I follow tennis the way I follow golf. Week to week I couldn't care less, but when it comes to Grand Slam events, I'm suddenly intrigued. For me, Roger Federer is the Tiger Woods of tennis. That is to say that I take more of an interest when he's in
Just a quick housekeeping note for a Monday morning. The server hosting this blog is experiencing a MySQL issue. When entries are posted, comments are posted or even searches are conducted, a write to the MySQL database is required. Periodically, the maximum number of connections to the database are exceeded
In this internet age, everything happens in real-time. Even now it seems a little late to be commenting on what Kanye West did to Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards, and that just happened about 90 minutes ago. If you missed it, here's what all the fuss is
Jim Carroll was 60. He was a former drug addict turned prolific poet and writer of The Basketball Diaries.
There's been quite the discussion in the comments since I first wrote about Darcy Allan Sheppard's death. I got an email from Donald Wiedman who wanted me to review the surveillance footage from Bloor street that fateful day. Please take a look at the below YouTube video (surveillance camera footage)
What a fantastic morning. The entire family got out of bed early to participate in the Terry Fox Run at High Park. My wife and kids were met there by my mom, my brother, his wife and their unborn child. That's right, there's an unborn child in the family. Cool,
Over the Labour Day long weekend, 102.1 the Edge counted down the Top 200 songs of the 90's. Here's their list. Actually, they're claiming this list was compiled from listener votes. It's a pretty good top 10, actually, but I am surprised we got three Nirvana songs and Pearl
My daughter is with me at work where I've got an extensive music library sitting on an external hard drive. Yes, I back it up periodically. She's loving this song by Selena Gomez of The Wizards of Waverly Place fame entitled "Magic". I just played the original "Magic" by Pilot
I hate official team sites. Can you imagine a more biased source of news? I suppose a site like mapleleafs.com would be fine if you were just looking for a schedule or to purchase tickets, but if you're looking for team news and insight, the official site is the
Larry Gelbart was 81. He the award-winning writer whose sly, sardonic wit helped create such hits as Broadway's "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," the films "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!" and television's "M*A*S*H". "M*A*S*H" is one of my first favourite
Yesterday I played my last game of softball for the Piranhas in the rec league and tonight my slo-pitch team played its last two games of the season. I wish I could report that Raging Storm is the RSPA Competitive Division 2009 Champions, but that would be a lie. We're
This Blue Jays season was a tale of two polar opposite emotions. The swing was so severe, I haven't been able to write about this team in quite some time. This will most likely be my last entry about the Jays this season. There was a point in May when
This is a picture of a newspaper I saved. When significant world events occur, I would always save the paper. This is a practice that is sure to go the way of the dodo bird. For many, the 9/11 newspapers will be the last one they keep. Did you
I've always felt Toronto, as a city, has been underserved by the blogosphere. I've always felt something was missing... something more personal than a Torontoist or BlogTO, something that's clever and insightful and funny. We have one or two such blogs, but a city this size deserves far more. Marc
Fans of Canadian Thinker have noticed that Fred hasn't been posting as often lately. Others seem to think he's censoring comments and there's speculation that Fred's bosses at Corus have asked him to cool it. Fred tells me Corus isn't censoring the content of his blog and he hasn't been
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. What A Wonderful Surprise (Louis Armstrong vs Radiohead) By
In four days I'm running in the Terry Fox Run. I'm aiming to raise $1000. I'm currently at $295. Donate now. If you pledge more than $20 you get a tax receipt right away. Also, I'll know you pledged my run and will always have warm thoughts about you. Do
I am 35-years old and I've just played my first game of organized soccer. I kid you not. As I've watched both my kids playing on soccer teams, I've become rather fascinated with this fact. My brothers both played as kids, but I was somehow never enrolled. My summer sport
Today is September 9, 2009, or 9-9-09. I don't think that means anything, but it's pretty neat. It's so neat, I'm back dating this entry to 9:09am. Here are some "nine" songs. Are there others? Nine Double Em - Brother AliCloud Nine - The TemptationsGlock Nines - Beanie Sigel
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: 7 out of 10. There was a time when I could bank on Woody Allen for one smart comedy a year. You could set your watch by his consistency. These days, he's hit and miss, but Vicky Cristina Barcelona is a hit. It's light and easy. It's
I made the trip to Mercedez-Benz this morning to return the smart fortwo passion coupé I've been driving for the past eight days. You really need to test drive a smart fortwo to appreciate its agility. During the past week I've fielded dozens of questions about how it drove on
It's Labour Day. Let's celebrate the working class with a playlist of songs with "work" or variations thereof in the title. If I missed any "work" songs, let me know in the comments. Brother's Gonna Work It Out - Public EnemyChemical Worker's Song (Process Man) - Great Big SeaCowboys Work
Passchendaele: 4 out of 10. When I wrote about the Passchendaele trailer back in March of 2008, I mentioned how much I was looking forward to seeing the film. The most expensive Canadian film project of all time about the 10th Battalion, CEF in the First World War at the
I've always loved the old exploding pizza CBC logo. For a while many years ago, this was the masthead for this blog. I did a double-take when I saw a tweet that CBC's "exploding pizza" logo was appearing on Stella Artois ads on the London Tube. According to the Inside
