Hey Toronto, It's yet another Open Mike! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Hey Toronto, I'm back! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Here in Italy the transportation unions are on a general strike for the day making it rather fun trying to get from Florence to Cinque Terre. Riomaggiore or bust! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

I hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Talk to me! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Keep me posted on what's happening in Canada.... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

On this date in 1957, Leave It To Beaver premiered on CBS. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

I'm predicting a 3-2 Leafs win tonight. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

And there goes September... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Do you say autumn or fall? I say autumn, but now I'm wondering if that isn't a little pretentious. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

September is flying by... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Tonight, I play my second game of the hockey season as the newest left winger on the Cherry Hawks.  Last night, my slo-pitch team split the first two games of a best-of-three playoff series and we'll settle things with the Pirates next Monday.  The seasons are overlapping. Feel free to

Today is Friday the 13th. Tomorrow will be Saturday the 14th. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

They say it's going to feel like 43° today.  That's some contrast... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

This is my moving week, so I don't know where anything is or whether I'm coming or going.  And yes Elvis, that's what she said. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

I haven't been in school for 15 years, but every Labour Day I get that feeling in the pit of my stomach like it's time to go back. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

I'm Alberta bound to check out Banff and attend a wedding in Edmonton. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

Mark Twain once famously said "It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt."  What did he know? Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question

Time flies, doesn't it? August is in the home stretch... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

It's my wife's birthday today.  Happy birthday, babe! Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

This is your Open Mike for August 16, 2013.  Be good to it, and it will be good to you. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

This is your world famious Open Mike, which may or may not actually be world famous. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

We're headed to a cottage in the Algonquin Highlands for the weekend.  It's been awhile since I've cottaged. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

I have a feeling this will be the best Open Mike yet.  Such feelings of mine are only wrong about 50% of the time. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.

It's a long weekend with many, many different names.  In Toronto, Monday is Simcoe Day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.