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Prep Time: 25 min
Cook Time: 1 hour
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1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened, plus butter for pan
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
12 ounces sour cream
1 cup mashed cooked sweet potato (about 1 medium)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
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1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
3/4 teaspoon rum extract
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan.
In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pecans, and cinnamon; set aside.
In a large bowl, combine the 1 cup of butter and sugar. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in the sour cream, sweet potatoes, and vanilla.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Gradually add it to the butter mixture, stirring well.
Pour half of sweet potato batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with the brown sugar mixture. Spoon the remaining batter evenly over the streusel. Bake until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove the cake from the oven and cool. Spoon the Rum Glaze over cooled cake, slice and serve.
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Ms. Paula, I will try this for Thanksgiving this year. I have pies and thought a nice sweet cake would be great. Then I saw this on your FB page. Thanks! Happy Holidays to you and yours.
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I'm going to have to try this one!!!
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Omgee! This turned out great!! I got rave reviews when I made it and took it to church! I made a 2nd one today to submit for my husband's family reunion cake contest!!!
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Made this cake for Thanksgiving.....I must say it was the first thing to go. Delicious cake Mrs. Paula.
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last year at thanksgiving time i made this and before it had time for the iceing to make it all the way down the sides everyone was already getting into it and loved every bite. We had no left overs and i have been told that i have to make it again this year
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San Francisco, CA 94105Neighborhood:
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AmericanPrice: $31 to $50
- Dining Style: Fine Dining
- Website: http://www.boulevardrestaurant.com/
- Phone: 4155436084
- Hours of Operation:
Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 2:00pm;
Friday - Saturday: 5:30pm -10:30pm; Sunday - Thursday: 5:30pm -10:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: American
- Executive Chef: Nancy Oakes
- Dress Code: Business Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Bar/Lounge, Beer, Counter Seating, Full Bar, Non-Smoking Area, View, Wheelchair Access, Wine
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Since its opening in 1993, Boulevard restaurant has been hailed as one of the best restaurants in San Francisco. Created in partnership with designer Pat Kuleto, the elegant, yet warm and welcoming interior of Boulevard is the essence of the Belle Époque style. It is a glorious setting for Chef Nancy Oakes hearty, flavorful, beautiful cuisine. American regional flavors, French influenced style, enthralling design, form the entire experience at Boulevard. Located in the heart of the San Francisco's revived waterfront area, the historic Audiffred Building is the ideal home for Boulevard. Among many wards received, Boulevard was proud to announce being granted the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurant 2012.Continued
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498 reviews since May 26, 2014
- Food4.6Service4.5
- Ambiance4.5Noise LevelModerate
fit for foodies (333)special occasion (328)romantic (212)notable wine list (196)scenic view (118)great for lunch (114)hot spot (107)neighborhood gem (94)good for groups (63)vibrant bar scene (57)great for brunch (18)late-night find (16)kid-friendly (12)great for outdoor dining (5)Show More
- Some of the best food in SFjeffDined on 9/19/2014Great service, excellent food, and really not all that expensive. Will be a date night stand-by from this point forward.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Wow!JamesDined on 9/18/2014If you are looking for a quality experience, this is the place for you. Even the busboy asked us how everything was and if we needed anything. Great service. The food was better than I expected. The calamari, the lamb, even the desserts, all FANTASTIC!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011VIPDined on 9/18/2014Menu on open table very different from actual menu. Disappointed.
- Boulevard RestaurantOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/18/2014We brought our out of town guests here for lunch. They were impressed by the historic building and interesting interior of the restaurant. Our meal was delicious and perfect for lunch. Service was slow.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- A memorable mealFrugalGastronomeVIPDined on 9/17/2014My wife described this experience as the best restaurant meal she's ever had. We had an early reservation so the table was ready. Wines by the glass were excellent. The server knew them. He was friendly, attentive, and could discuss the menu. The oysters were small but tasty. My caprese was 5 different heirloom tomato varieties and burrata as well as mozzarella under the olive oil. My wife had the crab, melon and avocado salad. When my wife debated getting the lamb instead of the quail just to get the squash blossoms coming with it, our server offered to bring them with the quail. (We got charged for a side, which was fine.) I had the halibut - fresh, perfectly cooked. We split the butterscotch dessert. Everything was delicious.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- PerfectionPeggyDined on 9/16/2014Boulevard last Tuesday evening was Perfection. From my martini to the gnocchi appetizer to the DUCK(!) to the s'mores dessert-Perfection. Food that was Beautiful to look at and Delicious to eat. Excellent service without being intrusive. 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ all the way.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great roomMal1Dined on 9/15/2014If you can request seating up front at night the bridge view is beautiful.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Grumpy ServertahoelocalDined on 9/13/2014We have dined at Boulevard several times, again we were not disappointed with the food-FANTASTIC! But we had a very weird interaction with our server. We brought a VERY nice(an expensive)Cabernet Sauvignon with us. She started to pour into white the wine glasses already on the table and I asked for red wine glasses. The server came back with different white wine glasses and acted very put-out? I thought maybe she didn't know the difference, but then I saw her pouring red wine into red wine glasses at the table across from us, kind of weird. Also the server never asked how our dinner was and when we needed something had to ask the busperson. It was my husbands BDay & our Anniversary so this put a little damper on the festivities :(Special Features:
- SueSusanDined on 9/11/2014So glad we settled on Boulevard for our final dinner in San Francisco. It was wonderful. I liked the fact that the menu was somewhat limited. It really meant that they took great care in preparing and presenting the food. We accepted the suggestions of our waiter and were very pleased. The lamb was off the bone and perfectly prepared as was the pork. Order the appetizers...they were beautiful and delicious. Professional wait staff. We brought a great bottle of wine . The corkage fee was only $25 so a great deal. All in all it was a great night.Special Features:
- Excellent as EverreturnvisitorDined on 9/11/2014Arrived and were seated immediately at our reservation time. First course of a composed crab salad was absolutely spectacular: presentation and taste to die for. My guest's salmon and my sword fish were also beautifully presented and were absolutely excellent in every way. The swordfish was served on a bed of octopus sauced risotto that was amazing. The service was unobtrusive, and everything was taken care of exactly as one would wish for. Our table was right by the open kitchen where the food was being produced and it was noisy enough that conversation required effort. The room was totally filled and the energy level was very high. It was clear that everyone was having a wonderful time. I'm not really complaining, but it was loud!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- KabobDined on 9/11/2014We live in Los Altos and went to Boulevard for a special occasion with high expectations. We were surprised as, other than a nice table with a decent view and good service, there was nothing special about their food:-( My wife said we should not go back. She had the Calamari appetizer. It was one of the strangest and worst calamari dishes we have ever had!!! I had the soft shell crab and it was just ok. Our dinner entrees where just ok as well. There much better restaurants closer to home.
