I'm hacking away on the computer. Moments ago, I heard someone whisper the word "Mike" through the baby monitor receiver. Besides myself, only James and Booner are in the house right now. Or
I thought this was cool so I thought I'd share it. On our Smells Like Sour website, people can post comments and have a discussion on songs that are submitted for SLS consideration. Just last week I mentioned a few of the more interesting discussions and listed the one for
"Being eaten by a crocodile is just like going to sleep...in a giant blender."
Earlier in the week I claimed we created a monster when we launched the Smells Like Sour website seven months ago. I'm pleased to say we've made some significant changes in an attempt to salvage the spirit of SLS on the web. Henceforth when someone submits a song for SLS
Listening to CFNY Edge 102 today, I heard an advertisement for Chasing Liberty starring Mandy Moore. The advertisement gave me a jolt by announcing this was a film starring Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode. Remember, you can't tell Goode is spelled with an "e" on the radio. I was a
My Favourite Public Enemy Songs Black Steel in the Hour of ChaosBring tha Noize w/ AnthraxNight of the Living BaseheadsFight the PowerTimebomb
Instant Audience Soundboard - Have you ever let out a real zinger at work but felt it needed a laugh track behind it? Have you ever made a real bad pun and wished there was a crowd booing you in the background? Have you ever demonstrated your brilliance and wished
The less said about this stinker, the better. Seven minutes in the Leafs were down 5-0. The 7-1 final was rather flaterring for Toronto considering the way we played last night. In all fairness, the following players didn't dress for the blue and white last night: Eddie Belfour, Mats Sundin,
I only introduced this feature yesterday, but the feedback was so positive I've decided to delve into the vault once more. As a kid I played T-Ball. Where I played ball, you played T-Ball before "graduating" to softball. The thing about T-Ball was there wasn't three outs to an inning.
James loves to sit down with a book and peruse the pages. He also loves to have Mommy or Daddy read to him. One of his favourite books at the moment is "There's a Wocket in my Pocket" by Dr. Suess. I have a few issues with this fact. Now
Tennis player Greg Rusedski has tested positive for the banned anabolic steroid nandrolone. Reading these reports brought back some pretty ill feelings I have towards this athlete. There are few I dislike as much as I dislike Rusedski. Rusedski was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. He's as Canadian as
