Welcome to this week's Tuesday 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.
April 02, 2026
Did you know you can save money on fun Toronto stuff simply by using your MasterCard? For example, I recently learned that I can take the kids to Canada's Wonderland and save 38% off each ticket. I'm totally going to do that. If you'd like to see more Toronto deals
James Garner was 86. His whimsical style in the 1950s TV Western Maverick led to a stellar career in TV and films such as The Rockford Files and his Oscar-nominated Murphy's Romance.
I could eat eggs every day. I love eggs. And there are so many different ways to make or order eggs: FriedEggs BenedictHard BoiledOmeletteOver EasyOver HardPoachedShirredSoft BoiledSunny Side UpScrambledAll of those options, but there's only one way I'll make or order eggs, and that's scrambled. When I'm out for brunch,
I took my oldest son to the Blue Jays game today, and we rode the subway to Union Station. On the Yonge–University line, both ways, we enjoyed the new Bombardier subway trains, and that got me thinking... This next generation of subway riders will never require the Red Rocket
In this 85th episode, Mike chats with Jeremy Taggart about his years drumming for Our Lady Peace, why he left the band, his podcast with Jonathan Torrens, his battle with alcohol, his tryout with the Atlanta Braves and what's next. This episode is exactly 1:20:27. You can listen
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.
Alan Cross is returning to 102.1 the Edge where he's spent the bulk of his radio career. You can hear him chat with me about his career in radio in episode 66 of my podcast. We haven't been told yet what his role will be on 102.1, but
Elaine Stritch was 89. She was a five-time Tony nominee who I knew best as Colleen Donaghy on 30 Rock.
I'll spend a little time on a desktop running Ubuntu and a tablet running Android, but otherwise it's always my work-issued MacBook Pro or my LG G2 phone. It's been a while since I played with Windows on a laptop and I've never used Windows on a tablet. That's why
I've been seeing family stickers and stick family artwork on the back of cars, SUVs and minivans for years now, and I've always wondered who decides to do that and why. So I'm asking the hivemind. Do you have stick family decals on the back of your automobile? If so,
I just read that 40 million Americans still smoke. I was surprised the number was that large. Do you smoke? If you still smoke, have you ever tried to quit?
Welcome to this week's Tuesday 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.
Today, I took my kids to the Ontario Science Centre to see the IMAX film "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" and check out The Science of Rock 'n' Roll experience. Both were pretty awesome. "Island of Lemurs: Madagascar" is what you'd expect from a Morgan Freeman narrated IMAX movie about Lemurs,
Tommy Ramone was 65. He was the last surviving founding member of seminal punk band The Ramones. I wrote a little about the sad curse of The Ramones here.
I will be sitting down next week with Jeremy Taggart, best known as the drummer for Our Lady Peace from 1993 - 2014. He'll be dropping by to record an episode of my podcast Toronto Mike'd, and I get an entire hour to ask him anything I want. I know
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.
Many years ago, Sam the Record Man at 347 Yonge Street closed. Ryerson bought the building and promised to save the sign. We Torontonians love our signs. City council voted this morning to have the sign reassembled on the roof of 277 Victoria Street, a city-owned building on the east
In this 84th episode, Mike chats with Erin Davis about getting fired and re-hired by CHFI, her classic Blue Jays songs, sleeping with the boss and lessons learned along the way. This episode is exactly 1:06:42. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe
I alluded to this in episode 83 of my podcast, but it's time to come clean in print. I really don't care for football anymore. As a younger man, I watched a lot of NFL. The Bills were my team and I rooted for them the way I root for
Welcome to this week's Tuesday 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 own a home with both a front lawn and a back lawn, and I cut this lawn with a manual push reel mower. My mom recently had her yards landscaped so they don't have grass anymore, so she gave me her electric mower. I used it exactly once before
On June 5, I was feeling pretty good about this Blue Jays season. I took a screen cap of the AL East standings, showing us in first place with a 4.5 game lead over the Orioles, and wrote "So Far, So Good #BlueJays". The very next day, our postseason
The first sign of a newborn's personality comes out when he/she starts to smile and laugh. And once you discover what makes that happen, you'll do it over and over again, no matter how ridiculous you sound.
Now that the big ride is behind me, my go-to route is a brisk 14 km ride that takes me 30 minutes. I strapped on my GoPro when I went out this morning so you can follow along at home.
