Morning snow-sweeping (Li)

The loose category of food and other voyeurisms

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January 24th 2011
Nothing really happens. Well, nothing of note...in the vast majority of the endless hours that stretch between the dawn of our time memorial and our sudden and ultimate exit from this bizarre cauldren of existence. If you were to eliminate the major dramatic incidents from your life, I suppose you'd find that the remaining 98 percent of your existence was composed entirely of routine scurrying and ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more