- Great dinner in Downtown San Fran.HungryfoodieVIPDined on 9/11/2014My husband wanted to take me to Boulevard after dining there several times for business. We booked an early dinner because reservations were so popular. The wine list was terrific. Our food was beautiful and delicious. Maryland crab appetizer was outstanding. My halibut dinner was generous in portion and cooked perfectly. Our server was efficient, helpful and fun. We would return again and again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Most enjoyable dinnerproetzDined on 9/10/2014We reserved only 2 days in advance, so we didn't expect such an outstanding dinner, although reviews were promising. Excellent value for money. We were recommended one of the best Chardonnays we ever tasted - at a moderate price.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- JonDDined on 9/9/2014Surely bartender. Slow service at the bar. Otherwise, friendly and excellent service.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 9/9/2014We had a wonderful table and great service. Our anniversary was made special!!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- KingVIPDined on 9/8/2014The ambience, food, and service of this fabulous San Francisco restaurant is amazing and always exceeds expectations.Special Features:
- Phenomenal!piquayVIPDined on 9/7/2014I've been to Boulevard many times. This time I brought my sister and her family who got to experience it of the first time. Everyone ordered something different - and everything was incredible! We had a great cab franc and we enjoyed watching the light show on the Bay Bridge. Our server Francesca was very knowledgable and attentive to our needs - and very engaging too!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Perfection at BoulevardJimTDined on 9/6/2014My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed our final night in San Francisco at Boulevard. Wonderful food, service, and ambiance in a beautifully restored building. I thought it was worthy of the hype and well worth the expenseSpecial Features:
- Great time at BoulevardgoodfoodorbustDined on 9/5/2014Took the girlfriend here for her birthday, and was happily surprised that the waitstaff read the open-table note and wished her a happy birthday when we walked in and with a candle and edible note on the dessert. The food was great of course.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bad Service Outdid Amazing FoodWINEODined on 9/5/2014We were sat in one of the "bad tables" right in front of door. I am in the industry but I didn't want to complain. It was my treat to my parents. Appetizers were amazing. The Main Shrimp and Lobster Ravioli were light yet filling. Main entrées were great. The filet was spot on point cooked a perfect medium. The corn and mashed potatoes were exceptional. The halibut was fresh and light. Desserts were okay. The "smores" didn't come together like they should. The summer berry crisp was better. The service though was less than par. I felt like we were a burden. He rarely came by and when we would ask for another round he seemed like it was more work for him. We saw the busser more than him and I felt like we judged like we wouldn't tip.Special Features:
- STILL GREATpaulVIPDined on 9/4/2014STILL SUPERB AFTER ALL THESE YEARS GREAT FOOD AND SUPER SERVICE AND ALL AT A REASONABLE PRICE ONE OF THE NICER ROOMS IN THE CITYSpecial Features:
- Glorious in every way!TeacherTeacherDined on 9/4/2014Service, food and atmosphere are all state of the art. The choreography of servers, chefs and staff is a joy to watch.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FabulouswoodDined on 9/4/2014We were visiting San Francisco and a friend had recommended this restaurant and suggested we make a reservation. We did and thankfully so as the restaurant opened for dinner at 5:30 and by 6:00 most of the tables were full. We had a wonderful corner window table. The food was outstanding and the service exactly what you want - enough attention but no hovering. Would highly recommend but be sure to make a reservation.Special Features:
- tommytunnelsDined on 9/3/2014As always, the menu is outstanding as well as the knowledge and service of the wait-staff! The food--from salad to dessert-- was perfect. it remains my favorite, high end top choice when I am in San Francisco--whether with business partners or by myself at the counter overlooking the prep area!Special Features:
- Something to rememberRomanticVIPDined on 9/3/2014When you are in San Fransisco, that is one of the places I like to go. I had caprese salad (actually had 2) heirloom tomatoes and house made mozzarella melts in your mouth, scallops we cooked to perfection. Service was right on point.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- What is a "foodie"?MineDined on 9/2/2014Boulevard provides and excellent dining experience. Each course is better than the last! All we need to do is get rid of stupidies from Open Table like "foodies".Special Features:
- Fantastic!Foodie4thoughtDined on 8/31/2014I chose Boulevard for my birthday dinner and it was a perfect celebration. We originally had a table for two along the aisle. When we saw an open table looking out over the Bay Bridge we asked if we could move. Although it was a table for 4, they kindly reseated us in honor of my birthday. The view of the light art installation on the bridge was magical. The food, wine and service were all impeccable. Thank you Boulevard!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Love this placeNonnaBonnaDined on 8/31/2014The food and the service were fabulous! We went here to celebrate our anniversary. The menu was interesting and full of flavor!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- FlawlessAK19VIPDined on 8/30/2014Great food, excellent service. Will be back soon.Special Features:
- 5* food - 3* atmosphere - too busy!CljhDined on 8/30/2014Booked for our anniversary. We've been there 2-3 times before; it is much bigger and crowded now. No question the food is great - but if you're looking for a romantic dinner for 2 - you're better off going to the Cheesecake Factory - it won't be romantic either, but it will be cheaper! We were there on a Saturday night - but it all felt like they have jammed too many tables in with no space in between.
