Armchair adventures

The treasure island was in the attic
But the impressionist was in the foyer
The loft was aloof with itself
The gallery was full of journalists

When I was in my teens and twenties, my apparel was more gathered in at the waist.

Sigh. This is a men's inevitable course in life.

客观地讲，cynicism 是人生之苍凉的必然产物。

例举温瑞安和 Timon of Athens。

寄托的沙场

他，定了定神，又返身杀回，那沙场，那寄托之地。

这才发现我喜欢听独立民谣一类的流行音乐。

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从台湾的齐秦，到 U.S.A. 的 Elliot Smith（伤逝），都是行走于靠近独立民谣 (indie folk) 的路线。

这才发现这条脉络。生命的诗意，这才流行。探索，这才找到诗意。


P.S. 简体字真是缺乏韵味。什么时候繁体字可以被大陆普及，我才可以跟进？

The sun grandpa put out feelers to Montreal for hours today.

For sure I loved it.

The aesthetics of the English language should be promulgated in the high schools and universities in China.

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For that matter, it would be ideal that the same occurs for all the knowledge branches, be it Math, Physics, or any subject matter.

But unfortunately, some of the teachers and professors have not tasted the intrinsic beauties themselves, let alone to convey them to students. So, once again, many students are put in the same old condition, which is "you are on your own", as people say, in that sense.

A person's interest can spark en passant.

So, a rich environment is pivotal, in that sense.

Have I come off to be a Google fanboy too much?

That would be too much of a good thing.

Many companies have been bending their courses and fitting out their tablet computing devices lines.

I for one see that, and I for one see a glut in its formation.

To the untrained eyes of mine, the American senatorial functions and processes look just opaque.

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But a man's ignorance of politics must be lifted at some time in his life, I am afraid. After all, politics organizes THE WAYS a society is.

Article via web - Obama Turns to Mideast, Offers ‘New Way’ With Muslims

Looking back to the Obama in his election and inauguration period, here goes a nice article: Obama Turns to Mideast, Offers ‘New Way’ With Muslims - Bloomberg.

I personally reckon that that article was written well and chose citations of Obama's words very well.

On a related note, it seems, to an outsider like me, that the divers dimensions of the Muslim world are very unclear, for the time being.

Music video - Narciso Yepes - Concierto de Aranjuez (by Joaquín Rodrigo) (2)

Great music must be accompanied by great thoughts.

I still can't bring myself to invest some time in playing around with Mac computers with Mac OS' famously elegant interface and streamlined computer administration.

Oh, please don't laugh at me for being so out of it, I beg you. :-)

不快意恩仇

“恩仇”，重点在后一个字。

我猜想，在中国人近几百年来的流行文化里，例如武侠小说、枪战电影等等，快意恩仇是那种比较理想的生活状态。恩，那个，因为是理想，所以和现实是相反的。当代现实中的中国人的生活状态多半是不能快意于强拆之类的社会性恩仇的。

另外，在最近火爆中国的姜文大俳優之映画作品“让子弹飞”里，我猜测，多半有一根线条，叫做“快意恩仇”。

恩，真正的社会公平裁决管道，即法治，是能够棒打那快意恩仇的蔽日纠结云的。法治的利器，是世间法。之外，还有在中国日渐壮大的宗教信仰供给非世间法，也是一途。


P.S. 回头看这篇小博文，貌似上面的“恩”少了一些，目前来看。

The acceleration of the world's changing is beyond measure, sometimes I feel.

Is North Korea really contriving launching a nuclear bomb or two?

Everyone is forced to PAY attention to that sovereignty. It must know that our attention and time is expensive. How much GDP is lost because of this amount of collective attention? :-) Just some gibberish from me.

Some harms cannot be offered something in recompense for.

So one must be gentle and careful.

I guess that the public transportation vehicles in Beijing should gather speeds and efficiencies,

so that commuting by them will no longer be like running the gauntlet. Then the car traffic jams can possibly be expected to drop in number. See this: 北京治堵方案 我们还能实现买车梦吗？