Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: 4 out of 10. I'm not going to lie, I don't like seeing old friends like David Cross, Jason Lee and Wendie Malick like this, but this movie wasn't made for me. It was made for the kids. My wife and I took 17
My son's birthday party is this afternoon, and he's asked that he and his friends see Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. I sat him down and tried to talk him out of it. I showed him the 21% fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes, I explained to him the several
My wife makes great coffee. It's the best part of waking up on weekends. I was advised yesterday that sugar in our coffee is slowly killing us. Sure, we breathe dirty city air every day, eat lots of pizza, and drink Coke Zero like it's water, but the teaspoon of
First Person Tetris - This one's tough.
YouTube user Retrontario frequently uploads fantastic retro-Toronto-centric gems. These clips never fail to bring back a ton of memories for me, so I feature them from time to time. Lanny McDonald and Brian Glennie are hungry. Thankfully, they have Hungry-Man tv dinners to fill them up. This is proof positive
Remember when we shutout Philadelphia 4-0? Bozak had that sick goal and Toskala recorded his first shutout since October 2008? That was fun.
Near my house there's a big billboard advertising Molson's new light beer. It's called Molson Canadian 67 and the logo is half a maple leaf beside "67". When I see this logo, I only think of one thing. That's 1967, the last time the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup.
I've been offline all day and out of the loop. As I catch up on what I've missed, I see Jimmy Kimmel appeared on Jay Leno's show and totally bitch slapped him. Leno doesn't seem to realize he's being publicly pounded on his own show. What happened to NIMBYism? Very
Today is my 14th wedding anniversary. I honestly love my marriage (and wife) more and more with each passing year. My wedding was unusual. I shared the story six years ago. We both had classes that chilly Toronto afternoon, but we had an appointment we couldn't miss. Ten days earlier,
Were we that good or were the Flyers that bad? Methinks we caught the Flyers on an off night because there's no other way to explain a Vesa Toskala shutout. It was a convincing win with the clear highlight being an absolutely sick goal by Tyler Bozak. It also happens
I just learnt Derry Newbury passed away late last year. Derry was the young man behind First Sounds, a blog I wrote about back in 2007. Derry was a former Deaf Mute who had his life changed by a specialist who did an implant surgery giving him the ability to
As many as 100,000 may die from the earthquake in Haiti. Haiti's infrastructure was poor before this natural disaster, the tragic consequence of poverty and corruption, and now there is both chaos and devastation. The world must help Haiti, even if they did make a deal with the devil.
Teddy Pendergrass was 59. He was one of the premier R&B singers in America, leading Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes to the top of the charts with indelible soul classics such as "If You Don't Know Me by Now" and "I Miss You."
I spotted this sign at Mississauga's Square One mall. It's a parking spot reserved for "Low Emission and Fuel Efficient Vehicles Only". I just wonder how they enforce it. Do they have a list of car makes and models that fit the bill? Does my '99 Mazda Protégé qualify?
The Disaster Assistance Response Team, or DART for short, is a specialized team of about 200 Canadian Forces soldiers that flies into disaster areas around the world to provide drinking water and medical treatment until long-term aid arrives. The military created DART in 1996 because of its experience in Rwanda
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. Alice Cooper - Is It My Body I once
The Leafs have allowed 51 power play goals against this season. A blog called Behind the Net recently listed the worst penalty killing teams since 1963. Only two terrible Los Angeles Kings teams from the late 70s and early 80s had less than a 70 PK%. This season's Leafs clock
Margaret Wise Brown's Goodnight Moon is far and away the book I enjoyed reading to my children most. Those beautiful illustrations by Clement Hurd, that gentle prose... For years my kids fell asleep to this book, it was a staple. At some point over the past year or so, my
I'm not much of a reader. I read a lot of the web, but not actual books. My wife reads a lot, so I asked her to give me a list of her ten favourite books of 2009. 1. The Sealed Letter by Emman Donoghue2. Three Cups of Tea by
My kids' school will have full-day kindergarten next fall. This is an initiative from Dalton McGuinty's government. Almost 600 elementary schools across Ontario will be named Tuesday by Premier Dalton McGuinty as the first in the plan to provide a full school day for kindergarten children from 9 a.m.
A lot of obvious news came across the wire today. Mark McGwire took steroids, Sarah Palin is contributing to Fox News and Simon Cowell is quitting American Idol. No surprises there. It's also no surprise that they have a serious problem in China with men outnumbering women. More than 24
Life is funny. You never know what's around the corner or how things will work out. On November 27, I wrote about Rick Hodge being forced off Astral's airwaves. In that entry I wrote about something I witnessed when I sat in on the old EZ Rock morning show. What
On the weekend, I wrote about movies I loved in 2009. As promised, here are movies I gave 5 or less out of 10 a.k.a. movies I hated in 2009. The Astronaut FarmerPaul Blart: Mall CopPasschendaeleSmart PeopleYou Don't Mess with the ZohanZack and Miri Make a PornoRole ModelsTwilightThe
We had a little contest. Name your favourite tee shirt form Pucking Hilarious and you win the shirt. I had two shirts to give away, and they're going to... Patrick (who prefers the Sad Habs shirt) and Andrea (who prefers Hackey Night). I've written you both emails to find out
