Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2001

02 Nov 2001, 7:57 a.m.

My parents came over and spent the night because they…

My parents came over and spent the night because they went to my sister's employer's annual banquet. I declined to have breakfast with them and my sister this morning. Maybe the best way to keep …

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02 Nov 2001, 7:24 a.m.

My dad doesn't like that I posted that poem about…

My dad doesn't like that I posted that poem about him. What else is new?

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01 Nov 2001, 17:58 p.m.

Tonight Leonard and I are going to see The Man…

Tonight Leonard and I are going to see The Man Who Wasn't There, the new Coen brothers flick, at a free campus preview. Ads and reviews describe the film as a noir sendup. We'll see. …

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01 Nov 2001, 17:42 p.m.

I find David Denby's Slate article on how Americans can…

I find David Denby's Slate article on how Americans can spread the good word (We aren't so bad, here's what's good about our culture) inspiring in a way I have never been inspired before.

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01 Nov 2001, 12:34 p.m.

Ooh ahh, ooh ahh, ooh ooh diddy, tell me about…

Ooh ahh, ooh ahh, ooh ooh diddy, tell me about the anthrax found at a mail processing facility in Kansas City. In retrospect, I was kinda foolish to hope that anthrax would confine itself to …

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01 Nov 2001, 10:44 a.m.

Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram went to the same high…

Philip Zimbardo and Stanley Milgram went to the same high school. Also, a band exists entitled "Stanford Prison Experiment." One reason I was poking around for information relating to Zimbardo: I've recently started using the …

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01 Nov 2001, 10:06 a.m.

I found myself, over the past few days, repeating "Happy…

I found myself, over the past few days, repeating "Happy Halloween!" in a strange, half-macabre voice. Yesterday, I finally remembered why. When I lived in Freeborn Hall, I knew Mike Carns, and his aunt had …

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01 Nov 2001, 9:56 a.m.

I wrote a poem a few weeks ago. Here…

I wrote a poem a few weeks ago. Here it is. Consistency Bias Negotiating with a terrorist! I did it every day -- no gracious dance Would save me from my dad. There's no romance …

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01 Nov 2001, 9:50 a.m.

I attended Professor Reginald Zelnik's office hours earlier this semester.…

I attended Professor Reginald Zelnik's office hours earlier this semester. He teaches Imperial Russian History -- and quite well, too, if I may add. I waited outside as he talked with another student. A woman …

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01 Nov 2001, 9:34 a.m.

Yesterday afternoon, I saw a young Sikh boy turn the…

Yesterday afternoon, I saw a young Sikh boy turn the corner of Milvia and Channing, carrying a cricket bat. Cricket! Crikey! I wonder if there are cricket pickup matches at some undisclosed location in Berkeley. …

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