14 Dec 2002, 0:53 a.m.

While rearranging a bit of furniture, my boss found a…

While rearranging a bit of furniture, my boss found a small bag of clothes. She asked us, "Whose pants are these? Do you know whose pants these are?" I replied, Whose pants these are I …

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12 Dec 2002, 20:58 p.m.

Almost six weeks after my move, I've set up my…

Almost six weeks after my move, I've set up my computer. Caution: if you, like me, delay post-move computer set up for too long, you'll forget your password. I finally remembered, thank Filippenko. Today: made …

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12 Dec 2002, 13:58 p.m.

Fun: "The Ugliness Club: Coming to a conclusion about my…

Fun: "The Ugliness Club: Coming to a conclusion about my place in someone's personal history" and The Buff Barbarian Song. Yesterday I tried out Leonard's T-Mobile Danger Sidekick mobile device, a.k.a. the Hiptop. It's the …

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11 Dec 2002, 12:55 p.m.

.pi isn't taken! …

.pi isn't taken!

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10 Dec 2002, 23:24 p.m.

Maybe my sense that I'm a better heckler than a…

Maybe my sense that I'm a better heckler than a performer means that I belong in improv. Or maybe just that I enjoy heckling. "I am a C-section birth--" "Are you going to kill Macbeth?"

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10 Dec 2002, 23:14 p.m.

The audience, quite rightly, didn't much laugh at my performance…

The audience, quite rightly, didn't much laugh at my performance tonight at A Cuppa Tea. My best line, a question to the MC: "How much time would I have left if I were funny?" (Response: …

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10 Dec 2002, 9:20 a.m.

If you have a notebook that contains lots of important…

If you have a notebook that contains lots of important information, including friends' phone numbers, you will lose it. Especially if you are now using a new notebook, since the old one is full, but …

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09 Dec 2002, 23:45 p.m.

[Sumana reminisces about The Early Days.] The first time Leonard saw…

[Sumana reminisces about The Early Days.] The first time Leonard saw me do stand-up, we went to Burbank and filmed the moon landing. No, but we did replicate an on-stage moment after my act had …

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09 Dec 2002, 19:55 p.m.

The days tick by and I have to come up…

The days tick by and I have to come up with a really good two-minute routine for the Apollo audition. Oh, yes, by the way, I get two minutes, it turns out. Ack! That's perhaps …

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09 Dec 2002, 1:07 a.m.

I'm playing Michael's Bach CD (solo violin; sonatas & partitas).…

I'm playing Michael's Bach CD (solo violin; sonatas & partitas). Maybe I understand why Bach is so cool now. Or maybe I'm just pulling the KDFC easy-listening trick on myself. Lots of odd social interactions …

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