<?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.post112174983642805405..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/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.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>25</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112222071445686223</id><published>2005-07-24T11:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-24T11:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Incidentally Southside and Southsider are both me....</title><summary type='text'>Incidentally Southside and Southsider are both me. I lost my password...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112222071445686223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112222071445686223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122220680000#c112222071445686223' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112221297915609168</id><published>2005-07-24T09:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-24T09:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well I was GLAD to graduate, with flying colours, ...</title><summary type='text'>Well I was GLAD to graduate, with flying colours, from Blyton&#39;s world of stiff-lipped nippers. But of course there are &quot;children&#39;s&quot; stories (and poems, like The Listeners) one should never abandon, and those attempting to dismiss them as (exclusively) children&#39;s lit should be hanged, drawn and quartered, By Order of The Reader.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112221297915609168'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112221297915609168'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122212940000#c112221297915609168' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112217222577058748</id><published>2005-07-23T22:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T22:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I never did graduate from children&#39;s books, and I ...</title><summary type='text'>I never did graduate from children&#39;s books, and I hope I never do. They have such an impact on the way children think and believe, that, on maturer consideration, they become fascinating. Their insights and peculiar blanknesses can come as a shock.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Remember Anne of Green Gables wailing about her red hair? Remember when Josie Pye says to her, &quot;whoever heard of a red-haired fairy?&quot;? What </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112217222577058748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112217222577058748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122172200000#c112217222577058748' title=''/><author><name>Natalia</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07898457401179147102</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-864892245"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112216692313565600</id><published>2005-07-23T21:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T21:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My graduation from children&#39;s books came a bit lat...</title><summary type='text'>My graduation from children&#39;s books came a bit later. I was 13 before I managed to extricate myself from Enid Blyton&#39;s &#39;Famous Five&#39; etc. I suddenly woke to how stereotyped her characters were, and how Anglocentric (though I wouldn&#39;t have put it that way). The only yank I remember was, naturally, &quot;spoilt&quot; and a cry-baby. I found myself thinking, hey, he&#39;s nothing like the American kids I&#39;ve met. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112216692313565600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112216692313565600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122166920000#c112216692313565600' title=''/><author><name>Southsider</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00886055706645462736</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-252888392"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112215072638559575</id><published>2005-07-23T16:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T16:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What an awesome book cover! That should be in my c...</title><summary type='text'>What an awesome book cover! That should be in my collection!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112215072638559575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112215072638559575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122150720000#c112215072638559575' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112206725642627329</id><published>2005-07-22T17:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T17:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think, and I&#39;m a bit embarrased and certainly sa...</title><summary type='text'>I think, and I&#39;m a bit embarrased and certainly sad to say this, that escape is exactly what I need in these times.  Maybe that&#39;s why I like The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy so much, as well.  Good over evil after a succession of mighty struggles and all that....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112206725642627329'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112206725642627329'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122067200000#c112206725642627329' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112204317019103797</id><published>2005-07-22T10:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T10:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s funny how a lot of future &#39;serious readers&#39; w...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s funny how a lot of future &#39;serious readers&#39; went through a science fiction phase as young readers. I was addicted to Piers Anthony&#39;s &quot;Xanth&quot; series when I was around 10 to 12. Unfortunately, my mother found reference to a breast in one of them and threw them away. Still, they were a good escape. Not sure if I read for escape anymore, so Harry Potter and such don&#39;t really work on me anymore. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112204317019103797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112204317019103797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122043140000#c112204317019103797' title=''/><author><name>L. Trent</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12175950201511243122</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1878720032"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112202951675758447</id><published>2005-07-22T06:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T06:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My son, 14, has left the latest Harry Potter sitti...</title><summary type='text'>My son, 14, has left the latest Harry Potter sitting on the kitchen table for a week now. He hasn&#39;t even cracked it open. It&#39;s interesting to me how he&#39;s lost interest in the series. On the other hand, a couple of weeks ago I picked him up a copy of &lt;I&gt;Eragon&lt;/I&gt; by Christopher Paolini, on a whim and he couldn&#39;t put it down. He even came to me and said, &quot;Thanks for this book. It really makes me </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112202951675758447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112202951675758447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122029460000#c112202951675758447' title=''/><author><name>Suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16623018763486643999</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-615769146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112201835984847124</id><published>2005-07-22T03:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T03:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>there&#39;s an interesting leftist look at the Potter ...