／Susan

Ar Shan, Sieg wrote a book review here about this one called 艾柯作品历险记. Who saw the Da Vinci Code movie over the weekend? Reviews please!

Azure in English? 葡萄牙瓷磚（Azulejo）來自於波斯語的Zulej，意思是藍色；或是阿拉伯語的az-zuleycha，意思是磨亮的石頭。

Actually I think 三毛 was very realistic about her life, don't you think? She was always candid on how she had struggled financially. 过去二十几年来，太多文学女青年（大概受了三毛的蛊惑）追求一种漫无边际的浪漫，

XW is feeling patriotic today… You guys just crack me up! It is Friday, salvation is finally coming! God do I feel chatty… I thought about U.K. a lot lately… I imagine being a young student in London, pale-faced, wandering in the museums like a ghost… In the weekend I will take trains to the country side. I would stare out of the window, absent-mindedly, a faint ray of sun-shine will rest on my face occasionally, giving me a little bit of warm color… OK enough day-dreaming. Linghu, tell me, why

Ar-shan's sweet sweet 圣地亚哥周末 with her then-boyfriend-now-hubby was right after she cried her eyes out in 最可怜的还是爱情. :)))))) 四环素 is bad for the teeth though.

One episode of Gilgamesh described something extremely similar to Noah's boat. I wonder if there is connection there.

Who is 亲爱的老布? Bush Senior?

我 觉 得 如 果 没 有 丢 项 链 这 回 事 ， 女 主 人 公 的 日 子 反 而 会 不 好 过 。 因 为 她 永 远 会 不 甘 心 于 自 己 的 命 运 ， 可 是 她 又 未 见 得 真 有 能 力 改 变 命 运 。她 所 能 做 的 只 有 作 白 日 梦， 对 她 的 丈 夫 不 耐 烦， 发 脾 气 ， 然 后 对 着 镜 子 看 自 己 的 美 貌 一 点 点 的 衰 老 下 去。 所 以 丢 项 链 也 是 焉 知 非 福 。

Write my name please!!!

Darfur, Sudan? I always admire people in Doctors without Borders!

Wouldn't stealing others bandwidth make their internet speed much slower? I keep close watch on any suspicious car in the neighborhood. :-) One of the biggest identity theft was commited by two technology savvy thieves who parked outside the home improvement store Lowes and read its wireless signals. Hundreds of thousands of customer credit card information were stolen through the air.

Here are my defenses on modern art: 1. Only the best of the best can survive the testing of time. If you travel back in a time machine, you will probably find a lot of artworks back then were actually 没有力量，没有内容. 2. In ancient times the functions of art were limited to glorify religion, war or the rulers. Only in much later years can common people use art forms to express personal feelings and desires and at the same time be recognized and appreciated for their creativity. 3. Many art act

Is 李敖 someone like Ann Coulter who goes for shock value more than anything else? There are quite a few such celebrities in the U.S. and they are quite entertaining. I love Jon Stewart in particular. Maybe it is not too bad to add some comedies into Politics. One thing for sure is that if you start to analyze them, the joke is on you.

I wouldn't call it 现象 yet, and I don't think these questions below are really worth answering. It is quite an achievement for a new immigrant to become a prominent writer in such a short period of time. Many new immigrants (myself included sometimes) somehow seem to think that we have to live a semi-segregated existence in the U.S. Li proves the opposite. I appreciate any Chinese fella who can make her voice heard in the mainstream. Hopefully in the near future, Chinese writers can break away from

I just watched this program. I was fascinated by the stories of the two brilliant females who helped to shape modern science: Emilie du Chatelet and Lisa Meitner!

Is Adagio falling in love? :-) I like this trio. They are more modern in style.

最 后 一 段 虽 然 泛 泛 ， 比 起 骂 世 风 日 下 的 文 章 其 实 已 经 很 有 进 步 。 同 情 疲 劳 的 原 因 是 中 国 长 久 以 来 把 政 府 本 应 承 担 的 责 任 全 转 稼 到 老 百 姓 的 同 情 心 上， 不 疲 劳 才 怪 。 古 人 讲 老 死 不 相 往 来 ， 又 特 别 说 相 濡 以 沫 不 如 相 忘 于 江 湖 ， 是 很 有 道 理 的 ， 今 人 还 不 如 古 人 。 OOPS， 偶 在 骂 世 风 日 下 了 。 ： )

I always feel like to knock these characters on the head to see if their brains are at home whenever I read this kind of story.

