Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

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Reading

02 Jun 2008, 9:10 a.m.

Quick Reviews

Paddleboating in the Jefferson Memorial basin: harder than I'd thought. Iron Man: extremely fun. The fake Wired cover near the start stakes the claim that Tony Stark has the most badass gadgets EVER. Which he …

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26 May 2008, 16:00 p.m.

Bookishness

I have now inhaled Scott Westerfeld's Uglies trilogy, complete with a night where I stayed up till 1:30 reading in bed while Leonard slept, just to finish Specials. Now I'm reading the companion novel, Extras, …

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21 May 2008, 11:59 a.m.

Media Experience Revue

Since my mom is in town, I actually bought full-price Broadway tickets for once in my life. Tonight's showing of Curtains will star David Hyde Pierce and hundreds of dollars of my money in the …

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04 May 2008, 9:42 a.m.

Tips, Modesty, and The Magic Word (Julie Andrews)

My sisters-in-law have started putting longer essays and tipsheets on Associated Content (Susie, Rachel) . Susie writes mostly tips for domestic productivity and happiness. I especially like Susie's tips on beginner sewing projects using scrap …

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06 Apr 2008, 22:29 p.m.

19th Century Slang Help Request

I'm reading Trollope's autobiography and need help understanding this passage: The [clerical] critic, however, had been driven to wrath by my saying that Deans of the Church of England loved to revisit the glimpses of …

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01 Apr 2008, 9:08 a.m.

Mallory

"Mallory," a near-future sci-fi tale by my husband Leonard, is published at Futurismic. I absolutely love it and hope you do too.

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24 Feb 2008, 14:32 p.m.

Bloggers Who Give Me A Glimpse of Another World

include John Rogers on screenwriting and TV/movie production, Derek Lowe on research chemistry, Dara Weinberg on theater direction, Camille Acey on Slovenia, Beatrice Murch on Argentina, and Martin Marks on some kind of weird architectural …

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16 Feb 2008, 11:00 a.m.

Tax History Saved For A Future Post

In the last few months, I've seen and read a few things and had opinions on them. Here we go. I Chose a Parson is a 1956 memoir by Phyllis Stark, an American woman who …

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30 Jan 2008, 12:06 p.m.

Sending Creates The Recipient?

Once I start my job at Behavior tomorrow, I'll have a mailing address for packages, one that doesn't depend on Leonard being home during the day and doesn't reveal where I live. Thus, this week …

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30 Jan 2008, 9:20 a.m.

Idiosyncratic Feminist Book Recommendations

Leigh Anne Wilson of the fabulous One Good Thing blog asked for recommendations of feminist books, especially history and fiction, for a college women's resource group's library. I love recommending books! So I made a …

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