<?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.post113098650615144380..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/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>29</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113146878765604084</id><published>2005-11-08T11:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-08T11:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The word ‘brave’ keeps coming up. Bravery is relat...</title><summary type='text'>The word ‘brave’ keeps coming up. Bravery is relative of course. I&#39;m sure Ron isn&#39;t silly enough to imagine that posting one of his early scribblings is brave when measured against real challenges involving real physical or emotional risks. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Within the context of Ron&#39;s blog, I would have considered this little offering far more brave had he posted it without comment. Presented as it is, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113146878765604084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113146878765604084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131468780000#c113146878765604084' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113142168644389350</id><published>2005-11-07T22:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-07T22:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sharing this early material is a very brave gestur...</title><summary type='text'>Sharing this early material is a very brave gesture, Ron. Much appreciated.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113142168644389350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113142168644389350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131421680000#c113142168644389350' title=''/><author><name>Tim Peterson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04933998770428587146</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1753046145"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 07, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113131817378271269</id><published>2005-11-06T18:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T18:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The kernels of truth and laughter in this are plen...</title><summary type='text'>The kernels of truth and laughter in this are plenty.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s poem is horrible.  He nails it with it being a copy of something else (IKEA).  He doesn&#39;t persuade me though to believe that the poem&#39;s failure rests on the &quot;rapidity&quot; of his involvement with it but with his lack of knowledge at 21.  Now that I can believe.  To relegate poems to a time frame ratio of &#39;relative goodness&#39; compared</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113131817378271269'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113131817378271269'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131318120000#c113131817378271269' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113130435296316872</id><published>2005-11-06T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T14:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t think you&#39;re being completely fair towards...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t think you&#39;re being completely fair towards Marina here.  What makes Marina, all in all, a good poem despite its annoying properties, is that along the fairly contrived argument it opens dozens of fascinating little doors, positing microcosms that are infinitely more interesting than the place they serve as stepping stones towards, and  are very interesting by any measure (Same goes for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113130435296316872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113130435296316872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131304320000#c113130435296316872' title=''/><author><name>Peli Grietzer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02338260572782761649</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1179164318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113128138386403965</id><published>2005-11-06T07:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-06T07:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I actually don&#39;t know the Eliot poem; but for ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I actually don&#39;t know the Eliot poem; but for me, what I hear behind this poem is Villon&#39;s ballade, with refrain &quot;Only myself I do not know.&quot;  Perhaps it stands behind Eliot&#39;s?  Liking your reminiscence above (on Saturday&#39;s post), I presumed in fact to dash off &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://kirwani.blogspot.com/2005/11/impromptu-for-ron-silliman-ballade.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;a ballade&lt;/A&gt; (before </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113128138386403965'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113128138386403965'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131281340000#c113128138386403965' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 06, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113123453175130730</id><published>2005-11-05T18:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-05T18:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think there&#39;s no question about Ron&#39;s early poem...</title><summary type='text'>I think there&#39;s no question about Ron&#39;s early poem being &quot;Quietist&quot;--that wouldn&#39;t have meant anything to him at that time anyway.  He was just trying out his sense of the line and stanza that made some kind of coherent and interesting statement.  That&#39;s obvious.  The skill with which it is being done--this early in his career--is very telling and you can see he was precocious at this point.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113123453175130730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113123453175130730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131234480000#c113123453175130730' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113123374502328149</id><published>2005-11-05T18:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-05T18:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I actually like that Dylan piece quoted above.  Hi...</title><summary type='text'>I actually like that Dylan piece quoted above.  His stuff has a naive genuine quality that is perfectly suited to the ballad style that he used early in his career.  It rings true--it&#39;s not drab or cliche-ridden like so my lyrical fustian.  It really stings in places.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113123374502328149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113123374502328149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131233700000#c113123374502328149' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113116695290310728</id><published>2005-11-05T00:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-05T00:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yin Yang Youra. It&#39;s the 60s, man. Groovy. Occiden...</title><summary type='text'>Yin Yang Youra. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s the 60s, man. Groovy. Occidental monosyllabic man searching for the elusive &#39;oriental&#39;/feminine/spiritual side-the feminine inflection of bisyllabic &#39;Youra&#39;. It&#39;s connecting up with Lao Tzu and Tagore...dig? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Verse 47&lt;BR/&gt;Without going out my door&lt;BR/&gt;I can know all things on earth.&lt;BR/&gt;Without looking out of my window&lt;BR/&gt;I can know the ways of heaven.&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113116695290310728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113116695290310728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131166920000#c113116695290310728' title=''/><author><name>ideaist.wordpress.com</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11326216841108224361</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-805121679"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 05, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113114478633869788</id><published>2005-11-04T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T17:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Post-avant means bitchy, cagey, smokey, sultry, an...