In 1984, I played for a tee-ball team called the Sesquis. Swansea's Rennie Park created the team for that one summer only to commemorate Toronto's 150th birthday, or sesquicentennial if you will. It was March 6, 1834 that York was incorporated as the City of Toronto. That's 175 years ago tomorrow. T...

It's Friday. The weekend is upon us, Toronto. It's time to bitch about the heat!...

Has it really been two years since I complained on this site about how totally crappy the official TTC website was? Here's what I wrote that fine May 2006 morning. Finally, if you want to see how out of touch TTC marketing is in this new age of viral communique, one needs to look no further than the...

When my mom told me at about 10am this morning that the TTC was on strike, I didn't believe her. Firstly, it seemed like a pretty good deal, so why would the union reject the offer on the table? Secondly, the TTC union promised 48 hours notice before striking, and when I turned of the laptop last ni...

Our city is heavily promoting the fifth annual 20-Minute Toronto Makeover. Mayor David Miller is asking all Torontonians at work, school or at home to stop what you’re doing on Friday, April 18, 2008, come outside at 2:00pm and do a 20-minute clean-up blitz around our office, school or neighbourho...

Stop the presses. There's late-breaking news from Toronto's City Hall. Rob Ford took offence to something he thought Globe & Mail reporter John Barber said. Apparently, and it's hard to tell from this video, not that it justifies another embarrassing Ford outburst, John Barber called Rob Ford a ...

We've been warned. With 7° temps Thursday and Friday, all this snow is going to melt and that could mean flooding in the streets of Toronto. I need this big melt. Raging Storm, my champion slo-pitch team, has registered to play a tournament on March 22nd. That gives Mother Nature 11 days to clea...

Rob Ford is simply too easy a target, and posting his dumb-ass quotes just isn't as much fun as it should be. If you Google rob ford quotes, this entry I posted about two years ago is #2. Then, a year ago this week, I posted his fantastic quote about bike lanes. That sucker is the gold standard. Thi...

Uncle! I give up. It's relentless. Since my shovel broke from being abused all winter long, Mother Nature hammered us again and I almost broke my back trying to clear all that snow without a damn handle on my shovel. The crack in the base I can manage, but you don't realize the importance of the han...

If you're reading this from the GTA, you know how damn cold it's been these past few days. How cold is it? They actually cancelled Beavers toboggan night. When it's too cold to toboggan, it's too cold. It looks like this chill is about to subside. We're supposed to hit a toasty -4° C later day. ...