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Luxing me! Yes! Yes. Yes.. Luxing me!

This is that shoe hunt. Day 443

These shoes are NOT sensible. Actually walking in them will be optional.

Wow! This is more difficult than I thought. I want decadent shoes!

Cool a feature that lets only the 3” and above strappy heel be present.

Yes, bring it to me machine!
Umm…


I am NOT satisfied!
And I am the happy happy deity.
Good but more, I want more debauchery for my sole to trod!

Ohhh My. Yes this is dissolutely doable, a 3 inch heal rain boot. I shall tromp the mud bogs depraved!

I keep slipping back to that loveliness of sensible .. Oh and these are so lovely. Yes, so lovely they are.

To keep the self-indulgent theme, I will need a horse, and a cashmere blankets. I want to ride naked free to the wind!
This one gets it. Oh yes, it does. Bind me tightly. Hobble me, they would. Who fetches my cart for me?
Ah, the loveliness returns. A wonderful sensible shoe and all well that returns to the world.

The nakedness of my sole is grand but these covers are so pleasant.
Yes, cover me! My armor is leather! And my rags are lace!

Oh though, the lick of glisten will do so well.
Yet, the fine subtleness of a noble clad sole is a desire, truly, yes, truly. ...

New Year is here and gone. Nevertheless, I have been thinking about me. Who, what, where, when, why, and how of ME! What was that old song “ Don’t give up your basic need of ambiance and decadence? “ Or was that vanity? Oh Jeroosahats, I forget. Nevertheless, maybe some old daydreaming is in order. Shoe shopping… Mhhh, now that is a thought. Sensible shoes would be in order. Sensible shoes are boots.

The descriptions are quite alluring

Crossing jaunty pirate style with a sensible Wellington, the Merrell Tetra Launch Waterproof boot enhances your sense of adventure.

Cherry Brown no less. Well it did not take me long to forget where that pair was, they weren’t really my style anyway…

I do promise to not miss handle anyone’s well being with a pair of these.



But these might come to order
Such a pretty blue, but defiantly not sensible.

These are getting closer to sensible …

And well these are just adorable …

I saw this one and I saw that one…

Here was one that would really do.

But I could not bring myself to wear a boot called a Clinton.

So that concludes this hunt for that sensible shoe, err boots.

They all were too tall, too short, over protection, under protected. OK. Not sour grapes here, I liked some, well quite a few. But goodness! Such flashiness for footwear! Scandalous, I tell you! Scandalous!

All pictures appropriated from http://www.onlineshoes.com
For (http://www.onlineshoes.com/blog/life...-year-of-shoes) ...

Originally Posted by Blaze

– Mon Jan 10, 10:15 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a ruling that reinstated an antitrust lawsuit alleging major record labels conspired to fix prices and terms under which music would be sold over the Internet.

The justices rejected without comment an appeal by a number of companies that included Sony Corp, a unit of Vivendi SA, Warner Music Group Corp and EMI Group of the ruling by a U.S. appeals Court in New York.

The appeals court ruled that a federal judge had erred in 2008 in dismissing the lawsuit filed on behalf of people who downloaded music over the Internet. They had sued record labels that control more than 80 percent of U.S. digital music sales.

The lawsuit accused the record companies of agreeing to the wholesale price floor of about 70 cents a song when rivals began offering music on the Internet at a much cheaper rate.

The appeals court ruled the plaintiffs had described enough facts to suggest an antitrust price-fixing conspiracy and sent the case back for further proceedings before the judge.

Attorneys for the companies appealed and said the case raised important, recurring issues that required the Supreme Court's resolution.
They said the appeals court erred in ruling that a lawsuit can state a claim without alleging sufficient facts under the legal standard that will apply in considering the claim at the summary judgment stage or at trial.

Attorneys for the plaintiffs opposed the appeal and said the appeals court correctly applied the legal standard from recent Supreme Court decisions in considering the facts alleged in the lawsuit.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Sonia Sotomayor recused themselves and did not consider the case.

The Supreme Court case

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Originally Posted by Blaze

Twenty-six years ago today, DLR and I hung out on W 4th street in Greenwich Village.

December 30, 1984 - 'twas a Sunday morning and I'd spent the week crashing with Hoboken friends in advance of a big New Year's Eve party, but Saturday afternoon had relocated to Manhattan to join my visiting family who had rooms booked at Morgan's, the new Steve "Studio" Rubell / Ian "54" Schrager hotel on Madison near 38th. Following Sunday breakfast I called the Hobokeners and we agreed on a noon meet-up at McBell's tavern, a great old Irish place on Sixth just south of Washington Place where a decent steak and cold beer could be had cheaply.

As I'd cabbed down to the neighborhood around 11:30, I was prowling "Geoffe's Trail" of neighborhood record shops and turned west off Sixth Avenue onto West 4th, where it bent northward to cross Cornelia and then Jones streets. Mid-block, I spotted a small bric-a-brac place - really no bigger than a large walk-in closet, and the wallspace chock-full of cheap sunglasses. Stepping in, I saw a large mane of blond hair over the back of a jean jacket that had a gorgeous, WWII Memphis Belle warplane 'nose art' style, hand-painted Pin-up-Girl-in-Champagne-Glass image. 'Round turns David Lee Roth - at the time, my absolute #1 idol in the world - and says to me "Hey buddy!"

[Ulp] "Hi, Dave! What are you doing here?"

"We're just picking up some fine glasses for tomorrow night! You're gonna watch me hostin' the MTV New Year's Eve party, ain'tcha?"

"Big party in Hoboken - we'll be watching on TV" was my 'cool' response.

I'd been such a huge Van Halen fan and recalled how, a year earlier, VH had released their mammoth "1984" on New Year's Eve, and MTV had then beaten that drum for months. Dave was one of the most recognized mascots and dependable faces on MTV - a total showman

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Originally Posted by Blaze

Keir Thomas – Thu Dec 2, 1:31 pm ET



When the Wikileaks "cablegate" scandal broke last week, those behind the whistle-blowing Website found their servers under heavy load. No surprise there, of course, but an additional DDoS hack attack didn't help.

To remedy the situation, Wikileaks did what anybody else would do by renting some elastic space in the cloud to take up the strain. They chose Amazon Web Services, which, although initially unperturbed by the move, yesterday removed Wikileaks' material without an explanation or apology. It appears Amazon came under political pressure to do so.

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It boils down to what cloud providers consider to be objectionable material. Most service agreements are a little vague on this point, perhaps deliberately so. Amazon's Web Services Customer Agreement says the following, which is wildly open to interpretation and could theoretically let them remove just about anything:

11.2. Applications and Content. You represent and warrant: [...] (iii) that Your Content (a) does not violate, misappropriates or infringes any rights of us or any third party, (b) does not constitutes defamation, invasion of privacy or publicity, or otherwise violates any rights of any third party, or (c) is not designed for use in any illegal activity or to promote illegal activities, including, without limitation, use in a manner that might be libelous or defamatory or otherwise malicious, illegal or harmful to any person or entity, or discriminatory based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, or age;

Even if the service agreements were crystal clear about what is and isn't acceptable content, there will be many borderline cases that could fall either way. Anybody using cloud services could potentially be at the mercy of unaccountable

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