Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2001

01 Nov 2001, 9:33 a.m.

Avoiding dangling participles in Russian class: "I can hear the…

Avoiding dangling participles in Russian class: "I can hear the TV and I can hear Pavel." "But can the television hear you?" "Ahhh... Televizor, eto Bolshoi Brat. [Television, it is Big Brother.]"

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01 Nov 2001, 9:33 a.m.

Defensive patriotism: My parents hang a little US flag in…

Defensive patriotism: My parents hang a little US flag in their car, held in place by the sunshade for the front passenger seat. A few days ago, I sat there and the thing dangled right …

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01 Nov 2001, 8:55 a.m.

Aaron Sorkin often has various characters in "The West Wing"…

Aaron Sorkin often has various characters in "The West Wing" say the same line throughout an episode. "Did you get the new EPA stats on child asthma?" repeated various characters to Josh last night. They …

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01 Nov 2001, 8:48 a.m.

archives …

archives

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31 Oct 2001, 22:05 p.m.

Pretty good episodes of West Wing and Enterprise. …

Pretty good episodes of West Wing and Enterprise.

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31 Oct 2001, 15:25 p.m.

Done with my last Imperial Russian History midterm, probably the…

Done with my last Imperial Russian History midterm, probably the last ever. The questions seemed to ask very little, which made me panic and babble so as to cover the material "thoroughly" and fulfil my …

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31 Oct 2001, 13:33 p.m.

I applied to join Slate's Book Club using a modified…

I applied to join Slate's Book Club using a modified version of my anti-Name of the Rose screed. Wish me luck, less on that than on the midterm I'll take in half an hour. Tsar …

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31 Oct 2001, 13:15 p.m.

Two dreams. I've had two dreams recently about the destruction of…

Two dreams. I've had two dreams recently about the destruction of the world. Usually I don't have nightmares like that, and so I think I can safely say that anxiety about terrorist attacks has influenced …

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31 Oct 2001, 12:57 p.m.

Yesterday, as I walked home in the dark at 5:45pm…

Yesterday, as I walked home in the dark at 5:45pm or so in the pitch-black night interrupted by soft haloes of streetlights and harsh beams of auto headlights-- the time change still disorients me -- …

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31 Oct 2001, 12:45 p.m.

Susie (of OCF fame) says that "everybody and their mother"…

Susie (of OCF fame) says that "everybody and their mother" has a blog, and proclaims that she will soon set up a parody site with her "blargh." I applaud the endeavor.

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