<?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.post113483082801123894..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/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/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>39</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113599688609080593</id><published>2005-12-30T21:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T21:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>christmas-Kwanzaa = Chranzaa.  Sounds like a sensu...</title><summary type='text'>christmas-Kwanzaa = &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Chranzaa.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sounds like a sensual, cracker-eating species of Borg.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113599688609080593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113599688609080593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135996860000#c113599688609080593' title=''/><author><name>Brett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09958984151677722851</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1222757787"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113599680098339379</id><published>2005-12-30T21:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T21:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The truth of thisis I can kick all o&#39; your asses.</title><summary type='text'>The truth of this&lt;BR/&gt;is I can kick &lt;BR/&gt;all o&#39; your asses.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113599680098339379'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113599680098339379'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135996800000#c113599680098339379' title=''/><author><name>Brett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09958984151677722851</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1222757787"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113579546682690123</id><published>2005-12-28T13:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T13:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Um, my tv show hasn&#39;t premiered yet and there are ...</title><summary type='text'>Um, my tv show hasn&#39;t premiered yet and there are no bugs. There&#39;s a podiatrist, tho.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113579546682690123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113579546682690123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135795440000#c113579546682690123' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113574560159349721</id><published>2005-12-27T23:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T23:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wow Ron, Joe...et.al.  I just saw this.  What a wo...</title><summary type='text'>Wow Ron, Joe...et.al.  I just saw this.  What a wonderful thing to find....the two of you far too kind for your own good.  Maybe one of these days Ron is going to be interviewed by Orson after all!  Ah...that is what I&#39;d like for Christmas-Kwanza.  hahahah&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thank you Ron Silliman.  Thank you very much indeed wa salaam wa alaikum.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113574560159349721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113574560159349721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135745580000#c113574560159349721' 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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566304565771967</id><published>2005-12-27T00:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T00:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac (I know her given name, too) is a good frien...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac (I know her given name, too) is a good friend of mine and I was very pleased to see her showcased here...and her interview with Orson, excerpted here by my other good friend, Joe, is a great pleasure to read in whole.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113566304565771967'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113566304565771967'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135663020000#c113566304565771967' title=''/><author><name>BlueTattoo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14432569188617864419</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-199973325"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543245420329067</id><published>2005-12-24T08:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T08:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, I remember, Jimmy, you&#39;re the nerd on reality ...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, I remember, Jimmy, you&#39;re the nerd on reality TV who ate the bugs and jumped off the building.  The things poets have to do nowadays to get noticed!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113543245420329067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113543245420329067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135432440000#c113543245420329067' 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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543232709834203</id><published>2005-12-24T08:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T08:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Don&#39;t be miffed, Jimmy, but you&#39;re muffed.  Since ...</title><summary type='text'>Don&#39;t be miffed, Jimmy, but you&#39;re muffed.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Since you&#39;ve never had any, you&#39;re a sturgeon.  That rhymes with virgin, which rhymes with hard-up.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mommie&#39;s little surgeon squeezed Jimmy&#39;s little head and made him squeal.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113543232709834203'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113543232709834203'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135432320000#c113543232709834203' 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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113539001929024035</id><published>2005-12-23T21:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T21:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hello jimmyit means &quot;snuffed out&quot;i type to fast, r...</title><summary type='text'>hello jimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it means &quot;snuffed out&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i type to fast, remember?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113539001929024035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113539001929024035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135389960000#c113539001929024035' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113537454500687488</id><published>2005-12-23T16:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T16:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What does &quot;smuffed out&quot; mean? xxxjimmy</title><summary type='text'>What does &quot;smuffed out&quot; mean? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113537454500687488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113537454500687488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135374540000#c113537454500687488' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113537359673719636</id><published>2005-12-23T16:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T16:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jimmythe Taiwanese NEW WAve -- Hou Shiou-Shien, Ts...</title><summary type='text'>Jimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the Taiwanese NEW WAve -- Hou Shiou-Shien, Tsai Ming-Liang, et al&lt;BR/&gt;was smuffed out through economic arrangements. they used to have a law that importers could bring in only a certain number of hollywod fims per year. that was changes and hollywoood came flooding in, and Hou, Tsai and teh others were swept to the side. most unfortunate. I know various taiwanese filmmakers adn </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113537359673719636'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113537359673719636'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135373580000#c113537359673719636' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113535593261439663</id><published>2005-12-23T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T11:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, Steve Taipei, lighten up. There&#39;s plenty of ro...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, Steve Taipei, lighten up. There&#39;s plenty of room on this Loser Lost Island for the two of us.  I&#39;ll stay in the hatch with the button, you sleep on the beach and set fires and wait for us all to get rescued.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113535593261439663'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113535593261439663'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135355880000#c113535593261439663' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113533770217693262</id><published>2005-12-23T06:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T06:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear RSDidn&#39;t mean you were realy a dumb ass...jus...</title><summary type='text'>Dear RS&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Didn&#39;t mean you were realy a dumb ass...just thought it was a funny quote. read the book if you have a chance. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Great public service with this web log. still cant believe you sat through KK though...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ps  in know so many taiwanese filmmakers, think of what they could do with a fracton of that budget...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113533770217693262'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113533770217693262'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135337700000#c113533770217693262' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113531784466690120</id><published>2005-12-23T01:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T01:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>it doesnt need to work out, you are permanently th...