This Week’s CG Column in the Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
This week in the Forum and at INFORUM.com, I share the story of the gamesmanship that goes on in those winter recreation bubbles. When you’re working out there, t’s not just a light jog or walk; it’s the Olympics.
Today, I’d like you to meet… Miss Purdy.
Out of My Way, Miss Purdy, This is My Track
Alabama vs. Texas a Dream Match-Up… Or Is It?
Congratulations to the Alabama Crimson Tide. They marched east to the Georgia Dome in Atlanta and disposed of Tim Tebow and the Florida Gators in the SEC championship game with a suffocating defense and an offense led by Greg McElroy, playing the role of Tim Tebow on this particular night. With the win, the Tide now rolls west [...]
The Groundskeepers for The CGP in Wisconsin (video)
The importance of beautiful landscaping around an office complex can never be overstated. At our Wisconsin office, we’ve hired the best crew our budget would allow. And… they’re good for the environment. I’m so proud to show off… The Groundskeepers.
The Wisconsin Staff for The CG Program (video)
A radio program is only as good as the entire staff that puts it all together. My producer, Erik Matson, is as good as there is in radio. To help Erik, albeit from a distance, is what I like to call the extended staff. But not only do they contribute to the program that airs every [...]
The Head Cook at The CG Program Wisconsin Office (video)
In every office complex, the need for a good restaurant close by is always a good thing. At the CG Program Wisconsin office, although we call it a lunch room… it’s a restaurant. And the menu is diverse and innovative. Here’s our head chef, or as she prefers being called – The Head Cook.
The Christopher Gabriel Program: Wisconsin Office (video)
In the first of what promises to be a compelling four-part video miniseries, you’ll see my return to the old Blog Harbor office, now known as the official Wisconsin office for The Christopher Gabriel Program. We plan on opening up additional offices in London, San Francisco and Bozeman, Montana.
And as an added bonus, you’ll meet [...]
This Week’s CG Column in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Every Monday I write a humor column for our daily paper, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. If you haven’t checked it out yet, give it a read. You may laugh… you may chuckle… you may just stare at it. I’m good with any of the three.
This week I examine how families often communicate and relate to one-another [...]
Blog Harbor in Wisconsin: 4-Part Video Series Coming
Many of you may recall the compelling video that outlined how Blog Harbor was forced to move from our gorgeous downtown Minneapolis offices to a more cost-effective, albeit pristine, office in rural Wisconsin.
This past weekend, after spending Thanksgiving with family, I stopped off at the Blog Harbor offices – newly renamed The Christopher Gabriel Program, Wisconsin Office – to [...]
This Week’s CG Column in The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Every Monday I write a humor column for our daily paper, The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead. If you haven’t checked it out yet, give it a read. You may laugh… you may chuckle… you may just stare at it. I’m good with any of the three.
Some of the pieces were reworked from posts that have been published [...]
The Summit League Volleyball Champion is… IPFW?
Arriving at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse, I grabbed my media pass and took my seat a few feet behind the baseline at the south end of the court. Looking around, there wasn’t a seat to be had anywhere in the building. Green and gold everywhere as more than 1600 Bison volleyball fanatics came to see a [...]
17 Seconds and a Karaoke Mystery (video)
I’m hearing talk. Lots of talk. But it’s all been very hush-hush: Hints in emails, a cryptic text message, the occasional voicemail, a large envelope… it all centers around a video from the Singing with the Stars event at Divas and Rockstars in West Fargo that, allegedly, exists. I’ll hear a name, a drop point, a [...]
And the Winner Is…
Previously on cgabriel.com (attempting to build drama), I laid out the details of Singing with the Stars at Divas and Rockstars in West Fargo. Nine pairs of singers, each one combining a great local singer with a media “celebrity,” would battle it out in a karaoke competition. The Keys for Winning were very simple: Sing great, or at least [...]
Proud Mary Comes to West Fargo
Anyone who listens to radio here in the Fargo-Moorhead area already knows that the 3rd annual Singing with the Stars karaoke charity event is Saturday night at Divas and Rockstars in West Fargo. The fundraiser is for Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Red River Valley. A handful of the very best singers in the F-M [...]
Fans Can’t Have it Both Ways
Watching the World Series play out to its inevitable conclusion – or as Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling screams in what has to be one of the most dreadful calls in modern sports history, “Yankees Win, THHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHE Yankees Win” – I couldn’t help but notice more than a few Twins fans I work alongside visibly [...]
Sports Notes: The View from Fargo
I’ve been asked by more than a few people how life’s been in Fargo as we near the six-month residency benchmark. What they’re really asking is, “How’s your sports habit working out up there?”
Just fine, thank you.
Here’s the view from Fargo… or as 1940’s WDAY radio broadcasts used to call us, “The Northwest.”
As a diehard Tennessee [...]
Oberg Farms: Innocent Farming or Something Else? (videos)
This past week I had the opportunity to learn about sugar beet farming, courtesy of a couple of great guys, Ernie Oberg and his son Brian. Oberg Farms is a thriving business based in Moorhead (Minn.) but it’s hardly limited to sugar beets. Potatoes, corn, wheat and soybeans round out a family-run business that’s been around for generations. It [...]
Give Kiffin Time, He’ll Give Tennessee Fans Six
Legendary Tennessee broadcaster John Ward used to say “Give… Him… Six” on Vols touchdowns. New head football coach Lane Kiffin will have this program scoring points, wins and more for years to come if he’s given the time he needs to change what has become a culture of average.
Go to any city in the nation and talk to [...]
WDAY On the Air at the Fargodome
This past weekend saw another edition of the WDAY tailgating party take shape at the Fargodome. I did live updates over the course of three hours, we gave out WDAY / Bison mugs and offered incredible food from Sandella’s… It was chilly and misty but the mood was warm and festive.
The Gold Star Marching Band, or at least a small [...]
Sports Fans are Candles in the Wind
Three friends sitting in a bar, late August 2009, discussing college football.
Jim’s team is the Tennessee Volunteers.
Mike’s team is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Dave’s team is the North Dakota State Bison
They’re experts. They’re seasoned fans. They… know… The Game.
Jim: We finally got ourselves a real coach, boys! Lane Kiffin is gonna bring us some of that [...]
The WDAY NFL “Experts” Competition Getting Nasty
It started out as fun. I called us the WDAY Cast of Characters (this includes Jeff Kolpack from the Forum…he’s also on WDAY and he’s definitely a character). We’d pick three or four NFL games every week with the winner getting dinner bought at the Fargo-Moorhead restaurant of his/her choosing. Now, just three weeks into the [...]
Volleyball and Role Models Go Together at NDSU
As we walked to the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse to watch the North Dakota State women’s volleyball team take on Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI, or, Steelworkers Local 1138), we heard the powerful Bison Pep Band echoing off the buildings around us… and we were still well over a hundred yards from the Fieldhouse.
As the evening unfolded, the only [...]
