Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Comedy

15 Jul 2006, 12:19 p.m.

An Other Roundup

The Muslim comic boom! Includes a few jokes Muslims tell about themselves. The result is a kind of black-Muslim fusion. Azeem recalls being 17 and telling his grandmother, a devout southern US Baptist, that he …

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04 Jul 2006, 20:47 p.m.

Independence From Work

Things I sort of wanted to do today: work on an essay, start reading The Baroque Cycle, rewrite a humorous play about Indian-Americans that my sister and I wrote ten years ago. In fact, I've …

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26 Jun 2006, 16:07 p.m.

Hey Catholics

Zed linked to something hilarious re: Catholicism and that Dan Brown novel. Brendan already knows about this LiveJournal, but Claudia might not.

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20 Jun 2006, 13:33 p.m.

It Could Be Worse

From the often-worth-reading Coding Horror: fear of mustard and pickles.

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13 Jun 2006, 12:09 p.m.

"the flautists and piccoleers become angry"

Today in history: Leonard interviews someone for fake in a post so hilarious that it was one of the first entries in his Best Of category.

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29 May 2006, 14:40 p.m.

Leonard Quote

I asked, in our incredibly hot apartment, "Why are only some of your [shirt] buttons buttoned?" Response: "Oh, I take life as it comes."

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17 May 2006, 14:15 p.m.

Three Equals Three Except After E

Coworker 1, futzing with double-precision or floating-point or something: "Does 3 equal 3?" Coworker 2, immediately: "Sometimes." Me, cracking up: "Coworker 1, did you ask that just to try to get Coworker 2 to make …

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12 May 2006, 5:32 a.m.

Joke

Babak told me a knock-knock joke the other day. It really only works if you do it in a non-US accent. Knock, knock. Who's there? George. George who? George W. Bush! Variant: Knock, knock. Who's …

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12 May 2006, 1:29 a.m.

"I hate the UN so much!"

Super News! amuses me greatly. I laughed out loud at the end of "Wacky Saddam Trial."

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28 Apr 2006, 13:18 p.m.

Turtle Power

On Travelocity right now: "In The Spirit of Da Vinci: Last Minute Code-Cracking Getaways from $199." Sedoc gnikcarc ekil*? If you've got a taste for cloak and dagger intrigue, solving puzzles and riddles, or wandering …

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