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I adore 老恐龙。
(2019-01-18 17:05:44)
我刚来美国的时候新世纪开始不久，网络资源还贫乏，留学生也没有现在这么多。我到文学城来潜水，看到了老恐龙这个ID。当时她的言谈态度我倒是忘了。 后来很多年不来，等再来，又看到了她的ID。老恐龙在我，就是文学城有机的一个组成部分，她不会走，至少，她不会走得很远，或者离开得很久，我有信心我们迟早总会遭遇能碰头。 我曾经有幸看到一张她的照片，[阅读全文]
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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...[阅读全文]
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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...[阅读全文]
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What is the blockchain?
(2018-01-17 12:59:04)
Theexcerptbelowiseasytounderstand: "Blockchaintechnologyisatypeofdistributedledgertechnology(DLT).Adistributedledgerisessentiallyadatabasethatissharedacrossanetworkofusers.Anditsuniquefeatureisthatitallowspeoplewhohavenoreasontotrusteachothertotransact,withoutatrustedauthoritymanagingtherecords. Allparticipantswithinthenetworkhavetheirownidenticalcopyoftheledgerandanychangestotheledgera...[阅读全文]
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霸王别姬 － 我看过的最好的中国电影。
(2018-01-13 16:37:33)
多少年前我看霸王别姬，我都忘了。 至今我没看到比张国荣扮相更惊艳的杨贵妃（算上梅兰芳梅老板还有梅葆玖梅先生，要是程砚秋年轻发胖之前兴许吧，咱可是没见过),他的虞姬倒没那么至死靡它，主要是鬓角如裁这个点睛太重了太显眼，虞姬这样的配角好像担得不太起来。 多少年前为绝世风华而陶醉，现在为巩俐抱起被鸦片折磨得人色全无的张国荣而感动得眼泪直流[阅读全文]
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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,...[阅读全文]
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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...[阅读全文]
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