Toronto Mike

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Seventh Blogiversary

It was seven years ago today I changed my personal home page into a blog.  In the world of blogging, seven years is actually pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. The vast majority of your favourite blogs started well after November 30, 2002. The Tale of the Tape
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The Holiday Comment Blogger Returns

For the third straight year, "nobody" is back.  "Nobody" is an anonymous soul who essentially blogs on an entry I wrote six years ago about Christmas music.  He or she posts these humorous updates on their Christmas tapes and love for holiday music. After this morning's comment, "Nobody" has left
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Those Creepy Sarah Palin Ads

The entry I just wrote about Oprah triggered an onslaught of ads for Sarah Palin's new book.  I'm guessing the company behind the ads, Newsmax.com, is bidding heavily on the popular keyword "Oprah", perhaps in conjunction with the keyword "magazine", realizing those in the Oprah cult are most likely
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Homo Milk

Five years ago I wrote about milk bags.  My family drinks a lot of milk, and we buy bags of milk.  Canadians will be familiar with the three bags of milk totalling 4 litres that are so common in these parts. As peculiar as that sounds to an American, it's
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A Month Without Sugary Treats

On Halloween night, I think I consumed about 20 chocolate bars.  They were those smaller sized bars for trick or treaters, but it was still 20.  Both kids scored so much loot, I knew I'd be surrounded by chocolate for all of November. I'm not particularly good at moderation.  I
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Halloween Day Carving

I just realized tomorrow is Halloween.  It's been that kind of week. I've got my pumpkin, but it's uncarved.  I do believe this is the first time I'll be doing the carving on Halloween Day.  The pressure is on... there's no room for error. Dare I cheat and download a
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