And here's my mid-90s bookshelf.
December 19, 2025
My son won his hockey league's house league championship this afternoon. Stop me if you've heard this one before. He also won it all last year, and the year before. That's three titles in three years, if you're keeping track at home. This is James's fourth house league title overall.
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.
With the NHL playoffs off and running, you'll likely see a lot of the Rogers Hockey crew over the coming weeks. I've had the pleasure of sitting down with a number of these guys over the past year for episodes of my podcast, Toronto Mike'd. For your convenience, here's the
The Raptors finished the regular season 49-33, easily winning the division. We're the 4th seed in the East, which means we'll face #5 Washington in the first round. For what it's worth, we swept the Wizards in the regular season, beating them three times. It's rather important the Raptors win
I recorded some sporting events I thought I'd want to see again. Specifically, I've got the last Jays game at Exhibition Stadium, the 1991 MLB All Star Game, the first ever Raptors game, the final Leafs game at Maple Leafs Gardens and Gretzky's last NHL game. Here's a pic of
Percy Sledge was 73. He was the soul singer best known for his classic song "When a Man Loves a Woman."
Yesterday, our long-time annual tradition continued as we collected to draft players for our NHL playoff pool. Although my digital records only go back to 2003, we've been drafting together since the 90s. Over so many years of participating, you'd think I'd accidentally win once or twice. Instead, I lose.
In this 118th episode, Mike chats with Dani Stover about her years producing the Dean Blundell Show on Edge 102, why she was fired, her battle with depression and her life on the air in Peterborough. This episode is exactly 1:18:07. You can listen to this episode in
What an awful, awful, awful, awful, awful 2014-15 season that was for our Leafs. So little passion, so little skill, so little entertainment... For the first time I can remember, I stopped tuning in. It's never been this bad, this early. But there are a few positives from this horrific
Toronto radio ratings came out yesterday, and I was interested in what effect recent changes at The Fan 590 and Virgin 999 have had. The Fan 590 recently moved Brady and Walker to 1pm and brought in long-time Edge 102 morning man Dean Blundell to host their morning show. Virgin
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.
Last night, after watching a rather unfortunate comeback by the Sens against the Pens, I listened to Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York. Young Mike likely would have spun Nevermind or In Utero, but yesterday I was craving the acoustic performance taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City
In this 117th episode, Mike chats with Retrontario about retro Toronto television from TVOntario to CityTV. We share memories of old ads, jingles, psas and all the nostalgia you can stomach. This episode is exactly 1:12:09. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
James Best was 88. He played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in The Dukes of Hazzard. I loved The Dukes of Hazzard so much as a kid my bed was adorned with The Dukes of Hazzard sheets and covers. Daisy Duke was my very first crush.
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. With the Jays set to start their 2015 season in just over an hour, I thought I'd share an old Jays song
Online gambling represents huge business in 2015, with the remote gaming sector set to achieve a cumulative value in excess of $182 billion by the end of the year. It is even beginning to achieve greater levels of popularity in the U.S., where several states including California are striving
Here's Billy Van keeping us up to date with personal computing back in 1991. I learned WordPerfect in high school, became incredibly proficient in the application and promptly watched Microsoft Word supplant it as the word processor of choice. Billy Van, of course, brought us The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.
Living in Toronto has one major drawback and that is receiving more than its fair share of rainfall. There’s nothing worse than a rainy day to dampen your spirits especially if you had an exciting outdoor activity to look forward to. But that doesn’t mean that you cannot
In the beginning, the Open Mike free-for-all entries only appeared on Fridays. If anyone had something to share or ask that didn't fit in any other recent entry, they could drop it there. There was a lot of activity in the Friday Open Mike, so it became bi-weekly, with another
Welcome to this week's Friday 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.
I'll bet you already have the VLC media player installed but had no idea you can use it to manage podcasts. VLC does indeed have an integrated podcast-subscribing feature. To access this feature, open VLC, click the View menu, and select Playlist. Click the + button beside "Podcasts" under "Internet". Simply
I know what I'll be watching Sunday night. There are seven episodes to go.
Yes, March was unseasonably cold in Toronto, but compared to February it was paradise. Here's how my cycling in March 2015 compared to March 2014. March 2015: 492.44 kmMarch 2014: 139.58 kmIn defense of March 2014, I disappeared for a week to visit Germany. But there's no doubt
