Gimme Shelter from the Rolling Stones is an awesome tune. I just came across an entry at Dangerous Minds that "wonderfully demonstrates how the Rolling Stones sound is more than just the sum of its parts, with the component tracks" from Gimme Shelter isolated for our enjoyment. First we have
In honour of Leslie Nielsen's passing, here are my five favourite quotes from Lt. Frank Drebin in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!. It's true what they say: Cops and women don't mix. It's like eating a spoonful of Drano; sure, it'll clean you out, but it'll
Leslie Nielsen was 84. He experienced success as a serious actor in the films Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure before achieving his greatest successes in the comedy films Airplane! and The Naked Gun. I absolutely adored Leslie Nielsen in Airplane! and The Naked Gun. Here's a little something I
I was just reading The Villager. The Villager is a local paper that serves the Bloor West Village, Junction, Roncesvalles and St. Clair neighbourhoods of Toronto. The front page had an article about the primary school I used to attend, so I read on with great interest. Since the beginning
I caught this live last night after the Leafs game. On Hockey Night in Canada, Kevin Weekes almost got run over by a Zamboni. He was pretty cool under pressure, though...
This afternoon, I interviewed Habs blogger The Active Stick for a job. At some point during our conversation, we compared the Barilkosphere to the Habs blogosphere. The first thing you need to know about the comparison is that we're united under the awesome handle "Barilkosphere" while they're divided under the
The Lebron James Rise ad for Nike opens itself up nicely to retorts and mash-ups. We recently enjoyed Cleveland's response, and now there's Michael Jordan's response. Now that's a mash-up that rings true. Lebron James is no MJ.
I just stumbled upon a fantastic Google Chrome extension and had to share. This extension, known as "Nothing", does exactly what it's supposed to do. You can download it here.
It's Black Friday. That doesn't mean much here in Canada, but I understand it means a whole lot to our American brethren. Go consumers go! Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Get something off your chest, start a debate, or simply rant away. Or, if
My mom has been happily running Ubuntu on her desktop for years. She never complains, it just works. She has a little netbook that runs Windows, and I'm always getting support calls about that machine, but I never get a single call about her Ubuntu PC. A couple of years
A YouTube clip of Cookie Monster trying out for Saturday Night Live is making the rounds, so you'll see it very soon. Or, you can press play below and see it now. It's up to you. Cookie Monster will always be near and dear to my heart, because he starred
Watch a Nick Cage film, and there's bound to be a moment or two when he completely loses his shit. Here's a bunch of those moments in one awesome video montage. Here are the movies from the above video. 0:09 - 0:30 Vampire:s Kiss 0:30 -
A few years ago I decided I would chisel my favourite Canadian albums down to a lean and mean top ten. The resulting list included Shakespeare My Butt from The Lowest of the Low, an album that turns 20 next year. I just read a nice little article about The
The Toronto Santa Claus Parade needs to mix things up year after year, to ensure they don't rerun the same parade. Often, they'll simply redesign an existing float. For example, here's the Yahoo! float that was in the parade the last few years. As you'd expect from Yahoo!, it's a
The montage that opened Saturday night's Leafs / Habs match-up on Hockey Night in Canada was pretty awesome. I've been critical lately of these opening HNIC montages as they've been pretty weak so far this season, but this one was a winner. The song is Paul Langlois' "Can't Wait Anymore" from
Laurie 'Bambi' Bembenek was 52. She was the former Playboy Club bunny whose escape from prison and flee to Canada popularized the phrase "Run Bambi Run."
I just wrote the sweet as all hell recap of the 2010 Santa Claus Parade. That's the one you can show your kids or little nephews and nieces or cousins. This is the snark version. I'd like to know how much DreamWorks had to pony up for the massive Shrek
I took the kids to the 2010 Santa Claus Parade today. It was my seventh parade in a row, so I've got it all down to a fine art. I know when to arrive, where to score great seats for the kids and how to keep them warm and entertained
I love trivia. I love the Maple Leafs. I loved this clip. It's from Mastermind, a British quiz show, and it's comedian Stewart Francis being peppered with trivia questions about our beloved Toronto Maple Leafs. [via Pension Plan Puppets]
Humble and Fred fans, I have some good news to share. The boys will be recording a Christmas podcast on December 11. If my math is correct, this will be podcast #8 since Humble and Fred were forcibly removed from the old Mix 99.9 studios a few years ago.
Pat Burns was 58. He is the only Maple Leafs coach to win the Jack Adams Trophy as NHL Coach of the Year by leading the club to a 44-29-11 record in 1992-93 in his first season behind the Toronto bench. He remains the only NHL bench boss in history
Let's try this again... Use the comments of this entry to discuss anything you want. Get something off your chest, start a debate, or simply rant away.
You might enjoy this. I know I did. It's Jimmy Fallon as Neil Young performing Willow Smith's Whip My Hair and there's an extra cool special appearance by Bruce Springsteen. Whip your hair...
Ryan from Rogers TV sent me this video of Rob Ford predicting he'll one day be mayor of Toronto. This video is from 2006. I'm a little concerned, because he also states he wants to be Prime Minister. Uh oh...