</title><summary type='text'>Post-avant means bitchy, cagey, smokey, sultry, and maniacal. Bohemian means bitchy, cagey, smokey, sultry, and maniacal while wearing a turtleneck. SoQ means bitchy, cagey, smokey, sultry, maniacal, adulterous, cantankerous, and also slightly dumpy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, it took great guts to post your early work. Bravo.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Larry Sawyer</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113114478633869788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113114478633869788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131144780000#c113114478633869788' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-286548612"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113114322760764045</id><published>2005-11-04T17:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T17:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, this may come as a revelation, but if somethi...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, this may come as a revelation, but if something creeps you out it really DOESN&quot;T mean you ought to do it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113114322760764045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113114322760764045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131143220000#c113114322760764045' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113959844398270</id><published>2005-11-04T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T16:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, Ron, this makes me laugh out loud:  hard. &quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, Ron, this makes me laugh out loud:  hard. &quot;Whatever sees spiders, wild.&quot;  Hahahahaha ... sorry, so sorry. I&#39;m afraid I&#39;m going to spend the day chanting: &quot;What will you do when Youra comes?&#39; sotto voce (sp?) in the supermarket. Hahahaha ... sorry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113959844398270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113959844398270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131139560000#c113113959844398270' title=''/><author><name>Lorna Dee Cervantes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09020619136188745312</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1018401473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113751648038827</id><published>2005-11-04T15:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T15:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Also, anal sex isn&#39;t necessarily any &quot;riskier&quot; tha...</title><summary type='text'>Also, anal sex isn&#39;t &lt;I&gt;necessarily&lt;/I&gt; any &quot;riskier&quot; than any other kind of penetration. It&#39;s all about &quot;safety,&quot; Kirby, which can include risk intelligently handled.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113751648038827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113751648038827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131137460000#c113113751648038827' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113742167480001</id><published>2005-11-04T15:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T15:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe, Kirby,You guys are confusing what are mostly ...</title><summary type='text'>Joe, Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You guys are confusing what are mostly generational markers, really:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Auden&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Smoking -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Alcohol Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Drug Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Anal Sex -- Once in a great while&lt;BR/&gt;Instabilty of Marital Situation (broadly defined) YES&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Olson&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Smoking -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Alcohol Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Drug Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Anal Sex -- Unknown&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113742167480001'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113742167480001'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131137400000#c113113742167480001' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113734955773343</id><published>2005-11-04T15:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T15:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It doesn&#39;t seem to be about lifestyle.Kirby, do yo...</title><summary type='text'>It doesn&#39;t seem to be about lifestyle.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kirby, do you know something about Ron&#39;s sexual practices that we don&#39;t? I&#39;ve never really wondered what he&#39;s &quot;abjured&quot; in that field.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I cannot know&quot; sounds to me like an exemplary quietist line, almost a definition (though he didn&#39;t write &quot;I can&#39;t do anything about anything,&quot; which might be purer in its quietism).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s true, I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113734955773343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113734955773343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131137340000#c113113734955773343' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113676909720045</id><published>2005-11-04T15:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T15:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, that won&#39;t work.Ron has placed Auden in the SO...</title><summary type='text'>No, that won&#39;t work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron has placed Auden in the SOQ.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Auden&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Smoking -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Alcohol Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Drug Abuse -- YES&lt;BR/&gt;Anal Sex -- Once in a great while&lt;BR/&gt;Instabilty of Marital Situation (broadly defined) YES&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Smoking -- NO&lt;BR/&gt;Alcohol Abuse -- Hints of certain little problems while very young&lt;BR/&gt;Drug Abuse -- Curtis?  &lt;BR/&gt;Anal Sex -- </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113676909720045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113676909720045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131136740000#c113113676909720045' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113452844008173</id><published>2005-11-04T15:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T15:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think in your stance, Joe, post-avant equals Boh...</title><summary type='text'>I think in your stance, Joe, post-avant equals Bohemian and Quietude means square.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have never been sure that that&#39;s Ron&#39;s take.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps a posting by Ron that would separate into two categories post-avant versus quietude with attributes listed beneath would be welcome.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have &quot;risk&quot; on the post-avant side at present.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I thought perhaps it was Francophile versus</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113452844008173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113452844008173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131134520000#c113113452844008173' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113334115448821</id><published>2005-11-04T14:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T14:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, Kirby -- you have to treat that entire first p...