Because couches intrigue me.

In the parking lot? Sure! (Photo: Brittney Le Blanc)

More couches, in more places, after the jump.

Always gonna find one in an alley or back lane.

Sometimes you just look across the street and see one.

I'm going back a ways for this one, to election night 2010. You'll see a few of your favourites here in my living room.

It's Moustache vs. Moustache for your votes!

Before this year’s Movember festivities began I had never worn a moustache longer than a day, and only as a gag. When I first shaved at the start of November, my eyes filled with dread as I looked at the comically foreign face staring back in the mirror.

I’m going to look like this for a gods damn month?

But a strange thing happened in the weeks that followed, my moustache started receiving compliments. Real and genuine compliments from complete strangers.

It seemed Movember had turned the public’s ironic love of moustaches for into an honest appreciation for the art. I began to wonder if the ‘stache suited me; maybe my lip rug had fashionable merit? I flirted with the idea of keeping the cookie duster beyond Movember.

That is, until this week, when my moustache’s girth turned problematic. The month-old ‘stache became a prickly nuisance, curling into my lips and mouth. It also managed to soak up and retain any liquid I attempted to drink like a sponge. But the last straw came last night when I discovered my moustache had caught a booger and left it dangling in plain sight for hours; causing me to misinterpret why the cute girl at the grocery store was checking me out.

However, before my moustache meets its end, there is some business to attend to. Loyal edmontonian readers will recall a challenge I presented to Mr. Adam Rozenhart, a bitter duel of moustaches and a fight for Mo’supremacy. A Stache-Off, if you will.

What’s at stake? A $50 Movember donation to the winner (me) from the loser (Adam).

The Movember Stache-Off victor (surely me) will be determined by you (you) the reader! Place your vote in the comments below and help us decide who has the richer, fuller, most badass moustache in E-town!

But before you vote, I’d like to take a second to thank everyone who spared a few dollars to The Burt Reynolds Express, our team managed to raise $800 this Movember! Even more stunning, Adam reached his goal and pulled down $1000 in donations all on his own!

Thanks to everyone, whoever you donated to. Now get voting (for Gregg)!

Donate to that moustache!

(Editor’s note: Gregg is our Movember man. Mostly we’re letting him blog about it so we have creepy moustache pictures to creep on. Also, you should donate and stuff.)

By Gregg Beever

Amongst my friends I am often one of the loudest voices. I’ve got big, loud opinions that need to be heard. When it comes to my family, however, I am pretty quiet.

I was always shy as a kid, particularly at family events. Most of my cousins were quite a bit older than I, which played into my shy nature. To this day at family gatherings I tend to revert to my timid, 10-year-old self, shying away from conversation.

My uncle Ches manages to bring me out of my shell a little bit. He’s a very approachable guy, always smiling, always cracking jokes, and never fails to ask how you are doing. For someone who tightens up around family, it helps to have someone like Ches around to get me talking and feeling a bit more comfortable.

About a year ago Ches was diagnosed with colon cancer, and began a lengthy treatment process battling the invading disease. Ches is a dedicated family man, and it’s tough when bad things happen to good people.

Thankfully, my uncle is now cancer-free and recovering well. But cancer is a frightening illness that can instantly change the lives of entire families. I feel very fortunate to not have lost anyone close to me to the disease.

Of course, there are many who have not been as fortunate, which is why supporting the fight for a cure is so important.

Thus, my friends and I are doing our part by growing big, badass moustaches for Movember.

The Burt Reynolds Express features the dirty lips of Jeremy Die, Kris Skinner, Ryan Mayhew, Eric Krustysandwich and your truly. We’ve set a modest goal of raising $500. At least, we think that’s a modest goal. This is our first year participating and I hope you will be kind enough to help us out.

Movember is quite popular, and there are loads of Movember teams vying for your donation dollars. Some are using glitzy techniques to tally big donation numbers.

One such glitzy campaign comes from Adam Rozenhart, who thinks he’s so slick with his cool and awesome interactive website.

Don’t be fooled Edmonton! Rozenhart may be a great guy, with a cool website, and a finger on the pulse of our city but…uh…I don’t know how to finish that sentence…

Anyway, it’s about the moustaches people, not websites!

In an effort to prove it, I’ve challenged Rozenhart to a Stache-Off! At the end of the month we’ll have our soup strainers judged by an independent committee of moustache judges. The winner will receive a $50 donation to their Movember team from the loser.

Now, I know the rules say you’re suppose to shave, and start fresh, on November 1st, and I’ve simply shaven my existing beard into a moustache. But as my best friend Jeremy put it; I bought moustache wax for this, I didn’t purchase wax to only use it at the end of the month. Plus, for those of you who don’t know Adam, the man can grow one fine face rug.

And I’m not above cheating.

In the end, the real winner is Prostate Cancer Canada. Please Donate!

Because we never give ourselves enough work to do we’re attempting a live talk show.

Tonight. 9pm.

Come right back here. You might have to refresh this page (or the main page if that’s what you’re on) to get the live stream to kick in.

Tonight’s guest is local social media darling Adam Rozenhart. Plus, we’ve got Pepe Duenes as our band. We’ll also be crank-calling an actual local media celebritity. And eating the long-rumoured Samsonowich.

See you then!

(Although, we won’t be able to see you.)

If the website is hiccuping at all, you can try watching at our livestream.com account too.