Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, If I were any better, I would be twins! He was a unique manager because he...
When I was growing up, I was embarrassed to be seen with my father. He was severely crippled and very short, and when we would walk together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would stare. I would inwardly(思想上) squirm at the unwanted a...
Good little girls ought not to make mouths at their teachers for every trifling offense. This kind of retaliation(报复,反击) should only be resorted to under peculiarly aggravating circumstances. If you have nothing but a rag doll stuffed w...
If a man is crossing a river and an empty boat collides with his own skiff(小艇) , even though he be a bad-tempered man he will not become very angry. But if he sees a man in the boat, he will shout at him to steer(控制,驾驶) clear. I...
Healthy and Fit The first goal common to all of us is health and energy. We all want to be healthy and fit, to have high levels of energy and to live free of pain and illness. Today, with the incredible advances in medical science, the quality of our...
You've been working out regularly for quite a while, but you're nowhere near your fitness goals. So now it's time to bring in your ultimate weapon your mind. Rather than thinking of fitness as something mysterious that you do with your body, take an...
We are reading the first verse(诗篇) of the first chapter of a book whose pages are infinite I do not know who wrote those words, but I have always liked them as a reminder that the future can be anything we want to make it. We can take the mys...
It is a commonplace among moralists that you cannot get happiness by pursuing it. This is only true if you pursue it unwisely. Gamblers at Monte Carlo are pursuing money, and most of them lose it instead, but there are other ways of pursuing money wh...
The only problem unconsciously(无意识地) assumed by all Chinese philosophers to be of any importance is: How shall we enjoy life, and who can best enjoy life? No perfectionism(至善论) , no straining after the unattainable, no postulati...
[00:00.00]What Will iPod Do for Television? [00:04.41]Apples iPod profoundly changed the way people experience music. [00:10.77]What will it do for television? [00:12.63]The industry was intrigued by Wednesdays announcement [00:16.24]that episodes of...