Hello friends... I've been exchanging emails with Cheryl.  I've never met Cheryl and don't know her outside of this blog, but she's been commenting regularly here since November 1, 2009.  As of this moment, she's left 1,096 comments. Cheryl can be awfully repetitive, going on and on about her

If you're legally buying beer in Ontario, and you're not buying it at a brewery or the LCBO, you're buying it at The Beer Store.  The Beer Store is testing a new logo at four select locations.  Here's the old and new logo side by side, courtesy of Brand New.

I'm getting married on Saturday.  As the day gets closer, I'm helping out where I can but mainly I'm blown away by how organized my future wife is. We didn't hire a wedding planner, opting to do it all ourselves.  The following parts all have to come together in perfect

I'm posting this for my sister-in-law Vanessa who survived thyroid cancer and now seeks to kick its ass by running in the Toronto Thyroid Cancer Awareness Run this Saturday. Secure online donations can be made here with your credit card. An electronic tax receipt will be sent to you by

I spent the last two days on a retreat of sorts with Chevrolet as they showed off their new Impala.  I'll write about the Impala later, but right now I want to write about the malt whiskey tasting. I'm not much of a drinker.  I enjoy a bottle of Heineken

It seems there's a Redditor who goes by the name TorontoMike who is quite active on the /r/Canada subreddit.  I am definitely not Reddit's TorontoMike. Members of /r/MetaCanada, however, believe we're one and the same and that I'm the "neckbeard" they love to hate. I actually had to

During last Friday's Open Mike, someone asked if there could be a mid-week Open Mike bring the total of Open Mikes to two a week.  I said I'd do it if ten commenters were on board. Then commenters were into it, so next week I'll kick this off.  I'm torn

The big three condiments here in Canada seem to be ketchup, mustard and relish.  I like both ketchup and mustard on my hotdogs and hamburgers, but I've never liked relish. Does anyone actually like relish?

Waiting for Mad Men to start last night, we checked out a little of the Juno Awards.  They were honouring k.d. lang, who made a great speech about letting your freak flag fly.  That's when my girlfriend Monica told me k.d. lang and I share the same hair.

The first wave of invitations have gone out for my little wedding and the very first RSVP response had a surprise waiting for us on the back. This was courtesy of good friend and frequent Toronto Mike commenter and Toronto Mike'd guest elvis.  Thanks, elvis!

We all know John Wilkes Booth assisinated President Lincoln.  But did you know that John Wilkes Booth's brother, Edwin Booth, once saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life? Edwin Booth saved Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert, from serious injury or even death. The incident occurred on a train platform in Jersey City, New

While touring in Amsterdam, Canadian pop sensation Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank House.  He left a note in the guestbook as he departed. Truly inspiring to be able to come here. Anne was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.The entire episode is reminiscent of

Over seven years ago, when I moved this blog into Movable Type, I decided to open up comments to everybody.  That means absolutely anyone with an Internet connection can leave a comment, using their real name, a catchy handle or leaving the name field blank so it shows up as

The Ontario logo is supposed to depict our provincial symbol, the trillium.   But thanks to Reddit, all I can see now is three guys chilling in a hot tub. And now, that's all you'll ever see, too.

For a couple of days last week, I was doggy sitting for a very nice dog named Rudy.  In addition to a leash and dog food, I was left these four doggy boots for him to wear on his walks. I could never bring myself to use these boots.  I'd

Would you rather go a week without your phone or a week without your toothbrush?

I've got a pretty big event coming up in June, so today I got fitted for the tux I'm renting. Fun Fact: This will be the very first time I've ever worn a tuxedo.

In this rapid fire video, John Green of Mental Floss debunks 50 common misconceptions in science, history, pop culture, and elsewhere.

Hello from Frankfurt!  I may be overseas, but I'm still keeping touch with what's happening back home. I hear our anthem was destroyed before the Jays - Astros game in Florida.  I'm amused by how the anthem singer literally gave up on O Canada and moved on to the Star-Spangled

I love the story of Sir Nicholas George Winton. Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War.  He found homes for them and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. Then there's this little nugget: Winton kept

Happy Valentine's Day.  I choo-choo-choose you.

This page from the German Karicartoon calendar, dated February 10, 2013, shows the pope winning the lottery and saying "Holy smokes! Tomorrow I'll quit!" in German. This is no fake, as you'll read here. Holy coinkydink!

Four years ago today, I suffered my one and only (so far!) upper body injury when I separated my shoulder playing hockey. Even now, if I sleep too long on my left side, I feel the pain.  I've accepted long ago that this is perma-pain, and I just live with

I just got word my buddy Daniel Torreblanca passed away while visiting Peru. He was only 31 years old. Just before he left with his girlfriend to visit his family in Peru, Daniel and I had a great chat about what was next for him.  He had just quit his