Cockeyed staff page 

These are the people that assist me in the strenuous rigors of website excellence.
For instance, Mike helped me look up "rigors" in the thesaurus.

Brooke Pannell

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Brooke is the Chief of Scientific Practices at cockeyed.com and co-stars in the Science Club episodes. Her great enthusiasm and overflowing charisma come through in every photo, making her a cornerstone of Cockeyed.com's success.

She studied entomology at U. C. Davis. When she isn't at hip basement nightclubs, she reads Fametracker and The Onion. 

She was awarded the title of Cranberry Queen 2001.

A Million Dollars
Tunnel Top Prank
Lipstick
dropping toast
Coffee
Ketchup
Silver Wings
Sneakycheap
viscosity
Hot Pocket Dissection
Trophy Night
French Fries
Coca-Cola
Printer Cartridge
Silly String
Doritos
Showcase
Lightbulb Antics
Tampon Experiments
Free Milk Night

 

 

Mark Hamilton

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Mark Hamilton is the Head Bartender at Cockeyed.com. His boundless energy makes him California's most wanted party-goer and a natural in front of the camera. One time he challenged Stuart Murdoch from Belle and Sebastian to a dance contest...and won! He stars in the episode that broke us into the mainstream: "How much is inside shaving cream?". A Million Dollars
Oreos
Silver Wings
Printer Cartridge Refill
Showcase
Silly String
Tunnel Top Prank
Lightbulb Antics
Truck Beds
Mobile Phones
Free Throws
Whipped Cream
Shaving Cream
Toothpaste
Trophy Night
Scratched

 

Ambur Benally

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Ambur is Chief Composer & Music Designer for cockeyed.com.  She sings in a band. She is more focused on music and the sound of things than anyone else I know, plus she knows all about chromatic progressions and the like without boring you to death about it.  One time I let her borrow my car and she later confessed driving it a hundred miles an hour. 

She voted for Nader.

Aluminum Foil
Lipstick
A Keg
1000 Pictures of Ambur
Showcase
Chihuly Visit
 

Leif Anderson

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Leif Anderson is Chief Historian at Cockeyed.com. He established himself in 1997 as the most reliable source of war and Government information available outside of the internet. It is a completely different sphere of knowledge than my other friends, which makes him very valuable at times. He is known to have stumped the "Guess the evil dictator/sitcom character" engine on his first try. Leif has a vast collection of philosophy books and bicycling scars. He reads the New York Times website. Bad Things that Can Happen to you
Toothpaste
Aluminum Foil
Naughty Food Items
Free Milk Night
Tampon Experiments
 

Mike Cockerham

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Mike Cockerham is Captain of the Royal Navy at cockeyed.com. He is (so far) the only person injured in a prank, earning him the Gold Cross for Valor. Because of our similar appearance, Mike often stands in for me at Royal weddings, State dinners and other diplomatic functions. Having worked at both libraries and bookstores, he knows where to find the freaky sex books using the Dewey Decimal System. Paper Mache Satan
Coca-Cola
A Keg
Tampon Experiments
Trophy Night
Printer Cartridge
Lightbulb Antics
watermelon night
viscosity
UCSB sculpture
Pixaround
Cheerios
Fire without Matches

Christmas Tree

 

Susan Cockerham

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Susan Cockerham is the Chief Sketch writer at Cockeyed.com.  She is also my younger sister. 

She has worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and two Bay Area Drug Companies. She says there is a name for people that inadvertently destroy huge batches of drugs during the manufacturing process: the million dollar club. She rides a motorcycle. 

Paper Mache Satan
Price of Friendship
blood
Silver Wings
Storm Drains

 

Jane Cockerham

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Jane is my youngest sister & Head of the Critical Response Team at cockeyed.com.  She took Harlow's Nightclub to the labor board for cheating her out of her wages, outmaneuvered their bigshot lawyer and came out on top with the maximum award.

She has an absolutely deadly combination of strength and wit. 

Cheerios
Coffee
McDonald's Pie Sign
Printer Cartridge
blood
watermelon night

Christmas Tree

 

Christina Cockerham

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Christina Cockerham is Head of Travel and Chief Internet fraud debunker at Cockeyed.com. Her cutting response to a bevy of internet tales can lead you to think the whole internet is a pack of lies-- perhaps she is just keeping all those Free Victoria's Secret gift certificates for herself. 

Chris is a marketing woman, a thinker, a bug collector. And that makes her dangerous.

Costa Rica 2000
 

Colleen Craig

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Colleen Craig is Chief ex-girlfriend and diplomat to the deaf community. 

When I told Colleen about my plan to keep track of all the panhandlers that ask me for money on the streets, she countered with her own plan to keep track of the men who approach her with their unwanted sexual advances. For every sour beggar I had, she had four.