</title><summary type='text'>it doesnt need to work out, you are permanently there [on loser island that is]&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sf</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113531784466690120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113531784466690120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135317840000#c113531784466690120' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113512812315755584</id><published>2005-12-20T20:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-20T20:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You are a loser--American 15 year olds are funny! ...</title><summary type='text'>You are a loser--American 15 year olds are funny! Lighten the hell up! Are you supposed to be smart or something? When&#39;s that gonna become apparent--you just seem like a big humorless loser that thinks he can vote me off Loser Island.  Let me know how that works out!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113512812315755584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113512812315755584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135128120000#c113512812315755584' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113512446609105843</id><published>2005-12-20T19:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-20T19:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you call me a loser, you&#39;re the one who lives at y...</title><summary type='text'>you call me a loser, you&#39;re the one who lives at your computer and at age whatever still has teh humor of of 15 year old&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113512446609105843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113512446609105843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135124460000#c113512446609105843' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113510239707161938</id><published>2005-12-20T13:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-20T13:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Then I&#39;ll stay forever, loser!! Give me a break......</title><summary type='text'>Then I&#39;ll stay forever, loser!! Give me a break...if you can&#39;t handle a little Jimmyheat than stay out of this hellhole.  I know when I knock Ron around a few of you lose your grip on his nipples.  But grow up. Whining is not an acceptable poetic form.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113510239707161938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113510239707161938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135102380000#c113510239707161938' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113507878220549038</id><published>2005-12-20T06:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-20T06:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>dear jimmyi like the leave forever partstevein tai...</title><summary type='text'>dear jimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i like the leave forever part&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;stevein taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113507878220549038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113507878220549038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135078740000#c113507878220549038' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113502495876408207</id><published>2005-12-19T15:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T15:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The city of Tyre is in Lebanon and it&#39;s the magica...</title><summary type='text'>The city of Tyre is in Lebanon and it&#39;s the magical allegory for Charles Olson&#39;s Maximus poems forming the other of Gloucester.  Maximus of Tyre was a neo-Platonic philosopher who lived in Tyre.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Olson apparently knew next to nothing about this philosopher according to the crib sheet but he dug that Tyre held out against Alexander the Great (as Gloucester held out until the highway was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113502495876408207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113502495876408207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135024920000#c113502495876408207' 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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113501023396548848</id><published>2005-12-19T11:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T11:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>that guy primeau said &quot;drop acid.&quot;</title><summary type='text'>that guy primeau said &quot;drop acid.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113501023396548848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113501023396548848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1135010220000#c113501023396548848' title=''/><author><name>kevin r hollo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12394750316839318026</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-387125451"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113499820463159858</id><published>2005-12-19T08:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T08:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You want to pull my *plug*? Shouldn&#39;t you buy me d...</title><summary type='text'>You want to pull my *plug*? Shouldn&#39;t you buy me dinner and take me to a movie first??&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love how the inmates think they run the asylum here! You could be Silliman, just for one day...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS: I will leave forever, to be replaced here by much more attractive pseudonyms! Happy holidays!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113499820463159858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113499820463159858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134998160000#c113499820463159858' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113498883976880216</id><published>2005-12-19T05:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T05:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what you all need is a little John Lee Hooker....&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>what you all need is a little John Lee Hooker....&quot;slow down your chatter babe, and let your daddy ride...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;check it &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;for RS&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;can&#39;t believe you went to see King Kong...lordy, &quot;you are so eat up with the dumb ass&quot; (from Cormac McCarthy&#39;s Suttree, his best work after Blood M.)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;this guy Behrle and the other who can&#39;t spell...let&#39;s pull their plug. Say what....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113498883976880216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113498883976880216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134988800000#c113498883976880216' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113497686686011926</id><published>2005-12-19T02:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T02:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Got any Snickers bars, old lady?xxxjimmy</title><summary type='text'>Got any Snickers bars, old lady?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497686686011926'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497686686011926'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134976860000#c113497686686011926' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113497603527424479</id><published>2005-12-19T02:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T02:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Would you boys like some tea and petit-fours?I say...</title><summary type='text'>Would you boys like some tea and petit-fours?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I say, Mr. Silliman, this is the sting of aerodynamic turbulence that comes with ever-higher levels of &#39;street cred.&#39;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497603527424479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497603527424479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134976020000#c113497603527424479' title=''/><author><name>Mrs. Walpole</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113497374452375870</id><published>2005-12-19T01:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-19T01:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Primeau--You come here to fellate yourself because...</title><summary type='text'>Primeau--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You come here to fellate yourself because no one else wants the job. Go suck on a starfish. When you matter we&#39;ll let you know.  Until then keep on **dreamin**!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497374452375870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113497374452375870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134973740000#c113497374452375870' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 19, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113496448428845612</id><published>2005-12-18T22:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-18T22:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>also, amusing that the first thing you do is play ...</title><summary type='text'>also, amusing that the first thing you do is play the &quot;REAL POET!!&quot; card. how...SOQ.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113496448428845612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113483082801123894/comments/default/113496448428845612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html?showComment=1134964440000#c113496448428845612' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2005/12/she-may-live-in-beirut-but-lilac-is-so.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113483082801123894' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113483082801123894' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 18, 2005"/></entry></feed>