Morning Brew: July 14, 2008

At the end of last week, Pivot's David Eby announced he'll be running for Vision Vancouver in the next election, but we were all too busy getting amped up on free frozen corn syrup while scoping out iPhone apps to really say anything or offer the proper congratulations. Whoo Dave! Honestly, all I can think about right now is the man's sweet get-up in the above photo. And am I just way too tired, or is that a Christopher Walken t-shirt? Either way -- screw saving the Downtown Eastside, dude just needs to channel those good looks into landing a recurring role on Stargate Atlantis. Cause then, y'know, he'll have really made it in this town.

Another skytrain station assault, and the police are telling women to forgo stereo sound for the time being. Here's another option: turn your mp3 player into a taser. Doubles as the ultimate in iPod theft protection or as an ironic transit cop defense tool.

The International Energy Agency says offshore drilling in B.C may be key in helping ease the oil crisis. I see it now: Alberta & British Columbia join up and declare independence, only to be invaded shortly thereafter by an oil-hungry but significantly less powerful (though left-leaning) America, who frame a war on Columberta around it having the 'lowest carbon footprint' of all possible invasions. My rant reminds me of this little gem from the onion: How Can We Make the War in Iraq More Eco-Friendly?

I like this: East Van, East Side, East End, West Van, West Side, West End?. And how about adding New West to that list?

Is anybody who reads my sarcastic ramblings old enough to remember the Junior Garbage Gobbler?

As if endless photos of nerds outside of Rogers stores on Friday, sitting on the pavement at 7:00am typing away on laptops (and making a good case for a new realm of addiction), weren't bad enough, here's proof that people will turn anything into a blog post: one Vancouverite's free-slurpee-day 7-11 crawl. There's even a map of the "adventure"... so much cooler than Sean's Geomancy project.

Oh, and I love this comment from an anonymous internet fiend over at CKNW: "Having the internet attached to my palm of my hand for 24 hours a day for 365 days a year, that's going to change my life." Meh, at least he's not bitching about the whole thing like everyone else.

The frumpy one from 90210 is suing in BC. I only know she was the frumpy one 'cause my sister used to watch. Honest. I also like using the word frumpy.

Ok, so part of the reason my girlfriend's legs started seizuring on Saturday night was that she'd just run 10k as part of the Underwear Affair. Well, cmon'... I had to make her pay musical penance for showing off her underwear to every soul crossing the Burrard Street bridge. Alright, I lie... she wore my boxers for the run while I stood at the finish line watching streams of corseted exhibitionists finish the 5k walk. Whatever. Some were frumpy.

Random show announcement to which I'd say get tickets now: Why? will return to Vancouver October 2nd. Their last show at the Media Club was a major highlight and with the mounting hype, this one could easily sell out.

Cyberbullying should be made a criminal offense. So does this mean we'll see the Only writers behind bars come September?

photo of David Eby at a recent DTES rally protesting pre-Olympic condo developments by The Blackbird. Check out the link to his flickr profile for more photos and info.