As a kid, I'd have loved to have had the opportunity to run the bases at Exhibition Stadium after a Jays game. Just being on the same field as the pros is a thrill. After this afternoon's 7-2 victory against the Rays, I asked my son and nephew if they
In this 52nd episode, Mike is joined by guest co-host Anthony a.k.a. Il Duce. Mike and Il Duce discuss moving on from Blackberry, places to visit in Italy, how the Leafs will fare and Il Duce finally spills the beans on Humble's illegal trips to the kitchen. This
And there goes September... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
Dave Nichol was 73. He was the popular pitchman for the Loblaws grocery store chain in Canada. He brought us the delicious Decadent Chocolate Chip Cookie and the "Memories of" products.
Dr. Donald Low, chief microbiologist at Mount Sinai Hospital for more than 25 years, passed away last week. Brain cancer took him at the age of 68. 8 days before he passed, he recorded this most sensible plea for the legalization of assisted suicide. He just wanted to die with
Do you say autumn or fall? I say autumn, but now I'm wondering if that isn't a little pretentious. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
I warned you my wife was going to review the Buick Verano, a car we drove last week. The following words belong to her... I don't get excited about cars. So when Mike told me he was test driving a Buick Verano for a week, I had no interest. To
When listing "rain" songs on Saturday, I included a gem by Melanie. "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" is a great tune, but it's not my favourite Melanie tune. I'm partial to "Brand New Key". You don't hear much about Melanie these days, likely because she seemed to withdraw from
I've just spent a week driving a new Buick Verano. When I was offered he Verano it was actually the first time I learned General Motors made a car called the Verano. I have since learned Verano is Spanish for summer. My wife has agreed to write a review of
The Tragically Hip's "The Lonely End of the Rink" shuffled on during my bike ride on Friday. I've loved this song since the first time I heard it in 2006, but it took on a far more personal meaning in January of 2008. That's when my uncle Bruce passed away
It's been raining cats and dogs all morning in Toronto and it doesn't look like it's going to let up for hours yet. That was the perfect excuse for me to assemble a brilliant 25 song "rain" playlist. Every song had to have "rain" in the title. I didn't include
On Wednesday, a cyclist was struck by a minivan and killed near my home. She was 51-years old. I couldn't find her name in any news reports about her death. Although I feel terrible whenever someone loses their life in a traffic accident, this cyclist's death has affected me more
When I was a kid, the frustration when riding the subway was that I couldn't get the radio on my Sony Walkman. There was no signal. Today that frustration has morphed into the sad fact we can't get a cell signal on the subway in Toronto. Most of my life
September is flying by... Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
My brother Ryan watches a lot of television. He'll frequently write me emails telling me which series he's digging and urging me to check out shows like Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, Luther and Game of Thrones. If there's a critically acclaimed new show out there, he's watching... I
With last season's late start due to labour strife, I almost forgot that we'll be the focus of HBO's 24/7 this year leading up to the Winter Classic. HBO will be filming the Leafs and Red Wings throughout the month of December leading up to the Winter Classic at
Ken Norton Sr. was 70. He was the former heavyweight boxing champion who defeated Muhammad Ali in 1973.
There's a 1% rule that pertains to Internet culture. Wikipedia says "the 1% rule refers to forums, in which everyone must be a content creator. In this context, only 1% of the users of a forum actively create new posts and the other 99% of the participants only lurk." This
In this 51st episode, Mike is joined by guest co-host Amanda a.k.a. Humble's lady friend. Mike and Amanda discuss the pros and cons of her dating a man 24 years her senior, what's next for their relationship and what happened to Humble's planned vasectomy. This episode is exactly
Tonight, I play my second game of the hockey season as the newest left winger on the Cherry Hawks. Last night, my slo-pitch team split the first two games of a best-of-three playoff series and we'll settle things with the Pirates next Monday. The seasons are overlapping. Feel free to
In a story that plays out entirely on a teenager's computer screen, Noah follows its eponymous protagonist as his relationship takes a rapid turn for the worse in this fascinating study of behaviour (and romance) in the digital age.
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Confession time... When Wayne Gretzky was promoting Great Western Garment jeans in the early 80s, I thought GWG stood for Great Wayne Gretzky. I believed this for quite some time, actually. This ad from '82 shared by Retrontario brought this memory roaring back. The Great Western Garment Company was founded
Today is Friday the 13th. Tomorrow will be Saturday the 14th. Feel free to use this space to vent, rant, share a story and/or ask a question of the hivemind.
They call the colour of the 2013 Ford Explorer Sport I borrowed 'Ruby Red Metallic'. I drove it for a week during which I merged my Toronto apartment with my wife's Mississauga townhouse in our new southwest Toronto house. The retail price is $48,299 but this fully loaded model
