Mike Strizic

Paddler, skier, often-injured runner. Musician. Dad. Dog, music, and rule of three enthusiast. He/him.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

The coke freestyle machine is the single worst user experience on earth. Sticky, unsanitary, hectic, inefficient, pointless. Shocked that this travesty not only exists—but that it’s celebrated.

[University of Toronto @UofT]

Twin sisters - and #UofT grads - share every step of their academic journey to #UofTGrad25 🥍 https://t.co/pA3NsBKtJ6

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Joni Mitchell sang about how I’m feeling today. Except that I DID know what I had.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

My desert-island, go-to snack has been discontinued. I’ve loved these magnificent creations since I was two years old; they have been a constant for my entire life.

@DareFoodsCanada I implore you: do not go gentle into that good night. I’ll buy your entire stock.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

In the April issue of @reviewcanada, I had the pleasure of going for a walk in the woods with Henry David Thoreau (via the latest from Helen Humphreys). @HarperCollinsCa

https://t.co/DM2K4u8jMb

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A shocking number of people are unable to grasp the complex minutiae of a sign that says "Do not knock on this door."

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

@rohanmexico And Senior's (also on Yonge).

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Ok ok Taylor Swift is the hot ticket of the year but have you ever tried to register your kid for a @cityoftoronto swim class?

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Thinking this morning about the guy I saw at the final Genesis shows googling “who sings ‘In the Air Tonight’?” during the first encore.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

When I was fourteen and learning to play guitar, my folks found @GreenDay lyrics in the printer and anxiously confronted me to ask if I needed to see a psychiatrist. This is the most 90s-hysteria moment I can imagine. #parentaladvisory

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

The fact that @Windows lacks logical shortcuts for em and en dashes is borderline criminal.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

In my latest piece for @reviewcanada, I extoll the virtues of the Good Ol' Grateful Dead and Ray Robertson’s "All the Years Combine," out now from @biblioasis.

If you've never been paid to listen to Jerry and the boys: I highly recommend it.

https://t.co/ZUtF2vwxbn

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

It's been three wonderful years, but my time at the @reviewcanada has come to an end. I'll forever be grateful to my wonderful colleagues and industry friends—thank you!

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Twenty years ago, 55 million people lost power on the eastern seaboard. I was on a 36-day canoe trip in the Ontario wilderness, and didn't notice. That's some real magic, people.

[Literary Review of Canada @reviewcanada]

There's only so much room in a printed magazine. So next Tuesday, July 25, the Literary Review of Canada will launch "Bookworm"—where we'll offer even more books coverage that you can't find anywhere else. Sign up at https://t.co/3uhUdtRSB7!

[Literary Review of Canada @reviewcanada]

"The rough-and-tumble days of yesteryear left their marks."

From the July/August issue: @strizic reviews "My Paddle’s Keen and Bright: Summer Camp Stories" by Rika Ruebsaat, published by New Star Books.

https://t.co/O8si6vbsq2

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Anyone who has spent any amount of time with me knows I need almost no excuse to expound on the merits of canoeing, camping, and the Ontario wilderness—so the chance to review this book for the @reviewcanada was most welcome!

https://t.co/4jf7XpVLdk

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My latest for @reviewcanada digs into the seismic shifts made by Tuzo, the Darwin of geology.

https://t.co/bDtsAjhcaM

[Literary Review of Canada @reviewcanada]

"There is a strange romance tied to shipwrecks."

From the archives: Tom Jokinen on "The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald," edited by Michael Schumacher, published by @UMinnPress.

https://t.co/7IDtz6c2gv

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

The Succession theme struts the halls of that show like it’s a much better piece of music than it actually is.

[Mike Strizic @strizic]

Ah, yes, time for the annual day I remember Laika the Space Dog and dissolve into a puddle of sadness.