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Authentic Japanese Cuisine

Mark and I saw this upscale Asian-fusion restaurant on Sunset Blvd. when we went to go see the Cut Chemist on Thursday night. With the amount of Japanese people who visit this area, they must know that their sign really … Continue reading

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More Band of Brothers and Rome

It looks like HBO is working on a version of Band of Brothers in the Pacific theater. link The second season of Rome will be coming out next year. HBO has renewed its epic drama series ROME for a second … Continue reading

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Courreges Park at dawn

It’s too bad that I hate waking up early. You can see some pretty interesting stuff is you get up early in the morning. My bed usually wins the decision when I ask myself “should I get up or not?”. … Continue reading

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Baby wholphin

This is apparently what you get when you cross a whale and a dolphin. I’m a bit confused, though. If something can produce offspring that can produce offspring, isn’t that the standard definition of a species (a category of biological … Continue reading

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Jurassic 5 live on KCRW

I caught this set partway through, and noticed that the tracks sounded a little bit different. It turns out that J5 did a live in-studio session on NPR of all stations! This is worth a listen: link

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Rocking the dinner table

Beck is a genius!

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Mutant dolphin

Go check it out- link

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KG looks like Ma Fratelli

This is Bach and it rocks…

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Haniwa: Curing and Firing

In order to make sure that the haniwa (here is another interesting article about haniwa) were completely dry, they sat exposed to the air and sunlight for 2 weeks. Since the smaller haniwa dry more quickly, I was able to … Continue reading

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Haniwa in Context

In case you are interested in haniwa and kofun (Japanese burial mounds), these links might be of interest: Sakai City’s site Charles Keally’s Kofun Culture page Kazumasa Ozawa’s page about kofun A page that shows what kofun look like from … Continue reading

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