Morning Brew: May 23rd. H&M Vancouver opens.

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May 23, 2008

H&M Vancouver Opens. That's all that happened. Nobody else cares about anything else.

Except for maybe the Apple Store coming to Vancouver this Saturday. Oh by the way, cute name for a blog Georgia Straight. "Straight Up"... I get it, they're all like "we don't sugar coat our stories, we don't censor ourselves, we serve it to you straight up, man. Male breasts, what its like to be a sushi chef, and the Diva Cup. Straight up.

Oh and maybe the whole severed foot thing. People really love it when body parts wash up on shore. Criminal Minds anyone?

Aboriginals to Protest at Olympic clock. Um, did somebody forget to tell them that H&M Vancouver opened? Besides, shouldn't they be making souvenirs anyways? *Joke.

40,000 turn aways from GVRD shelters. Imagine if it was the same guy getting turned away each and every time? That would suck.

BC Gov't budgets Gateway Project based on $0.80/litre. Now who's laughing Surrey-Tynehead?

Meanwhile, BC hauls in $441 million windfall from oil and gas rights. Hello slush fund!

Look who's coming to town. Surrey scores huge coup with Economic Summit that will feature Rudy Giuliani. Is that really a big deal? I mean, I didn't shit my pants because Richmond gets Peter Frampton and we don't.

Swinging at Mayor Sam. That is crazy, that would be like Obama and Hillary actually talking about how Bush and the Republicans destroyed America. Lunacy!

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whoa. easy on the sarcasm involving the diva-cup. it's pretty a rad invention (a girl's gotta deal with monthly bleeding somehow) and it's not something that seems to get a lot of media attention.

if the most recent exposure the diva cup is getting is through the georgia straight 'straight up' blog, i say go georgia straight. maybe the topic of the diva cup isn't "edgy" enough for you, but when when advertisers still insist on depicting menstruation as pretty blue liquid in tampon/pad commercials, any 'straight up' media chat about environmentally friendly menstrual options is a nice slice of reality.

Posted by: kb at May 23, 2008 7:42 AM | Quote Comment

Sure, whatever. I'm more interested in why they called it a DIVA cup. Of all the things it could have been called, they named it "DIVA cup". Christ!

Posted by: Andrew at May 23, 2008 9:48 AM | Quote Comment

I bet the MacStation isn't too happy about the new store...

Posted by: Barbara Doduk at May 23, 2008 11:13 AM | Quote Comment

whoa. easy on the sarcasm involving the MAN BREASTS. it's pretty hot topic (a guys gotta deal with them somehow) and it's not something that seems to get a lot of media attention.

if the most recent exposure MAN BREASTS are getting is through the georgia straight 'straight up' blog, i say go georgia straight. maybe the topic of MAN BREASTS isn't "edgy" enough for you, but when advertisers still insist on depicting MAN BREASTS as boobs in commercials, any 'straight up' media chat about environmentally friendly MAN BREAST options is a nice slice of reality.

Posted by: Chris at May 23, 2008 2:56 PM | Quote Comment

Yeah, what was that dude on about?

Posted by: Sean Orr at May 23, 2008 5:46 PM | Quote Comment

They totally broke that 'Pork & Beans' video tho (granted, the awfulness of the song distracts from the inanity of the post)... and video game to movie adaptations are bad!?.. who knew?? Someone tase me.

Posted by: Jon at May 23, 2008 7:53 PM | Quote Comment

That severed foot thing is just bizarre. What the hell is going on out there? I always knew there was more to B.C. than meets the eye, but this is getting surreal.

Posted by: Lee at May 24, 2008 5:45 AM | Quote Comment

Geez, why the Straight bashing? It's really not that bad a paper, thank God we don't have to rely on shitty blog sites for our Vancouver news and arts.

Posted by: Rickey at May 24, 2008 11:13 AM | Quote Comment

Actually, I was bashing the Straight's shitty blog, not the paper. But the paper also sucks. Look at Toronto, they've got 2 that are both way better than the straight. We don't even have the Nerve anymore, let alone Terminal City, Tooth and Dagger, Only, Westender...

Posted by: Sean Orr at May 24, 2008 2:23 PM | Quote Comment