一首歌

给我一瓢长江水啊长江水

那酒一样的长江水

那醉酒的滋味是乡愁的滋味

给我一瓢长江水啊长江水

给我一掌海棠红啊海棠红

那血一样的海棠红

那沸血的烧痛是乡愁的烧痛

给我一掌海棠红啊海棠红

给我一片雪花白啊雪花白

那信一样的雪花白

那家信的等待是乡愁的等待

给我一片雪花白啊雪花白

给我一朵腊梅香啊腊梅香

那母亲一样的腊梅香

那母亲的芬芳是乡土的芬芳

给我一朵腊梅香啊腊梅香

ELLISON TO GRADS: DIPLOMAS ARE FOR LOSERS

Oracle CEO Urges Students to Drop out, Start up

NEW HAVEN, CONN. (SatireWire.com)
— In one of the more controversial commencement addresses in
memory, Oracle CEO and college dropout Larry Ellison told Yale's Class
of 2000 they were "losers" whose hard-won diplomas would never propel
them into the ranks of the super rich.

The evangelical Ellison, noting
that college dropouts Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Michael Dell were,
like himself, on Forbes' recent top 10 list of billionaires, urged
freshmen and sophomores at the ceremony to "drop out and start up," and
added that the undereducated Yale security guards who ushered him off
stage probably had a better shot at uber-wealth than graduating seniors.

What follows is a transcript of the speech delivered by Ellison at the Yale University last month:
"Graduates of Yale University, I
apologize if you have endured this type of prologue before, but I want
you to do something for me. Please, take a good look around you. Look
at the classmate on your left. Look at the classmate on your right.
Now, consider this: five years from now, 10 years from now, even 30
thirty years from now, odds are the person on your left is going to be
a loser. The person on your right, meanwhile, will also be a loser. And
you, in the middle? What can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. Loser Cum
Laude.

"In fact, as I look out before
me today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright tomorrow. I don't
see a thousand future leaders in a thousand industries. I see a
thousand losers.

"You're upset. That's
understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence 'Larry' Ellison, college
dropout, have the audacity to spout such heresy to the graduating class
of one of the nation's most prestigious institutions? I'll tell you
why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, second richest man on the
planet, am a college dropout, and you are not.

"Because Bill Gates, richest man on the planet -- for now, anyway -- is a college dropout, and you are not.

"Because Paul Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped out of college, and you did not.

"And for good measure, because
Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and moving up fast, is a college
dropout, and you, yet again, are not.

"Hmm... you're very upset.
That's understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a moment by
pointing out, quite sincerely, that your diplomas were not attained in
vain. Most of you, I imagine, have spent four to five years here, and
in many ways what you've learned and endured will serve you well in the
years ahead. You've established good work habits. You've established a
network of people that will help you down the road. And you've
established what will be lifelong relationships with the word
'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you will need that
network. You will need those strong work habits. You will need that
therapy.

"You will need them because you
didn't drop out, and so you will never be among the richest people in
the world. Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No. 10 or No.
11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't have to tell you who he
really works for, do I? And for the record, he dropped out of grad
school. Bit of a late bloomer.

"Finally, I realize that many of
you, and hopefully by now most of you, are wondering, 'Is there
anything I can do? Is there any hope for me at all?' Actually, no. It's
too late. You've absorbed too much, think you know too much. You're not
19 anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'm not referring to the
mortar boards on your heads.

"Hmm... you're really very
upset. That's understandable. So perhaps this would be a good time to
bring up the silver lining. Not for you, Class of '00. You are a
write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your pathetic $200,000-a-year
jobs, where your checks will be signed by former classmates who dropped
out two years ago.

"Instead, I want to give hope to
any underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can't stress this
enough: leave. Pack your things and your ideas and don't come back.
Drop out. Start up.

"For I can tell you that a cap
and gown will keep you down just as suredly as these security guards
dragging me off this stage are keeping me dow..."

