I'm not really a theatre guy.  Despite having starred as the Wizard of Woe in The Canada Goose, I've only been to the theatre twice as an adult.  I was dragged by my wife to see The Lion King and Mamma Mia. Tonight we're going to the Hummingbird Centre to

I was just glancing at this afternoon's news items when I read what might just be the quote of the year.  It's from Rolling Stone guitarist Keith Richards. "The strangest thing I've tried to snort? My father. I snorted my father," Richards was quoted as saying by British music magazine

All day I've noticed an influx of traffic from people searching for Chalk Circle's "April Fool" video.  I'm #1 for chalk circle april fool video and proud of it. We're not talking about massive traffic, but even ten such visits is ten more than usual.  There was definitely an increase

Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip, has shared with us the formula for happiness. Happiness = health + money + social life + meaning I'm working on all four...

I have a question for my fellow Toronto bloggers.  How many of you have been contacted by the people behind the upcoming production of "Edward Scissorhands"? I've been offered two free passes to the April 4th opener at The Hummingbird Centre and a chance to meet and greet the actors.

Here's the deal.  I'm getting a pretty decent tax refund this year, and I'm looking to spend the extra dough on a used car. Where in Toronto should I go or look for a dependable, economical used car for $4000 or less?  Does anyone have a hook up or a

I enjoy this song so much, I would have named my second son after it.  That was the deal, if Michelle had been a boy, I'd have been given the privilege of naming him.  As it turned out Michelle was a girl and Taryn got to name her and the

Happy St. Patrick's Day.  Courtesy of the Star, here's proof I'm not alone in claiming Irish heritage. Irish was the fifth most frequently reported ethnic origin in Canada on the 2001 census, behind Canadian, English, French and Scottish.3,822,665 – The number of Canadians who claimed Irish ancestry in

Alexi Chabane is an Art Director on the Backyardigans.  He shows off his stuff over here and competes annually in our NHL playoff pool. I kept seeing these neat paintings as his IM profile so I asked him how he did it.  He opens a picture in Photoshop and simply

Somebody else has just added me as a friend on Facebook.  I've been getting a lot of these emails lately as everyone and their mother gets a Facebook account.  The thing is, I don't have a Facebook account, and I don't plan to ever get one. The same is true

Thanks to our neighbours to the south, we're springing forward a month earlier this year.  Before you fall asleep tonight, do yourself a favour and change your clocks.  For me, that means changing the clock radio next to the bed, the clock on the microwave and the one in the

greatfirewallofchina.org enables you to see if a website is censored in China.  You can do this in real-time. It is estimated that some 30,000 Chinese civil servants are monitoring Internet traffic and blocking content that is deemed undesirable. Typing in sensitive keywords such as 'democracy', 'Falun Gong' or

About a year ago I complained about the anti-piracy advertisements they force down your throat when you're watching a legitimate, store-bought movie on DVD.  What kills me about these ads is you can't skip them and they play every time you put the DVD in the player.  It makes watching

Since this thing is all about me, I'm going to write about my left thumb. I jammed it during the first game of a slo-pitch double-header back on July 28, 2006.  I know that's the date because I blogged about it.  It was essentially unusable during the second game and

It's no secret I love The Tragically Hip.  I celebrate their entire catalogue and catch them live whenever possible.  There is no band I enjoy seeing live as much as I enjoy catching The Hip. No matter how much I like this band, there are always people who will have

My Chinese friend Fei just told what my name is in Chinese. Now I just have to learn how to write it.

I ♥ Flickr.  It's a pleasure to use and she never causes me any trouble.  If I have a memory that's fit for public consumption, I upload it to my Flickr account. I just uploaded a scan of my Tragically Hip ticket stub and I think Flickr's wires got crossed.  Here's

Right off the top I should declare that Fast Times At Ridgemont High is one of my favourite movies of all time.  It's one of the few movies I own on DVD.  There are so many great scenes and lines, but one line in particular from Mike Damone actually changed

I received an email from my brother Steve yesterday afternoon.  Here it is. If you guys don't already know about peekvid.com, you should check it out.  You can stream recent releases on your computer and the quality is not bad at all. I just watched An Inconvenient Truth and

An interesting comment was left earlier today on this entry about Lynn Johnston's retirement from writing For Better Or For Worse.  A fellow fan of the strip who goes by the handle T. K. Niland left Lynn a message, in the hopes that Lynn Johnston will find her way to

I probably heard about this when it happened, but I just rediscovered it.  Back in 2001, a firefighter from Ohio legally changed his name to Optimus Prime.  He made the change on his thirtieth birthday and "Optimus Prime" now appears on his driver's license, military ID, and firefighter uniform. Imagine

I spent the day hosting a bunch of James' friends as they celebrated his fifth birthday.  There was pizza, there was cake and there was a movie.  I learnt a great deal. Spills Are Inevitable The more four and five year olds you have in one room, the more spillage

I did good tonight.  I redeemed all of Canada. When Whorella Mundane requested an MP3 of Gord Downie's Hallelujah, I emailed it right away.  That is, after all, my duty.  I got this email from Whorella shortly thereafter. Oh my god that was so fast! Thank you so much. You

I've never played Mortal Kombat, but when I saw some cat named Ed Boon was demonstrating Mortal Kombat Armageddon on the Nintendo Wii, I thought I'd check it out.  After all, his name is Ed Boon and there's no "e" at the end of that surname. It's actually a very