Farewell, old friend...
April 02, 2026
The Toronto Maple Leafs fired president and general manager Brian Burke. He was hired with much fanfare and hope back in 2008 but without a playoff appearance during his tenure, he's been on the clock for at least a year. I was pretty sure they'd give him one more season.
The great Rickey Henderson was a Blue Jay for exactly 44 regular season games and 12 playoff games. He was the first run scored when Joe Carter touched 'em all, don'tcha know! During that brief stint in Toronto, he filmed an ad with Bob McCown for his morning show on
I don't watch any television in the morning but my mom sure does. She recently switched from Breakfast Television to Global's The Morning Show. She's a big fan of Dave Gerry, Liza Fromer's co-host on the program. Apparently, Dave Gerry's no longer on The Morning Show, so my mom asked
I didn't see Family Guy last night, but I'm told it included this bit about Breaking Bad and The Wire. In case YouTube pulls the clip, it's Peter Griffin being hypnotized to say "Breaking Bad is the best show I've ever seen, except maybe The Wire. I will never stop
I'm going through a few old crates trying to get rid of crap I don't really need to keep. One box is full of old relics like my 1995-1996 University of Toronto datebook. As I peruse this datebook, I see it was my Google Calendar before I had a Google
I've been so fed up with the NHL and NHLPA CBA negotiations, I've been telling everyone who will listen to just ping me when it's over. This morning, I received several pings. I guess the lockout is over and we'll have a season. Immediately, I'm hit with two different sensations.
2013: so far, so good. How are you doing on January 4? Rant, rave and/or drool here.
I used to work with a guy I called Hatman. I called him Hatman because he owns hundreds of different hats. After reading his 20th tweet about collecting sneakers, I had to ask him why anyone would want to own more than one pair or running shoes. Sure, I could
A list of the top 50 Toronto albums is making the rounds, so I thought I'd chime in with my six favourite Toronto albums. With apologies to the Rheostatics, Rush and Blue Rodeo, these are my top six. Hayden - Everything I Long For Favourite Tracks: "Bad As They Seem"
Less than a month ago, the Raptors were 4-19. 4-19 is pretty ugly. 4-19 was enough to get me to stop tuning in, despite the fact my main winter team isn't playing at all. Since then, the Raptors have won 8 of 9. 12-20 is nothing to write home about,
As a happy owner of the Nintendo Entertainment System growing up, I know all too well the frustration when the NES wouldn't recognize my game cartridges. My trick, learned from friends, was to blow the cartridge connectors with all my might. It always worked... eventually. I spent years blowing my
Courtesy of Macleans.ca, here are 12 Canadian words, phrases or slang that most Americans wouldn’t understand. 1. Two-four (24 beers) 2. Loonie (and, of course, toonie) 3. Toque 4. Klick (kilometre) 5. Toboggan 6. Peameal or back bacon 7. Washroom 8. Serviette 9. Chinook (the wind, not the
Although I never wrote about it here, almost everything in my life changed dramatically in 2011. 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. In 2012,
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Rosie and I have recorded 20 episodes of our podcast, Toronto Mike'd. We're taking a little break while we change things up on this side of the coin, but we'd love for you to catch up if you've missed any of our first 20. That first episode, I wasn't manning
Here's hoping Christmas was good to you and you're closing 2012 on a high. If there's anything you need to get off your chest before the year is up, there's still time. 2013 is just around the corner...
Fontella Bass was 72. She was the St. Louis-born soul singer who hit the top of the R&B charts with "Rescue Me" in 1965.
My brothers and I ended up in the same room Tuesday as we met up at my mom's for Christmas dinner. Many topics were passionately discussed, but the one that caused the biggest uproar was Toronto Raptor Andrea Bargnani. With an embedded photographer in the room, a great deal of
Merry Christmas, all. Today, I'm going to post a few pictures from the vault, in reverse chronological order. Here's my daughter's first Christmas way back in 2004. Here's my son's first Christmas, back in 2002. And here's my baby brother's first Christmas, all the way back in 1978. I'm the
Jack Klugman was 90. He was the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV's The Odd Couple and the crime-fighting coroner in Quincy, M.E.. He was also Juror #5 in Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men.
Google Santa Tracker 2012 - Santa’s dashboard - featuring the latest and greatest in Google Maps technology and sleigh engineering - will allow you to follow his progress around the world, and also learn a little about some of his stops along the way. He's currently visiting Bangkok and
In the mid-80s, CBC aired a cartoon called "The Raccoons". Bert Raccoon was the hero and Cyril Sneer was the bad guy. I loved the fact Bert and Cyril had these faucet-like noses. Here's the Christmas Raccoons, the television special that started it all. Enjoy your return to Evergreen Forest.
I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus. For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminium, due to