</title><summary type='text'>there&#39;s an interesting leftist look at the Potter books here: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=105&amp;ItemID=8314</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112201835984847124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112201835984847124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122018300000#c112201835984847124' title=''/><author><name>donatoma</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14017357180966465320</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-826782057"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112201180775399917</id><published>2005-07-22T01:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T01:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I started reading the Harry Potter books in 2001, ...</title><summary type='text'>I started reading the Harry Potter books in 2001, after seeing the first movie (or some timing to that effect).  I think they&#39;re great entertainment and not bad literature.  The newest book is truly stunning in many ways and, I think, is both great entertainment and great literature.  The writing is ratcheted up most certainly.  I think that if a ten-year-old has read through the fifth book, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112201180775399917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112201180775399917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122011760000#c112201180775399917' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112200985718091622</id><published>2005-07-22T01:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-22T01:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>when I was 12, I read &#39;The Golden Apples of The Su...</title><summary type='text'>when I was 12, I read &#39;The Golden Apples of The Sun&#39; by Ray Bradbury. I cryed when I had finished reading the last tale. then. The next day I read it again, and I became a reader.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When I was 16 I read &#39;Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said&#39; by Philip K. Dick. I cryed. The next day I wrote a Science Fiction short story.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112200985718091622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112200985718091622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122009840000#c112200985718091622' title=''/><author><name>tedy beer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04638604399510748909</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1526383652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112200410211341080</id><published>2005-07-21T23:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T23:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Enid Blyton was quite the hit in my childhood as w...</title><summary type='text'>Enid Blyton was quite the hit in my childhood as well, although I think it was a beautiful old translation of Alice in Wonderland that had the real lasting impact on me</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112200410211341080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112200410211341080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1122004080000#c112200410211341080' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112199693802333220</id><published>2005-07-21T21:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T21:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually John Greenleaf Whittier had it all.  My m...</title><summary type='text'>Actually John Greenleaf Whittier had it all.  My mother could recite his greatest hits and did.&lt;BR/&gt;I detect his influence in Ron&#39;s verse.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199693802333220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199693802333220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121996880000#c112199693802333220' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112199518302795744</id><published>2005-07-21T21:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T21:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I do remember the CDN poet Dennis Lee and his chil...</title><summary type='text'>I do remember the CDN poet Dennis Lee and his children&#39;s verse (Alligator Pie, Jelly Belly) as being most influential and enjoyable.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Another memorable childhood wonder was Boss Cat by Kristin Hunter Lattany, a children&#39;s authour&#39;s romp through black power and animalia...and it&#39;s STILL a marvel...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199518302795744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199518302795744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121995140000#c112199518302795744' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112199227623846218</id><published>2005-07-21T20:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T20:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The Secret World of Og&quot; by Pierre Berton. That&#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The Secret World of Og&quot; by Pierre Berton. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s what we we&#39;re readin&#39; as young&#39;uns north of the 49th. Or at least I was.  Great book!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199227623846218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199227623846218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121992260000#c112199227623846218' title=''/><author><name>Daniel Sendecki</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10629793042887940161</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1697163837"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112199210984019537</id><published>2005-07-21T20:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T20:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Does anybody remember the Big Little Books?  They ...</title><summary type='text'>Does anybody remember the Big Little Books?  They were fat books in a tiny format that fit neatly into small hands.  I remember reading one set in the OK Corral on the way to the hospital wondering if I was going to survive the operation.  I&#39;m not sure who published these -- they had very nice illustrations -- mostly gunfights.  There may have been some set on the moon.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I hadn&#39;t heard of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199210984019537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199210984019537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121992080000#c112199210984019537' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112199125067120224</id><published>2005-07-21T20:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T20:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I grew up reading the Ursula K. Leguin &quot;Atuan&quot; ser...</title><summary type='text'>I grew up reading the Ursula K. Leguin &quot;Atuan&quot; series, and also the wonderful (but equally out of print) Zenna Henderson People series.  Between Piers Anthony and J.R.R. Tolkein, I was in fantasy heaven.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Harry Potter has been an interesting run for me.  My girls are still a little too young to wade their way through the books, although the older (8) is planning on starting.  They are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199125067120224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112199125067120224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121991240000#c112199125067120224' title=''/><author><name>Barkowitz</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09338130156758026275</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1912593006"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112198877360619448</id><published>2005-07-21T19:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T19:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Avram Davidson is the gear.  