Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Comedy

10 Feb 2008, 14:39 p.m.

After

Last night was the last weekly Slightly Known People show at Rififi in the Village. They performed some of their best skits, other sketch comedians and groups did bits, and we all sang together at …

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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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