The August Small Graces auction has begun! This month's painting (below), done in gouache on watercolor paper, is being auctioned now through Friday, August 14. Click here to bid now!
Monday, August 10, 2009
The Small Graces August Auction Is On!!!
Wouldn't you love to own an original painting by children's author and illustrator Grace Lin? All the proceeds from the Small Graces auctions will benefit The Foundation for Children's Books, a small non-profit organization in Boston that is making a big difference in the lives of young readers by bringing children's book authors and illustrators into under-served schools in the Greater Boston area for visits and residencies..
The August Small Graces auction has begun! This month's painting (below), done in gouache on watercolor paper, is being auctioned now through Friday, August 14. Click here to bid now!
The August Small Graces auction has begun! This month's painting (below), done in gouache on watercolor paper, is being auctioned now through Friday, August 14. Click here to bid now!
Friday, August 7, 2009
How to make homemade bookmarks and cards : Another therapeutic hobby
Dear Friends,
I shared in my last post about 2 therapeutic hobbies that are helping me a lot, namely nature walk and photography. They helped me to relax.
Whenever I walk in the nature park, I am reminded of the great God Who created us and is caring for us daily. It helped me to remember to rest in Him :)
Photography helped me to capture some of the beauties of God's creations and be a constant reminder of Him and His greatness.
Another therapeutic hobby that helps me to relax and gives me a great sense of accomplishment and joy is making homemade bookmarks and cards using these photographs I have taken or photos that my friends shared with me.
I love to put in encouraging Bible verses or quotes to the pictures taken and made these homemade gifts for my friends. I also sell them on my little website business at Homemade Bookmarks Cards and Gifts.
Here are some simple bookmarks and cards. Feel free to download and print them for your family and friends. You may also sell them, if that will help you financially :-)
I took these pictures at Sentosa Flower Exhibition, Sentosa Island, Singapore. They are some of my favourite Bible verses.
To make the above homemade card for your friend, just do the following:
1) Download the picture above:
- Put your cursor on the picture
- Right Click your mouse
- Saved the .jpg picture into your computer
2)Insert this picture into a Word Processor (such as MicroSoft Word) or any other software.
3) Use a color printer to print.
Here are some other Free instructions on how to make simple Homemade Cards and Free Cards Templates from Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and other Gifts.
To make this pink rose bookmarks click on how to make simple pink rose Homemade Bookmark.
Here are some other Free instructions on how to make simple Homemade Bookmarks and Free Bookmark Templates from Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and other Gifts.
Thank you for stopping by!
Thanks for your encouragement. Take care and have a blessed day!
Warm Regards,
Nancie
I shared in my last post about 2 therapeutic hobbies that are helping me a lot, namely nature walk and photography. They helped me to relax.
Whenever I walk in the nature park, I am reminded of the great God Who created us and is caring for us daily. It helped me to remember to rest in Him :)
Photography helped me to capture some of the beauties of God's creations and be a constant reminder of Him and His greatness.
Another therapeutic hobby that helps me to relax and gives me a great sense of accomplishment and joy is making homemade bookmarks and cards using these photographs I have taken or photos that my friends shared with me.
I love to put in encouraging Bible verses or quotes to the pictures taken and made these homemade gifts for my friends. I also sell them on my little website business at Homemade Bookmarks Cards and Gifts.
Here are some simple bookmarks and cards. Feel free to download and print them for your family and friends. You may also sell them, if that will help you financially :-)
I took these pictures at Sentosa Flower Exhibition, Sentosa Island, Singapore. They are some of my favourite Bible verses.
To make the above homemade card for your friend, just do the following:
1) Download the picture above:
- Put your cursor on the picture
- Right Click your mouse
- Saved the .jpg picture into your computer
2)Insert this picture into a Word Processor (such as MicroSoft Word) or any other software.
3) Use a color printer to print.
Here are some other Free instructions on how to make simple Homemade Cards and Free Cards Templates from Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and other Gifts.
To make this pink rose bookmarks click on how to make simple pink rose Homemade Bookmark.
