Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder
A coffeeshop would have hired me but I balked at the commitment of working variable hours for $7.25 an hour, plus tips, for at least a year. I really feel run-down from pavement pounding. I …
Yesterday, Professor Fish asked about my gloves. I told him that they're One Size Fits Most. "Media Most, that is!" I added. We laughed.
EXPLETIVE EXPLETIVE EXPLETIVE. I waited too long to decide about whether to accept an apartment offer and when I got back to her she had just rented out the place last night. EXPLETIVE! Well, back …
Busy day coming up. Job interview, lunch appointment, doctor appointment, class, Nandini appointment. Fun email from Camille: how is your apartment hunt going? mine has just begun (my lease is up in september) and man …
Not all former Soviet republics are interchangeable. He's The Sentimental gentleman from Kazakhstan Kazakhstaaaaaaaan...
Want to get appointment to a government position? Funny direction in the application process: "For prefix use Mr., Mrs., Ms., Miss, Dr., Senator, Judge, Mayor, etc."
Mike Popovic says that the horse's head and attached ring were, in the olden days, where callers would tie up their horses. I got a job interview, and am following three or four very different …
I mentioned that Kenny Byerly has a piece in the new Mad. He's also been gracious and self-aggrandizing enough to let us in on links to all the articles he's written for the Heuristic Squelch …
Jon Carroll: Taste defensiveness hidden in a meandering, self-indulgent column: ...we ate at Grasshopper in Oakland, one of those chi-chi places featuring Asian tapas served on square plates and looking like miniature sculptures. It was …
Yesterday I played a fifteen-minute game of chess, losing to a friendly street player named Walter. I actually like chess when I can play a friendly stranger and not be ashamed of losing. It develops …