Neil Young has never won a Grammy.  I know this for a fact because Neil Young might just be my favourite singer / songwriter of all-time. Neil was honoured at the pre-Grammy MusiCares gala as their Person of the Year for his artistry in music and philanthropic contributions. I did a

If you thought spelling Mroczkowski was tough, try spelling Lara Di Battista's name. When I wrote about her leaving Citytv, I spelled her name Lara Di Battista, having seen it spelled that way on a couple of web pages.  Her Wikipedia page, however, clearly refers to her as Laura DiBattista.

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My wife makes great coffee.  It's the best part of waking up on weekends. I was advised yesterday that sugar in our coffee is slowly killing us.  Sure, we breathe dirty city air every day, eat lots of pizza, and drink Coke Zero like it's water, but the teaspoon of

I just learnt Derry Newbury passed away late last year.  Derry was the young man behind First Sounds, a blog I wrote about back in 2007. Derry was a former Deaf Mute who had his life changed by a specialist who did an implant surgery giving him the ability to

I spotted this sign at Mississauga's Square One mall.  It's a parking spot reserved for "Low Emission and Fuel Efficient Vehicles Only". I just wonder how they enforce it.  Do they have a list of car makes and models that fit the bill?  Does my '99 Mazda Protégé qualify?

Life is funny. You never know what's around the corner or how things will work out. On November 27, I wrote about Rick Hodge being forced off Astral's airwaves.  In that entry I wrote about something I witnessed when I sat in on the old EZ Rock morning show.  What

We had a little contest.  Name your favourite tee shirt  form Pucking Hilarious and you win the shirt.  I had two shirts to give away, and they're going to... Patrick (who prefers the Sad Habs shirt) and Andrea (who prefers Hackey Night).  I've written you both emails to find out

For a while this past summer, my ring tone was Lester Freamon in The Wire saying "all the pieces matter".  It's perhaps that line more than any other in the series that rings most true.  All the pieces do matter, and they all connect, but you have to recognize them

It's 01-02-2010.  It reads the same, from left to right, as it does from right to left.  As we all learnt from The Simpsons, that's a palindrome. Bart: “Hey, where’s Otto?”Skinner: “Now there’s one palindrome you won’t be seeing for a while.”Update: By popular request,

I blogged less in 2009 than I did in any calendar year since 2003.  I know this because I just crunched the numbers. Blog Entries by Year 2009 - 12302008 - 14332007 - 16592006 - 15982005 - 16402004 - 17222003 - 3692002 - 3In 2009, I took laser-focused aim at

The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world's most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas

We never did come up with a decent name for this decade.  Some call it the ohs, or the zeros, and others kick it old school and call it the aughts.  The most popular name for this decade is probably "the 2000s", which is also the name of this century.

Prior to Avatar, the theatre I was at aired a Toyota ad.  I quite liked it.  Here it is.

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 aluminium, due to

Earlier in the month, I wrote about Dana in Seattle who was selling a glove I loved throughout the 90s.  He (or she) wanted $150 USD + shipping for the glove, a price I thought was grossly inflated and likely inspired by this entry I wrote previously. Dana wrote me again.

It seems there's at least one guy who's figured out how to use Google Wave.  His name is Joe Sabia and he used Google Wave to put together this goodbye to 2009. I was barely able to share a map.

Check out my Gemini Award. For you Americans, think of a Gemini as a Canadian Emmy Award. I received this Gemini for Best Performance by an Independent Blogger on the Movable Type Platform in a Major Urban Area. Truth be known, it was an honour just to be nominated.

The National Film Board of Canada's animated short based on Roch Carrier's short story "The Hockey Sweater" is celebrating its 30th anniversary. I always loved this short, and I assumed it was much older than 30.  I remember seeing it for the first time as a little kid so I

There are some pretty awesome people behind Second Harvest.  When I want to give back to my community and volunteer my time, I contact Second Harvest. Second Harvest needs your help this weekend.  This is not a drill. This Friday, Saturday and Sunday Sobeys grocery stores in downtown Toronto are

My son and I are spending our Sunday at the Queens Quay Loblaws at 10 Lower Jarvis Street.  We're volunteering with Second Harvest, asking Loblaws customers to purchase and donate a turkey to Second Harvest. Second Harvest is a charity that picks up fresh food, which would have gone to

I recently wrote about my dusty old Rawlings Fernando Valenzuela glove.  It's the best baseball glove I've ever used and I used it for years and years until it eventually fell apart on me. Dana in Seattle left a comment on that entry this past weekend.  Here's what Dana wrote:

It was seven years ago today I changed my personal home page into a blog.  In the world of blogging, seven years is actually pretty impressive, if I do say so myself. The vast majority of your favourite blogs started well after November 30, 2002. The Tale of the Tape

For the third straight year, "nobody" is back.  "Nobody" is an anonymous soul who essentially blogs on an entry I wrote six years ago about Christmas music.  He or she posts these humorous updates on their Christmas tapes and love for holiday music. After this morning's comment, "Nobody" has left

The entry I just wrote about Oprah triggered an onslaught of ads for Sarah Palin's new book.  I'm guessing the company behind the ads, Newsmax.com, is bidding heavily on the popular keyword "Oprah", perhaps in conjunction with the keyword "magazine", realizing those in the Oprah cult are most likely