Bright's Grove, Ontario's Mike Weir is having the best season of his career. Weir won this year's Masters, is fifth on the PGA Tour money list and sixth in the world rankings. Everything is in order for Weir to become the first Canadian to win the Canadian Open since 1954.
The Toronto Blue Jays just unveiled their new logo. In a previous blog entry I hoped the new logo would be a return to our standard logo from the glory days. This new logo certainly isn't that. It seems they've completely done away with incorporating the word "Blue" into the
MTV2 in the USA just aired a countdown of the "22 Greatest Bands" since MTV's inception in '81. It's quite the list. They didn't get it perfect, but came much closer than I expected. The fact MTV2 airs only in America excuses the lack of Canadian bands like The Tragically
Why is it that Canada has such difficulty convincing its few NBA players to play for their nation? Last night we lost a berth in the 2004 Olympic Games when we fell to Puerto Rico by a score of 66-79. Where was Jamaal Magloire, Rick Fox or even Carl English?
"A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof? It's a proof. A proof is a proof. And when you have a good proof, it's because it's proven." - Jean Chrétien
If you're Canadian, you're most likely familiar with the name Bill Barilko. Bill Barilko's goal in overtime won the Stanley Cup for my beloved Maple Leafs in 1951. At the age of 25, Bill Barilko would never score another. I maintain a tribute to Bill Barilko in an effort to
It seems there are now no less than 50 award shows during the calendar year. You've got Oscars, Emmys, Junos, Golden Globes, People's Choice, Geminis, Grammys, and so on and so on... Of all these award shows, one stands out as the very best. I've been watching the MTV Video
I just posted four new pictures of James in Pictures. All were taken August 9th except for the picture of James in my Blue Jays cap which was taken some time after that. James loves my Jay cap. Speaking of my Jay cap, I love it too because it's the
There's an alarming trend in music we must snuff out before it's too late. A bunch of sound-alike, wanna-be-punk, nauseatingly mediocre bands are starting to secure way too much valuable radio air time, forcing me to dive for the next station preset all too frequently. The bands on my personal
The World Wide Web Consortium specifies the standards for HTML 4.01. Their MarkUp Validation Service will actually check your HTML code for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards. As a hand-coder who takes pride in the tidiness of his HTML and CSS, I wanted my code to be
Tomorrow is a great day for devoted fans of The Simpsons. Season three will finally be released on DVD. The third season was a landmark year for my favourite show. All 24 episodes are gems. What more can I say about a season that includes "Colonel Homer", "Homer Alone", "Flaming
Three new videos have been added to the Videos page. Two are from today and one is from yesterday. I also posted one new picture of James in Pictures. This new picture is actually a capture of a frame from one of the new videos. Enjoy!
"These walls are kind of funny. First you hate 'em, then you get used to 'em. Enough time passes, gets so you depend on them. That's institutionalized. They send you here for life, that's exactly what they take. The part that counts, anyways." - Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding, The Shawshank
Blender Magazine recently named what they consider to be the 50 worst music acts of all time. I appreciate what Blender is trying to do, but can't we leave decent bands like Live, The Doors and Blind Melon out of it? How the hell did Ricky Martin escape this list?
Pete Sampras is set to announce his retirement from professional tennis on Monday. With 64 singles titles, including a record 14 majors, Pistol Pete was clearly the dominant player of his generation. He finished at number one in the rankings a record six years from 1993-98. Why don't we think
Those of you on my softball team, Hooray For Everything, saw me hobble off the field in the first inning of the first game of our double header on July 27th. Batting lead off, I hit a solid single. On my way to first, I noticed the center fielder approaching
In my blog entry of June 21st, I expressed why I believe 2003 has thus far been a landmark year for Canadian independence and pride. I referred to our unwillingness to follow the US into Iraq, our motion to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana and the Supreme
"Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards." - Aldous Huxley
When the Jets and Redskins kick off on September 4th, the 2003 NFL season will officially be underway. That means it's time to enter an NFL Football Pool. If you know me and are interested in joining our pool, contact me. This pool is nice and simple. You make your
24 hours and 12 minutes. That's how long the power was off at my humble abode. Of course, the worst black out in North American history had to strike just when our food supply was at its lowest. Already due for a trip to the grocery store, it was quite
Tomorrow morning, the 85th PGA Championship tees off in Rochester, New York. If you were to believe the media, this is a must-win for slumping Tiger Woods. Lets look at the facts, shall we? Tiger has won 4 of 12 tour starts, has finished in the top 20 in every
In my blog entry of August 3rd, I announced that this front page of torontomike.com had undergone some major surgery. I also asked you to let me know if the end result was better or worse than the previous concept that had been around for the past seven months.
Five new videos have been added to the Videos page. They are from yesterday's trip to Port Credit. Highlights include James feeding the birds, enjoying the slide and throwing his cracker.
"There are no limits to the majestic future which lies before the mighty expanse of Canada with its virile, aspiring, cultured, and generous-hearted people." - Sir Winston Churchill
Seven new pictures have been posted in Pictures. All were taken within the past 3 weeks. I'm hoping to capture and post some new video of James this weekend. The most current videos are still from the end of June. You can see those in Videos.
