Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

23 May 2002, 10:27 a.m.

Regarding this entry: And Sliders! Before that show got into…

Regarding this entry: And Sliders! Before that show got into weird story arcs about war with aliens, it was a great show.

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23 May 2002, 10:11 a.m.

Inside joke to people who know the Mahabharata: After last night's…

Inside joke to people who know the Mahabharata: After last night's West Wing, during which President Bartlet assassinated the terrorism-sponsoring defense minister from Kumar, the President's chariot will no longer float an inch above the …

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22 May 2002, 22:48 p.m.

I sent off not one, but two job applications today!…

I sent off not one, but two job applications today! Yee-ha.

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22 May 2002, 17:49 p.m.

Yes, I'm out of my Linguistics final. Yes, it…

Yes, I'm out of my Linguistics final. Yes, it was scheduled for 5-8pm. Yes, it's quarter to six. Curse you, John McWhorter, for acting like a hip, concepts-oriented teacher and all the while devising a …

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22 May 2002, 14:20 p.m.

My sister always suspects Anne Applebaum (Foreigners correspondent at Slate) of…

My sister always suspects Anne Applebaum (Foreigners correspondent at Slate) of trying to put one over on the reader with oversimplified reasoning. In Deanna Troi's words, "She's hiding something!". Today: Subject: anne applebaum so did …

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22 May 2002, 9:39 a.m.

I'm upgrading my weblog software, so as to make the experience…

I'm upgrading my weblog software, so as to make the experience more pleasant for you, my fifteen readers. The asterisk to the left of each entry is a permanent link for that entry only. Fooling …

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21 May 2002, 22:16 p.m.

I'm now halfway through Crime and Punishment and almost halfway through…

I'm now halfway through Crime and Punishment and almost halfway through Microserfs. I heard part of an Eminem song on the radio today -- "Without Me," I think -- and quite liked it. Am I …

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21 May 2002, 0:47 a.m.

Oh, and I missed the Seventh Heaven season finale to…

Oh, and I missed the Seventh Heaven season finale to chat with Jade, which is a trade I'd gladly make again.

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21 May 2002, 0:12 a.m.

A surprisingly good food day. I ate surprisingly good…

A surprisingly good food day. I ate surprisingly good pesto pasta salad at the Caffe-Strada-run Free Speech Movement Cafe on campus. It had pine nuts! And roasted tomato! And then I splurged on a gourmet …

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20 May 2002, 17:43 p.m.

Last night I actually did watch the last X-Files episode.…

Last night I actually did watch the last X-Files episode. Seven or eight years ago, when I was a freshman and sophomore in high school, my sister and I would watch X-Files on Friday nights …

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