出家无家

处处家

--For my fourth Thanksgiving in the States.



Yibo Zhang at 5:24pm November 27

Home is where the heart is.

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 5:30pm November 27

Thanks, Yibo. Hope all is well with you.

Yibo Zhang at 5:47pm November 27Eaten Turkey today? Happy Thxgiving!

平生只有两行泪

半为苍生半美人

──文怀沙

“诗中的苍生，指的是人民群众的整体，句中的美人，则指

个体的贤士君子与一般意义上的红粉佳人。这一脍炙人口的名句，把忧国忧民之心与爱贤爱美之情统一起来。”

这个解释好像拔高得有点厉害阿。。。



LI Bin at 12:41pm November 24

sign....Chinese education.

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 1:06pm November 24

well, it's actually a pretty creative interpretation...

Wei Wang at 3:09pm November 24

江山美人啊……

Bonnie Qin at 3:11pm November 24

Is this a 脍炙人口的名句? How come I never heard of this person...
Half plus half equals one. What is the other line of tears for?
苍生 and 美人 are not parallel terms.
Conclusion: this poem sucks.

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 5:59pm November 24

2的一半是1，1加1等于2，你离开祖国的怀抱已久，已经不能体察祖国文字的精妙细微之处，原谅你。

P.S. yes this poem sucks.

Civil Servants' physical power competition @ Hangzhou

浙江举行公务员体能测试比赛(组图)

http://news.163.com/08/1121/17/4R9QEOKQ0001125G.html

C the first reader's comment.

Man, open society.

halved sky

Nov 20, 7 pm, Hubei Province, China.

The sky was cut into halves by a huge piece of cloud with straight-lined edge.

http://news.163.com/08/1121/07/4R8PB4O100011229.html

Q&A: When the "Add" button in Mac Word is grayed out

Q:
I've finally gotten sick of seeing Word underline my last name on every paper I write in red, so I decided to add it instead of clicking Ignore all along during spell check. But, the Add button, and Add option on the right click menu, is disabled. Anyone know why? Thanks

A:
Word -> Preferences -> Spelling and Grammar -> Dictionaries button -> Create a new dictionary.

P.S. Especially for a law student, it feels so good to be able to "add" again--we write so many odd and uncommon words on a daily basis.



Bonnie Qin at 2:08pm November 19

Good to know.

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 6:44pm November 19

you don't even use Mac...

Jinjing Jiang at 11:32pm November 19

I do not even use word....Why not take a shot on Papers or freealternatives, such as NeoOffice?

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 11:34pm November 19

because the legal profession is very, very conservative

Can I cash my $450?

According the Nikkei, "Japan's most authoritative and influential business news publisher" (Isn't it more straightforward to just say "Japan's WSJ"):

WASHINGTON (Nikkei)--China has outstripped Japan as the top holder of U.S. Treasury securities, according to data released Tuesday by the U.S. Treasury Department.

http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/CF/FR/GATEWAY/rss_news.cfm?URL=/AC/TNKS/Nni20081118D18JFF04.htm&Check=1

China is holding America's T-Notes in the amount of 585 billion US Dollars.

585/1.3=450.

I mean, CAN I CASH MY $450? With that money I can get lots of good food to pull me through the finals, and a beautiful floor lamp so that I can stay in my cozy little room.

Knock on wood.

Now that I'm an expert on drug dealing

Thank you Fordham, for making me an expert on sexual harassment and drug dealing and ready to run for president of any underground gang in JUST three months.



Hogan Chao at 12:04pm November 17

long memo done?

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 12:07pm November 17

yep, slept 3 hours last night, looked around in class this morning and found lots of people who didn't sleep at all yet in terrific shape

Hogan Chao at 1:22pm November 17

very high!

Irene Yanhua Peng at 6:23am November 18

Enjoy! Now you would still talk about it as if it was something new... After another sem or yr, I am sure you'd take it as part of your normal life. The worse part? It's merely the beginning...

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 3:37pm November 18

Thanks Irene for your empathy

i thought 2L and 3L should be better, and then much tougher again when in the firm?

