It's time to close the communications loop.  I wrote earlier this week about how ABC was using social media to reach out to publishers who promote their shows.  I don't know if this is an ABC initiative or a Jimmy Kimmel Show initiative, but I just recieved a FedEx package

Ricky Gervais' blog without permalinks contained this gem yesterday. I've had one of my big ideas.What do you think of this?A live 3 hour podcast during The Golden Globes. Me and a few chums (like Louis CK, Chris Rock, Karl Pilkington, John Stewart, Larry David popping in and

How do you guys do it?  You grab a quick cat-nap and then you're back at it, ready to tackle the remainder of the day. I've never been able to nap.  If I fall asleep before bedtime, I wake up feeling awful.  I just want to go back to bed

YouTube user shuanclayton took a series of 1950's and 60's-era coffee commercials from the Prelinger Archives and edited them down to just the moments when the guys were the biggest jerks to their wives about coffee.

The Canadian National Exhibition has a week left.  Of the 132 years of The Ex's existence, I worked a game booth across from The Polar Express every day it was open for three of 'em: 1989, 1990 and 1991. If you want to revisit my many CNE memories, visit my

I'm a bit of a carb addict.  I love breads of all kinds in various formats.  In fact, I'd be very happy living off of cereal, pasta, pizza, sandwiches and toast. I keep my bread in the freezer.  When I need bread, I'll take it out of the freezer and

In June, I asked who wanted to date Bev.  Bev is looking for a single guy in the GTA and I thought I might be able to set something up via this blog. Since then, she's been on dates with two Toronto Mike readers.  First, there was Christopher.  You can

The image below speaks for itself, but I'm very interested in your opinion.  Does this image hit the mark? For Cheryl and other visitors without adequate vision to see this image, it depicts a picture of Ander Behring Brevik on the left and Osama bin Laden on the right.  Beneath

About a month ago, I asked who wanted to date Bev.  Bev is looking for a single guy in the GTA and I thought I might be able to set something up via this blog. Christopher was first to reply that he would date Bev. I would date Bev. Really.

Do you pee in the shower? Society seems to frown at the action, but it's all pipes! In Brazil, they actually aired a PSA encouraging people to pee in the shower. Now fess up... do you pee in the shower?

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I get more email about my Who Wants to Date Bev? entry than just about anything else I've written the past six months.  Most of the email is negative, but some is positive.  That Bev entry seems to have really struck a nerve. I'm not sure what the big deal

On Friday afternoon, at Downsview Park between Hey Rosetta's set and Broken Social Scene's, my brother Steve made the following declaration. Your blog sucks now.A perfect storm has dramatically reduced my blogging time in 2011.  I won't delve into the details, but it's clearly affected the quantity of entries.

Thank you to everybody who entered my Cirque du Soleil ticket giveaway.  Even if you didn't win, you can save 15% on tickets to TOTEM via this link. Using the random integer generator, I asked for a number between 1 and 78.  It spit out #73. That makes Christy the

I have a couple of contests running here that expire at midnight tomorrow. Firstly, there's Win Tickets to Cirque du Soleil in Toronto.  Click through and leave a comment for a chance to win two tickets to see Cirque du Soleil's TOTEM show at the Grand Chapiteau here in Toronto

Did you know that any boat powered by a motor of 10 hp (7.5 kW) or more must have a valid licence? To get your boat licence, you must mail the following documents to the Pleasure Craft Licensing Centre: a completed application form;proof of vessel ownership; anda signed

This entry is for those who actually leave comments on this blog.  You lurkers can do what you do best, but you commenters need to chime in here. I've never met Cheryl, but I feel like I know her.  She's left 336 comments here over the years, starting with this

This is Debbie's eHarmony video bio. She really, really loves cats. I don't particularly care for cats.

The New York Times put together this collage of Representative Anthony Weiner of New York, former Gov. James McGreevey of New Jersey, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer of New York, former Representative Eric J. Massa of New York, President Bill Clinton and former Senator John Ensign of Nevada. They all have

Toronto has plenty of reddit addicts. Here are the most active cities by total pageviews (reddit's Google Analytics, Jan-May 2011: New York: 9.5MToronto: 5.4MLos Angeles: 5.3MChicago: 4.7MSan Francisco: 4.5MSeattle: 4.3MLondon: 4.1MAustin: 3.7MVancouver: 2.7MHouston: 2.6MA strong second place for this city.

Months ago, a lovely gal from JUZD Streetwear Clothing reached out to me, wanting to give me a shirt. JUZD is based in Toronto and are currently the one and only bamboo designer label on the planet, so I accepted the shirt, and this is the very shirt they sent

It's happening...

Browsing my Shoppers Drug Mart flyer, I got excited to see this was "Dollar Week". I'm thinking a bunch of stuff will only cost a dollar! That would make anyone excited.  I'll bet you're excited reading about it right now. My smile turned into a frown as I continued reading.

Jordy plays first base, roves and catches for Raging Storm, my competitive slo-pitch team.  We swept a double header Friday night, so I promised to help her promote her Toronto Taste raffle that helps Second Harvest, an awesome charity I do work for occasionally. The details are below in Jordy's

I received the following email from Jensen this afternoon. Hi Mike, My name is Jensen, avid reader of your blog. I'm contacting you because I was wondering if you could possibly do a little blog post about an upcoming charity event one of my co-workers is doing at the Shoeless