My son and I attended the Argos game this afternoon. It was a rather important game, with Montreal in town, and we lost 24-12. I was offered two tickets to give away to a reader, courtesy of EcoTraction, and these tickets were already won by Luke F. when EcoTraction found
I've got two Argos tickets to give away for Sunday's game against Montreal. The game is at 1pm and the seats are in the lower level near the 30-yard line. That's pretty damn good. No strings attached... just leave a comment here if you want the tickets. They're from EcoTraction,
When did October get here? And where's it going? Have a question for Toronto Mike? Have something to get off your chest? Just want to see your name (or handle) in print? You're at the right place...
There is one Thanksgiving I will never forget. It was twenty years ago today and my beloved Blue Jays were battling the Oakland Athletics for the American League crown. We were up in the series 2-1 with game four taking place at Oakland Coliseum. Jack Morris started and stunk up
Here's the 6th episode of my podcast, Toronto Mike'd. In this episode, I go off on the NHL, The Newsroom and read a love letter to Humble and Fred. This episode is exactly 28:51. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe directly
I own a Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. I love it, but folks are now enjoying the Samsung Galaxy S III running on 4G LTE speeds and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. I'm naturally curious how that experience compares with my daily mobile experience. The cool cats at Virgin Mobile
Alex Karras was 77. He was a defensive lineman and four-time Pro Bowl selection who played for the Detroit Lions from 1958 to 1970, went on to star in the 1980s sitcom “Webster” and also played the horse-punching Mongo in the 1974 movie “Blazing Saddles".
Here's the 5th episode of my podcast, Toronto Mike'd. In this episode, we reminisce about Martin Streek and the older days of CFNY. This episode is exactly 26:40. You can listen to this episode in a variety of ways: Subscribe in iTunesSubscribe directly to the feed at http://www.
I watched a lot of Summer Olympics, including the closing ceremony. That closing ceremony was pretty much the last bit of television I watched via my Rogers digital receiver until the baseball playoffs started on Friday. Both the Olympics and MLB playoffs looked fantastic in HD on my LG television,
This long weekend, 102.1 the Edge counted down their top new rock songs of all-time. I'm naturally interested in such things, so I was curious what song they'd put at number one. I had my money on Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit. I was pretty damn surprised when I
Before you blow this off because it's a whole 9 minutes, trust me... it's worth it. [via Reddit]
In Dublin, I visited The Temple Bar one evening. That's the bar called Temple Bar, not to be confused with the area on the south bank of the River Liffey called Temple Bar. Of course, now we're talking Russian dolls, as The Temple Bar is in Temple Bar, but I
Happy Thanksgiving long weekend, everyone. You can say anything you want in these here comments. Voice an opinion, ask me a question or issue your Jerry Maguire-esque mission statement. Go crazy, go nuts.
Something wonderful arrived in the mail today. I received my copy of The Best of Down Goes Brown, a collection from the funniest hockey blogger I know. I can't remember when I first discovered Down Goes Brown, but it might have been when he was fake Brian Burke on Twitter.
Did you hear I have a podcast now? It's true. You can visit http://www.torontomike.com/podcast/ to catch up on the four episodes you've missed. I would have recorded more on Tuesday night, but I took my kids to the Jays game instead. I'll be back in the
I recently came across Don Komarechka's natural Canada flag picture on Reddit. I quite like it. It inspired another photographer over there, known only to me as Cuervo2099 on Reddit. I like this one, too. I like this new trend. Who's next?
It's Wednesday, and that means it's time for another Weekly MP3. You have seven days to grab this week's MP3. Please right-click your mouse and select "Save Link As..." or "Save target as..." so you can download it before playing. The Pogues - Dirty Old Town I love The Pogues.
This handy Wikipedia list tells me the oldest buildings and structures in Toronto. After our discussion yesterday about the Mirvish - Geehry condo project, I clicked over to learn about the oldest building in Toronto. It's The Scadding Cabin, found on the western grounds of the CNE. It was built
David Mirvish and Frank Gehry have proposed a triple-tower condo development on King Street West. I've seen some outrage on Twitter and elsewhere that the Princess of Wales Theatre would have to go to make this possible. Losing the Princess of Wales Theatre is the least of my concerns... I'm
In the 1990s, we learnt a great deal about Canadian history from the A Part Of Our Heritage vignettes that played on television during commercial breaks. Where else was I going to learn to ask aloud "burnt toast, Dr. Penfield?" Here are a couple of my other favourites.... First, there's
The most popular video I host on my YouTube account, that was filmed by me, is this clip of my then two-year old daughter singing k-os's Sunday Morning. That was almost six years ago. I'm not re-sharing the video for any particular reason, just sharing...
Barbara Ann Scott was 84. She was known as “Canada’s sweetheart”, capturing world and Olympic figure skating titles in 1947 and 1948.
The NHL lockout has been going on for over two weeks now and there is no end in sight. The whole pre-season was cancelled and the first official matches, scheduled to begin October 11, are not going to take place either. It looks now that at least the first two
Wake me up.... when September ennnnddddsssss.... I want to know what you're thinking. Tell me what's on your mind. I'm off to see the mechanic, which isn't nearly as fun as seeing the dentist, but I'll be in and out throughout the day.
Toronto Boom Town is a film by Leslie McFarlane for the National Film Board of Canada. It studies the contrast between the sedate Toronto of the turn of the century and the thriving, expanding metropolis of 1951.
