<?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.post113508033867214752..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/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/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>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113572940138746755</id><published>2005-12-27T19:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T19:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Listen to who? Who are you? Why are you worth list...</title><summary type='text'>Listen to who? Who are you? Why are you worth listening to? Is that a flute? What happened to the bald guy? Are you serious? Do you think you and me are *fighting*? Like, is that what this *is*? You&#39;re gonna *get somewhere* with me? I am 25 feet tall and live on the Empire State Building knocking airplanes out of the skies! What the hell did anyone here ever do?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113572940138746755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113572940138746755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135729380000#c113572940138746755' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113572319796780760</id><published>2005-12-27T17:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T17:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>y&#39;don&#39;t have to listen. nobody has to. oh great fr...</title><summary type='text'>y&#39;don&#39;t have to listen. nobody has to. oh great freedom.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113572319796780760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113572319796780760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135723140000#c113572319796780760' 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/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113569592025429205</id><published>2005-12-27T10:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T10:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>See, I like this photo better bald guy. Who do you...</title><summary type='text'>See, I like this photo better bald guy. Who do you remind me of? That actor, he always had a twinkle in his eye.  I think he was in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Who are you? I have no idea.  You speak for a &quot;nobody&quot; that is nobodies. I feel like Ron would be better off sans posse. Like if I wanted your opinion, I could bother to find out who you were and stuff like that. If *real* poets posted</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113569592025429205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113569592025429205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135695900000#c113569592025429205' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113562162388366845</id><published>2005-12-26T13:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T13:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jimmy, you are one heavy downer of a dude to be go...</title><summary type='text'>Jimmy, you are one heavy downer of a dude to be going around telling people to lighten up. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Stop asking people for evidence of stuff you never give. If there&#39;s one thing that nobody cares about, it&#39;s the fact that you don&#39;t care. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Are&lt;/I&gt; you at least having fun with this... or is it a matter of some kind of denied medication?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113562162388366845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113562162388366845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135621620000#c113562162388366845' 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/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113560545921827717</id><published>2005-12-26T08:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-26T08:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis--I *am* the table and I have no time for va...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I *am* the table and I have no time for vampire bats like you. And the chip you see on my shoulder is really just the tip of my cock which is poking up and wants to say hi. Lighten up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113560545921827717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113560545921827717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135605420000#c113560545921827717' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113553361419303880</id><published>2005-12-25T13:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T13:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>JB:For a guy who brings so little to the table, yo...</title><summary type='text'>JB:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;For a guy who brings so little to the table, you sure have a big chip on your shoulder.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113553361419303880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113553361419303880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135533600000#c113553361419303880' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113553331592003330</id><published>2005-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-25T12:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113553331592003330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113553331592003330'/><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/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 25, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113548261673330418</id><published>2005-12-24T22:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T22:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis--You&#39;re boring at every speed and I guess a...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re boring at every speed and I guess at every age...you&#39;re certainly not getting any sharper or any riper, are you? How&#39;s your blog going? Do you think anyone comes here to hear you? Must you be the first to post *every* morning to put your 2 unshiny pennies onto every discussion?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Leave a carrot out for Santa--tidings of comfort and joy to all that I fuck with here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113548261673330418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113548261673330418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135482600000#c113548261673330418' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113545900810818874</id><published>2005-12-24T16:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T16:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, Jimmie, my boy, you&#39;re such a greenie.  So dew...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, Jimmie, my boy, you&#39;re such a greenie.  So dewy eyed and filled with false pride.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So it&#39;s the cult of youth you&#39;re into?   Well, you&#39;ve a long tradition behind you, and more&#39;s the pity.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ll raise a pint to you this fine Christmas Eve, and bless your heartstrings you&#39;re still kicking inside the belly of the beast.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545900810818874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545900810818874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135458960000#c113545900810818874' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113545146258473755</id><published>2005-12-24T14:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T14:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Boreintaipei--Blah blah blah...if I needed directi...