Larry. Ellison

演讲人 Larry. Ellison是Oracle的CEO。 Larry. Ellison

在耶鲁大学2000届毕业典礼上发表了以下世人看来最为狂妄、不受欢迎但又是现实真实状况的演讲。

［演讲内容：］

　　耶鲁的毕业生们，我很抱歉——如果你们不喜欢这样的开场。我想请你们为我做一件事。请你---好好看一看周围，看一看站在你左边的同学，看一看站在你右边的同学。

　　请你设想这样的情况：从现在起5年之后，10年之后，或30年之后，今天站在你左边的这个人会是一个失败者；右边的这个人，同样，也是个失败者。而你，站在中间的家伙，你以为会怎样？一样是失败者。失败的经历。失败的优等生。

　
　说实话，今天我站在这里，并没有看到一千个毕业生的灿烂未来。我没有看到一千个行业的一千名卓越领导者，我只看到了一千个失败者。你们感到沮丧，这是可
以理解的。为什么，我，埃里森，一个退学生，竟然在美国最具声望的学府里这样厚颜地散布异端？我来告诉你原因。因为，我，埃里森，这个行星上第二富有的
人，是个退学生，而你不是。因为比尔·盖茨，这个行星上最富有的人——就目前而言---是个退学生，而你不是。因为艾伦，这个行星上第三富有的人，也退了
学，而你没有。再来一点证据吧，因为戴尔，这个行星上第九富有的人——他的排位还在不断上升，也是个退学生。而你，不是。

　　......你们非常沮丧，这是可以理解的。

　　你们将来需要这些有用的工作习惯。你将来需要这种'治疗'。你需要它们，因为你没辍学，所以你永远不会成为世界上最富有的人。哦，当然，你可以，也许，以你的方式进步到第10位，第11位，就像Steve。但，我没有告诉你他在为谁工作，是吧？

　　根据记载，他是研究生时辍的学，开化得稍晚了些。

　　现在，我猜想你们中间很多人，也许是绝大多数人，正在琢磨，'我能做什么？

我究竟有没有前途？'当然没有。太晚了，你们已经吸收了太多东西，以为自己懂得太多。你们再也不是19岁了。你们有了'内置'的帽子，哦，我指的可不是你们脑袋上的学位帽。

　　嗯......你们已经非常沮丧啦。这是可以理解的。所以，现在可能是讨论实质的时候啦——

　
　绝不是为了你们，2000年毕业生。你们已经被报销，不予考虑了。我想，你们就偷偷摸摸去干那年薪20万的可怜工作吧，在那里，工资单是由你两年前辍学
的同班同学签字开出来的。事实上，我是寄希望于眼下还没有毕业的同学。我要对他们说，离开这里。收拾好你的东西，带着你的点子，别再回来。退学吧，开始行
动。

　　我要告诉你，一顶帽子一套学位服必然要让你沦落......就像这些保安马上要把我从这个讲台上撵走一样必然......（此时，Larry被带离了讲台）

《红楼梦》与《鹿鼎记》

以前最不喜欢的书之二，现在有可能了，各买一套。与先前的感受有所不同，觉得说了些真话给世人。

读书与走路

“读万卷书，行万里路”，此话意义太深。

一直都是一个“爱读书”的好孩子，不知道何时起，我就以为“四书五经”为做人的自然标准。终于从不知哪一天起，“笨”和“傻”成了我的特点。

因为我的脑子，无法适应一个事实：普遍存在的人格分裂。

一个典型的好逸恶劳的无赖，居然在全国人的面前，说某个人应该对她们的生活负责，无耻的逻辑和道德观。我身边的亲人们，打着道德的旗号，计算着来来回回可怜的一点儿钱。为了一点儿小事，可以把人折腾得几个通宵不眠，得了便宜还卖乖。在我从心里彻底鄙视他们时，知道他们背转身来笑话我的“傻”，以至于忽然间对生活失去了起码的兴趣，在情感上远离他们了。



但－孤独的人是可耻的，不是吗？我是可耻的？！因为我不是圣人，也没有这个追求，只是向往而已，（或者我分裂得连自己都觉察不到）。而分裂人性才应该是正常的，这一层脸皮，我永远都无法穿透，不能理解这样的生活方式。所以“人”的事，总是我的弱项。所谓天下文章，就是刘邦所说，“予之所营，孰与仲多”。这个所谓达尔文式的生存逻辑，在初成年时，曾经被奉为圭臬。后来，遇到一些人，他们让我非常的羞愧，竟到了今天。



就像写程序有Patterns一样，“人”事的处理也是有很多的经验之谈。但都不存于文字，要靠自己去悟，去总结。全力以赴，也未必能做得成，何况这样迟疑不定呢？



正在茫茫然间，忽然看到《我对你们如此充满信心》－这里容不得平庸，这里永远追求卓越。正因为人世如此复杂，自由于其间才显得如此珍贵。好，找到一个支点。