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The Rockwood Mailbag

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Have you always wanted to let Team Rockwood know just what you were thinking? Do you wonder why the panels of the strip are laid out horizontally instead of vertically? Or do you have sensitive documents that will bring down the government? In any case, we want to know! Just fill out your name and e-mail address, then let 'er rip! No question or comment is too bizarre for Team Rockwood to take a stab at, and if we can get enough mail coming in, this page will be updated weekly! (Unlike the old mailbag page, which got updated about four times in two years.)

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Updated on July 30, 2002
		July 22, 2002 I've got a great idea for Skip's get-the-boy-bands'-money plan! Next year, advertise a special space fireworks show for July 4. The band members won't realize that they're the fireworks until they're getting shoved out the airlock! It'll be their best show ever, and they'll stop coming out with new songs, saving the world from further torture! Britney and Pink can be part of this truly all-star show as well! --Elizabeth
		While that would indeed be satisfying, Elizabeth, there's something to be said for the feeling of schadenfreude we'll get just from watching these teeny-bopper bands fizzle out on their own like they have in the past. Plus, no murder charge!
		July 24, 2002 RE: U.S. Women's Open credit roll: LOL!! That's gratitude for you. I guess you need to send some donuts or something to the graphics people! Just hope that payroll has it right. You know, I had that same problem. I did some voice-over work for a client that was producing a "come to our fair city for the convention" video - and they misspelled me in the credits. I guess that was my big chance. WAS. If it weren't for that little twerp who did the video graphics, I'd be rich beyond my wildest dreams by now. Ho-hum. --John McLain
		Doughnuts! Why didn't we think of that?! You've hit on a goldmine, John, because our years of TV experience have taught us that there's one sure way to any production person's heart. Next time we'll take it!
		July 26, 2002 Hey Guys! You mentioned Nessie, Big Foot, and the New Jersy Devil but you forgot one...The Lake Norman Monster. I think the guys at Rockwood need a Normy t-shirt. --Amy
		Actually, Amy, what we need are the marketing geniuses behind the Normy t-shirts! With not even a single photo of said monster on their site, the clever people of Lake Norman have built a merchandising empire! Salesmanship of this magnitude rivals P.T. Barnum! Maybe what we need to do is ask them how we can market a Giant Space Newt shirt. We could be insanely rich!
		July 26, 2002 Woo hoo! Haiku of the week again! Thank you for brightening up my otherwise dull Thursday. By the way, haiku mania is spreading! Did you see July 12th's "Buckles"? I think the US Open tech team probably did use a spellchecker, which is how you became a Landmark. I've had Normans become "Normal", so you never know. --Christina Fraser
		Just out of curiosity, we put "the rockwood comic strip is drawn by brian lundmark" through Microsoft Word's spellchecker and got "the Rockwood comic strip is drawn by brain landmark" as a response. So MS got the strip right, but the author wrong. We always suspected Bill was an avid reader!
		July 27, 2002 You do realize your June 13th strip was written about a few years ago in the Dilbert book "The Dilbert Future"? And um... man is that chicken good. --Dave-man
		If, by June 13th, you mean July 19th, then yes, we know all about the Dilbert joke you're referring to. Scott Adams' quote is that holodecks will be society's last invention. We like to think our joke was closer in spirit to an original episode that brought up the same topic. And we don't know how chicken and Star Trek are related, but we're glad you liked it.
		July 28, 2002 Hey, I'm curious. Skip seems to have been unaffected by the market slide. How does he invest in today's turmoil??? Is Skip respected because he is rich or is there a good guy underneath? He is obviously not from the same schooling as the Tyco, Enron, and the latest greedy leaders of Worldcom. I like to think there are good guys/gals out there in corporate world doing business for the right reasons and not to line their pocketbooks. Not all the apples in the barrel are bad, but the few that turn rotten certainly affect the the rest of the barrel. How do we build trust back? What kind of sterling words would Skip have on this subject?? --Alyce
		Hmm...whoever said Skip was respected? Skip no longer plays the market, as he got his and got out. When you've got a trillion dollars in your pocket, there's really no need to invest for the future. As for trust-building advice, Skip, along with others, thinks it's silly to blame either sitting or ex- presidents for the actions of a few crooks at the top. Nor does he think new laws are needed so much as enforcement of the old ones. Once crooked head honchos start going to jail, the trust will return. Of course, there's always the possibility that the economy will crash and Earth will plunge into never-ending chaos. In this case, Skip plans on staying exactly where he is in orbit until it all blows over.
		July 29, 2002 Monty Python!!! HAHAHAHA! hee heh... heh...yea. Anyway. I just wanted to say you the man Brian. Bringing people a comic strip three times of your own will along with the mailbag and haiku thursday can't be too easy. I'm just glad your out there and willing to do it. Thank you! --joe
		Thanks, Joe, but remember, Team Rockwood writes only answers on the mailbag, and writes only the introductions on Haiku Thursday. These two days are solely dependent on people like you who write in. We tried writing our own letters once, but quite frankly we were making ourselves sick with excessive praise. So, everyone who's ever written in, give yourself a nice big round of applause! Okay. You can stop now. We don't want you getting cocky.
		July 29, 2002 Ooooooh, cool. So is sound person/guy your day job? --dogster
		Nope. Just a freelance gig. Our day jobs are being unsound people.
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