Stop me if you've heard this story before. The Maple Leafs have traded a player who was once the most promising prospect in the organization. Yes Leaf fans, it's happened again. In October 2007, I wrote this about Jiri Tlusty. Jiri Tlusty, the only teenager in the Maple Leafs farm
My kids each wrote a letter to Santa and gave them to the postal employees at the beginning of the Santa Claus Parade last month. Today, they got Santa's reply. It blew little Michelle's mind that busy ol' Saint Nick took the time to write her back. Here she is
Tom Cheek deserves to win the Ford C. Frick Award. The Ford C. Frick Award is the highest honour for baseball broadcasters and they're now accepting votes as they widdle the list of 200 down to three. Go to http://www.facebook.com/baseballhall?v=app_20678178440 now and vote
Rogers TV Toronto (channel 10) is producing a series called "Retro Rewind" featuring some of the classic, and not so classic, moments from the community channel's history. Tomorrow night's episode features Humble and Fred when they did a cable show called "Humble and Fred's Dance Party" around '91 1993. It
I got an email from a reporter with The Canadian Press. Here's a bit of what he had to say: I'm working on a story about the state of and future of citizen journalism, including blogs and hyper-local sites, and would like to talk you. I'm interested in hearing from
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. Julian Casablancas - I Wish It Was Christmas Today
Any Leaf fan will tell you, it's all about heart. The Leafs dominated last night in Montreal, shutting out the hateful Habs, but all was not well in Leafs Nation. THE MONSTER was taken to hospital after the first period when his heart started to race. The hospital visit was
I've taken a few days to write about Tiger-gate because I've been waiting patiently for someone to break this story wide open. I mean, it's obvious, right? I certainly wasn't buying what Tiger Woods was selling. Not for a nanosecond. Tiger's extramarital relations were discovered by his wife, who reacted
According to Google Analytics, here are the top ten keywords that brought people to this site in November 2009. country 95.3sandra rinomato breastswhat happened to country 95.3toronto mikeparty playlistparty playlist 2009torontomikewedding songs 2009big shiny tunes 5big shiny tunes 2For a radio station I hadn't heard of until it
I have fantastic memories of attending Maple Leaf games at Maple Leaf Gardens. As a kid in the 1980s, I'd get to one or two games a year, usually against bottom-feeding Norris Division teams, where's I'd sit in the Greys and cheer like hell. I loved that old barn, so
Do Leaf shooters simply make opposing goaltenders look good or do opposing goalies save their best stuff for the centre of the universe? Ryan Miller was awesome last night, making 38 saves to register the first shutout against us this season. 25 games in, we've got 19 points and sit
It was seven years ago today I changed my personal home page into a blog. In the world of blogging, seven years is actually pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. The vast majority of your favourite blogs started well after November 30, 2002. The Tale of the Tape
I like records. Toronto's going for a pretty awesome one today. If we can make it to midnight without a snowflake falling from the sky, it will be our first snow-free November in 162 years. (David) Phillips said that besides the lack of snow, this November has been warmer, drier
Fantastic Mr. Fox: 8.5 out of 10. In a word, this film is fantastic. Betcha didn't see that coming, eh? This is one of those rare films that fulfils both the 35-year old and the 7-year old. I can personally attest to this. It nails both audiences in terms
The Astronaut Farmer: 3 out of 10. I hated The Astronaut Farmer. Rotten Tomatoes has it at 58% and I find that shocking. The Astronaut Farmer is the worst kind of cinema and should be avoided at all cost. It's good to have dreams. When this Farmer chap decides he's
I've got 38 invitations to Google Wave. If you want to use Google Wave, leave a comment and I'll hook you up. The first 38 commenters get one. For realz.
I find it difficult to even read about the 26-year-old Utah spelunker who died after being trapped in a cave's narrow crevice. I can't imagine how helpless rescuers must have felt, knowing John Jones was there and being unable to free him. They'll never be able to recover his body
It didn't take the Leafs long to fall behind 2-0, and then I had to go to my own game. It sounds like a missed a great little comeback with a pair of goals from Phil "The Thrill" Kessel and everybody's favourite Hagman. Don't look now, but we're 3-0-1 in
I was just going through some old photos when I saw Rufus. My wife and I adopted Rufus when we were trying to start a family. Rufus is a monkey... well, to be more accurate, Rufus is a picture of a monkey. My wife and I got married almost 14
I started blogging here exactly 7 years ago this week. It was a place to sharpen my writing skills and a chance to test various SEO practices and web development techniques. In the beginning, the number of daily unique visitors was often less than ten, and I knew them all
The Toronto Blue Jays have a new starting shortstop for the 2010 season. They've inked Alex Gonzalez to a one-year contract worth $2.75 million US, plus a 2011 club option. If you're having a deja-vu moment, you're forgiven. This isn't the first Alex Gonzalez to start at SS for
I'm hearing from usually reliable sources that Rick Hodge and Kim Stockwood are no longer part of the EZ Rock morning show. It's now a two person booth with Humble Howard and Colleen Rusholme. A lot of noise was made by Astral when Rick Hodge left CHUM-FM for EZ Rock
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "Heads Will Roll" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs. This will be the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' fifth song on SLS, following "Maps", "Gold Lion", "Phenomenon" and "Zero". "Maps", btw, still makes it onto just about every iPod playlist I make.
You know how much we Torontonians love our signs. I previously examined our love affair with signs after Ed Mirvish passed and I wondered what would happen to the Honest Ed's sign when that property is eventually re-purposed. Prior to that, there was the united cry to save the Sam
Everybody's favouriite Hagman scored twice and the Leafs actually held on to a third period lead to win in regulation. After losing four straight in regulation, we've now picked up six points in the last four games. We're now only six points back of the 13th-place Florida Panthers. This cup
