It appears I've been nominated for Best Personal Blog at the Canadian Blog Awards.  Actually, I see dozens of nominations, and considering how few Canadians blog, it seems all blogs have been nominated. I was nominated for Best Culture Blog last year.  Have I gone from Culture to Personal.  Believe

I've carved four pumpkins into Jack O'Lanterns during my lifetime.  Not coincidentally, this is my son's fourth Halloween.  The OB/GYN won't mention it, but an additional change in your life when you become a parent for the first time is the requirement that every October you carve a pumpkin.

You had to be there to believe it.  There was a floating toilet, I swear. Since you weren't there, I've got the pictures to prove it. Oh yeah, there's video too.

Peace Point Entertainment Group is producing a brand new Canadian television series called “Fanatical” about obsessive fans of television shows.  It's going to air on TVtropolis and one episode will be based on "The Simpsons".  I know this because I've been in discussions with the producers about being one of

Much like Mats Sundin last night, I reached a milestone today.  A couple of posts ago, I hit 5000 entries. That's a nice and juicy round number.  5000 entries.  Wow.  Although I started blogging in November 2002, entries were few and far between until the following summer and they didn't

Now that Google has bought YouTube for $1.65 billion, they're likely looking to acquire a Toronto blog next.  I believe that would be the next logical step.  Capture the online-video audience first and then go after the Toronto market. In the spirit of this assumption, I would like to

During a Thanksgiving long weekend, you're either in the Sunday celebration camp or the Monday celebration camp.  Some probably fall in both camps.  We had our turkey yesterday. When you've been blogging for four years, you get a few Thanksgiving entries under your belt. Like a flashback episode of your

I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus.  For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminum, due to

This afternoon I heard the following announced over the paging system at a local Canadian Tire.  "Manager to the gun rack for customer service".  Something about that sentence didn't sit right with me. During the same visit to Canadian Tire, I asked a member of their helpful crew where I

Happy Festivus everyone! For those who don't know what Festivus is, I've summarized it below in three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminum, due to the "very high strength-to-weight ratio". Remember, "it requires