閱微豬堂筆記: September, 2006

September 27

青天有月來幾時我今停杯一問之

人攀明月不可得月行卻與人相隨

皎如飛鏡臨丹闕綠煙滅盡清輝發

但見宵從海上來寧知曉向雲間沒

白兔搗藥秋復春嫦娥孤棲與誰鄰

今人不見古時月今月曾經照古人

古人今人若流水共看明月皆如此

唯願當歌對酒時月光長照金樽裡

　　　　　　　李白《把酒問月》

如果屈原的《天問》是第一部曲, 《把酒問月》是第二部曲, 蘇東坡的《水調歌頭》(明月幾時有, 把酒問青天) 是第三部曲。

「今人」的我見不到屈原、李白和蘇東坡曾經見過的明月。但曾經和屈原、李白和蘇軾喝過酒的月亮, 今天卻又在晚空裡陪我喝著酒。

蜉蝣如我匆匆又會變成「流水」, 在逆旅之中我也不過是行人。

前人留下文學上的瑰寶。幾十年後我留下的大概只是 Google 裡的 website cache。

September 10

If anything can go wrong, it will.
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which something can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.