Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Happy birthday to Leonard. He had a great party with acres of food. I really need to face up to the fact that Leonard enjoys homemaking more than I ever will. My parents predicted that …
Sepoy shows his students the truth about colonial administration - with a role-playing game! "Several came up to me afterwards and said that British rule in India came alive as the behemoth bureaucracy I had …
Clinton gave the inaugural Dole Lecture at the University of Kansas six weeks back. Lots of jokes (Clinton and Dole: vaudeville waiting to happen) and also many thoughtful passages. Now, here's my take on where …
I've read James Morrow's Only Begotten Daughter and Bible Stories For Adults and now I'm reading Towing Jehovah. Like, say, Stephenson, he loves naming things, "Father Thomas Ockham" for one. Lots of great analogies: "A …
I add fake ground beef to pasta or mixed-veggie dishes for the burst of protein. "You're wasting meat by adding it randomly as filler."
My grandmother has died. She was 85 years old and died of old age, basically, and was in pain for some time before her death. I did not know her very well (she spoke only …
Seems to me that Santa Clara county is doing the right thing vis-a-vis Cary Verse's re-registration. If your neighbors chase you from their community everywhere you try to live, re-registering (including your motel's renumbering of …
Sharpton, with whom I often disagree: "...George Bush has so let down what conservative -- I remember when conservatives were respectable." In the same debate, Kerry: "...is this president a legitimate Republican or conservative? Because …
Jade and her friend Ari witnessed me at the SF Comedy Club on Wednesday night. I did pretty well but didn't win any prizes. At least some people got the "I am Indian, but I'm …