<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post111473886365723703..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>16</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111514090463582585</id><published>2005-05-03T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-03T13:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Other anonymous _ that is why I admire this b...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Other anonymous _ that is why I admire this blog_ diversity and nutthin&#39; gets pushed out _&#39;cause why kick &quot;comments&quot; if you dont wannt em then turn the damn thing off.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bill</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111514090463582585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111514090463582585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1115140860000#c111514090463582585' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111508830832081080</id><published>2005-05-02T22:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-02T22:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron - I think your analysis of Shockley&#39;s work can...</title><summary type='text'>Ron - &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think your analysis of Shockley&#39;s work can be summed up by the following comment  you made:&lt;BR/&gt;  &quot;I have the book &amp; I don’t see anything in there that stands up to any of the other readers I saw/heard that day&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m operating from her live readings as a primary experience, along with pieces on the page not in that book.  That (as you admit) your analysis is based wholly</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111508830832081080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111508830832081080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1115088300000#c111508830832081080' title=''/><author><name>Lester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479023387881600</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1478288716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111501163660238218</id><published>2005-05-02T01:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-02T01:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Probly not, probly not. That the blogosphere is pu...</title><summary type='text'>Probly not, probly not. That the blogosphere is public is indubitable, but that it is a sphere is another mutter. What is the nature of its closure? Or rather, What is the nature of its  habitude, can we tell us? Speech elicits speech. A new sort of sharply strutted mumbling. I have not noticed when I attempt intelligible discourse in such localities that it elicits intelligble others. Rather, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111501163660238218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111501163660238218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1115011620000#c111501163660238218' title=''/><author><name>Charles Stein</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14526669115510764154</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-91064653"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111500550475279804</id><published>2005-05-01T23:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T23:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If we are to take Habermas&#39;s concerns with the exi...</title><summary type='text'>If we are to take Habermas&#39;s concerns with the existant public sphere seriously, then we must consider (with equal seriousness) his separation of &#39;strategic&#39; and &#39;communicative&#39; action(s).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What Habermas -- and most theorists of the &#39;public sphere&#39; -- desire is a discursive public capable of formulating theoretically proper &#39;public opinion&#39; via communicative action.  Would the interaction</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111500550475279804'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111500550475279804'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1115005500000#c111500550475279804' title=''/><author><name>A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17254397162486199144</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1316254827"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111500502497685910</id><published>2005-05-01T23:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T23:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for the auspicious link.Not a Boynton, b...</title><summary type='text'>Thank you for the auspicious link.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not a Boynton, but a/miss.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111500502497685910'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111500502497685910'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1115005020000#c111500502497685910' title=''/><author><name>boynton</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259111564295592</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1144734840"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111497178374640600</id><published>2005-05-01T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T14:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>to the annon. who defended the bllogmeister&#39;s narc...</title><summary type='text'>to the annon. who defended the bllogmeister&#39;s narcissism&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ron wrote me a few days ago that he had little time for anything because he spent &quot;90 hrs/wk as a computer analyst&quot;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;surely shirley if he wanted he could figure out how to remove his thumbnail from the blogspot software in comments&lt;BR/&gt;--------&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;unlike ron i am retired and can spend my time fooling around however i</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111497178374640600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111497178374640600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114971780000#c111497178374640600' title=''/><author><name>harvey bialy</name><uri>http://bialystocker.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111497005992349376</id><published>2005-05-01T13:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T13:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>here in my ususal helpful way is the url where the...</title><summary type='text'>here in my ususal helpful way is the url where the entire context for stein&#39;s remarks above (as well as much more relating to spicer/poetics/morphemic death etc) can be found&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.deanesmay.com/files/ThinkingTheUnthinkable.pdf&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and i did not intentionally mispel (as i just did in honor of Lord Robert, as i spel blog bllog in honor of sLLab) bialy/s in my post above...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111497005992349376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111497005992349376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114970040000#c111497005992349376' title=''/><author><name>harvey bialy</name><uri>http://bialystocker.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111496925245784120</id><published>2005-05-01T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>maybe this piece of writing from Charles Stein wil...