Batteries
Silver Wings
A Keg
Newspaper
Lightbulb Antics
 

Stacy

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Stacy is the voice of reason at Cockeyed.com.  She possesses a combination of wise professionalism and gay abandon that is extremely rare and highly treasured.

Her hair is blonde, but the style changes all the time.

A Million Dollars
Oreos
Free Milk Night
Trophy Night
 

Catherine

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Catherine is the rudest rude girl in San Francisco. Despite her tough exterior, she is quick to laugh and  has shown extreme patience in times of great strain...like with that woman in the emergency room.

 She was in this one music video, but she will never admit to it. 

Catherine and Jeanette teamed up to be the spokeswomen for the "Bad things that can happen to you" and ended up being enthusiastic actresses in both Sacramento and San Francisco. 

Bad Things that Can Happen to you
 

Jeanette

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Jeanette is Chief of Bureaucratic Sidestepping at cockeyed.com.  She lives in San Francisco and dreams of one day owning the same number of guns and bicycles.  She is the half-sister of internet pioneer Julie Carniero.

Catherine and Jeanette teamed up to be the spokeswomen for the "Bad things that can happen to you" and ended up being enthusiastic actresses in both Sacramento and San Francisco. 

Bad Things that Can Happen to you
 

Jennifer Tipton

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Jennifer Tipton is chief of Fashion at Cockeyed.com. She is also a master at
video. She first gained international fame for her "drowning" short from
Italian technology and review site "Neural"


Because of her video skills, Jennifer was first drafted into service for trophy
night.  She stood out as an enthusiastic photographer, snapping more
than 50 photos in less than an hour.  The front of the camera likes her too.

Trophy Night
Magic Shell
40' Shipping Container
 

Tara Rakis

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Tara is Head DJ at Cockeyed.com.  Tara, Eric and I toured Europe in the summer of 1999 after being laid off from our internet jobs at Cable and Wireless.  Tara was the group spokeswoman for much of the trip, talking us into several choice situations, and talking herself out of a couple of tricky ones. She even convinced me to cut loose a couple of times. Europe 1999
A Keg
 

Holly Petersen

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Holly is the promotional mouthpiece of cockeyed.

Laughter is her drug of choice and will let nothing stand in the way of a good joke, including money, time and making a complete ass out of herself. She loves design, computers, origami and eyeglasses.
She currently lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband, Scott.

300 Questions
Chewing Gum
Minneapolis
 

Daniel James

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Daniel James is Chief Officer of Emerging Markets at Cockeyed.com. He takes his post in the Crow's nest and keeps his one good eye peeled for bountiful targets on the horizon. He stays up-to-date with internet waves and trends, and will someday help focus the reckless energies of Cockeyed.com into a profitable internet juggernaut.

I've never checked his family history, but I am sure there is a Blackbeard or Dread pirate among them.
French Fries
Silver Wings
Burning Man 2001
 

Elise Thurman

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Elise is the Master of Disguise at Cockeyed.com. She spent a few years studying interior design in Sacramento, but has always had the ability to determine what "looked right" and declare it with unwavering confidence. If you are lucky, you have a friend like her.

She has more ebay feedback than me.
Popcorn
Rolling Tobacco
A Keg
Trophy Night
watermelon night
Bacon Bits

 

Steven Cotterill

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Steven Cotterill is Lead Guitarist at Cockeyed.com. Steve has lived in a bunch of different cities all over the world, but managed to escape without adopting an air of superiority.
He is impossible to rattle, probably due to his time spent on the stage. He has a superhuman ability to stay up late.
Popcorn
Rolling Tobacco
A Keg
Trophy Night
Bacon Bits
Watermelon night

 

 

Tom Davenport

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Tom is President of hospitality at Cockeyed.com.

Tom knows how to get things done, which helps make him very treasured friend. If I was assembling a group of superstar bad-asses who had to accomplish some critical mission, I'd ask Tom to be the leader.

He is the only guy I know that gets stopped in the street by people who would like to compliment his hair.

Bacon Bits

A Keg

Trophy Night
Watermelon night

 

Amy Davenport

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Amy is Chief Negotiator at Cockeyed.com.

Amy works so hard, and gets so involved with her work, it is easy to get the idea that she loves it. Like a top draft pick, she has an aura of impending success.

She has seen more fake boobs than all my other friends combined.

 

how much is inside bacon bits?

A Keg
Trophy Night
Watermelon night

 

Chris Loental

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Chris is ARCHDUKE!

He is a great guy who is always willing to lend a hand. He works at Intel, and although he almost never talks about computers, it is obvious that he loves the internet as much as I do.

If you have a party, and you invite Chris Loental, Chris Loental is going to be at your party.

