Toronto Mike

Random Sports Shorts

Here are a few sports thoughts for a warm Christmas eve. Vince Carter scored 51 last night for the Nets.  That matches his career high, scored as a Raptor during a game I attended.  I was really hoping the jerk would never hit 50 again.It appears as if the
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Happy Festivus 2005!

I want to wish each and every one of you a very happy Festivus.  For those who don't know what Festivus is, there are three easy to follow steps: "Get the pole out of the crawl space". Or go out and buy one. Remember, it should be aluminum, due to
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My MP3s Updated

I've added 18 new CDs to my MP3 collection.  Here they are... The New Pornographers - Twin CinemaDeath From Above 1979 - You're a Woman, I'm a Machine RemixedBroken Social Scene - Broken Social SceneMetric - Live It OutSystem Of A Down - HypnotizeWolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following entry earlier today. I just wanted to agree with Jill. Love Actually is a very cute and funny Christmas movie and I have watched it quite a few times with my parents. Definitely  worthy
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Happy Birthday Ryan!

Don't talk to Ryan about Glen Healy.  The mere sight of Healy upsets him.  Many years ago, Ryan, always a fan of sports betting, played a big Pro-Line ticket and had it all sewn up except for one game.  The mighty Pittsburgh Penguins had to beat the New York Islanders
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following entry earlier today. So the final squad of players have been selected for Turin. I wasn't really shocked about the selection except for - Todd Bertuzzi & Shane Doan (and I am a fan
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following entry earlier today. Your guest entry about the Top 10 Christmas Movies prompted me to reflect on my favourites and one that has become my new "must see" each holiday season is Love Actually.
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SLS14 Unveiled

It is with great privilege and honour that I unveil to you the final song list for SLS14.  For an SLS primer, go here and to see what appeared on SLS13, go here. We listened to hours and hours of new rock before deciding upon these 19 tracks totalling more
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Our Team

Here is the team that will represent us in Turin and my thoughts about each selection.  The three preceded with a * are alternates. Goaltenders Brodeur, Martin - No brainer.  He's the man.Luongo, Roberto - I don't have a problem with this pick.  I can't think of a clearly better
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Weekly MP3

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. The Pogues - Fairytale of New York Today I'm
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We Need A Ruling

The SLS charter is clear, only one song per artist per edition.  If we like "The Denial Twist" for SLS14, which we do, then "My Doorbell" has to be left on the cutting room floor.  That's the rule.  Another rule is that a song may only appear on one edition
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Great New CanCon

I'm so damn proud of the new music I hear coming from this country.  This week I've been heavily spinning the tracks from The New Pornographers' Twin Cinema, Metric's Live It Out and Broken Social Scene's Broken Social Scene.  All three albums are fantastic.  They're a joy to listen to
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Guest Blog Entry

Anyone is welcome to submit a Guest Blog Entry to torontomike.com.  I received the following entry earlier today. Top 10 Christmas movies:Once Upon a Christmas - a heart wrenching story of family life. By far the best.Home Alone 1The Santa Clause - with Tim AllenHow the Grinch
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More Right Wing Yankee Rubbish

Tucker Carlson is experiencing another bout of verbal diarrhea.  Only a year ago he ridiculed this fine nation in a typically immature fashion and just last week he made the following statements. Anybody with any ambition at all, or intelligence, has left Canada and is now living in New York.
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