My 2 Cents
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A guy known only as Raphael jumped on the ice during a Montreal Canadiens practice and shot a puck at Jose Theodore. He was in full hockey equipment and just wanted to show off his skills by scoring on a great goalie. This guy is a freakin' hero to thousands
Is there a more dismissive term in the English language than "whatever"? Someone can tell me to f*ck off, go to hell or eat shit and die and I'm cool with it. "Whatever", however, is the lowest of the low. I've been listening to a song from CDLX called
Norfolk Island is an island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. Take a peek at their official flag. Does it remind you of anything?
When I was in high school, I remember hearing stories about kids who were being swarmed at the Eaton Centre. If a group of teens wanted your pair of Doc Martens, they simple swarmed you until you handed them over or you were going to get beat up. As a
Looking back at the past year, there was a great deal of the good life and a solid reminder that life, good or bad, always ends in death. As The Flaming Lips recently reminded us, everyone you know someday will die. It was hard to forget that in 2005. Mother
I watched the half time show during the Grey Cup on Sunday. For those who didn't, it was the Black Eyed Peas performing a variety of their hits and causing a little controversy. From what I can tell, there are three reasons for this controversy. I'll list the three reasons
Way to lead the Catholic church into the 21st century, Benny. Some of us are desperately hungry for a sign of enlightenment from your institution. Instead, it's the same old same old. Today, in his first major ruling as Pope, Benny imposed restrictions on homosexuals entering the Catholic priesthood, saying
Four short years ago, Conrad Black renounced his Canadian citizenship. He referred to his Canadian citizenship as an "impediment to my progress in another, more amenable jurisdiction". That more amenable jurisdiction, in his opinion, was Britain's House of Lords. Black made a number of statements four years ago that are
What the hell is going on in Kansas? The Kansas Board of Education approved new public-school science standards today that promotes the teaching of creationism. The board rewrote the definition of science, so that it is "no longer limited to the search for natural explanations of phenomena". Here in Toronto,
Following the story out of the Kashechewan Reserve this past week has been a painful practice. It seems I'm quick to criticize other nations when there are third world conditions in my own province. The water treatment plant for the Kashechewan Reserve was built on the cheap in 1996, downstream
A few years ago, I bought some Kellogg's cereal that had a DVD inside. The DVD was "Air Bud" and I put it away so that one day I could watch it with James. That day was this weekend as we all sat down to watch this Canadian movie about
Relax fellow Pearl Jam fans, it's only Liisa LaDouceur. I've got a story that puts everything into perspective, don't you worry. You spent the morning following the concert reading reviews online and you saw Liisa LaDouceur's review from the Toronto Sun. It probably upset you. LaDouceur makes a number of
How will they return to playing football in the Louisiana Superdome? The official site of the New Orleans Saints only just put up a reference to the disaster plaguing their home city and tickets are available to see the Giants come to town on September 18. The Superdome, currently a
I frequent a number of blogs on a regular basis. A frequently updated and interesting blog beats a mainstream media site every day of the week. This weekend, I decided I would write an entry about the top ten blogs in Toronto. I first referenced my bookmarks, identifying those written
I'm not a Telus customer, and with practices like this I will never be a Telus customer. Telus has blocked its internet subscribers from accessing a website supporting striking union members. Telus subscribers can't get into Voices for Change, which says it's "a community website run by and for Telecommunications
There's great debate today over the time. It looks as if our giant neighbour to the South will be extending Daylight Saving Time and many Canadians feel we have to follow suit or suffer mass confusion. This is the perfect time to revisit my Daylight Saving Solution which I first
It seems everyone is talking about podcasts these days. In fact, it seems there are now more podcasts out there than there are people interested in listening to podcasts. Podcasting is the new blogging, or the new black, I get confused. Personally, my beef is with the term "podcast". "Podcast"
I love the idea of satellite radio. Dozens and dozens of stations for every taste, sounding great and without the inane commercials. Furthermore, Howard Stern is heading that way at the end of the year and I've been a big fan for a decade now. Today, the CRTC made their
35% of all tunage we hear on Canadian radio between the hours of 06:00 and midnight must be Canadian in content. This is the Cancon rule I grew up with. It meant a frequent barrage of Frozen Ghost, Jeff Healey, Tom Cochrane, The Pursuit of Happiness, Blue Rodeo, Corey
It's tough to say what might be the most overrated band ever, but it very well could be Kiss. For some inexplicable reason, Kiss have legions of fans all over the world. They call themselves the Kiss Army and buy up Kiss merchandise and worship the band as the greatest
I'm not one of those royal watchers. You know the type. They monitor every move the royal family makes, completely buy into the whole pomp and circumstance and actually care about the integrity of this archaic monarch institution. This morning, while visiting with my mom, I caught a bit of
It's that glorious time of the year when we shorten our already too short weekend. Curb your enthusiasm and turn back those clocks like a good boy or girl. I've already said my piece on this Daylight Saving defugelty. On October 28, 2003 I wrote "We've essentially taken an hour
I bought a bunch of Blue Jays tickets online earlier today. During the check-out portion of the transaction, I had to select the method by which I'd like the tickets. I could have them mailed to me, I could pick them up at the box office or I could print
I, like many of you, have been following the Terri Schiavo case quite closely these past few weeks. Terri is in a persistent vegetative state with no hope of recovery. Terri's husband is fighting to have her feeding tube removed while her parents fight to keep it in place. It
I don't blog about everything. In fact, I won't post my most interesting entries because they aren't quite fit for public consumption. For about a year now I've had a rather large responsibility on my plate that I've never referred to in these pages. Oh behalf of someone I love