Here are some other Free instructions on how to make simple Homemade Bookmarks and Free Bookmark Templates from Homemade Bookmarks, Cards, Calendars and other Gifts.
Thank you for stopping by!
Thanks for your encouragement. Take care and have a blessed day!
Warm Regards,
Nancie
Rain Barrel: An Original Poem
I began working on a poem late last night/early this morning to post for Poetry Friday—but I didn’t have time to finish it. So…I pulled out Rain Barrel, a poem from A Home for the Seasons, an unpublished collection of memoir poems that I wrote many years ago. The poems in the collection relate the experiences and happy times I had at the home of my maternal grandparents.
My “Dzidzi”—grandfather—truly had a green thumb. He loved working in his vegetable garden in summer. He kept a big wooden barrel for collecting rain water next to the cellar door. The “we” in the following poem refers to me and my two cousins. My cousins—both girls—lived in the duplex that my grandparents owned. The three of us spent much of our childhood together.
Rain Barrel
by Elaine Magliaro
Beside the cellar door
stands Dzidzi’s rain barrel.
Deep brown as the earth itself,
it seems rooted in the ground.
In it Dzidzi captures the melting sky
he waters garden flowers with.
We plunge our small tin watering cans
deep into Dzidzi’s wooden well
and pull them out full of fallen rain
we shower over the brown-faced sunflower,
bright pink peonies, and puffy white snowballs.
On sticky summer days, we splash
our arms and faces in its coolness.
And sometimes, alone in the backyard,
I stare down into its dark liquid universe
as if looking for a lost star
that has fallen there.
My “Dzidzi”—grandfather—truly had a green thumb. He loved working in his vegetable garden in summer. He kept a big wooden barrel for collecting rain water next to the cellar door. The “we” in the following poem refers to me and my two cousins. My cousins—both girls—lived in the duplex that my grandparents owned. The three of us spent much of our childhood together.
