26 Oct 2001, 10:21 a.m.

I am assuming that, if one searches for "sumana" via…

I am assuming that, if one searches for "sumana" via any relevant search engine, one of the last URLs that will actually refer to me is the alt.fan.dave_barry FAQ. That list is how I met …

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26 Oct 2001, 9:47 a.m.

Oi! Five messages in my inbox when I wake…

Oi! Five messages in my inbox when I wake up, and four of them are from actual people I know, including Susanna wishing to see a picture of my haircut (perhaps next time I see …

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26 Oct 2001, 0:49 a.m.

All right, I lied. I won't be finishing all…

All right, I lied. I won't be finishing all of July tonight. Maybe if I have some free time tomorrow morning. I'm not setting my alarm, I'll tell you that right now. I'm sleeping as …

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26 Oct 2001, 0:09 a.m.

I'll just stay up long enough to archive July, and…

I'll just stay up long enough to archive July, and then I'll go to sleep, I promise.

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25 Oct 2001, 23:30 p.m.

Trials and Travails I'm writing several times a day now at…

Trials and Travails I'm writing several times a day now at the new location, http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sumanah/cgi-bin/view.cgi/weblog, and working to get some less bulky address working as well. Today: I got a haircut and reminisced a bit …

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25 Oct 2001, 23:24 p.m.

My haircut reminds me that my previous hair arrangement did…

My haircut reminds me that my previous hair arrangement did not look terrific. I like this one a great deal better. Earlier today, something -- perhaps some idle notion that someone "had issues," or was …

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25 Oct 2001, 19:16 p.m.

I actually like the quote/fortune that the bottom of Slashdot…

I actually like the quote/fortune that the bottom of Slashdot featured for me just now: "But this one goes to eleven." -- Nigel Tufnel

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25 Oct 2001, 16:29 p.m.

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of…

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of Political Psychology but left early. A fire alarm interrupted Russian. Political Psychology lecture might have been useful, but I fell asleep and didn't care so …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:58 a.m.

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The…

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The most reliable source of amusement of either sort usually arrives in the Daily Horoscope by one Sydney Omarr. (Syndicated, I hope.) Every weekday, I read the …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:50 a.m.

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in…

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in Berkeley (510-843-0697) puts classified ads in the Daily Cal asking for models for free haircuts. Today I'll take advantage of their offer for the third …

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