Bought my first AD pa...</title><summary type='text'>Avram Davidson is the gear.  Bought my first AD paperback in a little store in yes NYC that also sold magic supplies and Persian Lamps of the old sort.  When I returned TWO DAYS LATER it was gone and no-one admitted it was ever there.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198877360619448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198877360619448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121988720000#c112198877360619448' title=''/><author><name>Lon Silliman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05557544995428892686</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112198858662082213</id><published>2005-07-21T19:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T19:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>By the time I was 13 I had read The Silmarillion t...</title><summary type='text'>By the time I was 13 I had read &lt;I&gt;The Silmarillion&lt;/I&gt; three times...which I suppose explains a great deal...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s a shame you never made it there, though I suspect it is far too late for you, now.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-jh</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198858662082213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198858662082213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121988540000#c112198858662082213' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112198423234698627</id><published>2005-07-21T18:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T18:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was one among hundreds of millions of Indian kid...</title><summary type='text'>I was one among hundreds of millions of Indian kids who grew up reading Brit kid-lit author Enid Blyton. She was &lt;I&gt;the&lt;/I&gt; staple. And curiously, she&#39;s quite unknown in America.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198423234698627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198423234698627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121984220000#c112198423234698627' title=''/><author><name>girish</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2061604690"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112198335550469488</id><published>2005-07-21T18:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T18:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I read a ton of Hardy Boy, and even some Nancy Dre...</title><summary type='text'>I read a ton of Hardy Boy, and even some Nancy Drew though I wasn&#39;t sure, as a young lad, that I was supposed to enjoy books where the hero was a GIRL.  Though they were great.  Tom Swift Jr., I remember, and then later the Sci-Fi Masters, Heinlein and Asimov und so weiter.  Gradually I came to find that I loved the great stylists more than the great Idea Men per se, though in s-f fortunately the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198335550469488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112198335550469488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121983320000#c112198335550469488' title=''/><author><name>Don</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10623661580370670936</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1263433131"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112197864650272247</id><published>2005-07-21T16:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T16:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I seriously doubt whether younger readers can comp...</title><summary type='text'>I seriously doubt whether younger readers can comprehend the immensity of Philip K. Dick&#39;s paranoia. Books such as  &lt;I&gt;Scanner Darkly&lt;/I&gt; and especially his last and darkest novel &lt;I&gt;Radio Free Albemuth&lt;/I&gt; strike me as very mature -- if crazed -- indeed.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As a boy, I read the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew and Tom Swift and some Chinese adventure series centered around Shanghai (?), but the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112197864650272247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112197864650272247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121978640000#c112197864650272247' title=''/><author><name>Joe Safdie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17504838189736814071</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1693656871"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112197578713514731</id><published>2005-07-21T15:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T15:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ugh.</title><summary type='text'>Ugh.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112197578713514731'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112197578713514731'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121975760000#c112197578713514731' title=''/><author><name>incredulass</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16890154204998918984</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-286548612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112194644002454388</id><published>2005-07-21T07:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T07:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>FREDDY GOES TO FLORIDA! Major.Thanks for the memor...</title><summary type='text'>FREDDY GOES TO FLORIDA! Major.&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for the memory jog. Hadn&#39;t thought of that in years.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112194644002454388'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112194644002454388'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121946420000#c112194644002454388' title=''/><author><name>Dan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01390053646668652290</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-857295758"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112192316919758922</id><published>2005-07-21T01:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-21T01:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I loved the Freddy the Pig books!  Tho I don&#39;t kno...</title><summary type='text'>I loved the &lt;I&gt;Freddy the Pig&lt;/I&gt; books!  Tho I don&#39;t know if I&#39;d say they were entirely apolitical.  It&#39;s been awhile, but I seem to remember some pretty blatant satiric commentary.  Left- or right-leaning?  You got me.  It&#39;s been too long, and at that age, probably all satire is healthy satire: it&#39;s the skeptical spirit of critique that sticks with you, not always so much what&#39;s being critiqued.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112192316919758922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112174983642805405/comments/default/112192316919758922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html?showComment=1121923140000#c112192316919758922' title=''/><author><name>K. Silem Mohammad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02565830726695506296</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/2005/07/early-saturday-morning-jesse-started.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112174983642805405' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112174983642805405' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-156654236"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 21, 2005"/></entry></feed>