Sun Yi at 9:31pm November 18

I love the rape/sexual harassment cases! But I don't think we talked much about drug dealing....

Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 11:15pm November 18

you love the rape...that's horrifying

La Dame aux Camélias

阿芒重回巴黎後，米利把茶花女的一本日記交給了他。日記

中寫道：「除了你的侮辱是你始終愛我的證據外，我似乎覺得你越是折磨我，等到你知道真相的那一天，我在你眼中也就會顯得越加崇高。」

阿芒懷著無限的悔恨與惆悵，為愛人瑪格麗特遷墳安葬，並在她的墳前擺滿了白茶花。



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Jinjing Jiang at 11:19pm November 14

......

How I Did Not Meet Your Mother

OK. Since so many people are whining about the "bare sticks day" today, I decide to tell a new story:

HOW I DID NOT MEET YOUR MOTHER

Worldwide season premiere will be on 11/11/2011. Stay tuned,

(Yeah, that's exactly 3 years from now! See how many new jobs I'm creating at this juncture of recession!!)


Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 12:26am November 12

Update: upon seeing my MSN tagline, poly commented

"how i did not meet your mother“..
sounds like what gay couple would say to their surrogate child

darn quirky little mind

【冰点】：可怕的是只有两种声音

——极端民族主义与民族虚无主义的网络激荡

《中国青年报》

“2008年，中国发生了许多惊天动地的事情：南方冰雪，拉萨骚乱，火炬传递受阻，汶川地震，台湾反贪，北京奥运，山西矿难，三聚氰胺……

许多事件在网络上都引起了激烈的争吵。与近些年我们已经见惯了的网络争吵模式相符，最洪亮的总是来自两个相反的极端的声音。”

--kudos to poly

有两首非常著名的诗歌，且摘读其中最著名的几句——

天灾难避死何诉，
主席唤，总理呼，
党疼国爱，声声入废墟。
十三亿人共一哭，
纵做鬼，也幸福。
（王兆山《江城子》）

假如有来生，
当兵只当美国兵。
假如今生注定死于战火，
就作美国精确制导炸弹下的亡灵。
（焦国标《致美国兵》）

王兆山先生和焦国标先生立场截然相反无疑。但这两首诗的思维模式和视人命如草芥的价值观，却完全相同！

......

中国“右愤”与石原等日本“右愤”的区别在于，中国“右愤”坚信“美国总是对的”，“美国伟大光荣正确”，像石原他们那样妄图对美国说“不”，本身就是错的，就是愚昧，就是“脑残”。

在中国“左愤”们眼里，美国除了有钱有枪，其他基本上一无是处，中国没有必要向美国学习，而应该同它作殊死的斗争；而在中国“右愤 ”们眼里，美国就是已经落实到了地面上的完美乌托邦，向美国学习，就必须怀着无限崇拜的心态去学，谁要是认为美国并非十全十美，我们必须学其长而避其短，那就不是真学，甚至那就不是真的对外开放。

......

就在同一时间，网上还发生过另外一波殊途而同归的“各说各话”。今年春夏以来，台湾海峡上空弥漫着近20年来罕见的浓郁的和平气息。对于两岸的人民，这种局面是多么可贵！但极左和极右的人却全都对此感到不舒服。一家著名的极左网站发出多篇文章，指责中央的对台政策太软了，让步太多了，太不坚持原则了。大陆另一家著名右翼网站则指责马英九对大陆太软了，让步太多了，鼓励他“联合美日，使劲向大陆施压，完全不用害怕”。

双方立场截然相反，但其努力的目标都是一个——鼓动两岸重新进行对抗。

这种“冷战尚未结束，同志仍须努力”的思维，意识形态挂帅的思维，“汉贼不两立”的思维，是多么吓人！



Lawrence Zhan Zhang at 10:42pm November 5

although I think it's not entirely their fault--people are forced to the two extremes only by an environment that neither fully honor and protect the freedom of speech, nor (at least strive to) provide unfiltered information.