</title><summary type='text'>No, Kirby -- you have to treat that entire first paragraph as an illumination of the post avant stance -- taking my mother to a Jimi Hendrix concert in one gesture subverting the All You Need is Love stance combined with the My Generation stuff and at the same time foregrounding my own haplessness and then at the same time the nuanced ambuguity -- she is the bitch I am the son of -- and at the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113334115448821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113334115448821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131133320000#c113113334115448821' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113113110011661762</id><published>2005-11-04T14:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T14:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So now smoking and being sarcastic is post-avant?</title><summary type='text'>So now smoking and being sarcastic is post-avant?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113110011661762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113113110011661762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131131100000#c113113110011661762' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112834535391872</id><published>2005-11-04T13:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T13:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn, now as I read Kirby I discover I was post-av...</title><summary type='text'>Damn, now as I read Kirby I discover I was post-avant all along -- mean sarcastic son of a bitch writing ironic this and that and now remembering my mother&#39;s sarcastic remarks when I fell asleep at the Filmore East Jimi Hendrix New Year&#39;s eve concert where I had taken her when she insisted I was alienated from my generation when I was disappointed that she gave me a Donovan album for Christmas </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112834535391872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112834535391872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131128340000#c113112834535391872' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112707053811420</id><published>2005-11-04T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T12:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, well. &quot;Pieces of the past arising out of the r...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, well. &quot;Pieces of the past arising out of the rubble. Which evokes Eliot and then evokes Suspicion. Ghosts all of them. Doers of no good.&quot; As late as that, Spicer was still quarreling with the old guy. Impossible to split the music of &quot;Marina&quot; from its gorgeous self-pity. And Eliot at his best at his most adolescent. Spicer at his best at his most suspicious? &quot;The past around is deeper than.&quot; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112707053811420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112707053811420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131127020000#c113112707053811420' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112649988104860</id><published>2005-11-04T12:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T12:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,I&#39;d be glad to go up to the Mandeville Special...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;d be glad to go up to the Mandeville Special Collections and dig up some of your early work for you. But to be fair, I&#39;ll post one of my first poems on my blog.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112649988104860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112649988104860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131126480000#c113112649988104860' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11401296250001956017</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1842914468"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112630817268421</id><published>2005-11-04T12:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T12:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought the &quot;far side of love&quot; was strange -- bu...</title><summary type='text'>I thought the &quot;far side of love&quot; was strange -- but we have to try to get back into the time.  They called themselves the Love Generation, and I think the word meant something then. Now everybody says, &quot;I love Fritos,&quot; etc., but I think the word had a stronger value, esp. in thesixties.  &quot;Love is all you need,&quot; was a phrase by the Beatles, for instance, and I think the young people might have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112630817268421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112630817268421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131126300000#c113112630817268421' 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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112147596552874</id><published>2005-11-04T11:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T11:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Heaney needs to read:&quot;&#39;Is this the promis&#39;d end?&#39; ...</title><summary type='text'>Heaney needs to read:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;&#39;Is this the promis&#39;d end?&#39; Revision in the Role of the King.&quot; The Division of the Kingdoms: Shakespeare&#39;s Two Versions of King Lear. Ed. Gary Taylor and Michael Warren. Oxford: Clarendon. 1983 (paperback 1986). 121-141. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;to get past the Bard didn&#39;t think twice it&#39;s alright&quot; schtick.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112147596552874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112147596552874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131121440000#c113112147596552874' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112095502674497</id><published>2005-11-04T11:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T11:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who&#39;d&#39;ve expected Ron to unfurl the &quot;big red flag&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>Who&#39;d&#39;ve expected Ron to unfurl the &quot;big red flag&quot; of Calvinism as one of the main reasons for rejecting this juvenalia.  We&#39;re all heirs, as Americans, I suppose, Californians too, the notion that we must suffer, must hurt and bleed, for something to be worthwhile.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And just today, Seamus Heaney in the Guardian, writing about translating Antigone:  &quot;Shakespeare, as far as we know, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112095502674497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112095502674497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131120900000#c113112095502674497' title=''/><author><name>myshkin2</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12334340208396536106</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-16179833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113112089806345461</id><published>2005-11-04T11:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-11-04T11:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My favorite part of the poem is not an Eliot momen...</title><summary type='text'>My favorite part of the poem is not an Eliot moment, but rather an Elvis moment:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Youra&lt;BR/&gt;on the far side of love.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Swivel those hips, Ron!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Graham</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112089806345461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113098650615144380/comments/default/113112089806345461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html?showComment=1131120840000#c113112089806345461' title=''/><author><name>Graham Foust</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15539768577684276661</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/2005/11/couple-of-folks-led-by-kirby-olson.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113098650615144380' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113098650615144380' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-834561255"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 04, 2005"/></entry></feed>