Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Leonard loved this analogy, so maybe you will, too: …
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Leonard loved this analogy, so maybe you will, too: Giving humorists Pulitzers for their serious work (cf. Dave Barry, who received a Pulitzer for his column on his mother's suicide) is like the habit of some schools and parents in giving their wards sex education, but wrapping it in a bunch of less necessary non-sex ed. It's as though people won't believe it's a pearl if it's not in an oyster.
