Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Today I ate most of a small can of sliced pickled jalapeno peppers. A colleague commented that I looked flushed. Yes, I'm fine. Hoo boy.
I eventually developed a theory of comic strips: The more punchlines in the last panel, the better they were. The likes of "Shoe" or "B.C." have maybe one punchline per strip. "Dilbert," "Zits" and "Foxtrot" …
Sometimes I feel like Ozymandias and sometimes I feel like the hot dog is ignoring me.
The best of Overheard in the Office includes firings, drug tests, blasphemy, ninjas, Ann Coulter, complaint, employee recognition, and delighting your customers. I have submitted a couple but they aren't headsmack enough.
Fictional eggplants | Famous complaints | Excel spreadsheets | Times of day | This animal can talk
Zed, I paraphrase you in this one. My guess: It takes so much effort to write and hone a skit that too many writers and actors are reluctant to give up on a subpar one.
You may have noticed that my column runs on Sundays, while it used to run on Thursdays. This means that it's no longer in the same section as the comics. Not that I read newspaper …
Right after the sysadmin solves a five-hour problem with an obscure SQL Server command (sp_updatestats): Me: Is that something you have to do manually, or something that it automatically updates every once in a while? …
"He has, y'know, integrity." "Yeah, see where that'll get him." "I'll tell you what it's not gonna get him: LEGO Mindstorms."
"I was trying to determine your role. Are you a baby or a dinosaur? Those are the only two options."