<?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.post112205839853739619..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/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.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>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112276616716410599</id><published>2005-07-30T19:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-30T19:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i don&#39;t know how you tolerate pris. et al. and lon...</title><summary type='text'>i don&#39;t know how you tolerate pris. et al. and lon silliman.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you would think they&#39;d see you&#39;re doing a fine job by yourself and narry need the profitability of any &quot;proposal&quot;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Rock on Ron!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;p.s.  Do you know and talk to Messerli?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112276616716410599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112276616716410599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122766140000#c112276616716410599' title=''/><author><name>Paul Adrian M</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07760060502233827602</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-753269044"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112263686717265657</id><published>2005-07-29T07:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-29T07:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations on all that well-deserved readersh...</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations on all that well-deserved readership, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;J</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112263686717265657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112263686717265657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122636840000#c112263686717265657' title=''/><author><name>Whimsy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13068722418717353037</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1095867743"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112231476179119260</id><published>2005-07-25T14:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T14:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I dig the community aspect of this blog.  I apprec...</title><summary type='text'>I dig the community aspect of this blog.  I appreciate that it is an interaction, that Ron actually reads and responds to comments, and uses his blog as a forum to connect people with compatible aesthetic tendencies (mostly, anyway. . .).  It&#39;s been a very valuable resource for me. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112231476179119260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112231476179119260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122314760000#c112231476179119260' title=''/><author><name>poetzie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16815211343188065711</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1464993606"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112229960352438423</id><published>2005-07-25T09:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-25T09:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I loved this post, Ron! And yes, I find value here...</title><summary type='text'>I loved this post, Ron! And yes, I find value here on your site each day. Amazing website!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112229960352438423'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112229960352438423'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122299580000#c112229960352438423' title=''/><author><name>Michael Parker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01280355936107965244</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2002640408"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112222911525210541</id><published>2005-07-24T14:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-24T14:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I learned about this blog from Poetry magazine and...</title><summary type='text'>I learned about this blog from Poetry magazine and felt, when first encountering it, like the fish observing the Titanic in the SOQ poem by Mr. Hardy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112222911525210541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112222911525210541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122229080000#c112222911525210541' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112217836962685193</id><published>2005-07-24T00:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-24T00:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sheesh, Silliman!  *Cheapshot*!That&#39;s OK, I&#39;m gonn...</title><summary type='text'>Sheesh, Silliman!  *Cheapshot*!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s OK, I&#39;m gonna keep on loving you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Luv&lt;BR/&gt;Jim Behrle</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112217836962685193'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112217836962685193'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122178320000#c112217836962685193' title=''/><author><name>*</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05143197805049516107</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1920882101"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112215788777903524</id><published>2005-07-23T18:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T18:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>RonI don&#39;t know where you get the energy to post s...</title><summary type='text'>Ron&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t know where you get the energy to post such thoughtful blogs on a daily basis. It has to take a great deal of your time. Congrats on your numbers of visitors. My own has now just hit around 5000 visitors in a five month period, which has been a surprise to me, since I post small.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Now, just think, if you said yes, to that proposal, Didi, Jenn, and I made you, how your hit </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112215788777903524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112215788777903524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122157860000#c112215788777903524' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112215352527934099</id><published>2005-07-23T17:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T17:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A fair sized march, that.  I&#39;m happy to think I ma...</title><summary type='text'>A fair sized march, that.  I&#39;m happy to think I may have been something like 0.002% of it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112215352527934099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112215352527934099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122153480000#c112215352527934099' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112214771573205937</id><published>2005-07-23T15:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T15:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Narry a day goes by that I don&#39;t stop in. I really...</title><summary type='text'>Narry a day goes by that I don&#39;t stop in. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into your blog.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112214771573205937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112214771573205937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122147660000#c112214771573205937' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-857295758"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112214162309055482</id><published>2005-07-23T14:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T14:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Can&#39;t say I&#39;m amazed that your blog has a lot of v...</title><summary type='text'>Can&#39;t say I&#39;m amazed that your blog has a lot of visitors. Really good writing on poetry is still a rare &amp; precious thing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112214162309055482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112214162309055482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122141600000#c112214162309055482' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112213659781708009</id><published>2005-07-23T12:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T12:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This blog is one of the few pick-me-up and rattle-...</title><summary type='text'>This blog is one of the few pick-me-up and rattle-my-head reminders of why I write poetry.  Passion+intellect etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213659781708009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213659781708009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122136560000#c112213659781708009' title=''/><author><name>postpran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00732773401182689304</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1568842342"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112213614624329403</id><published>2005-07-23T12:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T12:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder if the blog would be so popular if it onl...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder if the blog would be so popular if it only contained poems. I, for one, would hit it daily. I find the posts where poems are quoted to be the memorable ones: the air then crackles &amp; the hair on the back of the neck bristles.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Many thanks anyway Ron. This blog is one of the most impressive labours of love I&#39;ve ever come across.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213614624329403'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213614624329403'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122136140000#c112213614624329403' title=''/><author><name>stefen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05855987428686809866</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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-543969392"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112213295410826132</id><published>2005-07-23T11:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T11:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You&#39;re welcome.  However Podcasting is where it&#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>You&#39;re welcome.  However Podcasting is where it&#39;s at at the moment.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213295410826132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213295410826132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122132900000#c112213295410826132' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1747027750"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112213078783613222</id><published>2005-07-23T10:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T10:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Im hitting about 26 visitors a day after last year...</title><summary type='text'>Im hitting about 26 visitors a day after last year&#39;s dismal 4 per day.  I would never have started a blague without your example and now have about 8000 hits (but I am told I can&#39;t count about half of the visitors who visit on something called an RSF or something).  I really think that Curtis adds immeasurably to your blog -- almost as much as Ed McMann added to Johnny Carson&#39;s show back in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213078783613222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112213078783613222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122130740000#c112213078783613222' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112212666199781352</id><published>2005-07-23T09:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-07-23T09:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You&#39;ve reminded me of some reasons why I began blo...</title><summary type='text'>You&#39;ve reminded me of some reasons why I began blogging a little over a year ago.  Congrats on 400,000.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-jeremy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112212666199781352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112205839853739619/comments/default/112212666199781352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/07/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html?showComment=1122126660000#c112212666199781352' 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/friday-afternoon-this-site-received.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112205839853739619' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112205839853739619' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 23, 2005"/></entry></feed>