Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2005

30 Oct 2005, 20:18 p.m.

In A Week Of Subways, Writer Considers Accidents of Chance (And Cars)

My attempt at an NYT-style headline. About to go to sleep in NYC for the last time on this trip. My new column is up.I don't remember the crash. I swore, wide-eyed, as I slammed …

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30 Oct 2005, 7:20 a.m.

Sic Transit Gloria Transit

I've traveled using three subway systems, Amtrak, a plane, a taxi, a privately owned car, and my feet this week.

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30 Oct 2005, 6:31 a.m.

Brief Notes On The East Coast

My lips seem to chap more easily here. Do not take the yummy cornbread home from District Chophouse in DC and then warm a small slice of it in a microwave for two minutes. It …

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23 Oct 2005, 23:06 p.m.

Poets, Travel

Seth told me about a Sylvia Plath/Ted Hughes exhibit in New York City that features a Hughes poem in reply to a Plath poem on the topic of a rabbit trap. He did that sort …

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23 Oct 2005, 22:58 p.m.

Customers Do Stink

One of the oddest and cruelest pranks I've ever heard of, and I wouldn't believe it had happened except for the length and depth of the story. In a frame taken from a McDonald's surveillance …

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23 Oct 2005, 22:55 p.m.

The Summit Talks Continue

What with my mother visiting and my birthday passing and going to Andrew and Claudia's wedding and being invited to another one, hints have been dropped regarding nuptials that might affect me a bit more …

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23 Oct 2005, 22:44 p.m.

Didion on Schiavo

You have probably already read Joan Didion on the Schiavo case and watched Didion illustrate, but carefully leave unanswered, more precisely formulated questions about that particular tragedy and the end of life. That piece makes …

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23 Oct 2005, 22:40 p.m.

Decluttering

This week's MC Masala focuses on how to make more from less. Some people may react to a nomadic past by living lightly, keeping only enough possessions to fit in two suitcases for quick getaways. …

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21 Oct 2005, 15:35 p.m.

The Ideals

We need more people like Bunnatine Greenhouse. SFBay Area co-ops for various services and goods.

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21 Oct 2005, 11:25 a.m.

Bubbles

Today I got new and concrete evidence that two of my colleagues have my back. The comfort of that surprises me. Also, I like to drink Emergen'C - only 20 calories, yet fizzy, and therefore …

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