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and with my own eyes! <\/p>\n

I took an early afternoon walk around the neighborhood and after spending a half hour in the Oriental Institute Museum<\/a> (what a neighborhood!) I walked across the street to the Seminary Co-op Bookstore. And there it was. My first sighting of Zen Master Who?<\/a> for sale in the real world!<\/p>\n

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