My son plays for Frost in the Pee Wee division of the George Bell Hockey Association. Today, they took on the Capitals in the finals and we won! I love watching my boy play hockey. He won it all last year, and won it all again today in a 6-1
Yesterday, was a great day. In fact, it was one of those all-time wonderful days that I'll remember forever. I enjoyed my first day with baby Jarvis and got to introduce James and Michelle to their new brother. It was awesome. At about 6pm, James, Michelle and I decided to
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.
Last night, at 9:45pm, Jarvis Henry finally arrived. He was 8lb 3oz and perfectly healthy. Mom's doing great, his brother and sister are excited and I'm exhausted.
Canadian forces played a very significant role in one of the key massive offensives launched by the Allies in WWI. On April 9, 1917, the Canadian Corps, four divisions strong and fighting together for the first time, attacked the German army posted on the gently rising slope of land that
The Ultimate Warrior was 54. He was the wrestler best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) from 1987 to 1991 and again in 1992 and 1996.
An arrogant, insufferable cad who threw away Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald and ensured the Leafs went 266-441 in the 80s is responsible for the room my son will be born in.
Last month, Catherine Solmes (@ccath on Twitter) wrote a guest blog entry here about Rob Ford and Jimmy Kimmel. She's written another one about Rob Ford she's titled "Stinky TO". The following words belong to Catherine. There is a bad odour in Toronto right now and it can’t be
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.
And what's with the twist ending? Someone sent me this video and for the life of me I can't figure out what's being sold here. Surely it's an ad for something, right?
Great quote from The Globe and Mail yesterday. The editorial is appropriately titled "Rob Ford, still setting the bar as low as it will go". Mr. Ford’s message to the voting public is this: I may have smoked crack while in office and I may have lied to your
Q107 has changed its tune from "Classic Rock" to "Toronto's Rock Station". Fear not, they'll still play Led Zeppelin, but they'll also play newer rock. Here's John Derringer explaining the format tweak. What do you all think about this change?
Mickey Rooney was 93. He was the actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances spanned nearly his entire lifetime.
In February, I shared a short video of Brokentooth's ride from Maple Leaf Gardens to Bill Barilko's grave. I love the legend of Bashin' Bill, and I dig this longer video Brokentooth just sent me of his pilgramage to Bill Barilko's grave. This is Blue Line. It's pretty awesome.
In this 74th episode, Mike chats with Jeff Marek, formerly of Live Audio Wrestling, Leafs Lunch and HNIC radio, and current host of Hockey Central on Sportsnet. They talk about Jeff's career, the horseshoe up his ass, his ex Josie Dye of 102.1, his start and reuniting with Strombo,
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.
I'm training for a 220km bicycle ride in early June, so I'm trying to increase my daily distances. Yesterday, after a nice ride at lunch, I declared via Twitter that the trails were completely snow-free. I just completed a 22.22 km bike ride. The trails are now completely snow-free!
I've wanted to write about the Breaking Bad finale since it first aired on September 29, 2013, but I promised I'd wait six months before doing so. It's now six months later, but to avoid spoilers hitting the front page, I've archived the entry here. If you can handle the
I spent a few months without cable a couple of years ago. During this time, I watched a number of episodes of How I Met Your Mother, all from seasons 1-3. Since then, I've caught a few episodes on flights, but otherwise haven't tuned in to find out what's happened
I played in the Swansea Hockey Association when I was young. I played until I was 13 and I never won the championship once. In fact, my strongest memory is going winless one season while playing for the CN Towers. I returned to playing ice hockey several years ago, be
When cleaning out my old office recently, I came across a dusty old desktop I hadn't used in some time. This week, I decided to set it up in my daughter's room. The first thing I did was install all the updates to the operating system, Ubuntu 13.10. Then,
Today is the perfect day to share my favourite song from the first band I saw live in concert, Chalk Circle. This is "April Fool".
(St. Petersburg, FLA) After game 1 of the 2014 regular season, Major League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays have admitted the season is lost. “We’ll get ‘em next year”, says Jays Manager John Gibbons. Toronto was optimistic just days prior to the season opener, which engineered a winning record
Who doesn't remember Tom Vu's infomercials in the late 80s and early 90s. They'd run late night at night recruiting people to attend his free 90-minute seminar where he'd share the secrets he used to make millions. Here a clip from one such Tom Vu informercial. When he tired of
