My 2 Cents
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I'm getting used to mail-in rebates. You know what I'm talking about. You buy a product from Best Buy or Future Shop or some other electronic goods store and you pay one price but with the manufacturer's mail-in rebate you can save $15, $40, $70 or whatever. I now have
I hate Julia Roberts. In my humble opinion, she's the most over rated actress in motion picture history. She was fairly likable in Pretty Woman, and she did a half decent job in Erin Brokovich, but that's it. Want to talk dogs? Lets talk I Love Trouble, Mary Reilly, Runaway
The Internet has ruined "TV Talkback". "TV Talkback" is a feature that appears in the Star Week television listings that come with the Saturday Star here in Toronto. Growing up with the Toronto Star, "TV Talkback" was a great place to go every Saturday morning to learn where you recognized
My friend Mark reminded me that December 23rd is Festivus. For those who don't know what Festivus is, he summarized it 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
One of the most disturbing stories I've ever followed in the news is that of Armin Meiwes. Meiwes has confessed in court to killing and eating a willing victim, a crime for which he's currently on trial. "The Cannibal of Rotenburg" posted Internet ads using the pseudonym "Franky" to recruit
The Canadian Alliance Party of Canada voted overwhelming in favour of merging with the Progressive Conservatives earlier today. It's looking like the Progressive Conservative Party will also vote to ratify the merge. The two parties will form the new Conservative Party of Canada. Although I don't like the politics of
I'm still digesting the story out of Lafayette, Louisiana about the seven year old boy who was punished for using the word "gay" in school. Apparently, the boy was asked by a classmate about his parents. The boy is being raised by lesbian partners (not that there's anything wrong with
As much as I enjoy the tunes I hear on CFNY Edge 102, I'm not a fan of their morning show. When Dean Blundell and his crew start one of their inane contests or other gimmicky radio bits, I tune out. In the mornings, I'm only there for the music.
I just returned from our local Ikea. My wife had bought a table for James that was too short for him, so I got the job of returning it and picking up another model. I knew the exact product I was looking for and even that it could be found
Am I crazy to still be hand-coding this site? I edit every stitch of torontomike.com in a basic text editor (good ol' Notepad does the trick nicely) building and maintaining it character by character. I know the XHTML and CSS that make up this site intimately, but am I
watched About Schmidt yesterday. I enjoyed the movie as a whole and was pleased to see Jack Nicholson effectively underplay a character for once. Kathy Bates was also very good, but then again Kathy Bates is always good. She really exposed herself for the role. I mean, she literally exposed
As a child, I idolized Wayne Gretzky. I would read and reread a paperback copy of The Great Gretzky by Terry Jones that I got from a sale at a Toronto Public Library back in 1982. I know this is where I got the book because I'm looking at it
EZ Rock 97.3, a horrible local radio station that promises buckets of syrop all day long, is promoting itself as Toronto's original holiday music station. They're playing nothing but Christmas carols from now through December. They're including the word "original" in their billing due to the fact other stations
Death is the great leveller. No matter how rich and powerful you are in life, you will inevitably die. You will die just like the beggar on the street, the criminal in prison or the lady who put too much sugar in your French Roast Starbucks coffee this morning. Everyone
A number of large corporations are opening call centres in India. This is big business for the world's second most populated country. More and more multinationals are closing call centres in North America and replacing them with lower paid Indian employees. Dell has over 2,000 people working at its
People between the ages of 18 and 34 don't read newspapers with the same frequency as previous generations. I wrote about this very fact in a previous blog entry. The majority of daily newspaper readers are over the age of 50 and do so out of habit. How can newspapers
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is urging Americans to get a flu vaccination in a news release this morning. An earlier-than-usual influenza outbreak could foreshadow a severe flu season, they say. Here in Ontario, we have an aggressive campaign to get everyone to get their flu shot. This
Blink-182 are bringing their Dolla Bill tour to The Phoenix on December 2nd. Tickets went rather quickly because all tickets cost a mere dollar bill, get it? Frankly, I am appalled. Blink-182 has shown a distinct lack of cultural sensitivity with this Dolla Bill tour. We Canadians are being treated
It's happened. For the very first time ever, the top title on Billboard's Hot Digital Tracks chart has outsold the No. 1 commercial single on Billboard's Hot 100 Singles Sales tally. In other words, the #1 downloaded single has outsold the #1 offline single. The most excellent funky sounds of
Tupac Shakur is the hardest working man in show business. The man has been prolific, releasing nine albums over the past seven years and starring in the major motion picture "Tupac: Resurrection" which is being released this week. This is an impressive resume for a man who was gunned down
I love pasta. Spaghetti, rigatoni, penne rigate, rotini, it's all good. I have one rule though. My pasta must be covered with a tomato sauce. If the sauce ain't red, I ain't eatin' it. I don't understand why anyone would want to have their pasta covered in a white sauce.
Following tonight's Leaf game I turned on my Freeplay Ranger to listen to the post-game call in show on Mojo Radio. One of the advertisements I heard was a big voice pronouncing the exciting fact "Comedy legend Louie Anderson is coming to Casino Rama". Excuse me? Louie Anderson is now
As a general rule, I try to agree with Heritage Minister Sheila Copps as little as possible. Unfortunately, she made some comments yesterday that I whole heartedly agree with. In fact, I've been saying the same thing for years. In response to the House of Commons heritage committee's report on
What's the deal with Nutella? When I was a kid, I was always envious of my classmates who would bring Nutella sandwiches for lunch. What could look better to an 8 year old than a chocolate sandwich? Nevertheless, Nutella was never part of my family's diet and to this day
I can't say I've given Sinéad O’Conner much thought since her 1990 album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got". It was a pretty good CD at the time that spawned a monster hit with Prince's "Nothing Compares 2 U" and a minor follow up hit with "The
