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周末“环球时报”沈松《中国建议以新储备货币替代美元获联合国支持》一文让我感想颇多，周末时间宽松，我也不妨多说几句，任何事务总有生的喜悦，但注定会有死的悲哀，我敢断言：美元曾经让美国经济独霸世界，但美元迟早会要美国经济的命！

一、美元曾经让美国经济独霸世界。

在第一、第二次世界大战中，因为战火都没在美国本土燃烧，美国先向交战双方放贷、出售军用物资、武器，大发战争财，最后在以胜利者的姿态出现收拾残局，摄取胜利果实，二战之后，美国经济逐步强大，同时美元逐步取得了世界货币地位，因为其强势纷纷被世界各国所接受，作为主要外汇储备，美国以国家信用为基础，通过美联储大量印制廉价“美元”，大量换取世界黄金、原油、有色金属等资源，极大促进了本国经济发展，同时进一步巩固了美元霸主地位，因此就可以印制更多的廉价“美元”，从而换取世界更多黄金、原油、有色金属等资源……

美国用世界的资源来发展本国经济，只要缺什么，只要开动机器，印制更多的美元就可以了。因此美元曾经让美国经济独霸世界。

二、美元迟早必会要美国经济的命。

由美国次级债发展而来的金融危机席卷全球，令世界各国损失惨重，人们越来越发现美元独大的弊端，因此才有了“中国建议以新储备货币替代美元”的建议，真如此会产生什么后果呢？

美元作为世界货币时代将终结，一方面美国今后将不能用大量印制廉价“美元”换取世界资源，更主要的是各国的美元外汇将被各国抛掉，这些外汇美元有多少呢？数量多的能买下半个美国，到那时美元会跌得比日元更“不值钱”，美国通货膨胀或许不再是个位数，很可能是千位乃至万位数，最面临国家破产的不是冰岛，而恰恰是美国，美国将对所有持有美元外汇的国家负债，美国经济将一泻千里，一旦美元离开世界货币的宝座，美国经济将彻底完蛋，因此，我说美元迟早必会要美国经济的命。

说实话我对经济话题一窍不通。是我老爸想听听大家对此文章的意见。大家帮帮忙哈！

自制mango smoothie!

其实原材料很简单，最重要是家里最近添了个想要了颇久的（马力很强劲的）blender，使得一切成为可能。

随便在网上找的recipe:

1 banana

1/2 cup of yogurt

1 cup of orange juice

先把这三样打匀，然后再加:

1 large mango diced and chilled

6 ice cubes

继续打匀。Ta-da!

今天只是第二次做，还在试验如何能把冰打成大小合适的冰碎，做成像在外面买的smoothie一样的口感。这个blender实在很厉害，几个pulse就可以把冰块打到无影无踪(haha, Joe’s Magic Bullet, in your face!)，所以“火候”要掌握得刚好才行。不过这对我的下一步计划是好消息啊——我一直crave/fantasize的Margarita，you’re up next!

Marty's Liquors, Allston landmark, closes its doors

That’s what I love about local news. First of all, the subject being mentioned is something that I actually have previous knowledge of, it’s like – hey I know that place! Secondly, the journalist always finds a way to make the story (laughably) sentimental. Like using the word “landmark”, pointing out its existence in Allston for “60 year”, plus throwing in some personal stories of the owner and the customers.

By the way, I probably wouldn’t think of Marty’s Liquors as a “landmark” (usually I would think of “landmark” as something much grander), but now that the “L” word is used, it does seem kind of appropriate. At least whenever I ride on the B line and when I see that liquor store, I know I’m at Harvard Street.

I couldn’t remember whether I have actually shopped there, but Marty’s did appear to be an indispensable part of the “alcohol culture” along Harvard Street between Brighton Ave. and Comm. Ave. (you know, with several bars and big liquor stores concentrated on the block). I’m sure Marty’s will be missed by the “醉猫” (quoting Tom) community.

