Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2004

27 Oct 2004, 8:48 a.m.

Yet Another Kinship Between My Heritage And LDS

BoingBoing points me to directions to merge fashion with modesty. My personal answer is to dress like a man and not care about fashion. Pants, button-down or tee shirt, done. I guess you need a …

Read More
26 Oct 2004, 15:30 p.m.

I Will Never Learn This

"I've spent a lot of my life trying to become better and better at what I DO. Somehow I thought my achievements might attract love. This has always been my fantasy. It's a crazy fantasy …

Read More
26 Oct 2004, 10:10 a.m.

Yes, It's In The Tenderloin

C.W. Nevius's personal essay handwringing in the Chronicle will find its way into the wringing hands of many a high school student. Great dark humor in the ending. Tonight I watch Will Franken at 50 …

Read More
20 Oct 2004, 20:10 p.m.

Lesson For Today!

Some things you can put off, and that will have some psychological consequences. Example: not writing the great American novel just yet. Some things you can procrastinate only with social, hygenic, and other such risks. …

Read More
20 Oct 2004, 19:07 p.m.

Come With?

I'm going to both Will Franken shows this week.

Read More
20 Oct 2004, 13:12 p.m.

Politics, Food, Politics

"...Specifically, he explored why it was that some people, at great personal risk, helped their Jewish neighbors in Nazi-occupied Europe while the majority did not..." "...That's when Salmassi pointed to the door..." Republicans for Kerry, …

Read More
19 Oct 2004, 9:32 a.m.

Sarah Said It Was An Adlerian Slip

I'd had to deal with this customer before. He was having an inexplicable and chronic problem and we talked often. He talked over me, interrupted me, misunderstood me, but always thanked me profusely for my …

Read More
18 Oct 2004, 18:50 p.m.

Includes "Life Of Crime" Sidebar

Indian police kill Veerappan, Indian bandit king.

Read More
18 Oct 2004, 17:17 p.m.

More Jon Stewart Obsessiveness

A Jon Stewart quotes page. The news is the currency of The Daily Show. I can't write a show on Jan. 4 and run it on Jan. 11. You've got to write it on Jan. …

Read More
15 Oct 2004, 19:39 p.m.

Want More Profane Rants?

I bought America: The Book by the writers of The Daily Show. It is a jewel. It actually disturbs Leonard to hear my cynical laugh several times per minute while reading that thing. A sample …

Read More