On Tuesday, I asked FOTM John Michael McGrath to pop on Humble and Fred's podcast to discuss the election results. The Liberals won 169 seats, 3 shy of a majority. During this chat, I heard John Michael McGrath refer to wishcasting. I wishcast all the time! It's forecasting, or making

I only just realized it has a name. You know that time between Christmas and New Year's when you're never really sure what day it is? A client told me last week that's called Twixmas. Works for me! Today is the last day of Twixmas and it's pretty great. As

Spotify will have you know they're sunsetting Chartable. Is there anything more beautiful than a sunset? I love sunsets... It's so much nicer than saying they're shuttering that service you used and post-sunset you can no longer use it. A sunset, in the corporate world, is a very bad thing.

I work from home. I've been working from home since 2011. Part of my daily ritual is checking the mail. Mostly it's just bills and such, but I still have two clients who pay by snail mail, mailing me a cheque each month. Until recently I had three such clients,

Growing up in the 80s, everyone was straight. Unless you were gay. Otherwise, everyone was straight. In the school yard, a go-to insult you'd hurl at someone would be the F-slur or you'd just call someone "gay". If something sucked, it was "gay". We giggled at The Flintstones theme commanding

Sunsets are beautiful. It's always a highlight of my annual camping trip to The Pinery. An Ontario sunset doesn't get much better than the sun setting over Lake Huron. When you use a service and the proprietor of this service decides it's not generating enough revenue and should be shut

I've had this blog for 25 years. In 1999 it was a "personal home page" and then I converted it to the burgeoning new blog format in 2002. Once in while, when I have something to share, I like knowing I have this little slice of real estate on the

Yesterday, Carol Off dropped by for a chat and we discussed the need to reclaim the meaning of words like freedom, democracy, truth, woke, choice and taxes. I told her I'd like to add a seventh word to that list: weird. The Democrats in the United States have co-opted the

Will Bo Bichette resign or re-sign? The meaning of these two words are almost opposite, but they're often confused. If one resigns, they're quitting, or to put it gentler, voluntarily leaving their gig. But if one re-signs, they're re-upping, or signing up to continue the gig. The hope in Blue

Peter Gross came into my life on September 25, 2018. Of course, Peter Gross was a part of my life for as long as I can remember, as a personality on CityTV and a friendly voice on 680News, but in 2018 I met him for the first time when he

Only about 13 months ago, I wrote this about Buffy Sainte-Marie. Go ahead and click over for a quick read. It's about how much this woman means to me. As listeners of Toronto Mike'd know, I'm a Buffy fan since the 70s when I saw her on Sesame Street. Buffy

I get a lot of email. Some of it is good, some of it isn't. But I read everything sent to mike@torontomike.com. I received two emails back-to-back yesterday that really demonstrate the spectrum of feedback this independent content creator receives on a daily basis. This email arrived at

As I shared yesterday, I had a great time at the Toronto premiere of 299 Queen Street West, a documentary about Muchmusic. A fun nostalgic rump followed by great conversations with several FOTMs. I didn't bike home from Roy Thomson Hall until midnight. That doesn't mean this is a perfect

I'm not sure who needs to hear this, but I'm passionately supportive of trans rights. I've never had an anti-trans thought in my little brain. I'm keen to anplify the voices of members of this community, as you might have heard in heartfelt conversations with Ariana about her transition and

About a decade ago, a major character on Grey's Anatomy died suddenly in a car crash. I didn't watch this show, but my wife did, and she learned about this character's death because Roz Weston talked about it on his radio show the very next morning. I talked to Roz

I just saw flurries falling from the sky, then took a rather windy and chilly bike ride. It feels like winter out there, and it is.... for a few more days at least. When it comes to Toronto weather in March, all bets are off. I have memories of big

Do you remember attending Jays games as a kid? I do. I've loved that team since I was 8 years old. Seeing games at the old Exhibition Stadium was great fun, and part of that fun was the wave. If you've ever been to a baseball game, you likely know

Starting April 4, we in Ontario can legally bet on single-game sports.  iGaming Ontario, a subsidiary of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, made this announcement after Bill C-218 passed federally last August. Bill C-218 was a private member's bill brought forward by Kevin Waugh, Conservative MP for Saskatoon-Grasswood.

The buzz today is that Halloween is cancelled in Toronto. That's the headline you've likely seen or heard several times by now. In reality, the directive from Dr. David Williams, Chief Medical Officer of Health, is this: Traditional door-to-door trick or treating is not recommended.No shit, Sherlock. Traditional door-to-door

I've been thinking a lot about Halloween lately. I've got a six year old and a four year old and they're right in the Halloween wheelhouse. In this time of COVID-19, there's talk of cancelling Halloween, and I'm hoping that doesn't happen. When you break down the parts of Halloween