Rain Barrel
by Elaine Magliaro
Beside the cellar door
stands Dzidzi’s rain barrel.
Deep brown as the earth itself,
it seems rooted in the ground.
In it Dzidzi captures the melting sky
he waters garden flowers with.
We plunge our small tin watering cans
deep into Dzidzi’s wooden well
and pull them out full of fallen rain
we shower over the brown-faced sunflower,
bright pink peonies, and puffy white snowballs.
On sticky summer days, we splash
our arms and faces in its coolness.
And sometimes, alone in the backyard,
I stare down into its dark liquid universe
as if looking for a lost star
that has fallen there.
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My poetic contribution at Political Verses this week is Bah Humbug Exercise: A Poem That Could Have Written by Rush Limbaugh.
At Blue Rose Girls, I have a post about my writer’s block, a poem about poetry, and a link to Poems about Poems: Why Not?, an article by Katha Pollitt at The Nation website.
Tricia has the Poetry Friday Roundup at the Miss Rumphius Effect.
Guo Jia (v) / 奉孝与隆中对
数年前介绍了一些郭嘉的战略思维，以及对时事实例的一些应用。这些例子对于熟悉三国和隆中对的人来说并不新鲜（所以用英语写了）。
其实战略思维的最高境界还是“不战而屈人之兵”。而这也是罗贯中三国演义的中心战略思想所在。当然“不战”是理想的状况，不过战略应用的最终目标还是如何以最低的代价获得最高的成果。(Strategy is all about leveraging external resources.) 而战略（strategy）和战术（tactic）的区别则在于战略是全盘全局而且是长远的，而且不同的战略选择之间的区别是质的而非量的区别。
回到郭嘉，熟悉三国的都知道曹操赤壁之战后的一句名言，“若奉孝在，决不使吾有此大失也!” 对于曹操为何如此怀念郭奉孝，一直都只想到表面的解释，比如郭嘉聪明、诤谏、受到曹的信任、等等。奉孝顶多是让曹操避免失败而已，也不一定会有制胜之道吧。
直到今天看到茶怪博的“马后炮”一文，才茅塞顿开。原来曹操是想到了奉孝对付二袁和公孙的战略，想到了其实赤壁之战的制胜之道，并不是“余勇追穷寇”，而是要分化敌人，避免敌人联手，然后逐个击破。
曹操之败，不是败于火攻，更不是败于借东风或林志玲，而是败于战略的失策。所以曹操若不是被胜利冲昏了头脑，本来该先整固荆州，等待孙刘内讧或逐个击破的。在多角逐鹿处境下，最最节省成本的战略就是借别人之力来协助成就己之目标。
这是隆中对（三分天下）精髓所在，也是罗贯中三国的精髓，郭嘉和诸葛亮不谋而合地理解了，曹操后来也理解了。可惜曹操的理解晚了。
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附注
1）郭嘉锦囊“今闻袁熙、袁尚往投辽东，明公切不可加兵。公孙康久畏袁氏吞并，二袁 往投必疑。若以兵击之，必并力迎敌，急不可下；若缓之，公孙康、袁氏必自相图： 其势然也。”