- Spectacular!OpenTable Diner Since 2005VIPDined on 8/30/2014Fabulous food & wine, spectacular evening! It was the perfect place for a special birthday celebration. The waiter was phenomenal - so helpful with suggestions and guidance, and so patient with us. We look forward to returning!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great as always!OpenTable Diner Since 2014Dined on 8/30/2014Always the best dinning experiance when I am in San Fran! Sitting at the Chef counter makes it even more enjoyable! As a side note: If you plan to wear a baseball cap while dinning, try someplace else!Special Features:
- Delicious & amazing serviceJFNYCDined on 8/29/2014Difficult to beat - quite a gem! The food (lobster ravioli and burratta salad being my favorites) was jaw droppingly delicious.Special Features:
- Never disappointslittledog95610Dined on 8/29/2014Boulevard is a great restaurant with an amazing chef. The is fabulous and perfectly portioned. Thanks for understanding that quality is different from quantity. Great food and drink and the service is fantastic. Love Boulevard for any meal.Special Features:
- OpenTable Diner Since 2011Dined on 8/28/2014Good stop but Coulda been better service. Food was good. Not fond of our waiter taking adjacent table order while pouring our wine. Boo.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- GreatlemondropsnobDined on 8/28/2014EVERYTHING we had was just wonderful from the delicious lemon drop. caprese salad, crab and avocado salad, halibut and salmon entrees to the amazing butterscotch dessert and a chocolate dessert. Servce was always johnny on the spot!!\Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Boulevard=OutstandingeatwithmeDined on 8/28/2014Excellent service without getting in the way of our celebration. Food was excellent, surprising to maintain that level of excellence over the years. Amazing.Special Features:
- It's all good!Ddub107Dined on 8/27/2014I made reservations at Boulevard on the advice of another local restaurant. At the time, I thought I was settling for second best in the city. Boulevard blew me away! I had made arrangements to have flowers greet my wife when we were seated - check. I asked for a gorgeous view - check. The service was exceptional, the atmosphere wonderful, and the food was top shelf. I had the chop and it was perfect, perfect, perfect. My wife had the salmon, again, perfect. Go to Boulevard - you won't be disappointed!Special Features:
- San Francisco GemFoodAppreciatorDined on 8/27/2014Boulevard is an outstanding restaurant. The food is superbly prepared and presented. We have been coming here to celebrate our anniversary for many years. The restaurant itself is noisy, but that seems to be the norm these days. If you sit towards the back of the restaurant, especially in the evening, there is a very nice view of the illuminated Bay Bridge and whatever public art work is located near the Ferry Building.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- joy of lifejoy2liveDined on 8/27/2014Boulevard is a wonderful place to spoil yourself. On this particular occasion, a birthday celebration, they achieved the perfect balance between noticing the occasion (a chocolate happy birthday banner and candle on the birthday woman's dessert) and making an embarrassing fuss (we would have gone elsewhere for that).Special Features:


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In the distant past, "real" programmers had a healthy disrespect for drag-and-drop app dev products such as Visual Basic and Access. Command-line lovers turned up their noses at the products' inflexibility: If someone decided that a piece of the user interface needed to be a pixel or two wider, the friendly frameworks would turn as mean and forbidding as the voice-mail system at the DMV.
This attitude has been changing, and ActiveGrid's new Application Builder and Server is a good indicator of where the wind is blowing. The guts of the project are hard-core, text-based open source workhorses, but they're covered with a clean, crisp, and very nontextual IDE.
The change may even be a bit shocking for programmers used to the old LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl/Python) stack. ActiveGrid Application Builder looks like a normal IDE with a directory of files on the left and an editing panel on the right. There's no need to debate between Emacs and vi anymore; in fact, you can throw away your text editing skills, because much of the editing is done visually.
I must confess that this kind of programming never appealed to me. Visual diagrams such as UML are 10 times harder for me to understand than ASCII text, but a number of programmers I respect have turned to creating their code in visual systems. And after using ActiveGrid, I can say that its tools are quite good for what they are: a deliberately simple set of tools for crafting Web applications.
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ActiveGrid stores most of the data in XML-based formats in text files, but you're not allowed to touch them. Instead, you create your app by dragging around boxes that represent the data schema and the workflow. If you want to add a foreign key or mark some transition, you draw a line instead of creating a variable name and repeating it. There's still an opportunity to use text editing to write some Python or Perl code, but that's one of the few text-editing windows in ActiveGrid.
The product does lack an easy mechanism for tweaking the underlying XML. Many good IDEs offer tabs for switching between the picture and the words, but ActiveGrid does not -- so you could spend hours searching for a bug.
ActiveGrid hides the XML because even the best programmer can mess it up with an errant tag. My guess is that ActiveGrid will add an XML-editing feature in the near future; it would be extremely useful for complex projects. Until then, as one ActiveGrid engineer pointed out, I could always fire up Emacs or vi if I needed it, and the XML is stored on disk.
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I really like ActiveGrid's one-button integration for creating and deploying apps. Too many LAMP projects begin with pages of instructions on downloading libraries, changing path names, and reconfiguring conf files.With ActiveGrid, it really is possible to click a few buttons and let the wizards build up a full application with complete access to a database. Push a few more buttons, and it's deployed and running on the server.
The system produced by these wizards links a few promising programming standards. For example, the business logic or workflow that governs what happens to the clicks and POSTs is specified with a BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) file. A Web form is written out in an XForm file; a request for data from a distant server is written out as a Web service (specifically, WSDL) file. The only place the ActiveGrid team didn't use open standards was the XML layout file that controls how the XForms are converted into CSS and HTML files.
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Between October 2000 and October 2001, slightly more than half a million youths dropped out of high school. The unemployment rate for this group was 35.9 percent in October 2001—a full 15 percentage points higher than the rate for recent high school graduates who were not enrolled in college.
Just over two thirds of young white dropouts were in the labor force either working or looking for work, as were about 70 percent of Hispanic dropouts. The unemployment rate among white dropouts was 32.4 percent, about the same as the rate of 32.6 percent for Hispanic dropouts.
Not quite half of black dropouts were in the labor force in October 2001; just over half of those labor force participants had jobs.
This information is from a supplement to the October 2001 Current Population Survey. Additional information is available from "College Enrollment and Work Activity of 2001 High School Graduates," news release USDL 02-288.
