Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Comedy

11 Feb 2006, 10:12 a.m.

Jellyfish - Wait, "Sea Jelly"

My instant messenger icon is something I did in Microsoft Paint ten years ago. nandini: i like your im icon nandini: did you draw it yourself? sumana: yeah, 10 yrs ago sumana: I call it …

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09 Feb 2006, 21:04 p.m.

Error Messages From The Bard

A zillion years ago, back when Leonard was one of the editors of Segfault (a geek humor site with user-submitted content), I wrote and he published this bit: If Shakespeare Wrote Error Messages What a …

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05 Feb 2006, 20:40 p.m.

Sketch Mayhem

I met up with an old friend of Nandini's on Saturday night to watch some sketch comedy. Incidentally, Nandini is not only pursuing two simultaneous Master's degrees, she also just visited China for a few …

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09 Jan 2006, 7:51 a.m.

Goodbye, Will Franken

The only DVD I hadn't packed: Will Franken's Good Luck With It, which I foisted on John, Angel, Michael, and Julia. I'm sorry, Terri. I can't do it. I may be God, but I'm no …

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05 Jan 2006, 14:46 p.m.

More Last Day Magic

Finalizing a billion things before I leave Salon for the last time. A horrible day to discover Overheard In The Office.

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04 Jan 2006, 7:15 a.m.

Comedy Carroll

"As we know now, space and time are really the same thing. Space is just time moving very slowly. So, if our time is slightly off and needs correcting, it follows that our space is …

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13 Dec 2005, 6:57 a.m.

Conversation From Last Night

[Context: A few of my friends have leads on job opportunities that would be pretty awesome, such as jobs at the Make-a-Wish Foundation and People Magazine.] "Job interviewers can't ask you your ethnicity, or whether …

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12 Dec 2005, 14:52 p.m.

More Cutting-Edge Comedy Theory

There are two classes of Your Mom jokes...

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10 Dec 2005, 8:36 a.m.

HOWTO Write Hackish Standup, Part II

Leonard suggested that I follow up my bare-bones standup comedy writing HOWTO with an example. I'll start with some really unsuitable observations and anecdotes, explain why they are unsuitable for the easy procedure I'd outlined, …

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10 Dec 2005, 7:26 a.m.

On Cutting Through Personal Style

Sometimes I wonder why I like House (properly House, M.D.). After all, in real life, I'd shut a jerk like Greg House out of my life entirely. But then I remember the writing - not …

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