若把二袁替换为刘备，公孙康为孙权，两者何其想像！孙刘自相图，后来在荆州和夷陵也都一一应验了。
其实，根据三国志（见下），这个策略，郭嘉之前在判断刘备刘表，和袁谭袁尚之争以用过两次了。
三国志没有公孙和二袁之锦囊计，估计是罗贯中把袁谭袁尚之争移植到郭嘉逝后戏剧化之。不过，赤壁败后之言三国志也有记载“郭奉孝在，不使孤至此”
2）若没有火烧赤壁，曹操也没占到什么上风。按三国描述，曹军当时也是耗子看龟，无从下手。两军只会旷日持久的耗下去，直到另一个杨修发现新的鸡肋。曹操即使侥胜，必将元气大伤。（关于赤壁必败论，网上讨论不少，而且早有网民提出“赤壁的失败是战略错误而不是战术错误，而郭嘉正好是战略谋士而不是战术谋士。要他在的话，赤壁之战不是曹操会“打赢”，而是根本就不会打”。不过鲜有提到二袁公孙之典故。
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3) 原文
三國演義 第三十三回 曹丕乘乱纳甄氏 郭嘉遗计定辽东
... 操回至易州，重赏先曾谏者， 因谓众将曰：“孤前者乘危远征，侥幸成功。虽得胜，天所佑也，不可以为法。诸 君之谏，乃万安之计，是以相赏。后勿难言。”操到易州时，郭嘉已死数日，停柩 在公廨。操往祭之，大哭曰：“奉孝死，乃天丧吾也！”回顾众官曰：“诸君年齿 皆孤等辈，惟奉孝最少，吾欲托以后事，不期中年夭折，使吾心肠崩裂矣！”嘉之 左右，将嘉临死所封之书呈上，曰：“郭公临亡，亲笔书此，嘱曰：‘丞相若从书 中所言，辽东事定矣。’”操拆书视之，点头嗟叹，诸人皆不知其意。
次日，夏侯 dun引众人禀曰：“辽东太守公孙康久不宾服，今袁熙、袁尚又往投之，必为后患。 不如乘其未动，速往征之，辽东可得也。”操笑曰：“不烦诸公虎威，数日之后， 公孙康自送二袁之首至矣。”诸将皆不肯信。
却 说袁熙、袁尚引数千骑奔辽东。辽东太守公孙康，本襄平人，武威将军公孙 度之子也。当日知袁熙、袁尚来投，遂聚本部属官商议此事。公孙恭曰：“袁绍在 日，尝有吞辽东之心。今袁熙、袁尚兵败将亡，无处依栖，来此相投，是鸠夺鹊巢 之意也。若容纳之，后必相图；不如赚入城中杀之，献头与曹公，曹公必重待我。” 康曰：“只怕曹操引兵下辽东，又不如纳二袁使为我助。”恭曰：“可使人探听： 如曹兵来攻，则留二袁；如其不动，则杀二袁，送与曹公。”康从之，使人去探消 息。
却说袁熙、袁尚至辽东，二袁密议曰：“辽东军数 万骑，足可与曹操争衡。今 暂投之，后当杀公孙康而夺其地，养成气力而抗中原，可复河北也。”商议已定， 乃入见公孙康。康留于馆驿，只推有病，不即相见。不一日，细作回报：“曹操兵 屯易州，并无下辽东之意。”公孙康大喜，乃先伏刀斧手于壁衣中，使二袁入。相 见礼毕，命坐。时天气严寒，尚见床榻上无●褥，谓康曰：“愿铺坐席。”康目 言曰：“汝二人之头，将行万里，何席之有！”尚大惊。康叱曰：“左右何不下手！” 刀斧手拥出，就坐席上砍下二人之头，用木匣盛贮，使人送到易州来见曹操。时操 在易州，按兵不动。夏侯dun、张辽入禀曰：“如不下辽东，可回许都，恐刘表生心。” 操曰：“待二袁首级至，即便回兵。”众皆暗笑。
忽报辽东公孙康遣人送袁熙、袁 尚首级至，众皆大惊。使者呈上书信，操大笑曰：“不出奉孝之料！”重赏来使， 封公孙康为襄平侯、左将军。众官问曰：“何为不出奉孝之所料？”操遂出郭嘉书 以示之。书略曰：
今闻袁熙、袁尚往投辽东，明公切不可加兵。公孙康久畏袁氏吞并，二袁 往投必疑。若以兵击之，必并力迎敌，急不可下；若缓之，公孙康、袁氏必自相图： 其势然也。
众皆踊跃称善。操引众官复设祭于郭嘉灵前。亡年三十八岁，从征伐十有一年，多 立奇勋。
后人有诗赞曰：
天生郭奉孝，豪杰冠群英。
腹内藏经史，胸中隐甲兵。
运谋如范蠡，决策似陈平。
可惜身先死，中原梁栋倾。
4） 三国志
其实战略思维的最高境界还是“不战而屈人之兵”。而这也是罗贯中三国演义的中心战略思想所在。当然“不战”是理想的状况，不过战略应用的最终目标还是如何以最低的代价获得最高的成果。(Strategy is all about leveraging external resources.) 而战略（strategy）和战术（tactic）的区别则在于战略是全盘全局而且是长远的，而且不同的战略选择之间的区别是质的而非量的区别。
回到郭嘉，熟悉三国的都知道曹操赤壁之战后的一句名言，“若奉孝在，决不使吾有此大失也!” 对于曹操为何如此怀念郭奉孝，一直都只想到表面的解释，比如郭嘉聪明、诤谏、受到曹的信任、等等。奉孝顶多是让曹操避免失败而已，也不一定会有制胜之道吧。