早从天气预报得知今天会很暖，但踏出家门的一刻还是pleasantly surprised了一下。路上的行人对天气（特别是暖和的天气）反应尤其敏锐，大家的穿着都很合时宜的作出了改变。

掰手算来已经在这个城市经历了为数不少的季节更替，但由寒冬转为初春的喜悦，still hasn't gotten old.

比平日稍微dressed up了一点，只身前往matinee的ballet。跳出了平常周末宅女的框框（哪怕只是一点点），加上天气的配合，time and again证明了一个人的快乐其实可以很简单。

要是今晚的casual dinner party with the gang能如愿发生，这就是一个perfect Saturday了。

今晚和几个在Boston的北大校友吃饭，席间听到了两则本地喜讯。但规矩上此类消息不应该由我等旁人传出去，因此好奇者请自行拷问董同学和王同学（01级化学）。

在此恭喜一众相关人员！希望你们不要介意我的大嘴巴~ 好事本来就应该传千里嘛 :P

"How I Met Your Mother" Season 2 Episode 16:

When invited to Lily's play, Barney's response was:

"Lily, I love you. But we're too old for this. Asking someone to come see your play is like asking someone for a ride to the airport, or to crash on your couch, or to help you move. Call a cab, book a room, hire some movers and repeat after me, friends don't let friends come see their crappy play!"

It was supposed to be funny (one of the many "Barneyism"), but there's some truth to what was said. Well, it just somehow clicks with me. I know I have done some of those stuff (ahem) because I'm still a poor grad student, but I'm definitely in the process towards managing things the grown-up way. When you get to a certain age, friends are only for fun stuff like hanging out, and not for laboring any more ;)

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另，上周四的30 Rock，那个毕业于Harvard Divinity School的可怜神父被Jack Donaghy在confession时折磨得愤然离场，大叫"Harvard did not prepare me for this!"，也属于本周memorable台词啊。 

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"How I Met Your Mother" is a sitcom carrying some resemblance to "Friends" (main characters at their late 20's/early 30's, living in New York City and regularly hanging out in a bar (versus a coffee shop), seeking for romance while figuring out about themselves) but with way more flashbacks and flash-forwards. The show started out with Ted Mosby, in the year 2030, telling his son and daughter the stories that lead to his meeting their mother (thus the show title).

The other main characters include Marshall Eriksen, Ted's roommate and best friend from college; Lily Aldrin, Marshall's long-time girlfriend since freshman year in college (the couple got married at the end of Season 2); Barney Stinson, who met Ted in a men's room in a bar, a womanizer that is mostly interested in one night stands and offers many strategies designed to help Ted meet women; Robin Scherbatsky, who first met Ted in the Pilot episode, and remained Ted's love interest/friend throughout the first couple of seasons.

----------------My take on HIMYM----------------

I first knew of HIMYM because of its time slot. It airs Monday night 8:30-9 on CBS, which is the lead-in for my favorite show Two And A Half Men. I decided to give it a try during last holiday break for no other reason than that I was bored.

Because of the availability of the videos, I watched the episodes in sort of a backward order: the most recent episodes from the current season (Season 4) can be viewed online at CBS.com (fastest); earlier episodes of Season 4 as well as a few from Season 3 could be directly download (still pretty fast); then I download the rest of Season 3  plus the complete Season 1+2 through BT (which took quite some time).

I thought order was not important for sitcoms. As it turns out, however, this is not the case for HIMYM. I did not enjoy the show too much until I got to the first two seasons. But it could well be that the earlier seasons are indeed better, which is not uncommon with TV productions.

In my opinion, even though HIMYM does have its funny moments, overall it is not "rolling on floor laughing" kind of funny. Which may be the very reason why I decided not to watch it more than once after the first few episodes I saw. But later I find that the show has a lot of heart - especially the first two seasons. So I change my mind and decide to give it another chance. I will watch the entire show again in the right order. Yea... I bought Season 1-3 on DVD on Amazon.com :P

A warning to those who want to give the show a try, though. If you have fierce curiosity and usually can't wait till you find out the answer, you might be tortured by the many little teasers in show, let alone the ultimate mystery - the identity of the mother, which probably won't be revealed until the finale of the series. Words are that the producers already have a pretty good idea who the mother will be, but they just won't let us know. Bastards.

