Toronto Mike

Friday Open Mike

Welcome to today's Open Mike. I'm Mike and I'll be your master of ceremonies for the day.  I'm sorry it's late, but I completely forgot it was Friday. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant,  share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
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What Makes You Happy?

During today's bike ride, I started thinking how happy it made me.  Rain, shine or snow, I love jumping on my bike and going for a ride.  It's a chance to get outside, get some exercise, and solve the world's problems. Then I started thinking of other things that make
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Solar Power in Ontario

Longtime readers of this blog will remember Blackberry Ry.  Ryan was a staunch defender of all things Blackberry and was even nice enough to lend me a Blackberry Playbook. Ryan's no longer with Blackberry and is now working with the sun.  I'll let him explain further in this guest blog
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The $1.56 Balaclava

When the weather started to dip in early November, I hit the market looking for a good balaclava. I picked one up at Mark's Work Warehouse, which was just fine until the temps dipped again.  At that point, I started preferring a fleece balaclava from Costco.  That's the one I
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