Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Comedy

08 Feb 2008, 16:50 p.m.

From Work Today

After a very long conference call: "I've lost some acuity. I'm not the same person you hired....That experience was like the opposite of meditation." "Crazy Bread. So 'crazy' means 'has cheese in it'?..." "Emotionally Disturbed …

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27 Jan 2008, 7:15 a.m.

Hoodies Are Enough to Justify ASBOs, Right?

Walking back from dinner, passing the park benches. "Oh good, the ne'er-do-wells are gone." "There's a couple of guys there." "Yes, but they're wearing baseball caps, not hoodies." "You're wearing a hood!" "I'm wearing a …

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25 Jan 2008, 6:48 a.m.

Punchline That Goes With Two [Admittedly Related] Jokes

I discovered the second joke this morning and Leonard demanded I blog it because of its relevance to one of his thousand obsessions. What did the duck say to the barman? "Just put it on …

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31 Dec 2007, 21:07 p.m.

(Kazoo Sound)

I like to do productive things on New Year's Eve/Day. Today I burned through a hundred new channel submissions in the Miro video podcast guide. Cool discovery: Cinemaniacal, featuring the Unisphere making-of short and short …

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17 Dec 2007, 13:19 p.m.

Powerpoint Karaoke: Best Practices

Danny O'Brien mentioned this concept and tried it out at a conference several months ago. So Leonard and I playtested it at Backup Thanksgiving (photos) at our apartment, with several of our friends. One of …

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12 Dec 2007, 10:27 a.m.

Collection of SkyMall (TravelMall) Humor

SkyMall has inspired a lot of parodies and homages. There's the SkyMaul book and the Coulton song, item-by-item mockery, a Penny Arcade comic, more of an essay, and airplane-travel-specific item-by-item mockery. Those are the links …

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06 Dec 2007, 11:27 a.m.

Upcoming Heather Gold Show

In the middle of my finals so I shouldn't go, but you should; the Law Project has serious promise.

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05 Dec 2007, 15:05 p.m.

More Taboo Wizardry

Leonard was trying to get us to guess "TV Guide." He said it was an empirical method for discovering what's on. I shouted, "Calling a guy?" Evan heard this and suggested we make a Taboo …

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02 Dec 2007, 12:30 p.m.

Don't Forget Umbrellas From The Boo.com Accessory Wall

Today I imitated Heidi Klum. "Top American designer Michael Kors....Nina Garcia, fashion editor for Elle Magazine...and our guest judge, Mary Poppins."

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02 Dec 2007, 11:08 a.m.

"Firefly" Jokes

Today Leonard is having his yearly backup Thanksgiving. I say "his" because it's really his idea and his motive, although I do get to eat lots of stuffing. I get leftovers twice! It's great. And …

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