My 2 Cents
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I've had The Toronto Star delivered to my home for as long as I can remember. Of the four Toronto dailies, it's always been my preference. I've tried the Toronto Sun , The National Post and The Globe and Mail, but none offer that desired balance of news, sports, entertainment and
Toronto is in the Eastern Standard Time zone which means we all moved our clocks back an hour to return to Standard Time. Since doing this on Saturday after the Leaf game, I'm not happy with the results. We've essentially taken an hour of sunlight we'd experience in the evening
I have never lived EoY. In fact, whenever possible, I avoid EoY completely. This has been the case my entire life. Whether it's going to school, a movie theatre, out to dinner, shopping, for a bike ride or even to a concert or sporting event, I am least comfortable when
My mother recently asked me why it takes so much for my brothers and I to get excited about something. I paused to ponder the question and realized that men in their 20s and early 30s rarely appear particularly jovial. Immediately I thought of Bart and Lisa's response to a
The Internet is a great tool, isn't it? Accessing and sharing information has never been easier. I applaud the Alberta government for introducing The Alberta Electronic Health Record. The Alberta Electronic Health Record is an Internet database of patients' medical information that will be used by almost all health professionals
There's a famous deleted scene in Pulp Fiction when Mia Wallace asks Vincent Vega if he's an "Elvis man or a Beatles man". Mia Wallace believes you can tell a great deal about a person by their answer to this question. Today we have another question that is equally as
I am Steve Bartman. Well, that's not entirely true. I am actually Toronto Mike, but I could be Steve Bartman. For those of you who either live in a cave or simply don't follow sports at all, Steve Bartman is the Chicago Cubs fan who tried to grab a foul
Who's in charge here? Last time I checked my grade nine history book, the person who leads the party holding a majority in the House of Commons is Prime Minister of Canada. At this moment, that person is Jean Chrétien. On November 14th, that person will become Paul Martin. All
We Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving each year on the second Monday in October whereas Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of November. Personally, I'd rather have the holiday in October when the fall weather allows you to venture outside for a nice walk or game of football. You just know
In a recent blog entry I questioned whether a tune can be considered cool if it's being played on CHUM FM. I pondered whether being played on an MOR station was the kiss of death for a tune, no matter how good it is. I've been giving this concept a
Like thousands of Ontarians, I voted last night. We are fortunate to have fair and democratic methods in place for the selecting of political representation. My concern is with the nature of our political system and the ballots used to poll the electorate. Although we were choosing a Premier for
I have a beef with long distance providers in Canada. Our household makes only a few long distance calls each month, all within Canada. We were on a plan with a small telecommunications re-seller, paying 7¢ a minute for these calls no matter when the call was placed. This was
Today marked the official opening of North America's first legal safe-injection site at 139 East Hastings St. in Vancouver, B.C. It will be staffed by 16 nurses, four alcohol and drug counsellors and peer counsellors. At the injection site, addicts get clean needles and inject themselves at small booths
There's an alarming trend in music we must snuff out before it's too late. A bunch of sound-alike, wanna-be-punk, nauseatingly mediocre bands are starting to secure way too much valuable radio air time, forcing me to dive for the next station preset all too frequently. The bands on my personal
Pete Sampras is set to announce his retirement from professional tennis on Monday. With 64 singles titles, including a record 14 majors, Pistol Pete was clearly the dominant player of his generation. He finished at number one in the rankings a record six years from 1993-98. Why don't we think
In my blog entry of August 3rd, I announced that this front page of torontomike.com had undergone some major surgery. I also asked you to let me know if the end result was better or worse than the previous concept that had been around for the past seven months.
By now, everyone knows the Star Wars Kid. Ghyslain Raza is the chubby 15 year old kid from Trois-Rivieres, Quebec who made a video of himself imitating the combat style of Jedi knights with a golf-ball retriever. This two minute video has quickly become a cyber-space staple. In certain corners
The Raptors blew it. There they were in the 2nd round of the 2003 NBA Draft with the 52nd pick overall. Still available, surprisingly, was Carl English, the kid from Patrick's Cove, Newfoundland. This is a no brainer, right? Draft the Canadian kid from the rock and give the fans
Ontario's environment minister Jim Wilson wants us to stop BBQing to reduce smog. Excuse me? Stop BBQing? As if. We've been through some pretty crappy stuff of late. 9/11, the West Nile Virus, the death of Layne Staley, terrorist threats, a way cold winter, the war in Iraq, SARS,
It has been damn cold in Toronto the past week. I guess this is pay back for the non-winter we enjoyed last year. This blog is about my lips and the struggle every man deals with at this time of year, especially when the temperature plummets. When it gets this
Haircuts. I hate 'em. That's why I wait until the last possible second to get one. I simply dread the entire experience. I'm not sure exactly what it is about a haircut I detest. Maybe it's having to sit still in that chair. Maybe it's having to cough up the
