Blog by Sumana Harihareswara, Changeset founder

Posts for 2002

29 Apr 2002, 12:26 p.m.

I told my father that I'm dating Leonard. Dad…

I told my father that I'm dating Leonard. Dad wants me to just be friends with him, and worries that I'll get a bad reputation and that some good Indian boy will later refuse to …

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29 Apr 2002, 12:14 p.m.

Extreme Rob Walker! You are no doubt familiar with the idea…

Extreme Rob Walker! You are no doubt familiar with the idea of extremeness.... This was such a nifty marketing idea that it was quickly splattered all over every product you can think of, on the …

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29 Apr 2002, 12:12 p.m.

"You weren't alive during …

"You weren't alive during the Microsoft conflict. We were beating each other with our own severed limbs." (Roger Ebert quotes from Jason X.)

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26 Apr 2002, 11:53 a.m.

Come on down to the OCF, where it's 11:50 and…

Come on down to the OCF, where it's 11:50 and the place is jumpin' jumpin'.

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26 Apr 2002, 11:34 a.m.

Leonard and I spoke about the Elmo testimony photos (to…

Leonard and I spoke about the Elmo testimony photos (to which he referred on Wednesday). Just consider the ramifications! Me: The more I think about it, the more disturbed I am. Leonard: Welcome to my …

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26 Apr 2002, 10:58 a.m.

Hint to those taking foreign language classes: When teachers want you…

Hint to those taking foreign language classes: When teachers want you to converse but they haven't set up anything for you to talk about, they'll ask you to talk about yourselves and what's going on …

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25 Apr 2002, 16:19 p.m.

From emails: Camille, on "Seventh Heaven," says, "like Eight is…

From emails: Camille, on "Seventh Heaven," says, "like Eight is Enough meets Wodehouse at a church picnic...or something." And Alexei, midway through a reassuring email: "Every so often, I think you've got to kind of …

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24 Apr 2002, 23:19 p.m.

Yes, this week's Enterprise had such heavy-handed allegory that I'm surprised…

Yes, this week's Enterprise had such heavy-handed allegory that I'm surprised it didn't implode upon reaching critical mass. But I liked it anyway. "Look at the brave, stoic face that these Palestinians, er, Japanese, er, …

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24 Apr 2002, 17:31 p.m.

Reader Bob Smith was kind enough to send me the…

Reader Bob Smith was kind enough to send me the lyrics to the French birthday song "Bon Anniversaire," which (according to professional Frenchman Benoit) French people don't actually sing. Bon anniversaire, Mes voeux les plus …

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24 Apr 2002, 17:10 p.m.

Professor Warren spoke today of the system of deduction and…

Professor Warren spoke today of the system of deduction and its soundness, completeness, and -- on the scale of line-by-line implication -- "goodness." Upon pronouncing something "good," he looked up mischieviously from the overhead projector …

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