直到今天看到茶怪博的“马后炮”一文，才茅塞顿开。原来曹操是想到了奉孝对付二袁和公孙的战略，想到了其实赤壁之战的制胜之道，并不是“余勇追穷寇”，而是要分化敌人，避免敌人联手，然后逐个击破。
曹操之败，不是败于火攻，更不是败于借东风或林志玲，而是败于战略的失策。所以曹操若不是被胜利冲昏了头脑，本来该先整固荆州，等待孙刘内讧或逐个击破的。在多角逐鹿处境下，最最节省成本的战略就是借别人之力来协助成就己之目标。
这是隆中对（三分天下）精髓所在，也是罗贯中三国的精髓，郭嘉和诸葛亮不谋而合地理解了，曹操后来也理解了。可惜曹操的理解晚了。
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附注
1）郭嘉锦囊“今闻袁熙、袁尚往投辽东，明公切不可加兵。公孙康久畏袁氏吞并，二袁 往投必疑。若以兵击之，必并力迎敌，急不可下；若缓之，公孙康、袁氏必自相图： 其势然也。”
若把二袁替换为刘备，公孙康为孙权，两者何其想像！孙刘自相图，后来在荆州和夷陵也都一一应验了。
其实，根据三国志（见下），这个策略，郭嘉之前在判断刘备刘表，和袁谭袁尚之争以用过两次了。
三国志没有公孙和二袁之锦囊计，估计是罗贯中把袁谭袁尚之争移植到郭嘉逝后戏剧化之。不过，赤壁败后之言三国志也有记载“郭奉孝在，不使孤至此”
2）若没有火烧赤壁，曹操也没占到什么上风。按三国描述，曹军当时也是耗子看龟，无从下手。两军只会旷日持久的耗下去，直到另一个杨修发现新的鸡肋。曹操即使侥胜，必将元气大伤。（关于赤壁必败论，网上讨论不少，而且早有网民提出“赤壁的失败是战略错误而不是战术错误，而郭嘉正好是战略谋士而不是战术谋士。要他在的话，赤壁之战不是曹操会“打赢”，而是根本就不会打”。不过鲜有提到二袁公孙之典故。
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3) 原文
三國演義 第三十三回 曹丕乘乱纳甄氏 郭嘉遗计定辽东
... 操回至易州，重赏先曾谏者， 因谓众将曰：“孤前者乘危远征，侥幸成功。虽得胜，天所佑也，不可以为法。诸 君之谏，乃万安之计，是以相赏。后勿难言。”操到易州时，郭嘉已死数日，停柩 在公廨。操往祭之，大哭曰：“奉孝死，乃天丧吾也！”回顾众官曰：“诸君年齿 皆孤等辈，惟奉孝最少，吾欲托以后事，不期中年夭折，使吾心肠崩裂矣！”嘉之 左右，将嘉临死所封之书呈上，曰：“郭公临亡，亲笔书此，嘱曰：‘丞相若从书 中所言，辽东事定矣。’”操拆书视之，点头嗟叹，诸人皆不知其意。
次日，夏侯 dun引众人禀曰：“辽东太守公孙康久不宾服，今袁熙、袁尚又往投之，必为后患。 不如乘其未动，速往征之，辽东可得也。”操笑曰：“不烦诸公虎威，数日之后， 公孙康自送二袁之首至矣。”诸将皆不肯信。
却 说袁熙、袁尚引数千骑奔辽东。辽东太守公孙康，本襄平人，武威将军公孙 度之子也。当日知袁熙、袁尚来投，遂聚本部属官商议此事。公孙恭曰：“袁绍在 日，尝有吞辽东之心。今袁熙、袁尚兵败将亡，无处依栖，来此相投，是鸠夺鹊巢 之意也。若容纳之，后必相图；不如赚入城中杀之，献头与曹公，曹公必重待我。” 康曰：“只怕曹操引兵下辽东，又不如纳二袁使为我助。”恭曰：“可使人探听： 如曹兵来攻，则留二袁；如其不动，则杀二袁，送与曹公。”康从之，使人去探消 息。
却说袁熙、袁尚至辽东，二袁密议曰：“辽东军数 万骑，足可与曹操争衡。今 暂投之，后当杀公孙康而夺其地，养成气力而抗中原，可复河北也。”商议已定， 乃入见公孙康。康留于馆驿，只推有病，不即相见。不一日，细作回报：“曹操兵 屯易州，并无下辽东之意。”公孙康大喜，乃先伏刀斧手于壁衣中，使二袁入。相 见礼毕，命坐。时天气严寒，尚见床榻上无●褥，谓康曰：“愿铺坐席。”康目 言曰：“汝二人之头，将行万里，何席之有！”尚大惊。康叱曰：“左右何不下手！” 刀斧手拥出，就坐席上砍下二人之头，用木匣盛贮，使人送到易州来见曹操。时操 在易州，按兵不动。夏侯dun、张辽入禀曰：“如不下辽东，可回许都，恐刘表生心。” 操曰：“待二袁首级至，即便回兵。”众皆暗笑。
忽报辽东公孙康遣人送袁熙、袁 尚首级至，众皆大惊。使者呈上书信，操大笑曰：“不出奉孝之料！”重赏来使， 封公孙康为襄平侯、左将军。众官问曰：“何为不出奉孝之所料？”操遂出郭嘉书 以示之。书略曰：
今闻袁熙、袁尚往投辽东，明公切不可加兵。公孙康久畏袁氏吞并，二袁 往投必疑。若以兵击之，必并力迎敌，急不可下；若缓之，公孙康、袁氏必自相图： 其势然也。
