Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
This Paul Conrad cartoon features (I think) George W. Bush, at 79% approval, running in a race, and another George W. Bush, at 42% approval, gaining on him. But at first I thought it featured …
I am a happy mutant rabbit. I saw Josh Kornbluth's Love and Taxes last night with Katharine, and we really enjoyed it. After the show, I met the performer and he remembered me from e-mail. …
Sometimes, when I'm trying to pacify the few (thank goodness) rude customers, I think I'm just enabling their bad behavior. I wish it were legit to say, "No, I'm not going to help you unless …
I'm reading the Mahabharata in prose form, as edited by C. Rajagopalachari, "popularly known as 'Rajaji' or 'C.R.'" Fantastic stuff. I see the connections among little narratives and anecdotes that I read in Amar Chitra …
Depressing search: "used to be about". This reminds me of Leonard's aging-hippie impression: "It used to be about the selling out, man!" Roger Ebert's review of the new Lara Croft film: Lara Croft is Lady …
Uncle Saddam DVD: Laugh along at the horror of Saddam and his tyranny of terror over the Iraqi people. No, I will not laugh along!
"We Need More Gods, G*****n It!": "This is why I, a famous webmaster (my mom and I think my dad knows about this website), am now demanding we ditch all our current 'incorrect' gods and …
Steve Schultz's Japan diary continues to delight me. An excerpt from today's entry: ALSO on the train today, I sit opposite one of THEM. You know THEM. . . and you still see THEM from …
Unintentional bugging of a colleague, that sort of thing. Gar. Tonight I see a friend, for the last time before she moves, at a bar entitled the Last Day Saloon. Many people (author included) accidentally …
Avi Zenilman wraps up his internship roundup with "The Most Kick-Ass Job in the Whole Entire World: The Scott Shuger summer internship at Slate's Washington D.C. bureau" and a personal ad. "How do I get …