Brian Gongol
- Improved Sino-American relations can only be good for us all. (2.28.2002)
- A West Virginia state legislator apparently thinks safety is for the svelte. And forget about teaching Jazzercise if you're "large." (2.27.2002)
- Reset your clocks! We're getting closer to nuclear armageddon! (2.27.2002)
- Did you ever misplace something silly? Like the security plans for the Vice President's visit to the Olympic Games? You're not alone. (2.26.2002)
- Oh, thank the Lord. Press Your Luck is making a comeback this April on Game Show Network. (2.26.2002)
- Last year's magazine subscription numbers were "weird." Sales were way off for lots of publications - especially business mags - but Maxim ripoffs did well. (2.26.2002)
- Apparently I'm not the only one who thought that stupid mLife campaign put out by AT&T Wireless just made most people think about MetLife instead. Sometimes we advertising folk can be pretty amazingly clueless. And wireless services have so much promise (though I'm quite leery of being tracked wherever I take my cell phone). (2.26.2002)
- The possibility of a foiled attack on the US Embassy in Rome is a reminder that we're still not completely safe, nor will we ever be. (2.26.2002)
- I can only hope that someday my biggest problem will be explaining to the Department of Justice how my company isn't trying to monopolize the market (when I'll know that it really is). Speaking of the DOJ, they've posted the Al Qaeda training manual found in a London search. (2.24.2002)
- The game Risk may date back to ancient Rome. If you're a Risk addict, perhaps you should memorize these probability tables. (2.23.2002)
- The Ballad of Mike Moran takes its name from the New York firefighter who issued a challenge to Osama bin Laden at one of the tribute concerts. Other Osama insults are just a little more subtle. (2.22.2002)
- I wish I could be paid to "pursue" Bigfoot and the Abominable Snowman with the protection of tenure. It's the perfect scam, and Loren Coleman does that at the University of Southern Maine. He's becoming a surrogate spokesperson for the recently-passed Grover Krantz. I simply can't figure out what the economic value of cryptozoology might be. Go ahead and do it for fun, but what about spending work time studying something useful? (2.18.2002)
- You wouldn't think it would be necessary to tell people not to send porn on their employers' e-mail accounts, but some RR Donnelly employees apparently weren't so bright. Maybe they should have taken the work happiness quiz. On the note of what people do at work, check out the bio page for ISU professor Kenneth Jolls. This guy's a bit busy on and off the clock. (2.14.2002)
- There isn't a thing about this story that makes sense. (2.13.2002)
- Another terrorism alert. The FBI has issued photos of twelve suspects. I'm frightened that several are my age. It just keeps getting more and more personal. And don't rely on security at Heathrow to keep us safe. (2.12.2002)
- Video-On-Demand is on the way. (2.7.2002)
- The United States will be making a statement at the Olympics. (2.7.2002)
- President Reagan's boyhood home is cleared to become a national historic site. (2.6.2002)
- Marketing can't save a product gone awry. And no amount of marketing can get me to believe that Al Gore can be taken seriously. Good riddance. I'd rather let some schmuck named Ron get the job. (2.6.2002)
- Colorgenics appears to be about as valid as a $2.99 a minute horoscope. (2.6.2002)
- No, Rob, I do believe in open-source code. In fact, I specifically applauded your use of my code. It's just courteous to give me an attribution. So I can call you names since you thieved my whole Regional Media Guide. Don't worry. I forgive you. I just earned the right to make fun of you, at least until you say something nice about me. And calling me Bill Gates isn't considered nice in polite company. (2.5.2002)
- I fail to see what was wrong with Sesame Street that they feel the need to change the show's format. The show's "periodic" stories never confused me. (2.4.2002)
- Thieves! They're everywhere! Steal my code, will you Peterson? (2.3.2002)
- James Earl Jones has the World's Best Voice (2.3.2002)
- Wild-West attitudes aren't restricted to the States. (2.3.2002)
- Defining death can be a tricky business, according to an article in Maclean's. The same magazine has an interesting article on doing morning radio as an obit to a Canadian broadcast legend. (2.3.2002)
- A history of advertising at United Airlines
