Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

18 Oct 2002, 0:14 a.m.

Someone's Got to Mind the Store: Zed recently bought our last marked-down…

Someone's Got to Mind the Store: Zed recently bought our last marked-down copy of the Neil Gaiman collection Smoke and Mirrors, and thanked me for the pointer. First documented instance of someone actually using my …

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18 Oct 2002, 0:06 a.m.

My parents are moving back to India. I wish…

My parents are moving back to India. I wish them well, and have actually helped them do moving-related things over these past few days, such as putting lots of their belongings into a shipping container …

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15 Oct 2002, 0:40 a.m.

Neil Gaiman's short story collection, Smoke and Mirrors, is still on…

Neil Gaiman's short story collection, Smoke and Mirrors, is still on the remaindered table at Cody's. Only $3.98. I'm thinking of getting it myself. The other day a fella asked, "Where do you keep your …

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15 Oct 2002, 0:28 a.m.

Pirate homeboys, Leonard. I love Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and…

Pirate homeboys, Leonard. I love Michel Faber's The Crimson Petal and the White. His intro plays with the metaphors of reader/writer and john/prostitute interaction. The first fifty pages have been wonderful.

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14 Oct 2002, 11:09 a.m.

I ripped through Dave Barry's second novel, Tricky Business, in…

I ripped through Dave Barry's second novel, Tricky Business, in about two hours. It's faster-paced than Big Trouble, taking place entirely in one day, but the general theme stays the same (ordinary people stumble upon …

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13 Oct 2002, 23:25 p.m.

Andy implicitly and Leonard explicitly urge me to upgrade my…

Andy implicitly and Leonard explicitly urge me to upgrade my weblog software, so I will, soon. Format changes and service disruptions may occur. Today's realization: I no longer feel that moment of disorientation where I …

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11 Oct 2002, 0:37 a.m.

Met Dave Eggers. Seems generous and friendly to his…

Met Dave Eggers. Seems generous and friendly to his public. He packed the house (the relevant house being Cody's Books) and gave each attendee personal attention. Did I mention that I finished American Gods? I …

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09 Oct 2002, 15:59 p.m.

Headline from some leftish paper: "Tide Turns for Uncle $cam." …

Headline from some leftish paper: "Tide Turns for Uncle $cam."

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09 Oct 2002, 15:59 p.m.

Six or seven years ago, I wanted to impress an…

Six or seven years ago, I wanted to impress an interesting fella that I met at alt.fan.dave_barry, so I went to the local public library and I read up on golf. (He also played lacrosse.) …

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09 Oct 2002, 10:00 a.m.

From last night's tasty dinner at Dragonfly with Leonard (the…

From last night's tasty dinner at Dragonfly with Leonard (the fries and chocolate mousse were excellent, and the beef skewers "very good", but the tomato rigatoni too oily), on the hypothetical Osama bin Laden LiveJournal …

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