</title><summary type='text'>Boreintaipei--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Blah blah blah...if I needed directions to whatever I&#39;d ask googlemaps.  You guys slow this blog down.  Ron&#39;s doing fine without you.  And I was a track star at St. John&#39;s Prep.  This is just a quick drive-by to say: you will be visited by three ghosts tonight and you have time to change your evil ways!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545146258473755'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545146258473755'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135451460000#c113545146258473755' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113545127849390826</id><published>2005-12-24T14:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T14:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis--You&#39;ve had a lot of time to figure it out-...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;ve had a lot of time to figure it out--why are you still so clueless? Like, what&#39;s your excuse? You&#39;re running out of time! Hurry up!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545127849390826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113545127849390826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135451220000#c113545127849390826' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113543185159585335</id><published>2005-12-24T08:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T08:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>JB:You&#39;re a gadfly, but not a very educated one--y...</title><summary type='text'>JB:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re a gadfly, but not a very educated one--yet.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In time, you&#39;ll lose your stutter and peremptory provocation.  You might turn out to be a smaller and slightly less compelling Russell Edson, or go crazy and turn into a tinier and less eccentric Henry Darger.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s fun to think of you walking across the bridge in the rain, listining to the metal crackle.  I was </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113543185159585335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113543185159585335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135431840000#c113543185159585335' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113538980945916503</id><published>2005-12-23T21:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T21:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jimboyou&#39;re macho pose is ludicrous, really.i&#39;ve s...</title><summary type='text'>Jimbo&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you&#39;re macho pose is ludicrous, really.&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve seen it a million times. if you live in NYC and can get over to queens regularly, look william moy, son of Moy Yat. take up wing chun. it will settle you down.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;best&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve frattali in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113538980945916503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113538980945916503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135389780000#c113538980945916503' title=''/><author><name>steve in taipei</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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113538954049444855</id><published>2005-12-23T20:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T20:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t enage you except when you attempt to insul...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t enage you except when you attempt to insult me...you&#39;re right, i do type fast. that&#39;s about the only thing you&#39;re right about. is there a table here? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;if a book and head collide...&lt;BR/&gt;lichtenberg&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113538954049444855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113538954049444855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135389540000#c113538954049444855' title=''/><author><name>steveintapei</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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113537610102041252</id><published>2005-12-23T17:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T17:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Maybe you oughta stop engaging me Sleepless in Tai...</title><summary type='text'>Maybe you oughta stop engaging me Sleepless in Taipei if you think we&#39;re not a good match. I have never heard of you, I&#39;m unimpressed with the things you say here and I think you type too fast. Whether you live in Antarctica or Uranus or whatever: you bring nothing to the table except...duh duh duh&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I find all of the tapeworms that live in Ron&#39;s belly to be just along for the ride. It&#39;s a</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537610102041252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537610102041252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135376100000#c113537610102041252' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113537272044073288</id><published>2005-12-23T16:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T16:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I meant to write &quot;startlement&quot; btwJB, you and I ar...</title><summary type='text'>I meant to write &quot;startlement&quot; btw&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;JB, you and I are just not right for each other. that&#39;s cool....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipie</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537272044073288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537272044073288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135372680000#c113537272044073288' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113537104719457619</id><published>2005-12-23T15:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T15:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steveintaipei&#39;s comment above is whiny and extra-w...</title><summary type='text'>Steveintaipei&#39;s comment above is whiny and extra-whiny.  Also semi-whiny and completelyintaipei whinyintaipei. I guess you guys don&#39;t get good tvintaipei! I&#39;m glad I got him allworkedupintaipei. He seems like a real whinyintaipei boreintaipei.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ho ho hointaipei&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537104719457619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537104719457619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135371000000#c113537104719457619' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113537075050607972</id><published>2005-12-23T15:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T15:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I find RS&#39;s comments to be feeble rationalizations...</title><summary type='text'>I find RS&#39;s comments to be feeble rationalizations.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;JB&#39;s comments are obtuse and semi-literate, as usual.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think CF has a point about the startement [if I may use and old fashioned world] that comes over you in places such as he describes. It somethimes seems as if THE WORLD ITSELF were beign taken away from us. