Episode #12 features my friend, Laura Casselman. She’s running as the NDP candidate in Scarborough Guildwood. Listen to how she got her start in local politics and her reason for running in this month’s election.
Enjoy!
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I think I may have heard about geocaching sometime ago. But it was not until I went on a Cub Scout trip a couple of weekends ago that I actually had an opportunity to experience geocaching.
For those of you who don’t know, geocaching is a worldwide phenomenon. Geocaching is a real-world treasure hunt using GPS-enabled devices (most smartphones). Participants navigate to a specific set of GPS coordinates (or use their smartphone like I did) to end up at a specific location. They then attempt to find the cache (a hidden container) hidden at that location. Obviously, someone had to place the cache at that specific location and upload the coordinates.
I’ve only just begun – I found a cache in Guild Inn Park in Scarborough! But I can already imagine the amount of fun I will have.
If you’ve experienced geocaching I’d love to hear/read your comments.
Watch this simple video to better understand geocaching.
It’s #PodcastDay! At least on Twitter it is. To honour this day (and it’s a good thing it’s being honoured!) here are my favourite podcasts:
Canadaland – Hosted by Jesse Brown, this podcast critiques the Canadian media and political machinery.
Stuff You Should Know – Hosts Chuck and Josh tackle everything from alcoholism to blood donations.
This American Life – Great storytelling about life (not just in America – one of their more recent episodes had major Canadian content!)
WTF with Marc Maron – One of comedy’s great storytellers sits down with folks from entertainment and even Barack Obama to talk life and…shit.
Toronto Mike’d Podcast – Listen to Mike talk to Toronto’s media personalities.
Welcome! – This is my podcast! Listen to it. Please? 🙂
This is one of my earliest Blue Jays memories. 1985 was an amazing season. In 1983 the Blue Jays traded for Doyle Alexander. In 1985, Doyle pitched a complete game against the New York Yankees to win their first American League East Championship. My favourite player, George Bell caught the final out for the win!
In 1986, the Jays traded Doyle to the Atlanta Braves for future star Duane Ward who helped the Jays win their back-to-back World Series in 1992 and 1993.
This episodes features podcaster, blogger and one of Toronto’s most unheralded boosters, Mike Boon. aka Toronto Mike.
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This past weekend we spent a couple of hours hiking in Morningside Park in Scarborough.
We went to see if we could spot the salmon who return every fall to spawn. We didn’t see any. But we did see blue jays, ducks, minnows and even a heron.
I sat down with Farid Kassam. Who is Farid? Well, let’s just say that he is (partly) responsible for the air we breathe in airplanes and the functionality of the CanadARM. Yup. That arm. The one that helped build the International Space Station and launched (and fixed) the Hubble Space Telescope. Check out our conversation below.
Enjoy!
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My son and I like to celebrate each of the Toronto Blue Jays’ home runs. We do so by calling out their home run nicknames. For example, “Bautista Bomb!”
Here’s our list (so far):
