Join the (Digital) Mainstream
加入(数字的)主流
Some of us are addicted to Twit-book, and we know who we are. For those on the opposite side of the aisle, those who live in perpetual fear and suspicion of socializing on the interwebs, I'm here to say: Relax. Once upon a time, it may have been cool to resist the three-times-a-day invitations to join. Facebook and other social media won't replace actual, live, in-flesh human interaction. In fact, they can enhance your offline social life because nowadays that's how a lot of people are sharing important information. If you're shunning Facebook because you think it will kill your social life, you may be killing your social life.
有的人是微博控，你懂的。也有人刚好相反，他们对网络社交充满恐惧和怀疑。我想说，放轻松。从前，对社交网络满天飞的邀请视而不见是一件很酷的事情。脸谱网和其他的社交媒体不会取代真实生活中的人际互动。但事实上这些社交媒体会让你的线下的社会生活更加丰富，因为如今许多人都通过这种方式来分享一些重要信息。如果你逃避社交媒体只是因为担心它会毁掉你的社交生活，那么这也许才真的会毁掉你的社交生活。
Get Acquainted with a Classic
了解经典
If you learn how to make one cocktail in this lifetime, make it a martini. It's required knowledge for a passing grade in Western Civ 101, up there in the canon-lands, along with the little black dress, a single strand of pearls and the original icons of elegant style, the Ladies Hepburn (Katharine and Audrey).
如果这辈子你有机会学做一杯鸡尾酒，那就做一杯马提尼吧。了解经典，指的是你有能在在西方文化课上得高分的知识，也能穿着小黑裙，戴着珍珠项链，打造成赫本(凯瑟琳和奥黛丽)那样的优雅时尚典范。
Remember to Say Thank You
记住说谢谢
Strap in, I'm going to write something extremely controversial here: Yes, you can thank someone with an email or a phone call. We all know traditional thank-you etiquette calls for a handwritten, snail-mail note, but I've seen it happen all too often: You keep meaning to find a nice thank-you card or choose some pretty stationery. But something comes up: a crisis, some project at work, football season. And time passes, as it does. Before long, it's too late. And then a chance encounter with the would-be, should-have-been recipient of the phantom note sends you slinking into the shadows, quivering in breathless social shame.
注意了，下面我要说的话题极具争议：是的，你可以通过电子邮件或者电话向某人致谢。我们都知道传统的致谢礼仪要求必须是一封手写并且龟速邮寄的致谢函，但我也经常遇到下面这种情况：你一直想找一张漂亮的致谢卡片，但遇到了一些突发状况，比如一场危机、一个工作上的项目、或者足球赛季，然后致谢这件事就这么不了了之。再过了一段时间，你发现此时致谢已经太迟了。也许某一天你偶然看见了这张本该寄出的致谢卡片，于是羞愧万分，恨不得钻地缝。
