Happy Valentine's Day. I choo-choo-choose you.
April 02, 2026
For the past two years, I've been living in an apartment building. This building has no 13th floor. Actually, it does have a 13th floor, but it's listed as the 14th floor. Like many buildings in North America, the 13th floor is completely skipped. I've never understood this practice. How
In this 24th episode, Rosie and I are joined by Anthony "Il Duce" Petrucci from Palma Pasta who has one hell of a story to tell about me. On second thought, please don't listen to this episode that is exactly 1:01:14. Thank you. You can listen to this
At 5pm today today I'm expecting my good friends Rosie and Il Duce to drop by my home studio to record episode 24 of Toronto Mike'd. Toronto Mike'd is my podcast I started last August and Rosie and I have enjoyed recording it just about every week since. You can
This page from the German Karicartoon calendar, dated February 10, 2013, shows the pope winning the lottery and saying "Holy smokes! Tomorrow I'll quit!" in German. This is no fake, as you'll read here. Holy coinkydink!
I'm sharing Drake's new video because it includes a lot of Toronto. Feel free to debate which bottom Drake is referring to. Yes, at some point during Aubrey Graham's childhood his mom moved him into a duplex in Forest Hill and he played Jimmy "the wheelchair guy" on Degrassi, but
I've made no secret over the years what I think about Bob Cole as a hockey game commentator. A couple of years ago I pleaded with the CBC to let Bob Cole continue calling Saturday night Leafs games. I loved every syllable he uttered. I love Bob Cole's voice and
Be nice, clear your ice! Let's make this the best Open Mike ever. Rant, rave and/or drool here.
Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for much of southern and parts of eastern Ontario, extending from London to Peterborough, and including Toronto. Between 15 and 25 centimetres of snow along with strong easterly winds are expected. It'll be the most snow we've seen since in Toronto since
I'm fairly certain I'd enjoy Game of Thrones. Friends who agree with my love of The Wire have convinced me of that. I'm also pretty sure I'd enjoy Boardwalk Empire, Homeland and Sons of Anarchy. That's four quality shows I should try, but I'm not going to. At least, not
Every year Ottawa receives 20,000 tulip bulbs from the Netherlands Royal Family and the Dutch Bulb Growers, a thank you for sheltering the Royal Family and for Canada's help with liberation of the Netherlands during WWII. Here's a little more: In 1943 Princess Margriet Francisca, the younger sister of
Reg Presley was 71. He was the singer-songwriter best known as the lead singer with prominent 1960s rock and roll band The Troggs, whose best known hit was "Wild Thing".
I almost never use cash. Just about everything I buy, from a McDonald's coffee to my groceries, goes on my President's Choice MasterCard. I'm trying to remember the last time I bought something with cash and I'm drawing a blank. For this reason, I won't even notice the penny has
This weekend is Super Bowl XLVII. It's the 49ers and Ravens at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. This Open Mike is all about the big game, or anything else that's on your mind. But I do want score predictions. Let's see if anyone nails it...
Here's the very first episode of my brother Ryan's new podcast, Fantasy Sports Hookup. If you're interested in fantasy sports, you'll want to subscribe because my brother and his buddy know their stuff. In this episode, Booner and Mikey (neither are me, although I've been called both at one point
I think my 2-year old nephew's birthday party last year was the last straw. I had just come back from Berlin feeling bloated and slow, and then I pigged out on pizza, chips and brownies at Nate's birthday party. That Monday, I decided to change things up. I was going
The Memphis Grizzlies' leading scorer is now a Toronto Raptor. Rudy Gay and his big contract now belongs to the Rap who traded Jose Calderon and Ed Davis to land him and centre Hamed Haddadi. What does the National Post tell us about this deal? Gay, 26, is having a
Toronto Mike'd is back for a 23rd episode from our new studio. In this episode, Rosie and I talk about the weather... and Rob Ford, Kathleen Wynne, Mike Stafford, favourite comedies, a CFNY Superbowl ad and how to get out of washing your jeans for a very, very long time.
I only became aware of Andrew Wiggins last year when my brother Ryan espoused his virtues as a slam-dunk #1 pick in 2014. Wiggins is from Vaughan "The City Above Toronto" and currently plays for Huntington Prep High School in West Virginia. I'm told the nickname "Canada's LeBron" is well
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), 24/7 Wall St. has compiled a list of the 10 most educated countries in the world. Canada tops the list. Here's their top 10: CanadaIsraelJapanUnited StatesNew ZealandSouth KoreaUnited KingdomFinlandAustraliaIrelandIn 2010, 51% of our Canadian population had completed a tertiary education, which takes
I've been swimming every weekday for four months. Here's what I've learned after four months of swimming. If you're swimming in chlorine as I am, get yourself a good pair of goggles. My Nike goggles have saved my eyes. Even with a good pair of goggles, a little chlorine is
Sales of desktop computers have slowed while sales of laptops and tablets have taken off. Welcome to 2013. I'm here to claim the desktop isn't dead. Although I'm writing this entry from a MacBook Pro, the bulk of my 9-5 work is performed on a desktop PC. It's my most
The last time I hosted an Open Mike, it drew the ire of Burkie. Who will I piss off this time? Let's make this the best Open Mike ever. Rant, rave and/or drool here.
Toronto Mike'd is back for a 22nd episode from our new and currently unsponsored studio. In this episode, Rosie and I start things off with a frank discussion about the cease and desist letter sent by Brian Burke's lawyer followed by lighter fare, like the closing of their University McDonald's,