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I am primarily an ecogeek, but I can't deny that I'm also just a geek. And so I, of course, love the open source, free software and http://robert-alonso-photos.com/cialis-sales-online creative commons movements. Without those powerful forces EcoGeek would absolutely have never existed.
So, yeah, I hate digital rights management. I believe that it's contrary to the spirit of creation and should not exist. But I don't get to talk about it here, because its all geek and no eco.
Or so I thought! When recently reading about Wal-Mart's epic DRM fail at Read Write Web, I realized that DRM is indeed very bad for the environment. So bad, that it could possibly destroy one of the great environmental benefits of technology... digitization.
First, I should point out a less substantial environmental problem with DRM. IT EATS POWER! Devices using DRM have been shown to use up to 25% more power than when they're playing non-managed media...and that's not even counting all the best buy generic levitra online resources consumed by the manger's server farms that keep track of it all.
But, comparatively, that's a tiny problem. The real problem here is that the easiest way to get an MP3 that isn't crippled by some kind of DRM is still to buy the physical CD. What's worse, when DRM systems go offline (as they are at Wal-Mart) people are going to be extremely hesitant to go digital again. Basically, Wal-Mart's servers going offline is like saying "Oh, that song you bought, well, you didn't actually own it because it wasn't really real...sorry."
Wal-Mart's suggestion? Burn it to a CD, that way you'll have it even if after we take your official ownership away. BURN IT TO A CD! I thought the whole point was that we weren't using those clunky petro-disks anymore!
What I'm afraid of is that DRM will effectively remove ownership from non-physical media. Either we will rent the right to access everything for a certain monthly price (already working well for Microsoft) or rent out our eyeballs for the right to watch it (working just fine at Hulu.com.)
But if we want to actually own a song or movie or television show, we will need to buy the real-life, made-of-petroleum, shipped-across-the-world, physical disk. Either that, or we'll have to break the law...our choice. And any way you look at it, when physical media consume up to ten times more resources than non-physical media, DRM isn't just bad for consumers, it's bad for the planet.
written by Andrew, September 29, 2008
Not that any form of portect is unbreakable, I'd suggest a whole new model is needed. The solution is remarkably simple when you think about it, you need an advertising funded model.
written by Ken Roberts, September 29, 2008
Take the game Spore for instance. Many people were planning on purchasing it, but decided instead to pirate it after the seyonic.com draconian DRM was made public. Now it is the most pirated game in history. Ridiculous. How is that protecting the artist?
Have you ever been to a city with a vibrant street music scene? Everyone listens to the music for free, and those that really enjoy it give a voluntary donation. Music has existed in that form for thousands of years, and the modern equivalent has made bands such as Radio Head very wealthy. Provide the downloads for free, and fund your work with donations, concert tickets, and web advertisement.
written by Adam, September 29, 2008
Happily enough, the UK finally seems to be offering alternatives to DRM -- I've recently ditched iTunes here in favour of 7Digital:
written by Le Mouton Vert, September 29, 2008
Perhaps did I miss the post…
written by MarkR, September 29, 2008
Better yet, do what I do, DON'T BUY/RENT DIGITAL MEDIA! Thank of all the money you will save. Digital media, like texting is just another ponzi scheme to separate you from your money. Its dirt cheep to produce and cheap viagra pills sell, and about 95% profit.
written by Sash, September 29, 2008
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written by Hamumu, September 29, 2008
I make my living selling digital media (and occasionally CDs to those who order them). I don't use DRM, so you should like me! Come buy my dumb games at http://hamumu.com !
But it takes me say a year to make a game (some take many years, others a few months). So to make a decent living, say I want $30,000 return (that's horrifically small for a programmer, let alone someone who's also doing the art, sound, design, marketing, and all other aspects as well). If I charge $20 per game, I need to sell 1500 copies before that happens (nevermind costs, which exist even digital - hosting for $90/mo, domain names for a few pennies, 3% for credit card costs. and any marketing I actually bother to do). So, no, it's not 95% profit, and it's not dirt cheap to produce in any sense. It's incredibly expensive to produce. A year of my life! And I need to make enough money to support that year, or I will be too busy working at McDonald's to have time to produce art. That is the fundamental reason why we need to pay for art. If you want to artists to create, you have to make it possible for them to do so.
The rules would change if I somehow had the eye of the world and people were clamoring to get my games. Then I could charge $1 a copy, since 30,000 copies would be out the door in no time. But as a total unknown out there in the big wide world, I don't sell that much!
Content developers need to make a living just as much as anyone else. If you like the content, buy it. If you don't, skip it - don't pirate it. Just because you get it in digital form doesn't make it any different than any other product. If you buy a book, virtually none of the price you pay is going to fund the printing and visit our site sale levitra materials. It's all 'digital' (paying the publisher, marketers, author, editor). CDs are the buy viagra in new york same (but even cheaper to create!). Don't buy this absolute nonsense about digital being 'dirt cheap to produce'. A minute portion of the expenses are the manufacturing costs. It's almost all the same costs whether digital or physical.
Heck, even at my level, I order CDs 100 at a time for my products, because it takes me years to sell that many (most people buy downloads). Those CDs cost me around $1.50 each, case and all. That's ordering 100 at a time! When you raise the numbers to ordering 50,000 at a time, it's pennies each. Think about that in terms of buying a PS3 game. You pay $60, the CD/book/case cost them $0.10 to make. Talk about dirt cheap to produce! Downloading the game would probably cost them about the same money in bandwidth!
So yes, I hate DRM, but I love digital products. Buy mine, they're DRM-free. And I'm saving up for solar panels, so sometime next year, they'll even be made out of green bits! Provided you buy my games so I make the money to buy those panels...
written by Jay Tee, September 29, 2008
Great work, for an amoral guy who is unwilling to pay for what isn't his.
written by Andrew Leinonen, September 29, 2008
There are two facts that have been evidenced:
1) DRM is not effective at preventing piracy, and merely alienates people who are actually willing to buy things legitimately (or were, anyway, before companies began to indiscriminately treat their customers as thieves).
