Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2008

30 Jul 2008, 8:47 a.m.

Service, Cont.

Jury duty continues. Yesterday I called myself a prude and was called a prune. It all works out.

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26 Jul 2008, 12:22 p.m.

If Only

Leonard reported seeing a guy with an Open Planning Project tee moving into our building. I garbed myself in my oldest EFF tee and went to welcome him. Turned out he was just helping a …

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25 Jul 2008, 16:57 p.m.

Waiter Rant Book Signing

Who wants to come with me to Tuesday's book signing by the author of Waiter Rant?

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22 Jul 2008, 22:24 p.m.

Check The Contrast

I am Cinderella!

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18 Jul 2008, 23:29 p.m.

Creak

I accidentally brought home the NYT crossword puzzle on Wednesday and Leonard and I solved it together. We repeated the endeavor yesterday and today. I've begun reading the paper during my commute, including the obituaries. …

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18 Jul 2008, 22:48 p.m.

Learned This Week

Josh Fruhlinger appears on Jeopardy! in an episode playing this coming Tuesday. Come over to my place if you want to watch it! The text prediction on my phone thinks that "leopardy" is a word. …

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14 Jul 2008, 17:26 p.m.

Service

For jurors and cops, the job erratically swings between moments of tremendous responsibility and stretches of consuming boredom. Thurber is a fine antidote to the boredom; I finished 356 pages of his short stories and …

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13 Jul 2008, 11:59 a.m.

Photos Galore

I organized a few birthday celebrations for Leonard last week, specifically a fancy dinner and a ceramics-painting fest.

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12 Jul 2008, 9:48 a.m.

"It is what it is. Namely, it."

I called last night's Babylon 5 "Married to a Mob." Today: cleaning, brunch, and an "adult party" (in that I don't have to keep my guests from eating paint). Leonard likes to give books away …

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10 Jul 2008, 12:47 p.m.

New Slang

I'm updating my very out-of-date slang dictionary; if I have turns of speech that call out for noting or explanation, comment away. Newest entry: "Birthday."

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