Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Comedy

06 Dec 2004, 13:30 p.m.

Thanks, Professor Bishop

I'm watching Atul Gawande talk about "The Imperfect Science of Medicine". Actually, I am listening to his speech to distract part of my brain from the boring boring customer service stuff so I can do …

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03 Dec 2004, 10:54 a.m.

Unitarians Be Walkin' Down The Street Like This

Instant Messaging with Leonard about religion: Sumana: I found out why they don't take vows and oaths Leonard: uus? Sumana: no, Quakers Sumana: sorry Sumana: no, UUs don't take oaths because they don't believe anything …

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02 Dec 2004, 18:43 p.m.

An Incredibly Unbalanced Inflation Index

"PNC also calculates a core index, excluding the six swans a-swimming, because the price of swans is so volatile."

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02 Dec 2004, 9:57 a.m.

Spilling the Beans (Into the Soaking Water)

An incredibly funny Good Eats moment: "Okay, they won't explode."

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29 Nov 2004, 16:02 p.m.

More Than Reading Schneier At Lunch, This Reveals My Geekiness

Today I suddenly got mad about the Mercator Projection.

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23 Nov 2004, 21:34 p.m.

It's A Faaaaaaake

Leonard and I watched a bit of an America's Test Kitchen about Chicken Diavola, which does indeed mean "devil-style." CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL: So tell us a little bit about Chicken Diavola. Diavola. Am I saying that …

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19 Nov 2004, 16:56 p.m.

I Hope to Go

Will Franken hits the Odeon tonight.

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15 Nov 2004, 15:39 p.m.

He Is The Franken. I Must Go.

Tonight I go to see Will Franken (more detailed, if more ephemeral, description) at the Punchline comedy club near Embarcadero BART station. Come one, come many!

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12 Nov 2004, 20:26 p.m.

The Dot Isn't Just For "Dot Com"

Some customers write highly coherent and comprehensive help requests, whether courteous or profane. And some write help requests that resemble in prose style the opening of Flowers For Algernon.

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11 Nov 2004, 15:50 p.m.

Google Ads Come Through Again

"Sexy Chordate Singles"! I hope so.

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