Fresh from seeing a childhood hero on the big screen I've learned another fictional cartoon world I loved is being made into a movie. DreamWorks film company, co-founded by Steven Spielberg, will oversee the live-action movie, scheduled for release in summer 2006. I was a big fan of The Transformers
Four on the Floor was a sketch comedy series which aired on CBC back in 1986. Only 13 episodes made it to air before it was cancelled, but I think I watched all 13 of them. As a 12 year old, I thought it was insanely funny. A few years
I finally found some time to enjoy The Simpsons Season Four on DVD this weekend. I always watch every episode first with the commentary so I can learn all the interesting "behind the scenes" stories from my favourite show. Among the several episodes I watched yesterday was "Lisa's First Word"
This morning I was cruising the dial of my Freeplay Ranger when I stumbled upon Wham's "Careless Whisper". I was immediately flooded with a ton of memories. As pathetic as it sounds, Wham was a big part of music when I was an impressionable pre-teen. I owned Make It Big
I saw something this morning I haven't seen in a long time. Someone was on the shoulder of a 400 series highway with his thumb extended trying to hitchhike. People don't hitchhike any more. In fact, people haven't really hitchhiked since the 70s. With all the sickos and weirdos about,
I've mentioned several times the joy baseball brought me as a young man. I followed my Blue Jays religiously and could ring off their stats on demand. I also followed the other Major League teams and, like many my age, became enamoured with a young pitcher they called Dr. K.
When I was a wee lad I once attending a birthday party with a unique cake. Placed inside the cake were coins wrapped in tin foil. As you ate your cake you could come across these dimes, pennies, nickels and quarters which you could then keep. I was thinking about
Who wasn't at some point a fan of Archie Comics? I ate them up like candies as a kid but I eventually outgrew their predictable and silly plot lines. My brother Ryan, on the other hand, still reads and enjoys his old Archie Comics and he's closer to 30 than
Today, people are putting together massive mixes for their iPod or other MP3 players. When I was in grade school, we were all about the Sony Walkman. We'd dub mixes on a cassette tape. That's right kids, a cassette tape. Here's a picture of one if you don't know what
I remember fondly being mesmerized by Hammy Hamster. Hammy Hamster was the lead character in a television show entitled Hammy Hamster and he was indeed a hamster. Not a cartoon hamster, but an actual hamster. His best friend was G.P. who was a guinea pig and there were others.
Eleven Twelve - As a toddler, I spent a great many hours watching Sesame Street. Looking back at Sesame Street as a guy quickly approaching thirty, I have a lot of good memories, but two sequences in particular stick out in my mind. One bit had Cookie Monster trying to
It's been a while since I've delved into the vault, but telling the tale of the lost and found wedding ring forced me into the vault to retrieve the receipt from that purchase back on January 4th, 1996. Here's the receipt.
As I've mentioned before on this blog, I frequently use Google News Canada as a portal to various articles on the latest news stories. Today, one headline jumped out at me and forced me to recall a less joyous time in Toronto. The article, Suspected SARS case in Beijing, brought
As a kid, I was enamoured by baseball trivia. At one time in the mid-80s I had memorized every member of the 500 club. The 500 club was an elite club of home run hitters who had hit at least 500 in their major league career. The 600 club was
I grew up on Sesame Street. In the mid to late 70s, it was the show for children and I watched it daily. my mother tells me I'd be glued to the television when Sesame Street was on. Sesame Street is now beginning its 35th season. In recognition of this
Bil Keane's The Family Circus has graced the comic pages of the newspaper for as long as I can remember. Because the format is usually a circle with a single line "joke" and it's always there in the top left corner, I usually read it. If nothing else, The Family
I was just thinking of how far we've come with regards to the way we use the Internet. Today, I use the Internet to do all my banking, purchase concert or sporting event tickets, remotely connect to my work's network to gain access to various servers for work purposes, use
I've been feeling under the weather the past couple of days. Along with a sore throat I've been rather feverish. Last night I was crashed out in bed when I was joined by James who wanted to watch Treehouse with Daddy. Daddy was in no mood for Treehouse, so I
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
When it comes to the music you like, where you come from will always play a role. I'm not talking about your favourite music. You'll really like what you really like. I'm talking about the tunes that bring you back to a simpler time when you hear them. They aren't
It's been a while since I delved into the vault. Today I took a peek and found an old Blue Jays schedule from the 1988 season. A drawing of 1987 American League MVP George Bell is on the cover and that must be why I kept it. Here it is.
I worked at the CNE for three summers as a teen. At the time, the Hockey Hall of Fame was located on the Ex grounds so for 20 days ever summer I'd be within walking distance of this shrine to Canada's sport. Periodically, NHL players would sign autographs outside. One
With the passing of Bob "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan yesterday, I realized I have no memory of ever watching Captain Kangaroo on television as a child. According to IMDB, the show was on from 1955 to 1984. That put it right in my wheel house. How did I miss it? I
In honour of James' 2nd birthday today, I'm delving into the vault for a couple of pictures from that great day of January 20th, 2002. Here's James meeting Mommy for the very first time and here's James in the NICU ward surrounded by a proud Papa and Uncle Ryan and
I just found a very old Mr. Mugs book. Mr. Mugs was a sheep dog who starred in a series of books designed to help young children learn to read. I had several as a young child and even read them in kindergarten. It's fair to say Mr. Mugs had
