Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2004

28 Nov 2004, 10:56 a.m.

Then Again, Seeing "Kinsey" With My Mom Would Have Been Pretty Awkward

Sumana is back from a DC Thanksgiving. I picked up the slip opinion of Leocal v. Ashcroft at the Supreme Court, saw my old pal John Stange, sightsaw with my sister and cousin, and ate …

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23 Nov 2004, 21:34 p.m.

It's A Faaaaaaake

Leonard and I watched a bit of an America's Test Kitchen about Chicken Diavola, which does indeed mean "devil-style." CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL: So tell us a little bit about Chicken Diavola. Diavola. Am I saying that …

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22 Nov 2004, 15:16 p.m.

Aha

Elephant Pharmacy IS a chain!

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22 Nov 2004, 14:36 p.m.

In Santiago And A Hospital

For some reason, mild violence struck twice around Bush at APEC this weekend. Reporters scuffled for the best seats at a press conference, and Chilean and US Secret Service bodyguards got into a fracas over …

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19 Nov 2004, 16:56 p.m.

I Hope to Go

Will Franken hits the Odeon tonight.

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19 Nov 2004, 9:43 a.m.

Unexpected

Why does Apologies Accepted make me cry?

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18 Nov 2004, 18:32 p.m.

Wish List

Life is suffering, as Gautama Buddha and George Orwell both said, and the less you want the happier you'll be, to paraphrase Buddha but probably not Orwell. That actually worked for me when I was …

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18 Nov 2004, 12:39 p.m.

Verb, Noun, Whatever!

A highly entertaining weekend and surprisingly entertaining week. Leonard cooked up a fantastic feast for Zack, Shweta, Andrew, Claudia, and me. I believe we had bread with artichoke-spinach-cheese dip, a beet-and-goat-cheese salad, a squash soup, …

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16 Nov 2004, 16:21 p.m.

Too Many Tears

Margaret Hassan is probably dead. "He had the lines around his eyes that signify a man who smiles cautiously and gravely, not because he has no humor but because he contemplates the consequences of everything, …

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15 Nov 2004, 15:39 p.m.

He Is The Franken. I Must Go.

Tonight I go to see Will Franken (more detailed, if more ephemeral, description) at the Punchline comedy club near Embarcadero BART station. Come one, come many!

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