众皆踊跃称善。操引众官复设祭于郭嘉灵前。亡年三十八岁，从征伐十有一年，多 立奇勋。
后人有诗赞曰：
天生郭奉孝，豪杰冠群英。
腹内藏经史，胸中隐甲兵。
运谋如范蠡，决策似陈平。
可惜身先死，中原梁栋倾。
4） 三国志
郭嘉字奉孝，颍川阳翟人也。傅子曰：嘉少有远量。汉末天下将乱。自弱冠匿名迹，密交结英隽，不与俗接，故时人多莫知，惟识达者奇之。年二十七，辟司徒府。初， 北见袁绍，谓绍谋臣辛评、郭图曰：“夫智者审于量主，故百举百全而功名可立也。袁公徒欲效周公之下士，而未知用人之机。多端寡要，好谋无决，欲与共济天下 大难，定霸王之业，难矣！”于是遂去之。先是时，颍川戏志才，筹画士也，太祖甚器之。早卒。太祖与荀彧书曰：“自志才亡后，莫可与计事者。汝、颍固多奇 士，谁可以继之？” 彧荐嘉。召见，论天下事。太祖曰：“使孤成大业者，必此人也。”嘉出，亦喜曰：“真吾主也。”表为司空军祭酒。傅 子曰：太祖谓嘉曰：“本初拥冀州之众，青、并从之，地广兵强，而数为不逊。吾欲讨之，力不敌，如何？”对曰：“刘、项之不敌，公所知也。汉祖唯智胜；项羽 虽强，终为所禽。嘉窃料之，绍有十败，公有十胜，虽兵强，无能为也。绍繁礼多仪，公体任自然，此道胜一也。绍以逆动，公奉顺以率天下，此义胜二也。汉末政 失于宽，绍以宽济宽，故不摄，公纠之以猛而上下知制，此治胜三也。绍外宽内忌，用人而疑之，所任唯亲戚子弟，公外易简而内机明，用人无疑，唯才所宜，不间 远近，此度胜四也。绍多谋少决，失在后事，公策得辄行，应变无穷，此谋胜五也。绍因累世之资，高议揖让以收名誉，士之好言饰外者多归之，公以至心待人，推 诚而行，不为虚美，以俭率下，与有功者无所吝，士之忠正远见而有实者皆原为用，此德胜六也。绍见人饥寒，恤念之形于颜色，其所不见，虑或不及也，所谓妇人 之仁耳，公于目前小事，时有所忽，至于大事，与四海接，恩之所加，皆过其望，虽所不见，虑之所周，无不济也，此仁胜七也。绍大臣争权，谗言惑乱，公御下以 道，浸润不行，此明胜八也。绍是非不可知，公所是进之以礼，所不是正之以法，此文胜九也。绍好为虚势，不知兵要，公以少克众，用兵如神，军人恃之，敌人畏 之，此武胜十也。”太祖笑曰：“如卿所言，孤何德以堪之也！”嘉又曰：“绍方北击公孙瓒，可因其远征，东取吕布。不先取布，若绍为寇，布为之援，此深害 也。”太祖曰：“然。”
征吕布，三战破之，布退固守。时士卒疲倦，太祖欲引军还，嘉说太祖急攻之，遂禽布。语在荀攸传。傅 子曰：太祖欲引军还，嘉曰：“昔项籍七十馀战，未尝败北，一朝失势而身死国亡者，恃勇无谋故也。今布每战辄破，气衰力尽，内外失守。布之威力不及项籍，而 困败过之，若乘胜攻之，此成禽也。”太祖曰：“善。”魏书曰：刘备来奔，以为豫州牧。或谓太祖曰：“备有英雄志，今不早图，后必为患。”太祖以问嘉，嘉 曰：“有是。然公提剑起义兵，为百姓除暴，推诚仗信以招俊杰，犹惧其未也。今备有英雄名，以穷归己而害之，是以害贤为名，则智士将自疑，回心择主，公谁与 定天下？夫除一人之患，以沮四海之望，安危之机，不可不察！”太祖笑曰：“君得之矣。”傅子曰：初，刘备来降，太祖以客礼待之，使为豫州牧。嘉言于太祖 曰：“备有雄才而甚得众心。张飞、关羽者，皆万人之敌也，为之死用。嘉观之，备终不为人下，其谋未可测也。古人有言：‘一日纵敌，数世之患。’宜早为之 所。”是时，太祖奉天子以号令天下，方招怀英雄以明大信，未得从嘉谋。会太祖使备要击袁术，嘉与程昱俱驾而谏太祖曰：“放备，变作矣！”时备已去，遂举兵 以叛。太祖恨不用嘉之言。案魏书所云，与傅子正反也。
孙策转斗千里，尽有江东，闻太祖与袁绍相持于官渡，将渡江北袭许。众闻皆惧，嘉料之曰：“策新并江东，所诛皆英豪雄杰，能得人死力者也。然策轻而无备，虽有百万之众，无异于独行中原也。若刺客伏起，一人之敌耳。以吾观之，必死于匹夫之手。”策临江未济，果为许贡客所杀。傅 子曰：太祖欲速征刘备，议者惧军出，袁绍击其后，进不得战而退失所据。语在武纪。太祖疑，以问嘉。嘉劝太祖曰：“绍性迟而多疑，来必不速。备新起，众心未 附，急击之必败。此存亡之机，不可失也。”太祖曰：“善。”遂东征备。备败奔绍，绍果不出。臣松之案武纪，决计征备，量绍不出，皆出自太祖。此云用嘉计， 则为不同。又本传称（自）嘉料孙策轻佻，必死于匹夫之手，诚为明于见事。然自非上智，无以知其死在何年也。今正以袭许年死，此盖事之偶合。
