Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
Cody's Deals: Upstairs, in our Bargain Books, we have C.S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters, John Bear's Send This Jerk the Bedbug Letter, and Double Down by Frederick and Steven Barthelme, each for $3.98.
Reviews! Retief: Emissary to the Stars: I read a set of Retief short stories by Keith Laumer. I borrowed them from Leonard in a hasty "find something to read on the BART" snap. They're rather …
At one point today, I thought that I don't live a life of quiet desperation -- how quiet can desperation be when you have a weblog? Yet: today I met Lynda Barry! She autographed a …
I'm actually rather interested in going to Friday's car free party as long as it's not too militant.
Just finished acquiring and preparing Adam's birthday gift. Happy birthday, Adam! In addition, happy birthday to Leonard's sister, Susanna. Today I went so far as to pre-condition my hair before showering. I massaged olive oil …
Naomi Klein, of No Logo fame, speaks tonight at Cody's at Haste and Telegraph in Berkeley. She'll appear at 7:30 pm to discuss her new book, Fences and Windows, which I momentarily conflated with Bruce …
I live within the boundaries of the geographic area serviced by the Interesting Times. An enthusiastic customer gladly followed me to Alternative Health to pick up a copy of Healing Sounds. He oohed over the …
I've been working on the cash registers, all the livelong day. I got worried when I realized that register work left me with black marks on my hands that would not wash off. My colleague …
So I was skimming Craigslist, looking for a place to hang my hat come October (1st or 31st, I'm not quite sure yet), and in the midst of all the "$650 -- 11X17 bedroom in …
The past few days, I've had great times hanging out with friends and celebrating my birthday. I've seen Zed, Adam, Seth, and Zack, among other people. Zed appreciated Leonard's and my suggestion that the Bible's …