I was just reminded that Live Earth is taking place this weekend.  I'm just not feeling it.  I think I'm suffering from benefit concert fatigue. After 9/11 there were a few big benefit concerts, then we had SARSstock, the tsunami, and then Live 8 which was sort of a

I recently bought a new car.  It's actually not a new car, but it's new to me, and when I bought it it came with a certificate proving it had recently passed an emissions test.  If you look at the test results, you'll see it wasn't even close. This morning

I see Paris Hilton is dominating the news again this morning.  She was released from jail after three days and now there's word she might go back to the pen.  Every time Paris Hilton hits the news I have to remind myself why this is news. She was born rich,

Prior to our ball game last night, Kic was telling me he napped.  For a period of time between work and our 8p game he actually went to sleep.  Jordy tells me Kic frequently naps. I must confess, I've never been a napper.  Once I'm awake, why would I want

Somebody took video of their television airing that A-Rod play last night at the ballpark formerly known as Skydome.  I embedded the video here, because in this instance a video speaks more than a thousand words.  About a half an hour after I embedded the video it was pulled by

This past week, I've had an internal debate about which event would be more upsetting: an NBA championship for Vince Carter's Nets or a Stanley Cup championship for the Ottawa Senators.  These are two events that I'm passionately rooting against, but if I had to pick my poison, I'd rather

Barry Bonds hit his 744th career home run today, moving within 11 of Hank Aaron's record of 755. Just for fun, let's take a look at Barry Bonds circa 1986. Now, as an interesting comparative study, let's look at Barry Bonds circa 2001. Discuss amongst yourselves...

They launched http://www.flickoff.org yesterday, with the backing of the Ontario government, environmental organizations, Virgin Mobile and MuchMusic.  Environment Minister Laurel Broten and British billionaire Richard Branson launched the campaign aimed at encouraging people to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It's sort of tough to discuss the controversy

There's a new catch-all excuse that's a kin to a "Get out of jail free" card in Monopoly.  Blame it on the software.  Go ahead, everybody's doing it, and it works. When Toronto residents Doris and Douglas Moore got their new couch from Vanaik Furniture, they were offended by the

Tim O'Reilly, a fellow blogger, has shared a draft of his Blogger's Code of Conduct.  This is a response to the Kathy Sierra affair.  Sierra suspended her blog in March because of death threats on her blog and threats of violence posted on other websites.  Here are the six parts

The article in the Sun says it all. Former Leafs' tough guy Tie Domi was "like a beast" as he screamed obscenities at his 11-year-old son Max's peewee hockey coach at a North York arena last night.Witnesses say Domi's profane tirade happened in front of a dozen stunned and

The Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board has removed David Guterson's novel Snow Falling on Cedars from school library shelves and English class reading lists.  Apparently there were complaints about the book's sexually explicit content. In this world of sex and gore filled video games, accessible Internet porn and instant digital/

20th Century Fox blames Canada for film piracy.  "Canada has become a hotbed for film piracy," Bruce Snyder, Fox president of U.S. distribution, said in this article. "It's a serious problem." Apparently it has something to do with the fact we can't get arrested for bringing a camcorder into

If you listen to "new rock" radio, you've probably heard Fall Out Boy's new single This Ain't A Scene, It's An Arms Race.  It's not a bad tune, it's sort of catchy, but I can't stand hearing it on the radio.  The reason?  It's far too heavily censored. I understand

For the past couple of days I've been having issues with my Rogers Internet connection.  You might know what I'm talking about because I hear it's effecting the entire GTA.  Some domains are not available, others are sporadically available, it's a crapshoot. Calling Rogers means having to talk to that

What do you know about Vancouver Canuck Rory Fitzpatrick?  I know he's pointless in 19 games this season.  I also know he's second in all-star voting behind Scott Niedermayer. This is what I love/hate about the web.  Fitzpatrick has no business representing the Western Conference in the all-star game

I remember reading Archie comics when I was knee high to a grasshopper.  On preview, that's really short.  That would make me about 3 mm tall.  Let's just say, I remember reading Archie comics as a very young kid and they were always around the house when I was growing

I was about to go on a rant about how we have to roll our clocks back an hour tonight.  Before I published my rant, I checked to make sure I wasn't repeating myself.  Of course, I was.  Three years ago today I wrote pretty much the same thing. We've

When Grand River Hospital in Kitchener-Waterloo shut down its emergency ward, Health Minister George Smitherman sent in a team of troubleshooters from St. Joseph's Health Centre.  Apparently, St. Joseph's has one of the best emergency wards in the province.  Only a few months ago I experienced the St. Joseph's emergency