2) Consumers are readily willing to pay for music and software, as long as they are given an appropriate venue to do so that doesn't insult their intelligence or ethics (as DRM does). Witness the success of Radiohead's pay-what-you-can album, aralie.com, and others.
As much as big media talks about how much piracy as ravaged the music industry, it's never been a better time to be an independent musician. Of course the viagra or cialis record companies are in pain - technology and society has finally come up with a way to bypass their monopoly. If a few multi-billion dollar companies need to change their ways or die, I won't shed any tears. I'll give my money straight to the artist, thanks.
written by MarkR, September 29, 2008
My comment wasn't directed towards what I would consider the mom-pop digital shop. I'm talking about Mainstream media. Where they sell hundreds of millions of copies of say crap like Ne-Yo's Closer. And because of the sheer volume of selling 100 million copies 1 song for even a $1.50 reduces the cost to produce it to mere pennies. I just have a problem buying something that is 95% profit. So good luck Hamumu, but as for me and my Benjamin's, Jackson's, Lincoln's and Washington's we prefer to be spent on things that will get me away from techno - crap. when I'm not at work I prefer things such as Hunting, Fishing, Hiking and Biking. I got over video games when I got a real job. A GPS is about the only digital I take with me when I take a weekend to get real with the outdoors. If I need music I'll bring the guitar.
written by Hank, September 29, 2008
Musicians who don't see that effect are almost invariably either chained by record labels or far to rich for their own good.
I will say, however, that physical media has remained important for my sales...something that I wish I could avoid. But people truly don't see it as ownership until they can feel it. And these are young people...indicating that it's innate, not an artifact of a dying system.
written by GreenJoyment, September 29, 2008
Fascinating that DRM devices take more power, and funny that Wal-Mart would recommend to burn to CD's when they're working so hard to show themselves as being a "green" company.
What would your suggestion be for how the music industry (RIAA et. al.) can continue to profit from music (since they're not going away), while also making things open?
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written by Michael, September 30, 2008
Better yet, do what I do, DON'T BUY/RENT DIGITAL MEDIA! Thank of all the money you will save. Digital media, like texting is just another ponzi scheme to separate you from your money. Its dirt cheep to produce and sell, and about 95% profit.
Good facts. You fail at the internet.
This shit - no matter what presentation medium - costs money.
written by Ben, September 30, 2008
For example, I brought spore... At some point I'm going to have to go through the saga of ringing up EA customer support to get an extra install. However, someone who just downloaded it from the net just has to copy over a cracked EXE and are home free...
Unfortunately for music if a DRM server goes down, you can't just copy over a crack to get your music back, although it was never really your music cause you have to ask everytime you want to listen to it.
Pirates just bypass DRM, hell, a lot of legit owners probably crack their stuff so they don't have to worry about the DRM.
All it does is make people want to pirate...
written by a guest, September 30, 2008
The only real solution to prevent piracy is taking away your privacy so they can *see* you pirating intellectual property. I think it's necessary to make efforts to stop piracy. It's unfortunate that those efforts often hurt consumers, but it is pirates that make those efforts necessary (and in my experience, the majority of consumers are OK with piracy so they have no right to complain). It's a problem that you've brought on yourselves.
Personally, I prefer to buy the CD anyway. You get the whole package with the art, etc., and the intellectual property is on a static medium in a protective case, which makes it less likely that you're going to accidentally delete it or something.
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As for the argument of CD's or music files being how folks make a living, well, times change. Opium selling used to be a way folks made a legal living. Not so long ago, selling physical copies of ones music was merely the side business of getting folks to come and pay for the live show---concerts were the primary source of income. It seems that we're just moving back to that business model.
written by Ken Roberts, September 30, 2008
written by Traverse Davies, September 30, 2008
We bought a new car recently, it has a usb port and can play MP3's. It cannot play apples proprietary audio DRM riddled format. This means that while my fiance gets the music easier, that labour is completely canceled out by the time and energy I have to spend breaking the DRM on the literally thousands of songs she has purchased... just so we can listen to them in the car.
written by Hank, September 30, 2008
-theft of any kind is wrong (did you purchase it? no, then why do you feel entitled to enjoy it?)
-DRM may fail on music and movies, but will NEVER completely go away (especially on software, though it will hopefully become less intrusive)
-regardless of if you think you own something, the reality is you're legally bound to the license
-most software DRM is not about thwarting determined pirates, it's about keeping the cialis on line pricing in canada average user legit
-thinking that because something is digital it costs next to nothing to create is merely justification for being a thief and lifeinabundance.org is not based on any facts whatsoever
And before I forget:
@MarkR, your a real piece of work - you may have a "real-job", but it sounds like Hamumu is self-employed, so he's go you beat.
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written by Tyler, September 30, 2008
Anyway, Hulu.com is free.
written by Hank, September 30, 2008
I'm also betting that when you get into the real world and you're working your a$$ off to support your family, you'll feel differently.
written by Me, September 30, 2008
Also As a student in the 3D field I have thought about this alot as one day it might be my work being pirated. I can understand and support an artists wish to be payed but I think that as long as you are providing a quality product and reasonable price the majority of people who can afford it will pay and I cannot hate someone for wanting to view my work.
This is somewhat off topic thou.
I don't think DRM will force many people to use CD's more. I don't personally know anyone who even uses them for anything any more, I haven't used CD's in over a year and still have a stack of blank CD's will never use. If someone offered me a free CD I probably wouldn't even take it. The hassle of burning it to hard drive so I can use it and making sure it is a high quality rip is less that the hassle of downloading it. And I would still have a useless CD to store or throw away.
written by Aleksandr, September 30, 2008
run away from the reality
written by Jay Tee , September 29, 2008
Another finely crafted rationalization of that thing we used to call stealing.
Great work, for an amoral guy who is unwilling to pay for what isn't his.
