Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2005

02 Aug 2005, 16:28 p.m.

"Add it up"

I am really glad that Paul Wright pointed me to a bit of non-glurgy inspiration that's akin to Paul Ford's old chestnut about the water boiling. Maybe I should borrow some Violent Femmes. Over the …

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02 Aug 2005, 16:05 p.m.

Feminism

Heather Havrilesky wrote a light trend piece on guys who care about their appearance that I mildly enjoyed until she started using the second person and the plural first person to castigate these men. I …

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31 Jul 2005, 10:35 a.m.

Mice Are Completely Unfair

How is this fair? The day after I clean the kitchen, I see a mouse. Now I'm stuffing towels in the cracks under my bedroom door as though waiting for firefighters to rescue me from …

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28 Jul 2005, 8:43 a.m.

MC Masala Drippiness

Drippy both emotionally and because the stories happen in the rain. Did the girls feel lucky, grateful, or relieved? Did they share a quick glance before getting into my car, deciding whether I was a …

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26 Jul 2005, 14:38 p.m.

Applications For InstaFame

KQED wants YOU to review restaurants!

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26 Jul 2005, 7:59 a.m.

The Five-Minute MBA

Daniel Davies uses grad school principles to talk about policy. I would put that better except that I've just realized that I have overextended myself in promising to lend DVDs of Will Franken's performances to …

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25 Jul 2005, 14:40 p.m.

Seth Stevenson Is Making Sense

"But the house was TOO SMALL!"

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25 Jul 2005, 11:50 a.m.

Comedy Reminder

Will Franken's new website tells me that he's performing two discrete shows this Saturday, the 30th. I tell you that I'm going to both shows. They take place at The Purple Onion in North Beach, …

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25 Jul 2005, 10:30 a.m.

Tired At 10:30

One awful customer can be such a drag. Soon! Soon it will all be over! I'm not being all "sweet, sweet oblivion in a bottle!" Rather, I'm saying that this incident only increases my Craigslist …

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21 Jul 2005, 20:39 p.m.

My Patience Is Not Rewarded

Recently I have less and less patience for disrespectful or snarky or dumb blathering. I put on my headphones at work less for the music and more to drown out particular people's incredibly useless yakkety-yak. …

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