A Keg
Watermelon night
 

Stephanie Stephens

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Stephanie is the Director of Live Entertainment at Cockeyed.com. Brooke dragged her onto the Cockeyed Staff in 2001 so she could help us tape printouts up at the elementary school.

You have seen Stephanie's photo on the movie poster for "Poltergeist". Yep. That's her.

how much is inside a printer cartridge
Coca-Cola
 

Summer Morrison

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Summer Morrison is Chief Activities Director at Cockeyed.com.
She was somehow able to throw a giant party with four bands at her house in Sacramento. Although the police came on four separate occasions, she escaped without getting a single noise citation. How did she do it? Charm.
Work From Home
A Keg
 

Melanie Berlin

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Melanie Berlin is the Ultimate Outfit Coordinator at Cockeyed.com. She is probably the funniest woman that I know.

She is a champion thrift shopper and has a double black belt in karaoke.

The shocking, emotional story she relayed on the Jerry Springer Show was 125% TRUE.

Sneakycheap
A Keg

watermelon night

 

Tara Prescott

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Tara Prescott is the Chief Wordsmith at Cockeyed.com. She's got a sparkle in her eye and a taste for adventure that make her ideal for cockeyed.com hijinks.

Tara is a tremendous writer, wielding her pen like a literary Zorro. Her letter to the Snapple company was rewarded when their camera crew busted into her class at UCLA.

She has read everything.

 

Pumpkin
Storm Drains
Dial Complete

Christmas Tree

 

Eric Gilbert

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Tara, Eric and I toured Europe in the summer of 1999 after being laid off from our internet jobs at Cable and Wireless. 

 Attacking Europe with an open mind and a willing attitude, when the going gets weird, the Eric gets thirsty.  

Europe 1999
 

Pam Lee

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Pam is head of Design at cockeyed.com She has no enemies. 

Once, at a party in Davis, California, when I was trying to impress her with the vast number of bicycles in Amsterdam, she countered with, "you should see Beijing!"

Doritos
 

Julia

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Julia is Chief of Urban Culture at cockeyed.com.  

Julia once designed and printed a thousand sticker-back postcards in New York City and distributed them around town to all of the "free postcard" stands in the coffeeshops and bookstores.  This April I spotted one stuck to a door in San Francisco.

She's got better art than I do.  

Batteries
 

Ross Eaton

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Ross Eaton is Chief of Electronica at cockeyed.com.  He helped me design the paparazzi costume, and gives me frequent advice on all subjects electric and electronic.

One could even compare him to "Q", only not the new John Cleese Q, the old, Desmond Llewelyn Q.

paparazzi
 

Marc Nolfi

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An early influence to my taste for high-adventure, Marc Nolfi is Chief of Counter Intelligence at Cockeyed.com.  Marc will invest hundreds of hours in preparation for the one moment that a clever prank gets revealed. His dedication to tricky is unmatched.

Marc is the Macintosh Evangelist and the only person I know who knows more about Adobe Photoshop...and counterfeiting. 

Aluminum Foil
UCSB sculpture
 

Steve P.

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Oh man.  Steve is the King of good ideas. He works in Oakland, but he used to live here & cook for us all the time. He loves movies and beauty...but mostly it is the screwball ideas that really make him so valuable.

He calls keyboard shortcuts "hot keys".

A Million Dollars
matchstick cats

Scratched

Christmas Tree

 

Translators

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Cameron Kroeger, Karl-Heinz Kreiter, Pablo Benjamin, Peter Sandström and Niels Royers are the translators for "How Much is Inside"

Pictured is Niels Royers, from the Netherlands, who translated HMI into Dutch.
Thanks to Niels, Cockeyed is number one result for searches of "Isolatieschuim".
How Much is Inside
 
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Cameron Kroeger, Karl-Heinz Kreiter, Pablo Benjamin, Peter Sandström and Niels Royers are the translators for "How Much is Inside"

Pictured is Pablo Benjamin, from Buenos Aires, Argentina who translated HMI into Spanish. Thanks to Pablo, Cockeyed is now number one result on google for searches of lapiz labial, the spanish words for lipstick, as well as envoltura de aluminio and espuma expansible.
How Much is Inside
 
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Karl-Heinz Kreiter, from Wassenberg, Germany is setting the pace for translators. He has not only translated every HMI episode into German, he has also translated the "Work from Home" story and has started on the "Science Club" episodes!
He operates www.mlm-beobachter.de, a consumer-advocate site in Germany.
How Much is Inside
Work From Home


Special Thanks also to: Kenneth Yee, Rob Jordan, Guphy, Matt Bowman, Helen Shamis, Matt, Brookie, Natalie, Terry, Rebecca Paiva, Genevieve, Solid, and Jason Biggs.

No Thanks to: Kenji Otto

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