Have you seen the movie "the day after tomorrow"? Colder winter is a sure sign of global warming. Because of the increasing heat, huge chunks of ice from north/south pole are breaking off and melting into the oceans, changing the tempreture and direction of the currents, which in turn bringing cold weather to the land.

A-shan sweetheart I am so worried about you. I got someone on my tail today so I can't talk but I hope you are alright. I was in your situation 3-4 years ago. Sometimes when I was at work I just ran to the restroom to cry. But eventually things turned out alright for me. Anyway don't lose your faith in love and don't do anything drastic. Talk to you later.

This guy is a 民主理论与实践研究中心研究员 in the U.S. and he made this conclusion? This just hit too close to home, too scary....

心中的感动挤不挤出来变成文字 is not that important. The more important thing is 肥不挤出来,留在身体里, 变成癌 or not.

I don’t think this way anymore. Maybe I’ve stayed in the U.S. for too long. The 亮点 of the U.S. no longer impress me: I’ve got used to them. Of course the U.S. political system is better than China’s. So what? This bar is just too low for U.S. The system failed miserably in the past few years. Maybe I should consider living in Europe for a couple of years.

其 实 他 也 没 有 那 么 神 啦 ， 不 如 说 是 性 格 好 ， 又 恰 好 娶 了 个 性 格 差 不 多 的 太 太 。 这 种 有 孩 童 气 又 大 大 咧 咧 的 性 格 在 当 时 的 环 境 下 存 活 率 比 较 高 。 再 有 可 能 就 是 看 透 了 人 是 什 么 个 德 性 。 古 今 中 外 都 如 此 ， 也 就 用 不 着 认 真 ， 用 不 着 想 不 开 。 其 实 这 点 他 和 张 爱 玲 很 像 的。 都 是 看 透 了 人 性 ， 却 不 是 在 居 高 临 下 地 裁 判 别 人。 对 笔 下 的 人 物 有 很 大 的 慈 悲 心 。 因 为 了 解 所 以 慈 悲 。 张 爱 玲 的 红 楼 梦 �

Yes I also think 新奥尔良是玛雅的城市, I can imagine Maya reading Tarot cards for people in the French quarter.

Another example: Sylvia Plath's "I eat men like air". Five very short words. You can feel the syllables bouncing on the tip of your tongue. But the Chinese translation: 像呼吸空气般地吞噬男人, sounds a bit too dragging...

慧元's life is very inspiring. 有这样的人在，我自然可多些信心。 几年来，我孤独地练习，跟各种困难斗争，时时刻刻有无数理由放弃不练，而我很清楚，最大的敌人就是孤独。没有人讨论，批评，见不到别人怎样练习，有什么跟我不一样的趣味。在孤独的教堂里，我这样一个非信徒完全凭着一股傻气坚持。 那时我的眼睛真的湿润了。这样妩媚的海妖一样的声音，以后我也可以弹出来。。。这是真的吗？我在管风琴上的野心无非有两个，一是以后回中国开音乐会，二是在这里在专业学生教师面前弹弹，交流批评，就很满意了！想来我千辛万苦，才获得机会离

Why do you want to have Chinese food in New Orleans anyway? New Orleans has the most amazing cajun food. When I was there 2 months ago, I ate so much that I almost couldn't walk. They've got jambalaya, creole, gumbo, crawfish, corn bread, fried allegator, and that round sweet ball with a funny name that I couldn't recall. They've got all kinds of special spices and seasonings in the French market. A friendly black guy even gave me a banana pepper to hold as flowers. The city is full of music: Jazz, R&B,

创造 are very important. 创造 created huge job opportunities for critics, professors and other intellectuals whose whole lives were build around analyzing these 创造. It is good for economy.

马慧元的 old 碎片s were 冰肌玉骨, but 新碎片s are more and more 暗波荡漾, 有股邪气, more like Maya's style.