从破袁绍，绍死，又从讨谭、尚于黎阳，连战数克。诸将欲乘胜遂攻之，嘉曰：“袁绍爱此二子，莫适立也。有郭图、逢纪为之谋臣，必交斗其间，还相离 也。急之则相持，缓之而后争心生。不如南向荆州若征刘表者，以待其变；变成而后击之，可一举定也。”太祖曰：“善。”乃南征。军至西平，谭、尚果争冀州。 谭为尚军所败，走保平原，遣辛毗乞降。太祖还救之，遂从定邺。又从攻谭于南皮，冀州平。封嘉洧阳亭侯。傅子曰：河北既平，太祖多辟召青、冀、幽、并知名之士，渐臣使之，以为省事掾属。皆嘉之谋也。
太祖将征袁尚及三郡乌丸，诸下多惧刘表使刘备袭许以讨太祖，嘉曰：“公虽威震天下，胡恃其远，必不设备。因其无备，卒然击之，可破灭也。且袁绍有恩 于民夷，而尚兄弟生存。今四州之民，徒以威附，德施未加，舍而南征，尚因乌丸之资，招其死主之臣，胡人一动，民夷俱应，以生蹋顿之心，成觊觎之计，恐青、 冀非己之有也。表，坐谈客耳，自知才不足以御备，重任之则恐不能制，轻任之则备不为用，虽虚国远征，公无忧矣。”太祖遂行。至易，嘉言曰：“兵贵神速。今 千里袭人，辎重多，难以趣利，且彼闻之，必为备；不如留辎重，轻兵兼道以出，掩其不意。”太祖乃密出卢龙塞，直指单于庭。虏卒闻太祖至，惶怖合战。大破 之，斩蹋顿及名王已下。尚及兄熙走辽东。
嘉深通有算略，达于事情。太祖曰：“唯奉孝为能知孤意。”年三十八，自柳城还，疾笃，太祖问疾者交错。及薨，临其丧，哀甚，谓荀攸等曰：“诸君年皆 孤辈也，唯奉孝最少。天下事竟，欲以后事属之，而中年夭折，命也夫！”乃表曰：“军祭酒郭嘉，自从征伐，十有一年。每有大议，临敌制变。臣策未决，嘉辄成 之。平定天下，谋功为高。不幸短命，事业未终。追思嘉勋，实不可忘。可增邑八百户，并前千户。”魏 书载太祖表曰：“臣闻褒忠宠贤，未必当身，念功惟绩，恩隆后嗣。是以楚宗孙叔，显封厥子；岑彭既没，爵及支庶。故军祭酒郭嘉，忠良渊淑，体通性达。每有大 议，发言盈庭，执中处理，动无遗策。自在军旅，十有馀年，行同骑乘，坐共幄席，东禽吕布，西取眭固，斩袁谭之首，平朔土之众，逾越险塞，荡定乌丸，震威辽 东，以枭袁尚。虽假天威，易为指麾，至于临敌，发扬誓命，凶逆克殄，勋实由嘉。方将表显，短命早终。上为朝廷悼惜良臣，下自毒恨丧失奇佐。宜追增嘉封，并 前千户，褒亡为存，厚往劝来也。”谥曰贞侯。子奕嗣。魏书称奕通达见理。奕字伯益，见王昶家诫。
后太祖征荆州还，于巴丘遇疾疫，烧船，叹曰：“郭奉孝在，不使孤至此。”傅子曰：太祖又云：“哀哉奉孝！痛哉奉孝！惜哉奉孝！”初，陈群非嘉不治行检，数廷诉嘉，嘉意自若。太祖愈益重之，然以群能持正，亦悦焉。傅 子曰：太祖与荀彧书，追伤嘉曰：“郭奉孝年不满四十，相与周旋十一年，阻险艰难，皆共罹之。又以其通达，见世事无所凝滞，欲以后事属之，何意卒尔失之，悲 痛伤心。今表增其子满千户，然何益亡者，追念之感深。且奉孝乃知孤者也；天下人相知者少，又以此痛惜。奈何奈何！”又与彧书曰：“追惜奉孝，不能去心。其 人见时事兵事，过绝于人。又人多畏病，南方有疫，常言‘吾往南方，则不生还’。然与共论计，云当先定荆。此为不但见计之忠厚，必欲立功分，弃命定。事人心 乃尔，何得使人忘之！”奕为太子文学，早薨。子深嗣。深薨，子猎嗣。世语曰：嘉孙敞，字泰中，有才识，位散骑常侍。
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Posting on Behalf of Jodie
Hello friends and fans of TSCS. This is Jodie's sister Jamie and I am writing this evening on Jodie's behalf. As you have all been so supportive through our family's trials and tribulations, I wanted to keep you all in the loop as to what has been going on. It is with great sadness this evening that I report that unfortunately Baylee has passed on. He has been sick for the past several weeks, and despite every effort humanly and caninely possible, he had liver cancer. Jodie and Kenny ensured he had a very