This site has existed as a blog since 2002, but even before that it was a personal home page.  Remember personal home pages? In September of 2000, my brothers and I drafted a Dead Pool for this personal home page.  You can see the results of that draft online right

Near one of the weirs in Etienne Brule Park, by the banks of the Humber River here in Toronto, there are these concrete barriers.  As you can see by the pictures below I snapped this morning, a series of these barriers have fallen. The natural born explorer inside of me

I hear there's some big soccer thing taking place this summer.  When it comes to International soccer, Canada is never represented, so I've always made my ancestors proud by rooting for Ireland. I'm told there is no Ireland this year, so I'm without a rooting interest.  If there's a country

It's a shame I only get to pull this one out once a year.  It's a classic. May the Fourth be with you.

As a kid, I was always enamoured with baseball trivia.  I specialized in Blue Jays team trivia and overall record holders.  I was very, very good. In some trivia book I read that the World Series got its name because it was originally sponsored by the New York World newspaper.

I'm okay with the dentist.  Actually, I'm better than okay.  I like going to the dentist. I had a cleaning appointment this evening.  I got to sit there and truly relax.  No blackberry, no laptop, no television, no distractions.  I lay back and let the dental hygienist do her thing.

Last month, I wrote about the problem with my favourite jacket. That's the kind of amazing content you can expect here.  In a nutshell, I love my 12-year old leather jacket but the lining and pockets have virtually disappeared, and some might suggest it's time for a new one. Your

I published this blog's 10,000th entry the other day.  I knew it was coming, and I meant to make it special, but then I totally missed it. My 10,000th entry ended up being this MP3 of 'Til Tuesday's "Voices Carry".  Not quite the significant entry I was planning.

BBC News is reporting that the rules of word game Scrabble are being changed for the first time in its history to allow the use of proper nouns. Place names, people's names and company names or brands will now count.Mattel, which brings out a new version of the game

I just got a great comment from Ryan.  I have a brother named Ryan, so for my mom, let me clarify that this is a different Ryan.  Non-brother Ryan had this to say about the product AXE sent me the other day. Hi Mike,i'm seeing a trend with these

I haven't really had a chance to check the news today, but that's okay.  I hate checking my feeds on April 1.  Every blog / company / service out there feels the need to float a phony story on April Fool's Day and it's more trouble than it's worth separating the fact

The folks at AXE have sent me shampoo, conditioner and something called "shine pomade".  I'm not sure what that is or what I'm to do with it, but AXE claims it will attract the ladies.  Consider yourselves warned. This is on the heels of the package Dove sent me with

I like to think I'm a pretty simple guy.  Not simple in a bad way, but in a good way.  I own one winter jacket, one pair of dress shoes, one pair of running shoes, one baseball glove, one digital camera, you get the idea.  Once I have one item

A few years ago, I shared The Story of Stuff.  Here's another story from the same folks.  This is the story of bottled water. I drink tap water.

The in between is mine. Eddie Vedder wrote that lyric for "I Am Mine", a song from Riot Act.  "I Am Mine" tops my list of 20 songs for my funeral, I like it that much.  When all is said and done, you're born and you'll die.  It's the in

Today, the swastika is primarily seen as the symbol of the Nazi Party and of Nazi Germany.  The connotation is incredibly negative, and rightly so... under the flag of the swastika, a racist  belief in the superiority of the Aryan race took hold and resulted in the death of 11

I used to look forward to McDonald's shamrock milkshakes at this time of year.  Shamrock shakes were only available around St. Patrick's Day and had a minty sweet taste that would appeal to a 10 year old. At some point, McDonald's stopped selling them.  I'm guessing they weren't selling enough

It's been a crazy day, and soon I'll be playing hockey and watching hockey.  But before I logoff for a bit, I've got to share an interesting story about Il Duce. The story of Il Duce started at the old HumbleHoward.com, a blog that's no longer active but still

This graphic is making the rounds. It reminds me of a rant I threw down in 2004. My friend lent me his Hulk DVD which I watched this morning. When I started the DVD three or four coming attractions began to play. Immediately I pressed the MENU button but this

From my hugely unsuccessful Toronto-Centric Valentine's Day Cards collection, here's Maestro Fresh-Wes's message of love to y'all.

Dove thinks I stink.  At least I assume so, because they just sent me a whole bunch of their new Dove Men+Care products. Here's what came with the nice smelling beauty products. Dove MEN+CARE is a campaign about the lives of real men.  Research commissioned by Dove MEN+

Metric is more than a band.  It's a whole system.  Canada converted to the metric system in 1970 and today only a few countries haven't adopted this system. Here's a map showing countries using the metric system and those not. Makes you wonder what the hold up is with our

Today is Groundhog Day, and every morning radio or television show felt obliged to tell you whether Punxsutawney Phil in Pennsylvania, Shubenacadie Sam in Nova Scotia or Wiarton Willie saw their respective shadows. I've peeled back the curtain to look at the science behind these supposed indicators, and I've come

Last Friday night, during what was the coldest night of the decade, I met Terri and Mark from Light Monkey Photography. We met at a very cool old brick building in the middle of a park in Liberty Village and they shot me (with a camera, not a gun). Light