Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2003

02 Mar 2003, 18:40 p.m.

Well-Rounded, Please

Weeks ago, I scammed some free tickets off KALX and my sister and I watched Aeros, an international gymnastics/dance troupe, perform at Zellerbach Hall. I distinctly remember thinking, "Wow! In a few days, I will …

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02 Mar 2003, 10:27 a.m.

Real Live Preacher's song of praise really sounds like Mirabai,…

Real Live Preacher's song of praise really sounds like Mirabai, as I remember Mirabai's songs from Amar Chitra Katha.

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02 Mar 2003, 10:22 a.m.

I have finished several books recently, such as Mostly Harmless…

I have finished several books recently, such as Mostly Harmless (which I understand much better than I did ten years ago, and which touches me) and Jacques Pepin's memoirs and Ved Mehta's essay collection. I …

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28 Feb 2003, 23:14 p.m.

Gordon Korman, a very good Canadian-American author for children and…

Gordon Korman, a very good Canadian-American author for children and young adults, has fans amd is working on a retelling of The Great Gatsby entitled Jake, Reinvented. I'm looking forward to it.

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28 Feb 2003, 23:10 p.m.

The Man Makes the Clothes Dirty

Every so often, I go through a stressy hectic mopey spell, during which my laundry builds up to a seemingly unmanageable mound of slight stank. And so about every year I treat myself and decadently …

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27 Feb 2003, 8:57 a.m.

Time to Weep

Ada Norton has been born and Fred Rogers has died.

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25 Feb 2003, 12:40 p.m.

It Takes Galt's Gulch to Raise a Child

Libertarian children's books, from The Hobbit to Heinlein. Update: Man, I hadn't thought about Galt's Gulch in a long time. For those of you who haven't wasted hours of your life on Atlas Shrugged, Galt's …

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25 Feb 2003, 7:54 a.m.

McWhorter Update

His new book, Authentically Black, is available at Cody's now and has landed him on today's Forum with Michael Krasny (KQED 88.5FM in San Francisco, 10-11am). McWhorter also makes it into Slate's yea-or-nay-on-war roundup, where …

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24 Feb 2003, 23:43 p.m.

A Reader in Every Port

The trip plans have solidified. I'm going to Washington, DC, and will stay in the DC area, arriving the night of March 25th and leaving the afternoon of the 30th. I'll get to meet a …

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24 Feb 2003, 23:14 p.m.

Music, Please!

Snatches of songs lend superficial symbolism to my internal monologue. Leonard's new almost-finished opus, The Whiskey Rebellion Activity Zone, or WRAZ. WRAZ would be an East Coast station specializing in obscure and grandiose threats -- …

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