Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2006

06 May 2006, 12:31 p.m.

Advice

Some advice I've gotten recently: "When your kid starts talking about Web 4.0, send him to his room." "Try to put the other person [in your marriage] first; don't be selfish." "A person's sexuality changes …

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05 May 2006, 17:21 p.m.

"The World Should Stop"

"I can't imagine what it must have been like to see everyone stop, to see the hats come off one by one, to see the women hush their children. "Just for a moment, the whole …

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05 May 2006, 17:07 p.m.

Rest in peace, Frances.…

Rest in peace, Frances.

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04 May 2006, 12:51 p.m.

Enjoying A Fine Chabon

Despite feints to the contrary, neither Leonard nor I has read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. Leonard gave it to me to read on the plane(s) back from Bakersfield. I …

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04 May 2006, 1:17 a.m.

Back

I've returned to New York after a short visit with Frances and other members of Leonard's family, now my family as well, in Bakersfield. If I think too much about how I'm going to miss …

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01 May 2006, 15:34 p.m.

Observations

Strawberry ice cream made from fresh-picked strawberries really is better. Leonard's mother's brothers resemble Leonard startlingly. Mass media stories about the issues in my life right now don't feel on point. Arguments about outsourcing to …

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01 May 2006, 15:10 p.m.

Doug Rushkoff & Amar Chitra Katha

"...comics from India about the early life of Krishna and Buddha. This is stuff they developed in the 70's, to teach kids about their religions. And much of it was in English. So I really …

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30 Apr 2006, 21:27 p.m.

Love Not Played Out

MC Masala on getting married. The unimaginable has happened. Not only does Leonard want me in his life, but I know I want him in my life! It's an embarrassment of riches, coming to someone …

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30 Apr 2006, 1:29 a.m.

Have A Sandwich

If the guys from Semester in the Life of a Garbage Bag actually wrote the poetry they wrote, it would probably be a lot less funny and a lot more like the lyrics from Van …

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29 Apr 2006, 15:04 p.m.

Anthologies, Anthropologies

When I look at the scrapbook for my columns, or the blog-into-book collections of years of CES, I feel grateful and proud and overwhelmed. When I look at the huge list that comes up for …

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