Nelson received his Bachelor of Arts in Communication-Media & Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, where he also served as the film critic for the university paper "The Pointer."  Nelson's background is in film/TV/production, and he is currently working as an intern for the A.V. Club at "The Onion" newspaper in downtown Chicago.  Nelson's credits and work can be found on his IMDB profile page as well as his official website: www.nelsoncarvajal.com

He is currently 23 years old.

Ben Cossar (Founder/Jackass-of-All-Trades)  Ben entered the world of media with the false assumption that a degree in Telecommunications from Michigan State would somehow magically lead to a career in filmmaking.  His dreams collapsed under the weight of his own hubris and lack of self-motivation, but he regrouped in time to land a low-paying government job as a graphic designer for the local public library system.  A short 13 years later, he realized what a complete retard he'd been, both for wanting a career in filmmaking in the first place and for staying at a crappy job for 13 years.  So he quit his job and co-founded Hook Communications, LLC, eventually coming up with the idea for spunkybean.com as a way for he and his friends to avoid real work.  His old dreams are survived by his wife, son, dog and three cats.  He also loves puppies.  And small bits of string. 

Often referred to as “The Kevin McDonald of spunkybean”, EJ Feddes started writing about pop culture for his college newspaper with a series of poorly-received and largely unread articles.  After writing two unpublished novels, one of which was represented by a literary agent who is now serving a life sentence in a Canadian prison for faking her own death, he disappeared into the business world.  On a whim, he started blogging, creating “A Nickel for the Swear Jar”.  In 2007, his blog was quoted in the Los Angeles Times, a fact that still does not help him impress women. 

Recently, EJ realized that he reviews more television shows than most people actually watch.  He can not decide if that makes him sad or proud.  His greatest accomplishment to this point is selling a copy of Showcase 22, the first appearance of Green Lantern, to James Earl Jones.  Even a casual observer can extrapolate the entirety of EJ’s life from that single fact.

Don Kowalewski (creative malcontent) developed his love of prose at the age of 5 when he first wrote the letter 'B' which very closely resembled the printed letter 'B' shown in his Kindergarten learning guide.  In the coming years he would master dozens of letters and eventually form them into words, sometimes 4 and 5 letters in length.  His first works included the original Tales of Tom Turkey     which he wrote and read to his 2nd grade class each week to the tune of moderate and muted interest.  His ' Sportscast' sketch stole the show at the 6th grade talent show, and his Star-Wars-action-figure recreation of Jack London's Call of the Wild  in 11thgrade was still talk of the town as recently as his 2001 Class Reunion, 10 years after he graduated.  Since his humble beginnings, Don has gone onto write dozens of motivational speeches, wedding toasts, and eulogies, DJd at Michigan State University's legendary Impact FM, he's written for Second City Detroit, performed stand-up comedy, written jokes for fellow stand-up comedians, played with improv troup The Improvaccino Machine, and is currently looking for someone to buy his book, his movie scripts, or produce his reality TV show concept.  And when his spare time isn't allowing for his constant pursuit of super stardom as a writer for spunkybean or otherwise, he happily resides in Southeast Michigan with his beautiful and ever-supportive wife, Kathy, his three kids ages 4, 3, and 1, and he busies himself selling radio advertising so as to feed their hungry and wanton mouths.

Tim Krikau (spunkybean's dissident aggressor) lacks grace, poise, tact, and most of all, talent.   These shortcomings are offset by his enormous capacity for BS and has plenty to dispense in the guise of the written word. In short, he has the perfect resume for a blogger.   Tim's (you know...I really hate writing about myself, especially in the 3rd person!) pop cultural interests are pretty varied...so his views can be a cultural potpourri, or a cultural sewer.  It all depends on your sense of smell.   He pretty much stays away from the TV and if he is front of it, he's usually watching a movie from his vast collection of DVDs.   Tim's main passion is reading and is a sucker for a good story.   His dream is to spend a month in Ireland and visit all of the pubs "after hours" where the Guiness and Jameson still flow, but the stories, legends, and fables flow even more.   He is equally passionate for his love of films of all kinds...as long as there is a good story to tell.   His steals his mantra from Stephen King, "It's the story, not he who tells it." 

In his real life, Tim and his wife of 15 years live in Southeast Michigan with their two dogs.  To pay the bills, he works as a project manager for a small marketing firm.

Casey Pilkenton (That’s ‘pill-ken-ton’, phonetically. See, not that difficult!) wrote her first book, a narrative about teddy bears that hold down ordinary day jobs, in partnership with her first grade BFFE when she was just seven years old. From there she went on to write poetry. It wasn’t until after high school when Casey went back and re-read her old journals that she realized she had a knack for  comedy writing, as most of the poetry was hilariously awful. Casey then turned her eyes onto the world of theatre and sketch comedy, where she would most typically break the “rules” and write her own audition material. Eventually, she came across internet blogging. And so she did that--compulsively. Casey grew up in the south (And if you hold that against her, she might just send her redneck cousins after you), lived in Vegas, and very recently moved to Chicago—one of her “soul mate cities.” When she’s not writing about celebrities, movies, music, and various social  nuisances in her Myspace blog and LiveJournal, Casey can most likely be found watching television (She’s obsessed!), performing onstage (She acts!), frequenting karaoke bars (She sings!), knitting (She’s crafty!), and watching or performing improv (She’s an improv nerd!). Casey has an intense love for chocolate, London, and animals (all for different reasons) and  a vast knowledge of all things Harry Potter. She is currently writing a one-woman show as well as co-writing what one day shall be the funniest web-based series known to man. Buy her a  drink and some unhealthy appetizers, and you’ll be her favorite forever

Myndi is a just a nice, Jewish girl from Cleveland who possesses a strangely encyclopedic knowledge of a vast array of TV shows, movies and music.  She first found her calling when Mork and Mindy premiered in 1978, and she's been addicted ever since.  Some of her fondest childhood memories involve people like Johnny Carson, Captain Stuebing and Alex P. Keaton.  Her first foray into writing was a short story called Myndi and the Magic Pebble which she wrote and illustrated at the age of six.  Until the age of ten, she occasionally contemplated running away to Sacramento, CA to join the Bradford clan.  She now has her own clan, husband Mike and two kids, all of whom she loves more than her DVR (which she really loves!), in suburban Detroit.  She also works as a media buyer for an advertising agency.