http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis

這三天病中無聊，忘了出考題這種大事，可是卻看了三本好書：

1. 龍應台老師：《目送》(終於看完了！)

2. Oliver Sacks: Musicophilia--《腦中裝了兩千部歌劇的人》(終於也看完了！)

3. C. S. Lewis: "Letters To An American Lady"

http://cgi.ebay.com/Letters-to-an-American-Lady-C-S-Lewis_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ360028159157

第一本已經擺在床頭兩個月了吧? 是聖誕禮物。嫌它濃膩，一直讀不完。

第二本本來就不應該一次看完，Case 太多。

第三本是書信集，真是太好笑了！這是納尼亞傳奇的作者給一名美國讀者的回信。(單向通聯記錄。)假如我跟人家說這本書是我寫的，當然會被當作高燒病患或者精神病患處理，可是我翻到哪兒就是我要回答林小明的話，剛好可以唸出來，然後說：「這不是我說的！是 C.S. Lewis 說的。」到後來，林小明就說：「妳是病人就乖乖躺好，不要再看那些亂七八糟的書了好不好？！我要監督你吃藥還要取締妳看書，很累耶！」

例如：

我本來只燒到 37.7，沒有要去醫院，因為二麻子已經掛了兩次急診，讓醫生嫌我們太急。林小明硬說這是不同 case. 我說我同意那個醫生的話，縱使不看醫生，乖乖躺著喝水，後來燒還是會退、咳嗽也會停。而且英國醫生也這樣處理：

My own doctor, who happened to be also one of my most intimate friends says that he vast majority of illnesses are either incurable or 9which is fortunately the larger class) cure themselves in due course.  I said “But my cough does get better after I’ve been taking cough mixture for a day or two.” He replied “Yes, because you don’t start the mixture until the cough has become a real nuisance, which means until it was reaching its peak after which it would have gone away in about the same time whether you had taken the mixture or not.” (Lewis, 39-40)

林小明靜靜的等我把書翻到那一頁證明我沒有胡謅，然後回答：「走！」

看到日本電視節目剪到 YouTube 的畫面：一堆小孩子搔首弄姿唱大人的歌，覺得非常噁心。我就來唸一段：

I too think there is lots to be said for being no longer young; and I do most heartily agree that it is just as well to be past the age when one expects or desires to attract the other sex.  It's natural enough in our species, as in others, that the young birds should show off their plumage--in the  mating season.  But the trouble in the modern world is that there's a tendency to rush all the birds on to that age as soon as possible and then keep them there as late as possible, thus losing all the real value of the other parts of life in a senseless, pitiful attempt to prolong what, after all, is neither its wisest, its happiest, or most innocent period.  I suspect merely commercial motives are behind it all: for it is at the showing-off age that birds of both sexes have least sales-resistance! (Lewis, 19-20)

哈哈哈哈哈!!!

還有十來個例子！唸得我好樂呀！(和那個破鑼嗓、氣若游絲的病中形象真不搭呀！)