mike the mountain

A Night At The Hip Hopera Thumbnail Originally uploaded by MikeMartini.
I’ve listened to this amazing compilation a few times through now. The Kleptones offer it as a free download, so if you are a music lover of any kind you really have to get online [...]

Chronicles of Riddick Thumbnail Originally uploaded by MikeMartini.
Vin is definitely one of, if not THE, best bad asses to ever come to the screen. Seriously. Riddick is up there with Snake Plisken, Dirty Harry, and Conan… and you can see definite inspiration from all [...]

The Incredibles Thumbnail Originally uploaded by MikeMartini.
I can’t think of anything to say about this movie that hasn’t already been discussed in great detail elsewhere. It’s two hours of joy, and a true classic.

Marianne Baker Invite Originally uploaded by MikeMartini.
See, I really was there!

Marianne Baker CD Cover Originally uploaded by MikeMartini.
OK, I’m kind of cheating here. I discovered Marianne Baker completely by accident back in September when I was looking for a place to chill out and write a bit. Wandering around a very cool neighbourhood known [...]

I’m a sucker for this kinda stuff… This is the big Christmas tree in Eaton’s Centre in Toronto. I went for a walk around town on Sunday, a little bitter about the Santa Parade nonsense (there’s NO snow, it’s 15 degrees out, it’s freakin’ NOVEMBER!!). But a combination of Spaz Juice and that [...]

…or Why I Don’t Shop At Indigo (or buy Microsoft, or drink Starbucks, or shop Walmart, etc., etc.).
Let’s say there are a number of companies competing in an industry. Through perfectly legitimate and laudible means (superior product, superior service, superior selection, superior business model, you get the idea) one competitor assumes a dominant position [...]

A crappy low-rez phone cam pic of the book I’m reading now, “Generation X” by Douglas Coupland. I’ll use a smaller version for my link on the side; I like doing this better than linking a graphic on some other website. BTW, does anyone know why the copy I picked up has a [...]

Well, probably not, but it is cool to see actual BigBrains working on the same kinda stuff that drifts through my head…

“Water, water, everywhere, and not a drop to drink.”
This applies to time as well. Another fine illustration is: “When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour.”
More to the point: “If you want something done quickly, give [...]