Gongol.com Archives: November 2006
Brian Gongol


November 21, 2006

Humor and Good News Trick #468 for kissing up to politicians
You can always get away with naming your vodka after the president. That's a sure way to win brownie points.

The United States of America State leaders say they want better "civic education" in schools
Here's the most important question: Will they spend more time and effort in helping make students Constitution-literate (a good thing) or will they simply waste time with more "mandatory volunteer work" (a paradoxical bunch of nonsense)?

Humor and Good News Dance of the flight attendant

Humor and Good News "How I will catch Jon Bon Jovi"
Absolutely brilliant and hysterical. Approximately as funny as the news that Italian thieves steal Parmesan cheese more than any other item (a fact delivered by the ever-alert Harry Hutton).

The American Way Education and economic growth
New study questions how much of the relationship is causation and how much is correlation

Water News Monitoring stormwater pollution in Minneapolis

Graphics Felt Top

Science and Technology Using fractals to figure out where cities start and stop

Humor and Good News The letter "A"
A really diverse and interesting group of approaches to a single character