It's just sinking in that this Family Day thing is for real.  For those of you reading outside of Ontario, Family Day was an election promise by provincial Liberal Party leader Dalton McGuinty.  McGuinty got reelected and made it official on October 11, 2007.  Tomorrow will be our very first

I enjoy these "You Suck At Photoshop" tutorials so much, I'm going to post them as they're released.  Here's the 6th instalment for your viewing pleasure.

Baltimore police officer Salvatore Rivieri doesn't like skateboarders who call him "dude". Dude needs some perspective.

A couple of days ago I wrote that "I had never skated on a sheet of ice shared by a professional hockey team".  That was true, prior to Sunday, but it was also false. The picture below was taken a couple of years ago at Rennie Park.  The Leafs are

I just received an intriguing offer via email.  It was from Ching-Hua Hsu, Executive Vice President, Head Auditor Wealth Management Division of Taiwan business Bank, Taiwan.  I don't get a lot of email from Taiwan, so I read with great interest. Apparently there's $44.5m USD sitting in a dormant

No, I won't be breaking bread with Sidney Poitier tonight, but Humble Howard, his wife Randee and his brood are trekking east to enjoy Taryn's world famous lasagna. I've been to the Glassman's palatial Oakville estate several times, once with the whole family, and I once got to fly his

It's easy to start feeling sorry for yourself when you're a Leafs fan.  Sometimes, when you feel things are at their worst, you need to look on the bright side of life. ESPN The Magazine had an great little write up by Bill Simmons about the horrible situation in New

Without a doubt my favourite sketch comedy show of all time is "Kids in the Hall", but outside of KITH the funniest sketch comedy show I ever watched was "Mr. Show". "Mr. Show" was created by Bob Odenkirk and David Cross for HBO and the genius was in how the

I enjoy these "You Suck At Photoshop" tutorials so much, I'm going to post them as they're released.  The guys at MyDamnChannel.com actually send me the link every time they post a new episode, so this'll be easy.

Hey kids, Sarah Silverman is funny.  She put this video together for Jimmy Kimmel and it's tres amusing. How ya like them apples?

Chris Berman goes crazy.

When Homer Simpson attended his high school reunion, he left with the "Person Who Traveled the Least Distance to Be Here" award.  This wasn't viewed as a positive thing. I live less than 4km from my primary school, my high school and the hospital I was born at.  Does anyone

I had a 3pm appointment at King and York, and it was colder than a witch's tit out there today, so I was pretty pleased to find a parking meter right on King by the Roy Thompson Hall.  I was also pretty pleased that I could buy an hour of

I recently wrote about how we now know what bridge Gord is on in The Tragically Hip video for "Yer Not The Ocean".  Patrick, a big fan of suspension bridges, identified it as the Buntzen Lake suspension bridge near Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.  Hit up that entry for a pic.

I completely missed the Krispy Kreme kraziness and now the franchise has all but disappeared in these parts.  Back in 2001 I read and heard all about the lineups outside Krispy Kreme stores in the GTA.  People were going nuts for these donuts and it was a pretty big local

It's funny how this blogosphere thing works.  The other day I saw this entry from Jewelgurl come across my RSS reader.  She was writing about a good deal at Pizza Pizza.  Last night, we ordered that deal. For $11.99 Pizza Pizza will give you two medium pizzas with a

I'm losing Argie.  Argie is a reader of this blog who has threatened to stop reading.  He made the statement in the comments of this entry about Dubya's many lies. Before I ever saw Argie comment over here, I saw him commenting on torontomike.com.  I don't know him personally,

Way back in November 2003 I wrote about holiday music.  No comments appeared on that entry until last October when somebody in the guise of "Nobody" wrote "I listen to Christmas songs every day on tape.". Since that entry, "Nobody" has chimed in 13 more times.  He or she posts

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This is one hell of a powerful speech.  Every time I hear it it blows me away.

As mentioned, I spent last night at the entertainment complex formerly known as SkyDome and witnessed Monster Jam 2008.  James and I both had a blast, it's far more fun than you'd imagine. It reminded me of the 80s when I'd attend wrestling at Maple Leaf Gardens or Exhibition Stadium.

James' birthday weekend extravaganza continues as we return to SkyDome tonight for Monster Jam.  This is where I'd normally insert a joke about being the only guy in the place with a university degree and all my teeth, but I'm not going to do that.  For the fourth time in

Jordan is a member of my slo-pitch team Raging Storm and a socially conscious citizen of the world.  When Kic got angry at the ump for calling a game at six innings with 18 minutes on the clock, he threw an empty bottle of Gatorade on the field of SkyDome.

I'm always fascinated by how few blog visitors actually contribute with a comment.  This blog has a small handful of regulars who leave comments, and some of these regulars have blogs of their own.  I've been to Jill's blog, Roshan's blog, Al's blog, James' blog and Jason's blog and I

There are 24 hours in a day.  The bulk of my day is either spent sleeping or in an office working.  1/3rds of a typical weekday is spent doing one of those two things.  That leaves 8 hours for everything else. Everything else includes hanging with the family, eating,

I've watched this video of traffic in India a few times, and it's still baffling me.  The best way to describe it is as organized chaos. At least one regular reader of this blog lives in India and I'm hoping he'll chime in and explain how this works and how