Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
I was about to take Websnark off my to-read list, and then in his April Fool's entry he made me smile with a self-mocking riff on "Diff'rent Strokes Syndrome". OK, you get another week.
From The Fact-Checker's Bible by Sarah Harrison Smith, pgs. 74-75: Audiotapes of interviews can be a wonderful source [italics in original]. They offer excellent legal protection. In a trial, libel lawyer David Korzenik says, "the …
When dismayed, we often say "Gah." If I'm quite dismayed, I'll say "Gaah" or even "Gaaaahhhh!". But how can we quantify our dismay more precisely and accurately? gH is a measuring tool for dismay. Its …
Neat! Heather Gold has extended her one-woman show through April. If you'd like to go, let me know and I'll try to hook you up. Heather's site now includes a QuickTime trailer, featuring my disembodied …
Two-person Taboo is a relaxing game in improving communication skills and revealing implicit assumptions. Last night, I tried to describe "Denzel Washington" to Leonard by saying, "This is an African-American man who gets paid to …
Unitarian Universalist jokes and a Satanism joke: "Satanism seems to be an elaborate prank designed to annoy Christians while having some good parties ... rather than a system one could practically live by." The classics …
Today's a really unusually wonderful day, weatherwise, in San Francisco. It just calls out for an earthquake from Jerkhovah. Leonard: "I'm still God, and I hate you!"
The Metreon at 4th and Mission in San Francisco has a Dance Dance Revolution machine in an arcade on the theater floor. The machine now runs DDR workalike software called "In The Groove" and most …
I've never seen Dr. Who and yet all references to Daleks crack me up. Also Triffids. He'll say it for all of us. Calling Steve Schultz: this one mentions Ultraman!