If you've been reading the Brew recently, you have potentially read this article from the National Post citing concerns about Gregor Robertson's pledge to end homelessness by 2015.

Firstly, I applaud the new mayor-elect for striking directly at a problem that has plagued Vancouver for years.

But my suggestion? Don't make pledges.

If you haven't been bombarded with wasteful notices to vote, or had random people stop you in the street (no, not those random people), I'll remind you once again that this Saturday, November 15th is the day you need to go vote in our civic election.

Frankly, most people I know aren't too concerned about the election. While I'd like to blame society for the lack of voter mobility among my Gen X/Y counterparts, I know it's really just because they're lazy. And high.

So, given that the Canada Line construction has done irreparable harm to many of the businesses in surrounding areas, I felt justified in passing this info along.

Essentially according to the blurb we received, "each weekend leading up to Christmas, beginning November 28th, the Canada Line Holiday Shopping Trolley will pick up and drop off at convenient locations along the future Canada Line route, helping you to Shop the Line and find those unique gifts while supporting your favourite local businesses"

So last weekend I was at my old alma mater of UBC waiting at the bus loop when all of a sudden a parade of old buses and trolleys rolls in and starts doing what can only be described as "pageant walking" loops around the bus...loop.

What the hell is going on?

As a few of you snidely stated in my last post about Vancouver's anti-fun squad, facebook groups are meaningless and contribute nothing to the myriad causes they speak to.

Well, now there's a website. And while your logic is completely faulty (What's so different about a website and a facebook group?), at least now - for whatever reason - you can get off your ass and check out this website which seeks to end Vancouver's historical problem of early closing times.

A week or two ago, I was turned onto this article by Colleen Dixon over at re:place magazine. It speaks to the differences in drinking culture between London and Vancouver.