25 Oct 2001, 23:30 p.m.

Trials and Travails I'm writing several times a day now at…

Trials and Travails I'm writing several times a day now at the new location, http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sumanah/cgi-bin/view.cgi/weblog, and working to get some less bulky address working as well. Today: I got a haircut and reminisced a bit …

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25 Oct 2001, 23:24 p.m.

My haircut reminds me that my previous hair arrangement did…

My haircut reminds me that my previous hair arrangement did not look terrific. I like this one a great deal better. Earlier today, something -- perhaps some idle notion that someone "had issues," or was …

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25 Oct 2001, 19:16 p.m.

I actually like the quote/fortune that the bottom of Slashdot…

I actually like the quote/fortune that the bottom of Slashdot featured for me just now: "But this one goes to eleven." -- Nigel Tufnel

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25 Oct 2001, 16:29 p.m.

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of…

I sat in on the other TA's discussion section of Political Psychology but left early. A fire alarm interrupted Russian. Political Psychology lecture might have been useful, but I fell asleep and didn't care so …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:58 a.m.

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The…

The Daily Californian amuses both deliberately and inadvertently. The most reliable source of amusement of either sort usually arrives in the Daily Horoscope by one Sydney Omarr. (Syndicated, I hope.) Every weekday, I read the …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:50 a.m.

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in…

The Peter Thomas Hair Salon at Virginia and Shattuck in Berkeley (510-843-0697) puts classified ads in the Daily Cal asking for models for free haircuts. Today I'll take advantage of their offer for the third …

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25 Oct 2001, 10:47 a.m.

T-shirt, seen yesterday: "Bush isn't any smarter than he was…

T-shirt, seen yesterday: "Bush isn't any smarter than he was on Sept. 11th." Yes, I live in Berkeley. Also yesterday, I met a fella on the BART who used his ticket to Burning Man as …

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24 Oct 2001, 18:39 p.m.

I should not have forgotten to mention that today, as…

I should not have forgotten to mention that today, as part of our lunch extravaganza, Steve gave me some CDs of music, and that we had one of the first geeky conversations I've ever felt …

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24 Oct 2001, 13:34 p.m.

Handball really tired me out. More sleep would have…

Handball really tired me out. More sleep would have been better. By the end of the 35 minutes, I could hardly even serve worth a darn, much less hit serves that came off two walls …

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24 Oct 2001, 9:40 a.m.

So I'm done archiving around a third of my Kuro5hin.org…

So I'm done archiving around a third of my Kuro5hin.org diary entries. There are around 200 of them. I'm glad that I now have at least that many in webspace that I control, but I …

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