／Susan

It is just too depressing to read an article about 俺不懂音乐 first thing in the morning. If the 音乐教育基础 of Chinese is good enough that it becomes 常识 for 人人, then there won't be so many Chinese living all their lives pondering 俺懂不懂. For Chinese, 专业s are like special social classes, if you are in this 专业 you can't 懂 anything else. Come on! It is not like we are bees or ants that are born to be stuck to one certain profession.

The government's handling of this disaster is a total disgrace. I can't believe this happens in the U.S. It seems like there is no procedure and no one in charge. It only shows that the U.S. couldn't handle large-scale emergency evacuation. Why there is no shuttle bus? Why can't they borrow some from Greyhound? Everybody drives their own cars at a speed of a turtle, and those who don't have a car or can't drive ain't got a chance.

How about this article? 误读红楼：晴雯，暗恋的代价 作者: 忽如远行客 有种很流行的说法叫袭为钗影，晴为黛影，我总不能认同这种说法，后文里会专门写到。但若论温柔懂事，袭人和宝钗确是一路，若说率真任性，晴雯也和黛玉有些仿佛。奇怪的是，小姐里宝玉爱的是黛玉，丫鬟里宝玉爱的却是袭人，大约一个男人所爱的也无非这两种，母性的和女儿性的，宝玉对于女儿性的渴望在黛玉那里得到圆满，而温柔和顺的袭人正好满足他对于母性的需求。 　　　　 所以他和袭人在一起时，会有一种软弱的孩子气，说些化灰化烟的痴话，忍不住落下泪来，袭人

I am very puzzled by our healthiest-president-in-history’s commitment on sports that involve wheels. In Russia he needed Putin’s help driving; in Scotland he collided into British Police while riding a bicycle; and at home he couldn’t handle a Segway scooter. Of course we all know how dangerous it could be when he decided to become a regular couch potato and have some snacks. Armstrong, you are a national treasure. If you can’t keep the president from hurting himself, we’d totally understand. A

That white supremacist Republican majority leader what-is-his-name was also 被Blog拉下马来. CBS claims that Dan Rather was retired as planned.

Maya, if it is abdominal pain or headache you need to see the doctor immediately. If it is something like a muscle pain you need to go to a chiropractor for some physical therapies as early as possible. It is totally worth it. If it is the other party's fault, don't feel shy to claim the medical expense (give the chiropractor your police report number), the insurance will cover it. Take care.

美 国 的 动 物 保 护 者 对 饲 养 场 一 直 是 很 监 督 的 ， 我 有 次 看 到 报 上 登 的 揭 露 小 牛 生 存 环 境 差 的 照 片 。 饲 养 场 要 被 勒 令 罚 款 的 。 就 是 说 ： 尽 管 最 终 这 些 动 物 的 命 运 是 被 宰 了 吃 ， 只 要 它 们 活 着， 就 要 受 到 人 道 的 待 遇 。 据 说 最 近 菜 场 的 肉 类 标 签 上 还 有 “人 道 合 格 证 ”呢 。 (Certified Humane) 前 一 阵 电 视 上 演 了 西 班 牙 斗 牛 的 最 新 潮 流 ： 斗 牛 杂 技 。 斗 牛 士 在 牛 上 做 腾 空 花 样 空 翻 。 惊 险， 但 不 杀 牛。 所

好 ， 现 在 谈 一 下 咖 啡 店 对 我 的 作 用 。 对 我 的 作 用 就 是 让 我 觉 得 很 丧 气 。 丧 气 以 后 就 知 耻 。 知 耻 完 了 就 后 勇 。 THE END。

我到夏威夷的文化中心，接待生全是半裸的南太平洋岛的浑身刺青的小男生。我都不敢正眼看他们，真没有用啊！ 到表演节目时，完全是小男生在台上抛媚眼，下面女生吹口哨。

Anyone know where I can find《我们仨》online? I only found part of it and loved it a lot. I've always loved Yang's writings. I felt so sorry that her family, like many other intellectuals at the time, didn't choose to stay abroad.

I like this closing sentence - forceful and haunting ... probably will remember it forever. :-) Maybe change the "hard core" to some other words? I like the next cute thing too. It is kind of like an animation of a pacman.

If you are a 中国知识分子, it is your fate to 先天下之忧而忧，后天下之乐而乐, because you will be the first to be prosecuted and the last to be appreciated. :))))))

I will give up 养尊处优 for a good boss and a good lover. :-)

Benben is too young to remember Carpenter. :)

Is it possible that there was a global wide 大洪水 in ancient ages and different civilizations were all so impressed by it that they all recorded it? That is my theory. :-)

What a comic piece! I was laughing from the first paragraph to the last... :-)

Fang is training spies. :-) What is the English name of 山景市 anyway?

A Jewish father came to his Rabbi and complained: “Rabbi, tell me what to do? I raised my son well, I provided him food and shelter, and what does he repay me? Yesterday he told me he wanted to become a Christian!” Rabbi said: “tell me about it! My son is like that too! I raised him properly, I took care of him, but he still wanted to become Christian! I was just telling God about this the other day.” “What did God say?” The father asked curiously. “God said: ‘Tell me about it!’”

Hey 阿姗, are you going to Music school this fall? I am going to take classes from community college next semester. I can only take 1 class per semester so I need 3 years to get an associate degree and 5 more year to get the BA. Then it will be about the right time for me to have a mid-life crisis and I will go get my master. :-)

Why British think 美国的价值观强调统一的文化标准? I don't think it is true.

Ha ha, nowadays women also need to learn 怎么融入社会, men also need to learn 怎样生养孩子. :-) I think the most important thing in education is to teach independent thinking: to have courage and wisdom to doubt and challenge whatever taught in school. :-)

If these farmers can’t make their cases heard when they are alive, I doubt they can make their cases clearer when they are dead. Dead men don’t talk. The only beneficiaries would be the government officials.

Where are you moving to? Hope you are doing alright. Maybe you can sell the books in this cafe for a profit. You can provide a book list and we can buy them at list price (or at the highest bidding). We would pay the money as a donation to your charity. :-) Later on when you settle down, we can return the books back to you if you like.

别 听 末 黑 瞎 说 ， 你 爷 爷 自 杀 了 还 能 有 你 么 ？ 军 人 是 一 定 要 被 洗 脑 的 ， 不 然 怎 么 能 心 甘 情 愿 当 炮 灰 呢 ？为 老 蒋 送 命 ， 算 啥 军 魂 啊 ？

Ben Ben, are you in Chicago? I will be there next week. :-)

二椅子is transexual, not gay. :-)

My sister was crying like a baby when watching this movie. I was laughing so hard. I can't stand tear jerkers, they make me laugh. :-)

Children don’t need adults to teach them cruelty. Children are naturally cruel creatures and they live in their cruel little world. I do agree that many children’s literatures are morbid. I’ve listened to some children’s songs. One is about a ladybug’s house is on fire and her children will burn; one is about a farmer’s wife chasing blind mice and cutting their tails off. Here are some songs we made up and sang to my kid. It will make much more sense if you know the original lyrics. ;-) The

I love this one, Benben! For me, "time" use to have some flavor, but now it is becoming tasteless. And innocence has left me long time ago.

宁铂 is a distant relative of mine, let me ask around...