When you download something, you get a copy of the product, not the product per sé. Would I be stealing your car if I managed to grab a perfect copy out of it, not even touching it? I help you: no.
written by Amby, October 01, 2008
Piracy might be illegal to those who believe the law is always right. To me the law is wrong on this subject. The sole reason for free licenses like Creative Commons, GPL and such is the copyright law is too strict. These licenses are in effect piracy, although legal. The record labels and lobbyist groups should (and in my view do) fear these different free licenses more than what is traditionally seen as piracy. (Their silence regarding free licenses is even more telling than their noise about "piracy".)
All this DRM crap is meant to take the rights from the artists and give them to the distributors. Nothing to do with piracy, although what the riaas and drug impotence levitra ifpis of the world themselves do is nothing but stealing from the artists. Of course what they do isn't really "stealing", more than it is defrauding their rights. The artists willingfully give up theirs in order to take part in this scam of a lottery called record sales. And the copyright law supports and protects that scam.
The present copyright law is like a law that'd give the mob the right to collect protection money.
Talk about protection money, stealing and stuff. The Riaas of the world somehow have the right to bill royalties for my music even if I'm not their slave. They don't even have to pay me my share. The law is broken.
written by Hank, October 01, 2008
@Amby: the huge difference in your argument is this; using a GPL'ed product is NOT theft as the owner licensed the product as GPL, treating a tightly licensed product as GPL/open source IS theft because it wasn't intended and licensed as such.
If you really put so little value on a product that you flat out refuse to pay for it, why use it? Why not; make something better, use a free alternative, or go without it. I'm guessing it's because the product DOES have value to you, and you're cheaping out.
Regarding DRM and distributors; I completely agree when we're talking music/movies/games, but software DRM is often applied by the manufacturer, not the publishers.
As for GPL taking over the world - the open source movement has been around for a LONG time, and predates many of today's internet-based software companies. Clearly there is a place for both open source and tightly licensed software, and neither is going to take over (I imagine free music is similar).
@Wes: come on, you can do better than that. :P
written by Hank, October 01, 2008
My apologies, consider it updated to:
"Continuing the just try! viagra online sales conversation"
written by Amby, October 02, 2008
the huge difference in your argument is this; using a GPL'ed product is NOT theft as the owner licensed the product as GPL, treating a tightly licensed product as GPL/open source IS theft because it wasn't intended and licensed as such.
That's about as wrong as it can get. Sorry about that, but the thing is the laws don't recognice piracy or license violations as theft. They are called "infringements", not "theft". You can infringe on GPL and other free licenses too which by the way are also "copyrighted", and I have yet to see those violations referred to as "theft". License and copyright violations are just that. There is no removal of goods happening there.
And the copyright law is too strict, that's why CC and GPL were created in the first place. But I don't see the recording industry embracing free licenses or supporting artists wanting to embrace them. That's why many artists have to decide whether to release their music under free licenses or sign a restrictive contract that renders all their own rights moot with the promise of only possible revenues.
None of the laws I know refer to, or sentence piracy the same as theft. In the view of the law an act of piracy is deemed a serious legal matter compared to most copyright infringement.
Remember I am critizising the laws being broken. I'm not trying to advocate doing the wrong thing. I just happen to believe non-profit copying does no harm to the copyright owners. It's a totally different ballgame when we start talking about commercial piracy, that is with counterfeits. (Although I'd personally be more lenient in that case too, as long as the moral rights of the original author are met.)
The punishments for copyright piracy in many jurisdictions are actually even harsher than for rape, child abuse or murder. That makes one wonder why.
If you really put so little value on a product that you flat out refuse to pay for it, why use it? Why not; make something better, use a free alternative, or go without it. I'm guessing it's because the product DOES have value to you, and you're cheaping out.
But I do use the free alternative. That's my case. I am, if you don't mind, cheaping out. I am also spreading the word. That means I'm leading people (potential customers) to other markets. I'm in effect, "stealing", or should I say, pirating, the industries revenues. Yes, I'm doing it legally and that's what must scare them.
DRM schemes will prevent me from doing so. If DRM were to become an accepted and tramadol for sale exclusively used technique all-round, all my attempts to use, distribute or create content whether it be music, books or software under free licenses would be taken away. DRM discriminates those of us who want to share our stuff freely. It also doesn't differentiate between legit public domain and pirated material. Everything should be DRM'd for DRM schemes to work, at all. As long as there's this thing called public domain, it doesn't. That's the reason there's an ongoing push to further lengthen the we like it canada generic viagra copyright protection period. Having observed the copyright industry I think they would prefer that be indefinitely.
the open source movement has been around for a LONG time
That would be the Free Software movement. The Open Source Initiative is relatively new, founded in 1998. There are certain philosophical differences too.
It can also be argued that non-profit copying is not all that harmful as the industry lets us believe. Prof. Lawrence Lessig for instance has suggested that there is also benefit in non-profit copying, and harm from preventing, through statutory, contractual and technical measures, non-profit copying from taking place. (The same argument applies even for for-profit copying.) There have been many estimations done of these costs and benefits, who suggest pretty much everyone wins with non-profit copying.
written by Hank, October 02, 2008
Yes I know GPL works are copyrighted, because ALL creations are automatically copyrighted or trademarked (at least in the states), by merely typing this post it's copyrighted by me.
Just to be clear I'm assuming you're talking about pirating products, as in ripping/cracking, then posting them to the net or handing out to your friends. Not making a personal copy, which no one other than you can access (I think these are essential in case of media failure, or for convenience).
Based on that assumption there's no way to distinguish between commercial and non-commercial piracy. You can try and rationalize it - however someone, somewhere is using the pirated products to improve their lot. Whether that someone is reselling ripped products, posting them on sites like RapidShare (which make money on accounts), or posting them on torrent or their own sites (which drives ad revenue) - someone is still making money somewhere.
To talk a bit about my views on laws; I think the patent laws, especially in the states, are completely screwed. However I think there's a huge difference between those and the licensing we're talking about, which really makes it hard for me to agree in any way with the piracy mentality:
A patent prevents you from making a similar device/mechanism without getting into legal gray area. With the rather broad details patents often have, this can restrict competition - at times severely.
With copyright if you really feel the license is too restrictive and/or can't justify the cost of the product, then make your own. If you (or someone like minded) can't create your own, presumably better, version for less than the cost of the original product, then clearly there's value in the original product. In which case buy it.
