Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

04 Dec 2003, 10:26 a.m.

Still Not As Tricky As Anne Applebaum

Hi, reader. I wrote this in 2003 and it's now more than five years old. So it may be very out of date; the world, and I, have changed a lot since I wrote it! I'm keeping this up for historical archive purposes, but the me of today may 100% disagree with what I said then. I rarely edit posts after publishing them, but if I do, I usually leave a note in italics to mark the edit and the reason. If this post is particularly offensive or breaches someone's privacy, please contact me.

Years ago, I mentioned the show Major Dad to Leonard. He hadn't heard of it. I ended up saying, "he's a major, she's a dad, they're cops."

Last year, Leonard attended a They Might Be Giants show.

Today:

Leonard: wait, that show was on in the 90s?
Leonard: i thought it was from the 60s or something
Sumana: Gerald McRaney doesn't look THAT different now than he did in Major Dad
Leonard: i just never saw it or heard of it really
Leonard: i thought it was like 'my 3 sons'
Sumana: you don't frickin' watch tv!
Sumana: how would you have heard about it?
Sumana: Incidentally, Major Dad was where TMBG announced all their new albums
Leonard: really?
Sumana: no!
Sumana: joke
Leonard: glah!
Leonard: flee!

(title cf. my sister)