杜然的blog——i'm blinded by blackness

这家咖啡馆位于一栋楼的三层，楼下没有招牌，所以咖啡馆里人不多，基本都是熟客。卫生间和大门开在一起，在我进入卫生间的前一秒，大门上挂着的天鹅绒幕帘伸进一个漂亮的白种脑袋，美女怯生生地用中文说：你好。我给了一个今天到目前为止最灿烂的笑容，回了一句“你好”，就进到卫生间。

等我出来的时候，发现她站在卫生间门口，看着我。她真的很美，大多数时候外国女人在我心目中，无论多美都让人觉得彪悍，这种感觉不一定是来自身高，很多时候是因为她们身边的气场和er，气味。我停下脚步，揣想下一步的无数种可能性。她开口问：我能坐哪儿？

“砰”的一声，所有的幻想破碎了，仿佛看见碎片在眼前疯狂地飞舞。我指了指书架旁的一个座位，说“我坐哪儿。”

坐下和大S一起吃薯条。此处的大不是指年龄，而是指体型。突然有了新的感悟：你没发现薯条很像男人的生殖器吗？放的时间长一点，就软了；刚端上来的时候，倒是hard and hot。

听来一个笑话。说，如果亚当和夏娃是广东人，我们人类可能就还住在天堂里，因为他们不会去吃苹果，而是吃那条蛇！

这道逻辑题已经让数位朋友彻底崩溃，有兴趣的试一试。

Teachers are effective only when they help their students become independent learners. Yet not until teachers have the power to make decisions in their own classrooms can they enable their students to make their own decisions. Students' capability to make their own decisions is essential to their becoming independent learners. Therefore, if teachers are to be effective, they must have the power to make decisions in their own classrooms.

according to the argument, each of the following could be true of teachers who have enabled their students to make their own decisions, EXCEPT:

a) their studnets have not become independent learners

b) They are not effective teachers

c)they are effective teachers

d)they  have the power to make decisions in their own classrooms

e)they do not have the power to make decisions

为了安慰做不出这道题的崩溃的灵魂，献上笑话一则：

A man is dying of cancer......

His son asked him, "Dad, why do you keep telling people you're dying of AIDS? "

Answer: " So when I'm dead no one will dare touch your mom...."

一

今天看到这样一则八卦新闻：

林熙蕾台风夜密会吴彦祖握手指如情侣……席间蕾蕾穿紧身T恤，胸形毕露，吴彦祖坐对面，大啖美食之余，也不忘用幽默谈吐逗得佳人花枝乱颤……离去时两人还打包，一人手上提一袋食物，吴彦祖见四下无人，突然用右手紧握蕾蕾翘起的中指，这招“握指柔”顿时让 “冰山美人”也融化，只见蕾蕾脸颊绯红、面露娇羞。

多读明清艳情小说，甚至对于八卦新闻的写作，也是会有帮助的。

二

本人所在办公室有一个习惯，大家乐于分享阅读体验。有一个同事推荐书的方式可以分为：推荐一本书；有一本你去看看；有一本书你必须看；我给你买了一本书你必须看。她最近让大伙儿必须看的一本书是宗萨蒋扬钦哲仁波切的《正见——佛陀的证悟》。

三

京城有某女，做逻辑题快而准，遂逼迫我称其为“逻辑小美女”。嘴上答应，心中却嘀咕：这—听—起—来—怎—么—贼—像—一—个—英—国—老—处—女—的—名—字—呢？Miss Marple！！

发现了一个比数独更好玩的东西，那就是美国法学院入学考试（LSAT）中的逻辑推理题。比如有这样一道题：

If Sarah were a concert pianist for a major orchestra, she would be famous. She is not a concert pianist since she is not famous.

The conclusion above is unsound because the author does not consider that

(A) Sarah could be a famous actress.
(B) Sarah could be a harpist for a major orchestra.
(C) Sarah could be a pianist with a rock group.
(D) Sarah could be a concert pianist with a minor orchestra.
(E) Sarah could be famous for another reason.

西方还是重视逻辑教育的传统，GRE或者LSAT中都有逻辑题。反观我们的考试，会不会背政治反倒占了那么大的比例。听说一个有意思的现象，美国学生普遍在逻辑题中得分交高，反倒中国人觉得容易的游戏题他们觉得难。看来，思维的盲点在人种之间的差距还真是不小。

据说，米开朗琪罗的大卫到美国呆了一阵之后，就成了这个样子。After a short stay in America, Michelangelo's "David" was returned to Florence...我怀疑这是帕瓦罗蒂老师生前顽皮，摆出大卫的pose.