一个星期七天，我有七天是看电视的 - House, Two And A Half Men, 30 Rock, The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad, How I Met Your Mother, plus occasionally Late Show with David Letterman/The Tonight Show with Jay Leno/Jimmy Kimmel Live/Late Night with Conan O'Brien. Comedy居多，drama只有House，但其实你有没有发觉，House也很有sense of humor的。

今晚有新一集的30 Rock，其中一段对白摘出来供大家一笑。Especially for Jessie the former i-banker
(Need not be offended, everybody gets poked fun at once in a while. Like at here or here.)

Jack: Those are your new interns.

Liz: Aren't they a little old and over-dressed?

Jack: They're all former investment bankers who were laid off after that economic crash that Nancy Pelosi caused. They've had zero real-world skills, but god, they work hard.

Update: 在Hulu.com找到了上述片段，大家趁该episode未expire之前看吧~ By the way，Hulu这个网站资源颇丰富的，连Alec Baldwin也为它卖广告呢。

30 Rock口碑好(by that I mean critically acclaimed, look at all the Emmy's and Golden Globes they got)，但收视麻麻，与Two And A Half Men刚好相反。虽然我心目中始终最喜欢后者，不过我认同Tina Fey的确是个才女，在幕后能写(first female head writer for SNL)、转为幕前能演(已凭30 Rock拿了好几个best actress in comedy的奖, and of course you remember her Sarah Palin parodies)，样子也颇为顺眼，不愧为新一代American sweetheart呢。

别人相机拍下的照片，我未征同意转载一下下~ 希望当事人们不要介意

这幅照片，很好地概括了我在卡拉OK夜做过的事情——我真系好中意饮cocktail喔！

记忆中似乎很久没有机会这样饮alcohol了。几乎忘记了酒精摄入量刚刚好（晕晕地又未至于酩酊大醉）的滋味。其实the occasional drinking helps to loosen up yourself，没有什么不好的。

下一次开怀畅饮cocktail，又会是什么时候呢？

What would this weekend turn out to be? It seems that I'm not off to a very good start. All I have been feeling on the fine Friday night is that I'm pathetic. First clue? It was only 9ish and all I wanted to do was to take a shower and hop on my bed, watch some TV/movie, and then go to sleep; then of course, life didn't turn out the way I planned. Somehow I got into a really long conference call (with some very interesting struggle to try to get everybody into the conference at the beginning - it was frustrating AND hilarious). For whatever reason, a conference call set out to plan something together always turns into a conversation of a string of random topics. We covered subjects like how germs could be passed around with water fountain; how someone referred to a conference call as a "threesome" on a bus and got some stares from his bus-riding mates (then again, why wouldn't he?); and then somehow TV shows like "A Step into the Past"(寻秦记) and "Two and a Half Men" were brought up... In the end, in spite of all the randomness, we did pin down some rough plan for Sunday...

It was well past midnight when I decided to hang up (people complained about me being on the line anyway because they said my headset was making noise... sigh). Then I found myself famished, and had to get myself something to eat, which again made me feel pretty pathetic - you know you are when you have to heat up turnip cake for snack in the middle of the night just because you don't quite yet want to go to sleep even though you ARE tired!

A sense of unsettledness still hangs around. Or is it restlessness. Maybe I'm just sleep-deprived.

On a different subject, is there anyone who likes "Two and a Half Men" or at least has seen it? I was planning to write something very relevant to the show and just wanted to see how much audience I would get. If you're at all curious, tune in for the upcoming episode titled "David Copperfield Slipped Me a Roofie" Monday (Feb 2nd) 9pm on CBS!