My 2 Cents
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When you're on your 7134th blog entry, it's likely you've covered a lot of ground. Although I don't have any facts to back this up, I'd guess the most popular subject of blogs is Britney Spears. She's prime gossip fodder with mass appeal and everybody loves staring at a train
I spent eight hours yesterday putting up drywall in a basement with my brother Ryan. Eight hours in the same room with him is guaranteed to result in a series of arguments / debates. One that's still upsetting me was our debate about Mats Sundin and Daniel Alfredsson. Ryan arrogantly stated
I used to rant more on this site. Something would irk me, and I'd ramble on here sharing my two cents with the world. It felt good getting it out there and I'm not sure why I stopped ranting so much. I think things just stopped bugging me. This, my
There's something that hasn't settled well with me since I heard the Red Hot Chili Peppers were suing Showtime over the name "Californication". What I don't get is Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis saying "Californication" is the band's signature song. "Californication" is a fine song, but does anyone
Did you have a pen pal growing up? I'd always hear about kids maintaining long term long distance relationships with pen pals. They'd exchange birthday wishes, holiday greetings and well wishes over years and years. I always thought this sounded like a great idea. I never had a pen pal
This week both Greg Maddux and Curt Schilling signed deals to continue their baseball careers with their current teams. I was glad to hear it. Both players started their long careers in the 80s: Maddux in 1986 with the Cubs and Schilling in 1988 with the Orioles. I'm now of
On September 20th I wrote about our Canadian dollar reaching parity with the American dollar. That hadn't happened since 1976 and I thought it was kind of neat but wouldn't last. Today our Loonie passed $1.10 U.S. This is getting loonie. How high will it go? My 9-5
It's that time, folks. It's time for my annual rant against the move from Daylight Saving Time. Before we go to sleep tonight, we'll all move our clocks back an hour to Standard Time. It's dumb. Anticipating my annual rant, Ajax Mike has sent me a little ammo. One more
There's a Starbucks on every corner and I don't understand the allure at all. I just don't get it. I enjoy coffee, but have you ever gone into a Starbucks and asked for coffee? They look at you like you just asked for an oil change. Starbucks doesn't sell coffee.
When I got home from my 11k run yesterday morning, I got down to work. Two of us were going to redo the porch and after a trip to Rona for supplies we were set to tackle the project. We worked non-stop for nine hours, hooked up again this morning
I just watched video of University of Florida police officers using an electronic stun gun to subdue Andrew Meyer who was questioning Senator John Kerry at a campus forum. The video is so disturbing I'm sorry I viewed it. Meyer was asking a question, didn't threaten Kerry at all, and
More than 8.9 million accounts have been registered with Second Life, the Internet-based virtual world that gained serious steam about a year ago. That means a whole bunch of us are living as avatars in this other "world". I must confess, I have absolutely no interest in Second Life.
As threatened, I tuned into the MTV Video Music Awards last night. While it's fresh in my mind, and because you're dying to know what I thought, here's my two cents. The Brit wasn't ready for prime time. Bless her heart, she didn't look bad considering her diet of Doritos
I loved Back to the Future. Scratch that, I love Back to the Future. It's as good today as it was when I first saw it back in '85. Whether I'm watching it 22 years ago or today, I take serious issue with the portrayal of cereal in this otherwise
As sad as it is to admit this, I'm getting used to hearing my favourite tunes exploited to sell products. For a long time I had a serious issue with this and bitched every time an artist sold out. Now I'm okay with it so long as it's a fairly
As I surf the web tonight reading the latest news I'm seeing articles from legitimate news outlets suggesting Fidel Castro may be dead. These legitimate news outlets are crediting Perez Hilton as their source. Perez Hilton, a blogger with just a little more traffic than me, is claiming to have
Kids, gather around. Toronto Mike is about to spin a yarn for y'all. You see, I've been blogging daily for almost five years. When I started blogging, there was no YouTube. I actually had to create content. YouTube is a blogger's crutch. When you're busy, or when you've just got
I may be finished with Facebook, but I'm lingering long enough to throw one more Facebook beef at y'all. On Facebook, everyone is attractive, even when they're not. All of your friends in Facebook are represented by 50 pixel wide profile pictures. If you visit their profile, this same picture
My wife can watch a news report about 100 innocent people being slaughtered without visibly responding, but if she sees someone kick a dog in a movie, she becomes visibly shaken and upset and has to turn her head. I haven't told her about Michael Vick, and I don't think
Last weekend we loaded up the van and hit the road for a little road trip. It was about a six hour round trip, so I filled up my new iPod Shuffle, plugged it into my FM transmitter and shuffled my way to Pinery and back. Never underestimate the positive
I was just reminded that Live Earth is taking place this weekend. I'm just not feeling it. I think I'm suffering from benefit concert fatigue. After 9/11 there were a few big benefit concerts, then we had SARSstock, the tsunami, and then Live 8 which was sort of a
I remember when I first saw them. It was about two years ago and I was in the waiting room of my kids' pediatrician. An entire family came in wearing these colourful shoes that looked like plastic Dutch clogs. I snickered to myself and shook my head. These things looked
I recently bought a new car. It's actually not a new car, but it's new to me, and when I bought it it came with a certificate proving it had recently passed an emissions test. If you look at the test results, you'll see it wasn't even close. This morning
I see Paris Hilton is dominating the news again this morning. She was released from jail after three days and now there's word she might go back to the pen. Every time Paris Hilton hits the news I have to remind myself why this is news. She was born rich,
Prior to our ball game last night, Kic was telling me he napped. For a period of time between work and our 8p game he actually went to sleep. Jordy tells me Kic frequently naps. I must confess, I've never been a napper. Once I'm awake, why would I want
