Richard Cory

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,
We people on the pavement looked at him:
He was a gentleman from sole to crown,
Clean favored, and imperially slim.

And he was always quietly arrayed,
And he was always human when he talked;
But still he fluttered pulses when he said,
"Good-morning," and he glittered when he walked.

And he was rich - yes, richer than a king -
And admirably schooled in every grace;
In fine we thought that he was everything
To make us wish that we were in his place.

So on we worked, and waited for the light,
And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;
And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,
Went home and put a bullet through his head.

-- Edwin Arlington Robinson


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Blueberry Pie [Zro Mix]

Blueberry Pie, she walks on by
and I don't know what to do
with that Blueberry Pie,
but I'm gonna try.
Blueberry Pie, sad and shy,
won't you come out of your shell?
Life is swell, so are you!
Please don't be so very blue.

Come on blue! There is a party in your head.
Be my friend and we will laugh 'til we turn red.
Want to know why I picked you from the bunch?
You looked so sweet -- let's say I had a hunch
that you'd be silly, I'd be silly;
We'd be a pair!
Life is peachy, let's go bananas,
no one will care!

Blueberry Pie, let's have fun,
'cause when all is said and done
I love you, yes I do,
'cause, Blueberry, you're true blue.
Oh, Blueberry, you're so very berry blue.
Oh, so very berry blue.

I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry.
Oh, yes I do. You know I do.
Irresistable you! Irrepresable you!
I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Don't you know it? I, I mean to show it.
You know I mean to show it.
Berry blue, berry, berry blue.

Blueberry Pie, she's from the upper-crust;
Rolling in dough, she's half-baked and bound to bust!
So don't be flaky,
come on, now, take me to your bakery.
We'll be jamming, ovens slamming,
the whole world will see.

Blueberry Me! Without you
there would be no berry pie.
Tell me why you can't see
you are necessary.

I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Oh, love a Blueberry. She's so necessary, to people!
I love a Blueberry. I hug a Blueberry. I love a Blueberry.
Oh, she's so necessary. She's so necessary. Blueberry Pie!

-- Bette Midler


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10 reasons why the Xbox 360 will succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

by: Sam Kennedy from: 1Up 11.04.2005

Sure, it's easy to come up with some parallels between the two platforms, but will the Xbox 360 go the way of the Dreamcast and have Microsoft abandon it a few years into its life cycle? Extremely unlikely. Microsoft is in a much different position than Sega was a few years ago. Here are some of the top reasons why the Xbox 360 will succeed where the Dreamcast failed.

D: Its predecessor was a complete failure.

X: Following on the heels of the very popular Xbox.


D: Square, the most important publisher in Japan, never supported the console.

X: Has the support of Square Enix starting with Final Fantasy XI.


D: EA, the most important publisher in the U.S., never supported the console.

X: Has the full support of EA, with a whole lineup of titles at launch.


D: Dreamcast was too early for broadband gaming; 56K didn't really cut it.

X: Broadband penetration is getting higher and Xbox Live is unparalleled.


D: Wasn't backwards compatible.

X: Backwards compatible (mostly).


D: Sorry Dreamcast fans, but the system's controller really wasn't that great.

X: Has a wireless pad that many claim may be the best controller ever made.


D: Had tons of amazing games...but no Halo 3.

X: Will have Halo 3. And it will be huge.


D: FFVIII released the same day as the Dreamcast.

X: Next to no competition at launch.


D: Former president Bernie Stolar quit right before the system launched, sending a bad sign.

X: Solid executive team in J Allard, Robbie Bach, and Peter Moore.


D: Had a limited budget of only $100 million to market the console.

X: Can, and will, spend whatever it takes to make the Xbox 360 a success.



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