comfortable and fulfilling life, and could not endure the agony of causing Baylee to suffer in his illness. Baylee's doctors were phenominal, and told them that the medication he had been taking the past few weeks gave them some more time to spend with him and made him more comfortable. Jodie got to spend some quality time with him and will cherish every precious second. She is too beside herself at this point in time to post personally, but I assure you that in time, when the healing begins and the hurt lessens, she will be getting back in touch with all of you. I constantly tell her how amazed I am at the outpouring of love and support and loyalty from all of you - not only during the season, but through out the year. I know she truly enjoys the blog, and has all of you to thank for that. I appreciate you all allowing me to say a few words this evening. Baylee, you are forever loved and will forever be missed. You are now reunited with your brothers in Heaven and have earned your doggie wings. RIP my four legged friend.
Jamie
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
At Political Verses--Another Limbaughrhyme
I have a new post over at Political Verses: A Poem That Could Have Been Written by Rush Limbaugh. I was inspired to begin work on the poem in June when Rush began spouting off on his radio program that "exercise freaks" were the people who were putting stress on our health care system.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
POETWEET--or The Poetry of Sarah Palin's Tweets
I have a new post up at Political Verses. It includes a link to William Shatner's follow-up appearance on The Conan O'Brien Show on July 29th. On that show, Shatner recites some of Sarah Palin's tweets as poetry.
POETWEET: William Shatner Recites Sarah Palin's Tweets as Poetry
POETWEET: William Shatner Recites Sarah Palin's Tweets as Poetry
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