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I adore 老恐龍。
(2019-01-18 17:05:44)
我剛來美國的時候新世紀開始不久，網絡資源還貧乏，留學生也沒有現在這麽多。我到文學城來潛水，看到了老恐龍這個ID。當時她的言談態度我倒是忘了。 後來很多年不來，等再來，又看到了她的ID。老恐龍在我，就是文學城有機的一個組成部分，她不會走，至少，她不會走得很遠，或者離開得很久，我有信心我們遲早總會遭遇能碰頭。 我曾經有幸看到一張她的照片，[閱讀全文]
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Hillbilly Elegy - A Memoir of a family and culture in crisis
(2018-03-10 18:26:01)
HillbillyElegyisamemoirwrittenbyJ.D.Vance.ThebookwaspublishedinJune2016,andreachedthetopoftheNewYorkTimesBestSellerslistshortlyafter.Mr.VanceisalawyerwithaventurecapitalinvestmentfirminSiliconValley.HegothisJ.D.degreefromYaleLawSchool. Thebook'snarrativesconsistofhisupbringing,historyofhisextendedfamily,thecultureandthevalueofacommunitythathasbeensomehowoverlookedandoftenonlypartiallypresen...[閱讀全文]
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Phantom Thread
(2018-01-28 19:57:07)
EventhoughPhantomThreadwasreleasedaroundtheChristmastimelastyear,Ihadn'tseenthemovieuntiltonight.Foggy,humidandalmostbreathlessthroughouttheday,itwasgettingcolderandcleareratthenighttime.Iwanderedthroughthemainstreetindowntown.Thewindowsofdesignershopswereilluminateddelightfully,whichliftedupmyspirits. PhantomThreadwasdirectedbyPaulThomasAnderson.Tohisstyle,theplotwasratherlinear,straight-f...[閱讀全文]
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What is the blockchain?
(2018-01-17 12:59:04)
Theexcerptbelowiseasytounderstand: "Blockchaintechnologyisatypeofdistributedledgertechnology(DLT).Adistributedledgerisessentiallyadatabasethatissharedacrossanetworkofusers.Anditsuniquefeatureisthatitallowspeoplewhohavenoreasontotrusteachothertotransact,withoutatrustedauthoritymanagingtherecords. Allparticipantswithinthenetworkhavetheirownidenticalcopyoftheledgerandanychangestotheledgera...[閱讀全文]
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霸王別姬 － 我看過的最好的中國電影。
(2018-01-13 16:37:33)
多少年前我看霸王別姬，我都忘了。 至今我沒看到比張國榮扮相更驚豔的楊貴妃（算上梅蘭芳梅老板還有梅葆玖梅先生，要是程硯秋年輕發胖之前興許吧，咱可是沒見過),他的虞姬倒沒那麽至死靡它，主要是鬢角如裁這個點睛太重了太顯眼，虞姬這樣的配角好像擔得不太起來。 多少年前為絕世風華而陶醉，現在為鞏俐抱起被鴉片折磨得人色全無的張國榮而感動得眼淚直流[閱讀全文]
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A Backward Glance by Mrs.Edith Wharton
(2018-01-10 21:24:19)
-Allthepessimismandthelamentationscamefromtheidlers,whilewhowerelaboringtothelimitpossessedtheirsouls,andfacethefuturewithconfidence.-"aBackwardGlance"byMrsEdithWharton "ABackwardGlance"waswrittenandpublishedin1934,whenMrs.EdithWharton,anAmericannovelist,wasseventy-twoyearsold. "ABackwardGlance"isanautobiography.Eventhoughthebookisalmost400pageslong,Mrs.Wharton,...[閱讀全文]
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A high income young earner's tax-advantaged saving plan
(2018-01-10 20:39:36)
AyounghighincomeearnerisparticularlyhithardbytheprevalenttaxregimeintheU.S.However,ayounghighincomeearnercanexploitanumberoftax-advantagedsavingplanstobothcircumventtoday'staxandenjoyinthefuturethecompoundingpowerofmoney.Iwouldranktheseplansaccordingtotheirtaxsavingpower. 1.HSA.TheonlyplanIhaveknownthatyoucancontributepre-tax$$$,growthebalancetax-freeandwithdraw$$$tax-free.Iwouldrecommendyo...[閱讀全文]
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