Re cheaping out; that's in reference to using pirated versions, instead of buying the canadian healthcare pharmacy original or finding an alternative.
I'm leading people (potential customers) to other markets. I'm in effect, "stealing", or should I say, pirating, the industries revenues.
I'm really not following why you keep calling this "stealing" (at least in the legal sense) or in your previous post calling GPL "theft". Providing customers options is the point in offering products (along with making money), and regarding open source / free software / whatever, if the creator provides that type of license, cool. If not, it shouldn't be up to the individual user to decide - that's the difference.
DRM schemes will prevent me from doing so. If DRM were to become an accepted and exclusively used technique all-round, all my attempts to use, distribute or create content whether it be music, books or software under free licenses would be taken away.
I think you're getting really worked up over nothing - this is NEVER going to happen. I know there are a lot of alarmists out there saying it will, but really this is far fetched at best.
written by Hank, October 02, 2008
That would be the Free Software movement. The Open Source Initiative is relatively new, founded in 1998. There are certain philosophical differences too.
The average user doesn't know or care about the differences. Ask the average user (say a nearly computer-illiterate neighbor) what type of licenses Open Office, Linux, or MySQL use, and how they differ from others. The answer is "they are free", even when that's not entirely the case.
What I really want to know is; do you pirate software and music/movies? If you so; do you really think you're sticking it to the execs of those industries?
Because you're not. The execs of many of these industries are well insulated from losses in revenue. The first people to get hit are people like you and order usa viagra online me. First cut wages, then cut positions. Regarding music I'm sure the artists are squeezed and the cost of goods increased. So who really gets hurt - the little guys. How is this helping the "cause"?
Remember I am critizising the laws being broken.
Pretend you're an artist, who sells prints of your work online. This is your job - it's how you feed and support your family. Regardless of how you feel about the laws, how would you feel if a much larger and better known site offered your prints free? How do you feel as your sales are siphoned off to the free site? Remember these are not competing artworks that happen to be free, they're YOUR works.
I don't mean any offense by this, but it's hypocritical to suddenly turn to the laws you're railing against, simply because it would benefit you. Yet I can't imagine you would want to see your family suffer, or all your hard work thrown away by giving up and getting a job.
The frustration is that these kind of conversations always end up focusing on the music and movie giants, but these laws (and DRM) often protect much smaller companies and individuals too.
written by Amby, October 02, 2008
providing customers options is the point in offering products (along with making money), and regarding open source / free software / whatever, if the creator provides that type of license, cool. If not, it shouldn't be up to the individual user to decide - that's the difference.
The difference is I am in effect taking away the industries revenues by doing so, not just maybe causing "something" to happen to their potential revenues, as is the case in piracy. It isn't carved in stone you know, that someone, after downloading an album from TPB doesn't start liking it and after that, still not buy it. It is also a strong possibility, I'd even say probability, that a purchase happens, when someone really likes something she hears, whether it's originally pirated or not. In my case, I'm advocating different markets to those who cry piracy. What I do is knowingly taking away their profits.
I don't see piracy harming the industries profit margins. It just can not be proven that lost record sales are due piracy and perhaps not because bad music or competing media formats like movies, games and such. And talking about movies, the movie industries revenues have been steadily rising, despite piracy, or perhaps because of it. And the profit growth as far I have observed it, has been quite healthy. I've yet to see those yearly losses of 7 billion because of piracy they used to claim. I mean, if I've calculated it right, they should have been bankrupt years ago if it were that bad.
I think you're getting really worked up over nothing - this is NEVER going to happen. I know there are a lot of alarmists out there saying it will, but really this is far fetched at best.
Well, if you don't mind telling me, do you know any mobile phones that are sold today, that do not have DRM? I've tried a couple of them, and they do seem to cripple files sent between them. I had a SonyEricsson T300 a while back and cheap cialis order online I sent a simple midi file to my brothers Nokia (don't remember the model anymore), but when I later bought a Siemens CX75, we couldn't transfer that one song from the Nokia to the Siemens. Because of DRM. The file was not a restricted file, but it seems that at some stage it got "protected" by DRM. In mobile phones, all-around DRM is already a reality. I'm hoping OpenMoko, Android and other Linux-based smartphone OS's will fix that, but I fear it will be too late. I just want to share my stuff freely, but if it gets flagged as "protected" at any stage, it is no longer mine to share. Think about that. It is no longer only about computers.
The average user doesn't know or care about the differences.
Whether or not, it doesn't hurt to remind people there are differences, because for most people it is important to know the philosophy and ethics behind something that's been sold to them. Take for instance this blog. It's here to give us insight on products and perhaps a different viewpoint on life itself concerning "green living" and whatnot. We might get enlightened by stories about alternative energy and ecological benefits of using certain kinds of technology, but there's always the ethical and philosophical aspect. Should I support a corporation that uses child labour, how about a firm that sues its competitors out of existence and/or buy them out after using underhanded monopoly tactics? Should I perhaps support an industry that chooses to sue their customers and cripple their offerings rather than provide a better sales mechanism suited for the Internet era?
What I really want to know is; do you pirate software and music/movies?
You might never get to know that, but it wouldn't even matter, because whether I infringed or not, if the sales go down, the piracy would always get the blame. Even if everyone just started to spread and share free music, piracy would be blamed if the sales went down. And that's the case for more DRM and further reducing artists pay.
You might call me an alarmist, but I reckon I'm the one who'll be saying "I told you so."
Pretend you're an artist, who sells prints of your work online.
You are talking about stock photography? It would be hard to make such thing work in the todays networked world. I'd be more inclined to showcase paintings and female cialis pills sell the real stuff via mail/UPS. Of course one could sell full A3 prints of the stuff for poster material or give it away freely. I wouldn't mind if someone put my stuff up for show on other sites as long as my name was mentioned. The thing is I wouldn't even try cashing in on one picture more than once, unless someone wanted to offer money for another copy. One picture would in my book usually mean one sale. Then I'd have to create new pictures to support my family. (Incentive.) That's how commerce should normally work. It's like the case with money, you can't copy it creating more cash and not cause an inflation too.
