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Mysticism and Fakery

By Lionina - 12:35 PM
 Alexander  The Man Who Knows Koringa Aka Renee Bernard The Only Female Yogi in the World ...

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Rendezvous with Rama - Arthur C. Clarke

By Lionina - 8:35 AM
“He had a suspicion of plausible answers; they were so often wrong.” Generous though exasperated (and with surprising levity), Clarke places Humanity appropriately (at the bottom) in the mysterious order of the infinity that is the cosmos. We understand next to nothing about the universe except our own reflection. But tiny as we are, awed, we strive inquisitively and resourcefully, despite our fears...

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Yoga: The Art of Transformation - Asian Art Museum

By Lionina - 8:48 AM
Best museum food I've ever had. Early Buddha from the Permanent Collection  Vishnu Narasimha ...

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Piperade

By Lionina - 2:09 PM
Photos from who knows when... ...

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Namu Gaji

By Lionina - 11:34 PM
Tree Branch  Chicken Wings Panna Cotta  Okonomiyaki  Beef Tongue Pickled broccoli flowers, radish, fennel Also... Oxtail and Rice Cake "Dukbokki" (demolished, so no photo...) ...

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Blue Remembered Earth - Alastair Reynolds

By Lionina - 12:00 PM
Thought Sunday, the smart space traveling monkey human, reviving from cryosleep... "I'm the punchline... I'm the period, the full stop at the end of an immensely long and convoluted argument, a rambling chain of happenstance and contingency stretching from the discovery of fire down in the Olduvai Gorge, through the inventions of language and paper and the wheel, through all the unremembered centuries...

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Neapolitan Cake

By Lionina - 9:53 PM
Neapolitan style Cake Sponge glazed with kumquat rum simple syrup Phyllo layers, fresh strawberries and whipped cream Powdered sugar Will try a less sweet, finer crumb sponge next time a la LA Chinese style. ...

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Haku Nama Fri Ta Ta

By Lionina - 9:44 PM
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Tuf Voyaging - G.R.R. Martin

By Lionina - 11:28 AM
"Surely I should receive something for my troubles".- Haviland Tuf ...

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SF Masterworks

By Lionina - 11:17 AM
A curiously PK Dick heavy list...Compilation of first and second series reprints: The Forever War - Joe Haldeman * I Am Legend - Richard Matheson ** Cities in Flight - James Blish * Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick ** The Stars My Destination - Alfred Bester ** Babel-17 - Samuel R. Delany  Lord of Light - Roger Zelazny ...

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Chinese

By Lionina - 1:54 PM
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LA Korea Festival

By Lionina - 10:01 PM
Kpop! My view at the LA Coliseum CNBlue! SHINee! Infinite! ...and more... ...

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Square One

By Lionina - 9:43 PM
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Huntington Beach

By Lionina - 4:41 PM
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Real Guitars, Waraku Ramen

By Lionina - 9:55 PM
Real Guitars  Custom Fender Amp Waraku Ramen Tan Tan Ramen Tonkotsu Ramen ...

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"French" Dinner

By Lionina - 12:23 AM
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