Well before Google, Yahoo was my Google. I'd search for everything via Yahoo! It's with a little sadness I'm reading about Yahoo's new partnership with Microsoft. At its core, this agreement means that Yahoo has given up on its search engine business. Microsoft will be able to increase its market
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. k-os - Sunday Morning This song remains my daughter's
Five years ago today, the baby of the family was born. She's certainly no baby today. She's a bright, enthusiastic, well spoken little girl who sometimes acts more like a teenager than a kindergartener. They really do grow up too quickly. Here's my Michelle at about six months of age.
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. If you grew up in Toronto, you saw the ads for Darien Lake on television. Darien Lake is a theme park
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "The Ballad of Hugo Chavez" by Arkells. It's not as good as Oh, The Boss is Coming! (a song that begs and gets a sing-along with every spin) but it's a solid single from a band we all want to like.
Here are the logos of Coke and Pepsi colas throughout the decades. The classic logo wins every time. Logo aside, which pop do you prefer? Coke or Pepsi?
NPR polled their listeners and have come up with the best music of 2009 (so far). They're even sharing many of the songs. Here's their list. Remember, if you visit the NPR link above, you can hear some of these online. First, the Best Songs of 2009 (so far)1.
Brian Burke has pulled off a trade with the Calgary Flames. Yes, a member of our defensive glut was involved, and no, it wasn't Tomas Kaberle. Anton Stralman, Colin Stuart and the Leafs' 7th round selection in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft are off to Calgary for forward Wayne Primeau
Zack and Miri Make a Porno: 4 out of 10. I'm a Kevin Smith fan. I've pretty much dug everything he's done this side of Jersey Girl. Zack and Miri Make a Porno, however, misses the mark completely. There are surprisingly few good laughs in this film. There are a
There's been a breakthrough with regards to our 36-day-old civic workers strike. A weekend of intense bargaining has produced "the basis for a deal" that could bring a swift end the strike by municipal workers in Canada's largest city.At an early morning news conference, CUPE Local 416 president Mark
The folks at Trojan are marketing their new Ultra-Ribbed Ecstasy condoms with the tagline "Feels like Nothing's There!" I'm pretty sure that's not what you want her to think when you're using this particular product.
Over the past week or so, I've been communicating with Bert Archer who's been writing an article for the Globe and Mail on CFNY / Edge 102. Bert and I had a nice phone conversation and exchanged several emails and Gtalk messages. He was interested in where CFNY was going following
I'm submitting a song for SLS22 consideration. I'm submitting "Young Cardinals" by Alexisonfire. I meant to submit this new single from Alexisonfire after Edgefest, but I totally forgot. I think this is a solid single from this St. Catherines band. It's a nice blend of their hard rock with a
The Associated Press doesn't want you to reproduce their headlines or post an except from one of their articles, even if you link to the source. Unless you pay them first, of course. I fundamentally disagree with this stance by the AP. Article citation with links to the source article
Mark Leduc was 47. He was the Canadian boxer who earned a silver medal in the 139-lb light welterweight class at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and was one of the few athletes in his sport to come out as a homosexual.
I have a crazy day today. I'm in meetings all morning, than I have a company softball tournament all afternoon before my late night double header for Raging Storm. Since I'll be offline all day, I want to leave you all with one question. Who is your favourite television character
Sometimes I'll delve into the archives of this very site to revisit the entries of July 2004. I started blogging in late 2002, several months after my first child was born, but I was already blogging up a storm when my daughter arrived almost five years ago. Here are some
I was sure Justin Pogge was on his way out and that suspicion was confirmed by a Sportsnet report confirming the Justin Pogge era had indeed come to an end here in Toronto. But then, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, it seemed Pogge was saved from the chopping
I was recently reading about Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys and his battle with cancer. He's got a cancerous tumour in his parotid gland and a lymph node. I wish him luck, I've always been a big Beastie Boys fan. Back in the day, their album Licensed to
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. Soul Asylum - Somebody To Shove I really liked
Courtney doesn't have her own blog, so I'm lending her mine for the next 1000 pixels or so. She has something she wants to share and I think it's important enough that I'm posting her words on her behalf. Here's what Courtney wrote: The Right to Strike or The Right
I just read an article about Ed O'Bannon who's suing the NCAA over its use of former student athletes' images in DVDs, video games, photographs, apparel and other material. Every time I hear the name Ed O'Bannon, I remember the lesson he taught us Raptor fans in the mid-90s. The
I'm a month late with this one, but better late than never... I started driving my current automobile in June 1999. It's the only new car I've ever bought so all 212,000 kms are mine. I know people who upgrade their car every 2-4 years like clockwork. I'm simply
Last September, I called Dave Stieb the greatest starting pitcher in Toronto Blue Jays history. Then, in early June, I wrote the gap was closing. Today, after much deliberation, it's my great privilege to declare Roy Halladay the greatest starting pitcher in Toronto Blue Jays history. On Sunday, he went
