Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2004

30 Jun 2004, 13:03 p.m.

"The government should pay for goods and services in wishes and fairy dust."

We should try not to spend much more than we earn, as people, as businesses, as governments. Note to Leonard: mentions agriculture subsidies!

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29 Jun 2004, 19:15 p.m.

I Could Tell You Stories, Wait, They'd Be Boring

This weekend Heather et al. take a break from the show, which will help my mental health significantly. Unfortunately, I cannot use that long weekend to prepare for my comedy performance tomorrow, because it's tomorrow. …

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28 Jun 2004, 20:09 p.m.

Retroactive Continuity

Last night's show featured Carol Queen and Betty Dodson. Wow! I could pretend I named my fish after Betty Dodson.

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23 Jun 2004, 20:44 p.m.

America's Moving Adventure

Leonard just moved slightly further from my apartment. It will now be slightly harder to visit him for dinner four nights a week.

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23 Jun 2004, 11:46 a.m.

When I Get Depressed I Read Beliefnet

Christianity (sort of) in Left Behind and Harry Potter. Finally, they both have a theology. It's not, as one might expect, that Left Behind is Christian and Harry Potter pagan, but rather that Left Behind …

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22 Jun 2004, 16:30 p.m.

Grumpy

They should call it "allGoode Organic PuriTea with Peppermint, Red Clover, and Not Nearly Enough Licorice." I've been sending some letters to soldiers via Books For Soldiers. Sample post: "My unit is deployed again. We …

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18 Jun 2004, 18:14 p.m.

Men In Black And Blue

Often, if I compliment a woman on her couture, she responds either with a compliment on my clothes or with a description of the item's provenance and bargain-basement price (e.g., "I got it while I …

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18 Jun 2004, 16:56 p.m.

Copy, Paste, Delete, Copy, Paste, Delete-No-Wait...

I can only stand this incredibly tedious task because I am listening to Do You Measure Up and the like. Also, I'm drinking my second cup of coffee of the day. I ordinarily drink coffee …

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18 Jun 2004, 15:20 p.m.

Fun And Tempting

Fun. Dangerous, addictive, lose-track-of-time fun.Update: Also, camels.

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17 Jun 2004, 17:02 p.m.

Just Two Months Early For Independence Day

Two, two, two articles in today's Salon feature India or Indian-Americans. Philip Robertson, Salon's constantly-in-danger Iraq correspondent, profiles Sudip Bose, who is basically the Army's Dr. Bashir. (If only we had Sisko and Kira running …

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