成语的演绎

＂走马观花”：原意是观察不细微， 看不到缺点，故事来自于＂世说新语＂，早于唐诗“春风得意马蹄疾，一日看尽长安花”。＂走马＂， 意指马蹄徐徐。
另外， 成语 ＂风马牛不相及＂里的＂风＂， 通假为＂放＂，是说距离很远， 放马牛也追不上的。
还有＂明日黄花＂，经常被人误用为＂昨日黄花＂，来自于＂明日黄花蝶也愁＂，是讲盛况不久， 今天还是灿烂的花朵，明天就枯萎了， 蝴蝶也会难受。
＂每况愈下＂， 实际上应为＂每下愈况＂， 越到底下看得越清楚。
另外，＂相濡以沫＂， ＂七月流火＂也往往被人用成相反的意思。他们源自于此－－－

＂相濡以沫，未若相忘与江湖＂－－与其大家在浅水湾互相吐唾沫， 不如各自回归广阔的江湖；
＂七月流火，九月授衣＂，这个词出自《诗经》－－指夏去秋至，天色如洗，星转日移，凉气也渐渐逼人。

"不过， 语言是习惯而不是科学， 大家用得多了，约定俗成了， 也就是正确的。"
----语自本篇文学顾问

归去来兮

以前读张错的诗集，有一首 <<归去来兮>>， 当时很有触动, 现在网上却怎么也翻不到了，贴他的另一首诗吧,也合些心境:

弹指

我们在春天的屋子里，
　　喝着绿茶，聆听古琴，
　　并且看着屋外的流水与落花，
　　春天已经来了，
　　我们开始谈论生命，
　　以及种种的困惑，
　　譬如永恒，爱情，与及轮回之类，
　　一朵杜鹃悄然地飞坠，
　　并且在一个小小的涡漩里打转，
　　嫣红的花瓣开始为水势入侵，
　　浑似一节漉湿的衣袖；
　　我们仍然固执地追述彼此的感觉──
　　“今早的心情像新沏的一壶茶，
　　不浓也不淡。”
　　“我们两人在生命滂沱的大雨下
　　偶尔避雨在屋檐而相识，
　　而竟也爱上了。”
　　在时光的迢递里，
　　即使在如此短暂的早春，
　　我们探索着彼此的相同与相异，
　　并且争执着一些生命毫无意义的困惑，
　　譬如永恒，爱情，与及轮回之类，
　　可是我们又隐隐知道，
　　再没有什么现在的事件与人物，
　　能够取代那些过往刻过骨，镂过心的──
　　你永远想着追忆着你的，
　　我永远想着追忆着我的。
　　我们都知道，
　　无论如何缠绵的现在，
　　瞬间就成弹指的过往了。
　　无论生命如何喧哗愤怒，
　　在半夜最孤独的时刻，
　　身傍唯一的伴侣仍然是一个孤独的你，
　　所有眼泪都是自己眼泪的触发，
　　所有叹息都是自己叹息的回萦。
　　我们无奈一如春天的落花，
　　随波逐流在时间的河流里，
　　我们手足无措于小小的漩涡，
　　浩劫之余，我们也曾飘泊，
　　并且庆幸劫后的残躯，
　　我们会彼此依偎怜惜，
　　静静感觉时光的流淌，
　　我们好像感觉到──
　　生与死，
　　爱与恨，
　　合与离，
　　似乎坚持着它们反覆的规律，
　　所以在春天的夜里，
　　我们格外珍惜──
　　短暂的生，
　　短暂的爱，
　　还有短暂的合！
　　暮色像一块轻柔的紫缎，
　　把我们像花蕾般包拥起来，
　　有一种温暖弥漫在我们底语言里，
　　因为我们在追忆，
　　一个季节或一个市镇，
　　一些事件的触发和结束；
　　我们知道──
　　春天的屋子，
　　春天的古琴，
　　春天的杜鹃，
　　永远不会消逝，
　　一如我们底魂魄，
　　秋天的叶落，
　　犹似死亡，
　　春天的新叶，
　　犹似转世，
　　消逝的是我们固执的身分，
　　以及一生固执的恋情。
　　淅沥的流水，
　　点滴的时间，
　　弹指之间，
　　念瞬之间，
　　无奈与执着之间，
　　惟有沉默的屋子，
　　魔幻的古琴，
　　黯魂的杜鹃，
　　坚持着弹指间的古朴，
　　以及孤寂。

圣诞灯火

今年真是行色匆匆啊， 还没怎么品味秋天的颜色呢， 已是初冬了。邻居家圣诞树上的灯火已在窗口怒放，好多人家的院子里也已是花团锦簇，彩光璀灿， 圣诞老人，驯鹿都赶来凑热闹。

我却仍然没有把我们家的灯火拿出来摆放起来的心思。为什么呢？独在异乡为异客！再好的风景，也不是心里头攒着揣着的那几样。

只是， 我的孩子们却喜欢呢，他们的故乡， 该没我这么深吧？

Stuffy Factory

Thanks for the stuffy factory toy we bought yesterday, finally Katherine made several stuffy girls for herself after owning hundreds of stuffy animals, cartoon chracters and all other kinds of stuffy friends. I believe she has almost everything in the stuffy product lines --- all in series collection --- Care bears, Dora(s), TeleTubbies, Hello Kitties, Baniyanigens (?), Piglets, Leos, Miss. Spiders ... She remebers all her collections and would exactly recall what she has missed in the series in the store. For this, I seldom disppoint her except when she had been extremely bad during the week.


Finally she knows how a stuffy animal was made. It is out of hard work and delication! I felt like the "深圳打工妹" when we used the stuffy factory machine to make her toys yesterday. Those hard working girls! It is a good toy design,
to bring the kids in the stuffy process.

Gmail Account

Somehow my 4 year old can log into my Gmail account and mess around with my messages.
It looks there isn't a way to disable the automatic login once I enable it. Faint!
Isn't this dangerous? I heard that there had been a 3 years old bought a car online for his parents :-)

Gun Control (by HeDou)

When Thomas Jefferson wanted the rights for every citizen to bear arms, he had no idea some day people would invent the automatic weapons. By that time, gun owner had to fill the powder carefully by using a metal stick, take minutes to prepare a shooting. And most likely, he can’t kill anybody even aiming at his target precisely. Jefferson might think: “Let them have it, what the worst could happen, kill your neighbor’s duck?” If the gun owners in current United States want to protect the 2nd amendment, let’s do it seriously. People can have weapons, but only those weapons existed in Jefferson’s era. That way, American can keep the constitution intact and get safer communities in the same time.

Licence to be president ( By HeDou)

In the modern societies, a person would need a certain degree or license to hold practically any job. Sometimes, the degree or the license is pretty hard to get----
for example,
(1) Those in the medical and judiciary fields. It is quite understandable since the decisions in those two fields directly alter people’s life or destiny.
(2) Engineers, educators, vehicle drivers, and even interior designers need particular licenses, more or less, for the similar reason.

But, why in the world there is no license required for becoming the President of United Stated? As far as I can understand, the President can steer the direction of the whole nation , impact the life of everybody resided in the territory. Should he/she at least get a certain type of “driver’s license” or even, for god’s sake, a road test? The process of voting can only give the mandates of the job, which has nothing to do with the qualifications. People choose doctor mainly based on the doctor’s qualifications and experience, nobody choose his doctor by listening the doctor’s debates.
Give them a test! I know it sounds crazy, but maybe we can solve all the frustrations in today’s world by just doing that. For a start, how about try an IQ test?