壬辰五月廿一日偶得
吳經熊先生在【唐詩四季】裡曾提到他的一位朋友把【借問別來太瘦生，總為從前作詩苦】翻譯成“Gee! you are losing weight terribly/Maybe your poems have got all the weight you have lost!”。
風光滿眼無佳句，總失閒情最可知。
一站隔洋誰似我，惟增心重不增詩。
Walking to Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
Walking to Isaac Newton in Westminster Abbey
Pic 1. Quire of Westminster Abbey
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Driving in UK: An unexpected Stop at Old Marriage House
Driving in UK: An unexpected Stop at Old Marriage House
Pic 1. England-Scotland: A bridge over River Tweed
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Winter is coming: How to Flush the Gas-based Water Heater
Depending on what the model you have, you may want to flush your Gas-based water heater every 1 to 3 years. At night before doing a flush, turn the Thermostat setting of the water heater from HOT to VAC (“Vacation”) so the water won’t be heated too much.
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第三篇：西雅圖，科技人才的”蓄水池“（ Seattle’s Tech Hub）
這幾年常常聼説有朋友離開硅谷去了西雅圖，也有硅谷的“二代”們，大學畢業後去西雅圖工作的， 還常常從媒體上看到這裏一波接著一波的startup 公司和上市公司，這些公司大多是年輕人創辦的，都是跟AI， 網絡加密等高科技的前沿技術有關。所有這些信息給人一種感覺：硅谷作爲高科技中心的地位似乎在逐漸減弱，而西雅圖及其周邊的衛星城卻充滿著朝氣，創新和發明，成爲高科技的明天和未來。
是什麽原因讓西雅圖的高科技這樣蒸蒸日上？帶著想一探究竟的好奇，我們開始了這次從南到北的旅行。