Toronto Mike

Tea Party Site Confusion

I never liked the Tea Party.  I'm talking about the now-defunct band from Windsor, of course, not that silly political movement in the States. The Cancon band Tea Party owns TeaParty.com, and Business Week says that could make them rich. There’s no hotter name in politics right now
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If You Want to Score, You Better Kick

The top 25 scorers in National Football League history are all placekickers. If you want to score, you better kick.  Here's the top 25, if you're curious. Morten Andersen 2,544Gary Anderson 2,434John Carney 2,062Matt Stover 2,004George Blanda 2,002Jason Elam 1,983Jason Hanson 1,890John Kasay
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Make the Logo Bigger

I've been hacking away at the new http://www.humbleandfredradio.com/, sending proofs to Humble and Fred to approve.  The latest list of changes from the boys includes my absolute favourite customer request. Humble just asked me to make the logo bigger. Humble, this is for you.
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I Hope Ricky Gervais Does It

Ricky Gervais' blog without permalinks contained this gem yesterday. I've had one of my big ideas.What do you think of this?A live 3 hour podcast during The Golden Globes. Me and a few chums (like Louis CK, Chris Rock, Karl Pilkington, John Stewart, Larry David popping in and
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Quirks & Quarks

Has Bob McDonald ever produced a bad episode of Quirks & Quarks?  If you're unfamiliar with Quirks & Quarks, you're missing out. Quirks & Quarks is a weekly science news program heard on CBC Radio One.  The original host was David Suzuki, who started with the program in 1975.  Then,
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