On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Canadians pause and remember the thousands of men and women who sacrificed their lives fighting for freedom and democracy during the First World War, the Second World War, the Korean War, the Afghanistan conflict and during peacekeeping missions.
My youngest is unable to pass a park bench without wanting to sit on it and chill. It sure slows down walks through High Park. When he first started doing it, I thought it was cute and would take a picture, but now it happens so often it's lost its
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
In this 140th episode, Mike chats with actor Jeff Lumby about his role on The Red Green Show, his voice-over work, and his many radio gigs, including mornings at The Fan 590. This episode is exactly 1:02:35. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways:
Lately, when I go out cycling, I've been listening to CBC podcasts on their CBC Radio app. One podcast I've been digging lately is all about... well... podcasts. It's called Podcast Playlist and promises "Fresh, new, provocative programs from the digital realm". Each episode contains several interesting segments from other
Having surpassed my 2015 goal in mid-September, I'm now fulfilling a contractual obligation by comparing my year-over-year distances through December. Although there were a few chilly, wet days in October, overall it was a great cycling month, with the sun shining and mostly double-digit temps. Here's how my October 2015
On Friday, my wife and I learned the gender of our unborn baby. We kept that detail to ourselves for one day so we could inform the kids in the best way possible: via cake. My wife made a vanilla cake with food colouring. My daughter would cut the cake,
My kids will never know a world without the internet. As far as they're concerned, it's always been there, a pervasive connection to a massive database of facts and myths. Periodically, I'll remind them that I didn't surf the web until university. When I was 13, my buddies and I
I can't tell you how many times I dropped the phrase "not so good, Al" these past two decades. I can tell you I say it often as a way to express disappointment. The Al in that phrase was Al Delvecchio, owner of Arnold's malt shop on Happy Days. Al
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
Following 22 years in the wilderness, the Blue Jays built up a lot of goodwill this season. I was personally obsessed with this team after the trade deadline, perhaps the greatest trade deadline of all-time. You can thank Alex Anthopoulos for that. Mark Shapiro, hired on the last day of
In this 139th episode, Mike chats with comedian Christina Walkinshaw about making how tough it is for comics in Canada, her Comedy Now special, the "show me your tits" heckling incident and her popular Tinder blog. This episode is exactly 1:08:41. You can listen to this episode in
I watched most of the Leafs vs. Coyotes on Monday night. The sensation was very similar to how I felt after watching The Wire for the first time. It seems the end of the Jays season has me rather bored by mediocre hockey. I'm hopeful the Raptors will give me
You've likely heard by now that the WHO announced that eating processed meats leads to cancer. The media is having a field day with this confirmation, pointing out that eating bacon is now in the same classification bucket as smoking. Scary! The fact is, the WHO classifies carcinogens by how
With my first three kids, I knew their gender as soon as possible. That's typically at the 20-week ultrasound. All of my children were named while they were in the womb. This Friday, I'll learn the gender of baby #4. My daughter really wants a baby sister, so for her
I'm a Toronto sports fan. That means I've experienced far more failures than successes over my four decades of life. In fact, my three favourite teams have won a combined two championships in my lifetime. That was back in '92 and '93 when my Jays won back-to-back World Series titles.
Maureen O'Hara was 95. She was the actress who appeared in classics ranging from the grim How Green Was My Valley to the holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street. More recently, she appeared as John Candy's feisty mother in Only the Lonely.
In this 138th episode, Mike chats with 102.1 the Edge host Adam Ricard about his decade at the Edge, his feud with Alexisonfire, the Blue Jays, the Casby Awards, job security in radio and lots more. This episode is exactly 58:59. You can listen to this episode in
Remember when you asked your child what they wanted to be when they grow up when they were younger? Any answer was endearing—maybe they said they wanted to be a doctor or a superhero. That question is asked more often and seriously once kids become teenagers in high school.
Welcome to this week's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
The Blue Jays hype train departed the station in late July, and hasn't really let up. With a big win yesterday, we're headed back to Kansas City for game six of the ALCS. These are indeed exciting times. For Jays fans, this has been a long time coming. If you're
I've been sharing retro Blue Jays songs on this blog for over a decade. I loved those old cheesy Jays songs from the late 80s and early 90s. The Jays got back into their series with the Royals yesterday and hope to tie things up this afternoon. While things are
