Why do I feel like the official High Park cherry blossom apologist? Yes, they're late. Compared to the last few years, they're super late. Here it is May 2nd and the High Park cherry blossoms have yet to bloom. I was in High Park this afternoon, to check on the
I received the following email from Jensen this afternoon. Hi Mike, My name is Jensen, avid reader of your blog. I'm contacting you because I was wondering if you could possibly do a little blog post about an upcoming charity event one of my co-workers is doing at the Shoeless
Osama bin Laden was 54. He was the founder of the jihadist organization al-Qaeda, most widely recognized for the September 11 attacks on the United States and numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. I've been documenting the deaths of the famous and infamous here for over 10
Don't forget to vote tomorrow. I'm not going to tell you how to vote, I'm just going to ask that you do. Here's why. On the last day before our federal election, I'm absolutely sick and tired of seeing political lawn signs. They're everywhere, usually a swath of NDP orange
I enjoyed this, so I'm sharing it. That's just the kind of guy I am. Bill Hammack reveals how "queueing theory" - developed by engineers to route phone calls - can be used to find the most efficient arrangement of cashiers and check out lines. He reports on the work
The "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" got a lot of play this week, with the royal wedding and all. I can't hear a note of Sir Edward Elgar's March No. 1 in D without thinking about "Macho Man" Randy Savage. An arrangement by Jim Johnson was used as his most excellent
It's Friday, Friday... Gotta get down on Friday. Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Royal wedding, our federal election, the NHL playoffs... anything goes.
For those of you wondering when the High Park cherry blossoms will be in full bloom, I have an update. I just got home from High Park. The blossoms are still buds, only now thinking about actually opening. Once they open, we have 4-6 days before peak bloom. So don't
My day job is emarketing. Essentially, digital lead generation for a large group of hungry software sales people. According to the TEDxAtlanta presentation below from Sally Hogshead, I've got 9-seconds to nail the seven triggers of fascination. If you watched the video, you saw the seven triggers of fascination. PowerPassionMystiquePrestigeAlarmViceTrustMy
Playoff hockey is the best. Throw in a game seven or two, and it makes for a fantastic night of television. Last night's Canucks ~ Blackhawks game was sensational, but the call of the night belonged to Bob Cole during the Bruins ~ Habs game. Everything is happening!Perfect. The perfect call
Attention fellow Wire fans. This insight is courtesy of NYMAG.com. Last night was the premiere of season two of Treme, stocked once again with its wealth of alumni from David Simon's last series, The Wire. But seeing all these welcome familiar faces is hardly a freak occurrence on television
Have you heard Prince William and Miss Catherine Middleton are getting hitched? Friday at Westminster Abbey, I hear. I honestly could not care less. Judging from the television coverage, I'm the exception. When I catch a news item on the royal wedding, I can't click away fast enough. I simply
My favourite baseball blog had a great piece about J. P. Arencibia's great early games. In his 12th career game (Opening Day of this past season) he hit a triple and two homers... In Arencibia's first career game, he also hit 2 homers.Arencibia's the only guy since 1919 to
Ken Kostick was 57. He hosted the TV cooking show What's for Dinner with Mary Jo Eustace. He was also part of the first morning show in the history of 103.9 Proud FM.
Andrew Ference lived the fantasy shared by many a Leafs fan when he flipped the bird to the Bell Centre crowd in Montreal last night. I'd gladly pay $2500 to do that.
It's Good Friday. That means I don't have to go into the office. Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. This is your space.
There was no way I was letting this day go by without writing about what happened 60 years ago tonight. It was April 21st, 1951, game 5 of the Stanley Cup final between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens. At the 2:53 mark of the first overtime
It's no secret I'd like to rank #1 in Google when people search 'toronto blog'. That became my goal back in 2002 and that remains my goal. This #1 ranking has become my white whale, so close yet so far. Here's what I see today when I Google 'toronto blog'.
I always liked Weird Al Yankovic. I used to hear his stuff on the old Dr. Demento show I would tune in with my little transister radio. In a blog entry he calls The Gaga Saga, Weird Al tells a strange tale about Lady Gaga's refusal to allow him to
Fact: The Leafs finished 22nd overall this season. Fact: These exciting NHL playoffs don't include the blue and white for the sixth consecutive year. Fact: James "Fucking" Reimer remains EPIC. The video below from KesselySnipes was found on Pension Plan Puppets. In the words of KesselySnipes: Unnecessarily epic, beaucoup fromage,
I enjoy the TIL entries on Reddit. TIL stands for "today I learned" and that's where I found out Campbell's "Regular" And "25% Less Sodium" tomato soup both contain 480mg of sodium. Campbell's reply is that the "25% less sodium" claim is as compared to the average of "all varieties"
We first discussed TSN Radio 1050 back in February, and now it's here. I've been listening off and on the past few days, and I think The FAN 590 should be worried. TSN Radio sounds like a force to be reckoned with. I really like the Mike Richards show in
I'm as cynical as anybody. I understand Starbucks is in the business of selling highly priced hot beverages and hooking us all on caffeine, but I was very impressed by what I participated in yesterday. As part of their Month of Service initiative, Starbucks got 750 of us to gather
Now that we're drowning in sports radio in this city, with TSN Radio competing head-to-head with Sportsnet Radio, let's figure out our alt-rock problem. Many of us used to get our alt-rock fix from 102.1 The Edge, but today that won't always do the trick. Digger wants to hear
I hear Freddie P is upset with me again. That's what I hear, anyway. I can't say for sure because I still have to wait 17 days, 22 hours, 2 minutes, and 5 seconds before I can visit CanadianThinker.com again. It seems Fred has an issue with me linking
