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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

- Lazarus Long, The Senior.

Yes! MacGyver was Lazarus! Enough said.

今天所有的新聞媒體報紙都在報什麼？

• 一個弱智在弱智政論節目上講不過別人就動手打人的弱智新聞。
• 一個台灣籍投手在美國大聯盟三振一個日本籍球員的無聊新聞。

一個弱智在弱智政論節目上講不過別人就動手打人。這個是不是新聞？當然是。這是什麼樣的新聞？是一個人弱智無禮粗暴無恥行為的新聞。關係到多少人？直接關係到弱智跟被他打的人，間接關係到該弱智政論節目的收視率，間接關係到雙方所屬的陣營的攻防口角。除此之外？無人。那這則新聞會影響後世多久遠？既然它關係到那麼少的人，「後世」這句話根本就配不上。所以，一個弱智在弱智政論節目上講不過別人就動手打人，就這麼簡單 ……（繼續閱讀）

羅伯特‧海萊恩（Robert Heinlein）在他幾本小說裏指出了文明滅亡前的一些「警訊」。最近觀察社會上各種古怪普遍現象，突發奇想，特撰此文，拿出幾點較重要的對照一下，分析看看台灣這個「文明」是否已經到了癌症末期。

通常老人在怨嘆世風日下人心不古的時候，總會用上「道德禮儀淪喪」等字眼。也就是說這個禮跟道德總是連在一起講，好像有禮就代表有道德，或是有道德才有禮，沒道德的禮就是「有禮無體」。常常看到台灣人或是中國人以此批評日本人，好像這樣子講就可以做為自己粗魯無禮的藉口，然後自以為是的想像在每個日本人近乎制式的禮貌下都隱藏著一顆野蠻變態的黑暗之心。

好，那在講禮之前就先來談談道德 ……（繼續閱讀）

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最近在某篇文章的留言版裡看到一群滿腦子女權的白痴女人在抱怨日語老公的漢字是「主人」，簡直是污衊女性云云。本來該篇文章的重點只不過是在強調「自我價值」，這些在那邊靠腰的女人卻大多似看不懂的樣子。這就姑且不談，但是看到一堆愚婦拿中文來理解每個日文漢字，就覺得很想給她們巴下去。拜託，雖然日文借了中文漢字，但是日文是日文，中文是中文，不要以為看得懂幾個漢字就覺得日文裡的意思應該也是差不多好不好？難道遇到名字叫做「吾妻幹夫」、「田邊幹久」、「我孫子長幹」的日本人就要指責人家取了又噁心又污衊女性的名字嗎？同樣的漢字，我們理解的跟他們理解的不一定是一樣的東西 ……（繼續閱讀）

又是一個無聊時打發時間的產物。樂高^TM鐵（其實是塑膠）金剛大部分是由樂高^TM Technic 與 Make&Create 動物系列的零件組合而成。不過，二號在電視機上站了幾個月後，在一次地震中摔下來四分五裂（所以也不算是什麼金剛），現在正在零件盒裡默默地等待下一次化零為整的重生機會。等待吧，樂高^TM鐵金剛！

樂高^TM鐵金剛之金剛爪。

在傳統武術中，講「氣」者絕大部分是在講內勁。老拳師通常在提到氣時，通常是在指力道傳遞的路線，因為真正身體力行者通常只知其然而不知其所以然，沒有好的解釋，就借用自東晉葛洪以來便深入中國民間宇宙觀的中醫養身氣化理論，全部用一個「氣」來解釋。在現代則沒有這個必要，可以用生理物理力學等原理來解釋勁的運行，完全不必要用到氣。

把養身的氣外加陰陽五行八卦的玄學之論大量的引用到武術上來，應該是在清朝中葉開始的。明朝時的名家，例如戚繼光，吳殳，陳王庭等他們的著作都沒有提到什麼氣，都講究勁道運用與穩紮穩練 ……（繼續閱讀）