Name: Brandon J. Mendelson
Dateline: Albany, New York
Weblog: blogs.timesunion.com/classconflict [RSS]
Articles: 41
First Published: Friday, June 10, 2005
Last Published: Thursday, October 2, 2008
Currently listing articles 41-1:
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Take Five Minutes to Stop Telemarketers from Bothering You — Want to get rid of those telemarketers once and for all?
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Impress Your Scandinavian Friends With Your Knowledge Of Thor— Liberal Arts students looking for paper topics, this column is for you!
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A Fate Worse Than Death? Life As An American Vice President— Live your dream and earn your spot in history the American way, by doing practically nothing.
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Great Danes! The Origin Of America's Greatest College Mascot Revealed — How the greatest college sports mascot came to be.
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The Tale Of Two Assistants— So where is the better bang for your buck, with the real assistant or the virtual one?
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Students Should Cut The Net, Not Themselves— One in six college students injure themselves intentionally rather than reaching out for help.
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The Camp Counselor's Credo: What Would The Hulk Do?— A humorous take on a day camp counselor's manual.
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A Lot Of Hot Air: Smokers Deserve Fair Treatment Too— Anti-smoking extremists need to take a pill and respect smokers' rights.
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Why Do College Comedians Suck?— There is something rotten in the state university and we think it might be the comedians.
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Stay Between The Ropes: Will TNA Beat WWE?— Are ratings everything in the battle for pro-wrestling supremacy?
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Nintendo DS Review: Brain Age - Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day— Does Brain Age improve your mental function, or is it just hype?
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When Telemarketers Attack— I'm urging all students to register their phone numbers on the National Do Not Call Registry.
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I Died for What?— Some don’t stop to think about the high cost paid for their chance to be a jerk.
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Playing The Hokey Pokey Can Get You Killed During A Fire Drill— College fire alarms are nothing but trouble.
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College Humor Television Causes Cancer— I recommend just about anything on Comedy Central because Comedy Central is about as funny as a September 11th movie.
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Book Review: Turd Ferguson & the Sausage Party: An Uncensored Guide to College Slang— Your college life may not be as original as you think. It turns out other people use the term McGrubbies, too.
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Brandon's Introduction To Psychology Notes— Or how not to take notes.
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The Respect Meter— Is your relationship in trouble? Find out now.
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Interview with Douglas Bennett, President of National Lampoon— National Lampoon does a hell of a lot more than live off the money made from Animal House.
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The Universal Breakup Card— End your relationship in style this Valentine's Day
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How to Teach Credit Card Companies a Lesson— The following is an actual letter I sent to the customer service department at a major credit card company.
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Live Like A Stunt Man: Be A College Concert Promoter— Ever wanted to know how a stuntman feels before getting launched into a burning building? I suggest event planning.
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Brandon's Guide to Picking Up Women— Guys tend to think lame gimmicks are the secret to getting the girl. Learn how to really pick up a woman.
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Those New Cell Phones Will Kill You— College students create cell phones that will ruin your life.
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It Came From the Braddon Lounge!— A collection of reasons to use your spell check device.
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I Hate Captain Planet— The biggest problem is his green mullet. The only thing that should be preserved is his theme song, for use in audio warfare.
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10 Reasons You Didn't Get Into College— You spelled college "colege" on your application...
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Why I Hate the Internet— Two thousand years of progress and the pinnacle of mankind’s achievement online is a website with photos of Paris Hilton.
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Misuse of Facebook May Cost You— Two important issues every college student faces are their future and their social life
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Going To The Movies Gives Me An Aneurysm— The movie theater was the place to be because Wal-Mart kicks you out at 3am
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Mike Tyson's Punch Out taught me how to hate— I can make a profound conclusion that the people who made this game are racists.
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Why the speeding has to stop— Because the next time you drive like an ass to overcompensate for the small dick or lack of sex...
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Ken Doll Syndrome— They have popped collars, pink shirts, gelled hair, and may wear those fashionable Lance Armstrong bracelets on their hand.
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Just Skank It— Have you ever woke up with five minutes before work? How about waking up just before a class you don’t have any more absences
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Online Dating Tips— This story should always be in the back of your mind because it could happen to you.
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Dr. Doom is awesome— Dr. Doom is the Julia Roberts of the Marvel Universe.
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Hell is other people by Fairmont— The good news is you really don't need to know what I just said and we all know anything created by the French shouldn't
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Playground Safety— “Supervision — An adult should be watching.” Preferably one who is not a pedophile right?
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Reasons to Hate MySpace— MySpace is like a heroin addiction without the upside
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The Blood Brothers- Crimes review— Not too many good things come out of Seattle.
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Athena Reich CD Review— There are a couple of things that make Athena Reich stand out among the wasteland of today’s music industry. ...