I don't mean any offense by this, but it's hypocritical to suddenly turn to the laws you're railing against, simply because it would benefit you. Yet I can't imagine you would want to see your family suffer, or all your hard work thrown away by giving up and getting a job.
The thing is, I'd be perfectly comfortable with a copyright lasting for say 10 years, possibly renewable once and allowing non-profit copying, or even small scale for-profit copying, providing the authors moral rights are respected, even after the work falls into public domain. I personally would have absolutely no need for DRM. If I wanted to encrypt something for privacy I already have other tools for that.
And you forget that many artists do have a second job, musicians are not always fairly provided by their record companies, and those who make income from music mostly do so because of touring, not from record sales. I'm not familiar with the games industry, but I have learned that there are some that have pissed off their userbase with draconian DRM and those who have listened to theirs and taken it off. As for what goes to books and pictures, well, many publishers have started releasing free ebooks aside the printed ones and that seems to have gone pretty well. Pictures... well, look at Flickr, stock photography is really not very profitable (or is fast losing appeal) considering the sheer amount of free pictures online.
For industries that depend on copyrights, DRM might feel the only way to protect their revenues. But by lobbying more and stricter laws and purchase viagra no prescription required implementing ever more intrusive DRM techniques they are creating an environment that is increasingly hostile to free content, free information and free culture. And again, yes, I do sound like an alarmist, but do you personally think the implementations for DRM have increased or decreased these last years?
DVD has it, HD-DVD, Blueray has it, HDTV has it, Set-Top digi-tv boxes have it, home theaters have it, Computers (TCM) have it, Operating systems have it (Apple, Microsoft), media players have it (Zune, iPod, Creative), mobile phones have it... The list goes on.. Some of these devices and applications even convert non-DRM'd media into DRM'd one "just in case" without my permission (Zune, mobile phones, Vista, WMP, etc). Am I being alarmist? No! All this is reality and happening now, under our eyes, and we don't notice?
these laws (and DRM) often protect much smaller companies and individuals too
I fail to see how DRM protects anything, but yes, in a degree I agree that laws are there to protect companies and individuals from wrongdoings. Nevertheless I think people should be put before corporations and lobbyist groups. I also don't see a benefit in a copyright period longer than 10 years. 50 to 90 years after the authors death is a bit of a stretch.
written by Skagen, October 07, 2008
Then the cost of managing that physical media eg inventory, security devices in store, the job of putting security stickers on each of the media and so on.
That also needs to be factored in as well in the burden of media.
You would be surprised at the cost and energy waste from returns alone.
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For free music and books, with a wide selection (especially in a county that has interlibrary loans), there are public libraries, which even with late fees, are very reasonable.
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Baroness by the grace of Griffith and Aikaterine. Protege to Baroness Eleanor fitzPatrick, OP and member of Equus Celox and Duchy Tarragon.
Kiena is a world traveler. She is the neice of Warren Stewart, a well known shipping tycoon. Of recent years, her dear uncle has had to discontinue making as many trips due to his ailing health. So, the young Baroness spends many months at their estate in the South of Edinburgh or visiting the Royal courts. She is very fond of court life and the pomp, circumstance and entertainment that abounds around the Royals.
One of Kiena's favorite past times is riding. She secretly (well it's not a great secret) practices the games of the great knights much to her uncle's dismay, yet he does secretly admire her bravado and skill. "If only she were a man" he often ponders.
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2009-10: Collected 11 goals and 25 assists in 68 regular-season tilts with the OHL's Niagara IceDogs … Ranked fifth on the club with 36 points and paced the IceDogs with 129 PIM … Recorded 4 PIM in five postseason appearances with Niagara.
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So it's my turn to ask all you Chatty Cathies a question :)
I dreamed last night. It was one of the most vivid and complex dreams I've ever had. So of course I have to share.
I am 18 again and my family has moved back to the city where I was born; a place we left when I was 9. I am starting my senior year there, furious because I am having to start all over when I should have things all pegged down. In my homeroom I recognize the more mature faces of kids I'd gone to kindergarten with, people who in reality I haven't thought of in more than a decade. They don't recognize me, I am just some new girl and they are cliquey. Even the teacher seems to exclude me. As an afterthought she hands me my schedule at the end of a lesson that I am woefully stupid in.
She walks with me down the hall a little ways, explaining that my clothes, which in reality would have been suitable at any Fortune 500 company's Board meeting, do not meet dress code. On top of everything else, I am going to have to buy special clothes from the school store.
We stop outside a classroom and my HR teacher pauses, hand on the doorknob.
"Two minutes to the bell. Good Luck finding your chemistry class." she tells me.
For the first time it is impressed upon me how vast this new school is. I am wandering a maze of corridors, passing groups of people who don't even seem to register that I'm there. I wander through locker rooms, botanical gardens, a coin museum, and gather that classes seem to be arranged in wings by department, but these wings are labeled with numbers not words.
I am woefully late, utterly stumped where this classroom could be, and certain that I have just made a circle. Then, like a miracle, I see one of the girls from my homeroom. In a moment of lucid dreaming, I identify her as my first grade playmate S.
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She turns, rakes me over with her eyes and says, "Yeah."
Then she continues on. I run after her, still trying to talk, finally giving up and focusing on just following her to class.
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Guys, the Yankees are so depsperate to put a team on the field, they tried to loor Chipper Jones, Derek Lee amd Scott Rolen out of retirement. None of those guys want to leave their lounge chair for a sinking ship. Word is Cashman will turn his attention to Mike Schmidt and Wade Boggs.
Drop dead.
Pretty harsh for a Smiley thread, wouldn't ya say? Perhaps Yankee fans are a little overly sensitive these days (cue Nelson Muntz as I smirk).
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and interpret your post as "Dropo dead", Dropo being Walt Dropo, who played first base for the Red Sox and retired from baseball in 1961. And no, he is not available to play for the Yankees this season, as he did in fact die in 2010 at the age of 87. So yes, "Dropo dead."
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The question is, can the RS finish ahead of a team that would try to add 87 yr old dead players?
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