I put up a little something about WrestleMania III the other day, and that sparked a comments discussion about the WWE vs. TNA. If you're interested in wrestling, you'll want to click over and check out that thread. I don't know anything about TNA wrestling, but I do remember Rowdy
I'm back from drafting my players in the greatest playoff hockey pool ever. Thanks Crazy Joe and Gary for dropping out at the last second and Andy and Elvis for choosing work. But especially thanks to Lamster for choosing bowling and Drew for choosing Nova Scotia. Still, nine of us
Help me win my annual NHL playoff pool. We're drafting tonight, as we have every April (other than the lock-out year) the past fifteen or so years. Our draft is a little old school, and intentionally simple. We all physically get in the same room and take turns picking players
Last summer I was sharing The Dead Weather, a supergroup comprised of vocalist Alison Mosshart (of The Kills), drummer and vocalist Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Raconteurs), guitarist Dean Fertita (of Queens of the Stone Age) and bassist Jack Lawrence (of The Raconteurs and The Greenhornes). Of
I was watching Sportsnet last night, following the Leafs game, and they did a whole segment on UFC. I changed the channel. I have zero interest in UFC or MMA and I'm not ashamed to admit I don't get it at all. I tweeted about this fact earlier today, and
Dixie Carter was 70. She was the actress best known for her role as Julia Sugarbaker on the sitcom "Designing Women." I remember her well as Maggie McKinney on Diff'rent Strokes.
My Leafs just wrapped up their last game of the season. As you know, we were attempting to throw a wrench into the Canadiens' playoff pursuit. It was a great game, but Montreal got their point and clinched their playoff spot. I'll still win the bet, but Ron Wilson really
This past week, I've seen more and more people visiting this blog after searching Google for information on the cherry blossoms in High Park. I rank highly for such searches thanks to this entry in 2008 and this guide to finding High Park's best cherry blossoms I wrote last spring.
Gmail gives you a lot of space for free, but I just hit the wall for the second time. The first time I hit 99% capacity, I managed to free up a GB of space with a selective deletion campaign. A couple of days ago, here's what I was seeing
Vernon Wells went six for 10 in our opening series against the Rangers, with four homers and seven RBIs. No other Blue Jay has hit a homer in the first three games of a season. He is risen.
I've listened to less CFNY this past year than I have in any 12 month period since becoming a teenager. I'll tune in periodically in my car for the tunes, but it's no longer my go-to station. I haven't felt comfortable listening to Edge 102 since they fired Martin Streek
Malcolm McLaren was 64. He was the former manager of the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls.
Four months ago, I wrote I'm Not a PGA Fan, I'm a Tiger Fan, and this is Crazy. I couldn't believe he'd stop golfing because he got caught cheating on his wife. Here's what I wrote at the time. Tiger, ya dirty dog, work on that marriage, fix it for
This past Saturday, I joined Humble and Fred as they recorded their Eastover Podcast. I think that's what they called it... or was it the Podcast of Resurrection? This time, we're sharing the podcast in four easy to digest chunks. Enjoy... Part 1Download the MP3 Part 2Download the MP3 Part
I share an MP3 from my collection every Wednesday. 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 to your PC before playing. Frank Black - Headache My absolute favourite post-Pixies song
Band of Horses' new album, Infinite Arms, is coming soon. This is a cut from that album that I'm digging. Is it just me or is there a little of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" in there?
Back in September of 2007, my wife tried to sell me on having a third child. Her argument was a good one. We had created two amazing kids, why not create a third? I somehow managed to convince her we were done growing the family, and I didn't hear another
BBC News is reporting that the rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns. Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.Mattel, which brings out a new version of the game
Vernon Wells and Adam Lind went deep today as the Jays lost to the Rangers on opening day. That's a great excuse for me to share some audio from our very first opening day on April 7, 1977. This is the late great Tom Cheek calling the first home run
On this day in 1994, Kurt Cobain killed himself. I was 19 at the time. When a music lover's favourite artist shoots himself in the head, it tends to be a pretty big fucking deal. When that music lover is a teenager, you upgrade that BFD to DEFCON 2. If
Remember Igor Kenk, that Dapper Dan? He's the guy who stole my bike (maybe) and a couple of years ago Chad wrote me with a good idea. He thought the Toronto Police should give the 2500 unclaimed backs back to Torontonians. Specifically, to the less fortunate. That's exactly what's happened.
I've loved music for as long as I can remember. I used to buy my favourite singles on vinyl as 7" 45 RPM records. We called these 45s. I used to buy my 45s at the Sam the Record man that used to exist on Bloor Street just east of
Doubt: 7 out of 10. Roger Ebert used to write about his Harry Dean Stanton rule. If he knew Harry Dean Stanton was in a movie, he knew it would be worth his time. I have a similar rule, only I call my rule the Philip Seymour Hoffman rule. As
The oldest kids in the family are about to turn six, so we were in need of fresh meat. Little Nate recently arrived to give family gatherings a little extra oomph, and yesterday we all chilled with the little man at my mom's place. He's like a shiny new toy
