Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Certain bits of television I'd like to watch all the way through. Examples: Baseball and The Civil War by Ken Burns. The seasons of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that I never saw, and all …
Wow, a lot of people have time for this extropian nonsense. Relatedly, today I commemmorate the fourth anniversary of the start of Leonard's current weblog. He's changed a bit.
Today felt terrific. I finished The Dispossessed, started Hofstadter's book, and watched The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and spent time with agreeable people, and liked it all. This is what …
Salon's AP ticker just don't seem right in its mix of stories. Ebola confirmed in Gabon, suspected terrorist held without bail, India considers making war against Pakistan, state of siege declared in Argentina, and Barry …
The Dostoyevsky pun in today's Jon Carroll made me groan. Argh, I forgot to plug in my phone before I went to sleep and I have to leave in twenty minutes so I'll have to …
Sing, O Muse, of the blessed sweetness of finishing one's semester, of feeling free to live and love and pay no attention to the Treaty of San Stefano or the Land Captains or the constitution …
Off to my final. Jesus, I'm scared. Reminds me of something Steve Hofstetter said about the last final of the semester: you forget to bring a pencil, you can't remember the TA's name to write …
My mom and dad have okayed my proposed move to a new apartment. I hope the people there call or email me back really soon so that I can give my current landlord a thirty-day …
One reason that Tsar Alexander II emancipated the serfs: a minister of his, Miliutin, pointed out that serfdom interfered with the making and maintenance of a good military. Russia's army was too big to support, …
In less than twelve hours, I will be done with the seventh semester of my college career. Today isn't nearly as wrenching as the last day of my sixth semester was. I only did one …