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve frattali in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537075050607972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537075050607972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135370700000#c113537075050607972' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113537063837811777</id><published>2005-12-23T15:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T15:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis--Are you *stoned*? Have I listened to the w...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are you *stoned*? Have I listened to the wind in my underpants? In total silence like a bored idiot? This is how country snobs sound. Save it for the people who find you illuminating--you know nothing about me, Mountain Goat.  I couldn&#39;t care less what you think about the Boob Tube. Save the waves and the pebbles and the chickadee for someone who gives a crap about your opinion:</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537063837811777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113537063837811777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135370580000#c113537063837811777' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113536952335230686</id><published>2005-12-23T15:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T15:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TV.Well, I think you can go both ways on this one....</title><summary type='text'>TV.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, I think you can go both ways on this one.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cable has completely changed the TV landscape, and not all one way or the other.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is more better?  Or does it end up diluting quality.  The Honeymooners was good entertainment, and that came at the very beginning of the network programming era, which nearly knocked movies in their can (nice pun).  But it&#39;s a hungry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113536952335230686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113536952335230686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135369500000#c113536952335230686' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113535558318748516</id><published>2005-12-23T11:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T11:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m half-Silician and I&#39;m *fine* with &quot;The Soprano...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m half-Silician and I&#39;m *fine* with &quot;The Sopranos.&quot; We&#39;re Brooklyn Coppolas, baby. Italians were all killing each other in Shakespeare&#39;s plays, too. Do you mean there are no Italian mobsters in NJ? Are John Woo&#39;s movies racist? Do we glean from them that everyone who lives in Hong Kong is a mobster with two guns pointed right at your face?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anonybuddy--you need Tivo, my man. You only </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113535558318748516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113535558318748516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135355580000#c113535558318748516' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113535041863057142</id><published>2005-12-23T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T10:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Sopranos are constantly talking about just thi...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;The Sopranos&lt;/I&gt; are constantly talking about just this question of the impact of the mob on the image of Italians. In fact, they dealt with the question of Jewish gangsters, for example, in the show&#39;s second or third show, when their pal Hesh (played by Jerry Adler) warns them off of working with some Hasids in a marriage dispute, but Tony fails to heed his advice.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113535041863057142'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113535041863057142'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135350360000#c113535041863057142' 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/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113533710685233990</id><published>2005-12-23T06:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T06:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;the sopranos&quot; is an insult to all Italians. Imagi...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;the sopranos&quot; is an insult to all Italians. Imagine if they were Jewish. [There were plenty of Jewish gnasters in the earlier 20th century].&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve [frattali] in taipei&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;anecdote: I was at the U of Iowa doing an MFA. I had to go the student health clinic. My normal doctor was on leave/ I got stuck with an MD by the name of Maureen McHugh [let her name be spoken]. she looks at my </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113533710685233990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113533710685233990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135337100000#c113533710685233990' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113531428289435512</id><published>2005-12-23T00:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T00:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WEAK answer, Behrle.  Read my post again in order ...</title><summary type='text'>WEAK answer, Behrle.  Read my post again in order to understand it.  The point of it was that I have seen some TV, and think even some of it to be good, and that that particular goodness does not justify the genre and that the goodness in the genre could move easily into a better genre for it.  It IS an informed opinion, silly.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113531428289435512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113531428289435512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135314240000#c113531428289435512' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' 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-113526520176550169</id><published>2005-12-22T10:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-22T10:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You couldn&#39;t be more wrong, Anonybuddy. It&#39;s lazy ...</title><summary type='text'>You couldn&#39;t be more wrong, Anonybuddy. It&#39;s lazy and wrong to dismiss an entire medium. Not all radio is bad, not all rap music is bad...it is easy and lazy to dismiss it all, it sounds good when you&#39;re typing it or when it&#39;s coming out of your mouth at a party. But it&#39;s not very smart. Use your netflix to dial up some series: I prefer the 13 episode series that appear on HBO, FX, Showtime. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113526520176550169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113508033867214752/comments/default/113526520176550169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html?showComment=1135265160000#c113526520176550169' 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/today-would-have-been-john-spencers.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113508033867214752' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113508033867214752' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 22, 2005"/></entry></feed>