"Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat." - Mark Twain
May 20, 2026
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Carlos Delgado hit four straight home runs vs the Tampa Bay Devil Rays last night at SkyDome. He's the first Blue Jay to do so and only the 15th player in the history of Major League baseball to accomplish the feat. Furthermore, he's only the sixth player ever to homer
As I mentioned in my blog entry of August 21st (read it), I tore the meniscus in my left leg back on July 27th. Or so I thought... It turns out my injury was misdiagnosed! According to the doctor's report based on an MRI of my left knee, I fractured
The other day, Taryn and I were watching TV when we saw a PSA about bullies in the school yard. This sparked a brief discussion about what we would tell James if he was being tormented by a bully. Right on cue, I went into a dialogue about how I'd
There goes the 16-0 season. Ricky Williams ran all over us and we managed just 118 yards of total offense. The Bills' only points came on Nate Clements' 54-yard interception return. Lets not make this a habit. It was ugly. How bad was it? It forced me to visit the
I have a beef with long distance providers in Canada. Our household makes only a few long distance calls each month, all within Canada. We were on a plan with a small telecommunications re-seller, paying 7¢ a minute for these calls no matter when the call was placed. This was
"You don't need no gun control. You know what you need? Bullet control. I think all bullets should cost $5000. You know why? If a bullet cost $5000 there'd be no more innocent bystanders." - Chris Rock
As I write this, the remnants of Hurricane Isabel are hitting the GTA. It's dark, rainy and extremely windy...up to 76 km/h they say. Other than about 10,000 people losing power, it's nothing to fear from where I'm sitting. Isabel has clearly run out of steam. A
I have a rather strange obsession. It's with the Freeplay Ranger, a wind-up, solar and rechargeable powered radio. Sure, it's only an AM/FM radio, but I haven't been able to stop thinking about it for months now. Admittedly, I have a strange fascination with the radio (see July 24,
Those of you who follow this Blog have come across a couple of references to the Smells Like Sour franchise. I pondered what tunes would comprise SLS9 here and revealed the final songlist for SLS9 here. I even maintain the SLS Database here. For those of you just joining us,
Today marked the official opening of North America's first legal safe-injection site at 139 East Hastings St. in Vancouver, B.C. It will be staffed by 16 nurses, four alcohol and drug counsellors and peer counsellors. At the injection site, addicts get clean needles and inject themselves at small booths
I could get used to this. Another game, another blow out for the good guys. I can't tell you what a joy it is to sit down and watch the Bills without that pansy Rob Johnson at the helm. In Drew we trust... Again, Drew Bledsoe looked impressive throwing for
"How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man." - Johnny Cash
As is my daily ritual, I was listening to the radio while taking a shower this morning. The news brief opened with word of John Ritters surprising death at 54. Following this piece of information, I heard there was another death to mourn in the celebrity world. Johnny Cash had
"That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not." - James K. Feibleman
I applaud the Leaf's signing of Joe Nieuwendyk. I only wonder what took them so long. Nieuwendyk is a tremendous two-way player with three Stanley Cup rings with three different teams. The Leafs are a better team with him as our number two center. Of course, our greatest need is
A whopping 6 new pictures of James from his adventure in British Columbia are now posted in Pictures. Did you know British Columbia's provincial motto is "splendour without diminishment"? Learn more useless facts about this province to the west here.
In a mere 15 minutes from now, my all-time favourite Maple Leaf is set to announce his retirement from the NHL. Doug Gilmour set Toronto records in 1992-93 with 95 assists and 127 points, helped the Maple Leafs reach the Western Conference finals in 1993 and '94 and served as
Now that's what I call redemption. Lets hope this is an omen for the Bills 2003 season. 16-0 sounds more than reasonable to me. I thought Drew Bledsoe had a solid game and the new-look Bills defense was dominant. Lawyer Milloy caused an interception, had a sack and recorded five
I've just arrived back from Edgefest 2003. Before I give a brief review of the six bands I saw, I'd like to reflect on the fact this was the last ever concert at Molson Park in Barrie, appropriately enough labelled "Last Bash in Barrie". Apparently the park is going to
"I left your house this morning about a quarter after nine. Coulda been the Willie Nelson, coulda been the wine. When I left your house this morning, it was a little after nine. It was in Bobcaygeon I saw the constellations reveal themselves one star at a time." - The
It's hard to believe it's only been 3 days since Ernie Eves dissolved Parliament and called a provincial election for October 2nd. Three days of campaigning and I'm already incredibly sick of the three leaders plying for our votes. Do we really have to endure an entire month of this?
Fellow members of Hooray for Everything are probably wondering how to get to our softball page now that the permanent link has been removed from the left in favour of the new Google search field. Rest assured, the official Hooray for Everything home page is still being maintained and can
Universal Music Canada announced today they're instituting a $14.98 maximum suggested list price on all its top line CDs and a $9.99 price tag for developing new artists. It seems somebody at Universal finally woke up and realized high retail prices have been driving today's youth towards person
