In this 60th episode, Mike and Elvis share what they know about the Dean Blundell firing, discuss the recent ice storm and Winter Classic and much, much more. This episode is exactly 54:43. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe directly to
If you thought Saturday night's Leafs game was disappointing, you should see my Maple Leaf gloves. I opened these gloves in November 2013 and have been wearing them over my biking gloves on really cold days. They've completely torn open at the top. Booo!
After a bunch of boring speeches, they just unveiled the members of Team Canada for the Sochi Olympic games. There were some great players named, and some great players left off the team. Here's our Canadian men's hockey team for the Sochi Olympic games. Forwards Jamie Benn, Dallas StarsPatrice Bergeron,
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The Dean Blundell Show is no longer on 102.1 The Edge. The show has been cancelled. Here's the official statement from Corus Radio. With the start of the new year, Corus Radio will be taking 102.1 the Edge in a new direction in 2014. The station will return
Back in June, I shared my thoughts about e-bikes in bike lanes. I thought it was a bad idea. I still do. A newly released city staff report recommends that the city make it legal for e-bikes to ride in most bike lanes. This is a very bad idea. If
There were 1090 sources of traffic to this site in 2013. Excluding search engines, here are the top 10 sites that sent visitors over here throughout the year. StumbleUpon.comTwitter.comFacebook.comredditGawkerBlogTOWikipediaMy Toronto ScoopHumble and Fred RadioCanadian ThinkerInbound links are always appreciated, and whenever possible reciprocated.
I just returned the Buick Encore I've been driving the past two weeks. As I started driving my freezing cold '99 Mazda Protegé, these were the biggest differences. No More Silence The Buick Encore was much, much quieter. In my old Protegé, I hear everything... it's loud in there. The
Phil Everly was 74. He and his brother Don were the Everly Brothers, an influential harmony duo who recorded the hits Wake Up Little Susie, Bye Bye Love and All I Have to Do Is Dream.
Not to brag or anything, but I led our "small Separate school" to a "Metro-wide second place showing" in the 1986 W5H competition. This article appeared in the Bloor West Villager. I'm the cool looking guy in the front row who needed a haircut and tucked his shirt into his
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During yesterday's Winter Classic, Detroit's Brendan Smith was referred to as being "from Mimico". A couple of Leafs, Dave Bolland and David Clarkson, are also "Mimico boys". In high school, I heard all about the legend of alumnus Brendan Shanahan "from Mimico". For the unaware, Mimico is a neighbourhood in
My Leafs beat the Detroit Red Wings in today's 2014 NHL Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. 105,491 braved the cold while I watched from my living room. Here are some of the better photos I've seen in my digital travels tonight. If you were there,
This picture was taken in late 1974 near St Clair and Atlas Avenue in Toronto. It's just me and my mom.
James Avery was 68. He was the actor most famous for his role as the judge "Uncle Phil" Banks in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. He also voiced the villain Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
In 2011, almost everything in my life changed dramatically. There were changes in regards to where I live, where I work, my romantic life and just about everything in between. 2011 was a year of great change, but 2012 was amazing. Looking back, I'm pleased to say everything was fantastic
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While I'm knee-deep in Google Analytics for this site in 2013, I thought it would be interesting to see how people are visiting Toronto Mike these days. This site is 11-years old, so there was a time when 100% of visitors came from a desktop / laptop. Today, that's definitely not
2013 was the year of the Mac with a big change in the browser rankings. Here are the browsers used by visitors to this site in 2013: Safari - 27.83%Chrome - 25.10%Internet Explorer - 18.08%Firefox - 13.14%Android Browser - 7.04%There
As I just mentioned, few unauthorized YouTube clips survive the years with one pleasing exception. Retrontario's clips have held up extremely well, which pleases this home-grown 70s child. Here's the opening of The Waterville Gang, a CTV show from the early 70s starring Billy Van. Thanks, Retrontario!
The first time I embedded a YouTube video on this blog was February 4, 2006 when I shared Brokeback to the Future. Since then, I've embedded over 1000 YouTube videos, and over the years many of those have been yanked from YouTube for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it's a
CBC Radio's Day 6 with Brent Bambury aired their year-end episode this morning and named Rob Ford their newsmaker of the year. In honour of the occasion, they assembled a list of unanswered questions from reporters following the story. You can hear these questions asked here or read them below.
Nelson Mandela, Dead at 95Stompin' Tom Connors, Dead at 77Roger Ebert, Dead at 70Lou Reed, Dead at 71Stan Musial, Dead at 92James Gandolfini, Dead at 51Marcia Wallace, Dead at 70Jonathan Winters, Dead at 87Jean Stapleton, Dead at 90Rita MacNeil, Dead at 68
Little did I know last Friday, when I picked up a 2014 Buick Encore for a test drive, that it would be my ice storm sleigh. Appropriate for the season, it was red, and in some ultra slippery conditions, it got us where we needed to be without a problem.
When Canada Post announced they were going to stop door-to-door delivery, it sparked quite the conversation. Many, including me, remarked that most of what we receive in the mail is junk mail. While this is true, most of my junk mail does not come from Canada Post. The vast majority