</title><summary type='text'>maybe this piece of writing from Charles Stein will help make the unintelligible more apparent. but then again, perhaps not&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;who by the way is &#39;bauily&#39;..a click on harvey bialy&#39;s hyperlink produces bilay/s and baubles but no bauilys whatever they might be)&lt;BR/&gt;-----------&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is interesting that all you have to do is blink and people&#39;s (yours, Dean) attitudes about an entire </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496925245784120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496925245784120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114969200000#c111496925245784120' title=''/><author><name>harvey bialy</name><uri>http://bialystocker.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111496839314259871</id><published>2005-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T13:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>boy , that was sort of unintelligble too.  good th...</title><summary type='text'>boy , that was sort of unintelligble too.  good thing i am anonymous!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe thats the curse of anonymity.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;lol so very appropriate.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496839314259871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496839314259871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114968360000#c111496839314259871' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111496828185299658</id><published>2005-05-01T13:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T13:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You know, its sort of weird that the conversation ...</title><summary type='text'>You know, its sort of weird that the conversation has stooped so low.  Harvey Bauily i am not sure what you are talking about, but liver disease and AIDS are not the same thing.  Maye there is more to what you are talking about, but your posts are almost unintelligable. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To ron&#39;s defense, the photo you refer to is something that gets attached if you have a Blogspot account. its the same </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496828185299658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111496828185299658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114968240000#c111496828185299658' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111495112471688989</id><published>2005-05-01T08:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T08:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>o...just one more little preguntita sir ronald the...</title><summary type='text'>o...just one more little preguntita sir ronald the narcissus,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why do you persist in placing that frightful phtograph in every single comment you make?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111495112471688989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111495112471688989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114951080000#c111495112471688989' title=''/><author><name>harvey bialy</name><uri>http://bialystocker.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111495037131057793</id><published>2005-05-01T08:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T08:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>rongetting a &#39;response&#39; out of you is as easy as p...</title><summary type='text'>ron&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;getting a &#39;response&#39; out of you is as easy as pressing a button on a well wired machine, but since i see you have soooooo many fans in the bllogospheres, i will make one last attempt to get you to provide a reasoned, thoughtful reply to a serious question that you put on the table so to speak.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;do you think (as jack and i do) that had he left this world due to &#39;alcoholism&#39; in</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111495037131057793'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111495037131057793'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114950360000#c111495037131057793' title=''/><author><name>harvey bialy</name><uri>http://bialystocker.net</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111494877742467043</id><published>2005-05-01T07:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T07:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Since I started using the Blogger comments tool, I...</title><summary type='text'>Since I started using the Blogger comments tool, I have &lt;B&gt;NOT&lt;/B&gt; deleted a single comment. Any that have been eaten by the system, whether on the user&#39;s end or on Blogger&#39;s, have happened for reasons other than my judgment.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111494877742467043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111494877742467043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114948740000#c111494877742467043' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111493034423569350</id><published>2005-05-01T02:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T02:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear anonymous you are a complete ninny! don&#39;t you...</title><summary type='text'>Dear anonymous you are a complete ninny! don&#39;t you verify before you publish! what sort of drag are you trying to create. Silliman&#39;s blog is the most open and the most intelligent and so please, don&#39;t be rude and don&#39;t try and bring Jack Spicer in where he has  nothing to do with any of these issues! Some anonymous commentators are just jackasses! and I sure hope that you ain&#39;t one of &#39;em. Don&#39;t</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111493034423569350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111493034423569350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114930320000#c111493034423569350' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111493012787387327</id><published>2005-05-01T02:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T02:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Mister Sir Silliman why did you delete my ear...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Mister Sir Silliman why did you delete my earlier comment? Are you afraid that the linear structure of your conversations&#39;ll be jagged bytthe comments of a young Kathy Acker? and her flemish admirationof Sheila Murphy. O dear!  I blush and think of Frank and O&#39;Hara and the noble Jack.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111493012787387327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111493012787387327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114930080000#c111493012787387327' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111492518710676376</id><published>2005-05-01T01:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-01T01:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I spent a good 20 minutes working up a response to...</title><summary type='text'>I spent a good 20 minutes working up a response to your comments regarding Evie Shockley&#39;s reading -- funnily enough, my opinion that your head was stuck in your derriere was in fact among its specific points.  But alas the post seemed to be eaten by Blogger, and at that point Chris Vitiello, Patrick Herron, Ken Rumble and others had testified to THEIR Evie Shockleys.  Anyway, just let me say </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111492518710676376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111473886365723703/comments/default/111492518710676376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html?showComment=1114925160000#c111492518710676376' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/it-may-seem-paradoxical-but-i-was.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111473886365723703' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111473886365723703' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2005"/></entry></feed>