<?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.post113566290186310690..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/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113589224067138359</id><published>2005-12-29T16:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-29T16:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m never surprised when the logical positivists a...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m never surprised when the logical positivists are wrong.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In any case, I think you&#39;re right, Curtis; Berrigan made fooling around into a highly impressive aesthetic practice. I think he was really good at engineering situations in which happy accidents could occur and be caught hold of. It&#39;d be worth studying how he does it. Some of it probably has to do with the collage-like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113589224067138359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113589224067138359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135892220000#c113589224067138359' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113582068389934410</id><published>2005-12-28T20:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy:  For Berrigan, &quot;fooling around&quot; was pretty m...</title><summary type='text'>Andy:  For Berrigan, &quot;fooling around&quot; was pretty much his whole aesthetic.  And not a bad one, either.  We know about as much about the &quot;unconscious&quot; (as Freud defined it) as we do about the shape of the universe.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Isn&#39;t the accidental variability of eccentric play the ultimate game?  TB took endless delight in the improbability of mistaken intentions, unintended consequences, humor </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113582068389934410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113582068389934410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135820640000#c113582068389934410' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113580446077330784</id><published>2005-12-28T16:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T16:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dude, you look like a hairball now...xxxjimmy</title><summary type='text'>Dude, you look like a hairball now...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580446077330784'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580446077330784'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135804440000#c113580446077330784' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113580266302054877</id><published>2005-12-28T15:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T15:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad you like it!I shall treasure this award.As Ut...</title><summary type='text'>Glad you like it!&lt;BR/&gt;I shall treasure this award.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As Utah Phillips says, &quot;you&#39;ve gotta eat your gruel if you want to change the world.&quot; Or something like that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580266302054877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580266302054877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135802640000#c113580266302054877' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113580240722663681</id><published>2005-12-28T15:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T15:40:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580240722663681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113580240722663681'/><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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113578299661412109</id><published>2005-12-28T10:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T10:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>my five gold staraward of the day forbest comment ...</title><summary type='text'>my five gold star&lt;BR/&gt;award of the day for&lt;BR/&gt;best comment&lt;BR/&gt;  TA-DUMMM&lt;BR/&gt;goes to&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;***** andy gricevich *****&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am having &lt;BR/&gt;a large bowl&lt;BR/&gt;of the highly recommended&lt;BR/&gt;oatmeal and cardamom&lt;BR/&gt;as I write</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113578299661412109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113578299661412109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135782960000#c113578299661412109' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18396449966859846043</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-769341666"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113573925246240422</id><published>2005-12-27T22:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T22:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My favorite thing from this comment field? That Cu...</title><summary type='text'>My favorite thing from this comment field? That Curtis didn&#39;t like Ted&#39;s late  poems so much. That&#39;s *really* *really* good to know.  Woo!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573925246240422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573925246240422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135739220000#c113573925246240422' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573721045726282</id><published>2005-12-27T21:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T21:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What happened to your other messages, dude. Did th...</title><summary type='text'>What happened to your other messages, dude. Did they fall in your oatmeal? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573721045726282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573721045726282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135737180000#c113573721045726282' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573494047051185</id><published>2005-12-27T20:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>On further reflection, I don&#39;t know if I&#39;m convinc...</title><summary type='text'>On further reflection, I don&#39;t know if I&#39;m convinced that Berrigan was rigorous throughout. I&#39;m pretty sure he was just fooling around some of the time, and was good at that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573494047051185'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573494047051185'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135734900000#c113573494047051185' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573487759614225</id><published>2005-12-27T20:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Y&#39;know what?I really like to put cardamom pods in ...</title><summary type='text'>Y&#39;know what?&lt;BR/&gt;I really like to put cardamom pods in my oatmeal. If you haven&#39;t had oatmeal with cardamom, you&#39;re really missing out. If you don&#39;t like oatmeal--no wonder! You haven&#39;t had it with cardamom! Mmmmmmmmm...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, my microwave heats up the bowl, while the food stays cool. I hate microwaves. Don&#39;t you?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573487759614225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573487759614225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135734840000#c113573487759614225' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573235722601788</id><published>2005-12-27T20:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ohh...getting touchy flute-boy? Are you scared I&#39;m...</title><summary type='text'>Ohh...getting touchy flute-boy? Are you scared I&#39;m taking away *your only podium*? Maybe there should be a 12 step process to ween oneself off of Ron&#39;s milk! It&#39;s just sooo important you guys drop a dime every day on the blah blah blah blah zzzzzz. We come for the Ron, we leave because of you. It&#39;s like thinking people watch The Today Show to see the idiots waving signs. Know your role. And shut </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573235722601788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573235722601788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135732320000#c113573235722601788' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573195375452369</id><published>2005-12-27T20:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m filled with interesting things to say! So is *...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m filled with interesting things to say! So is *everybody* else! Why would they share them here? They would get drowned out by the pathetic blah blah blah of the people who post here constantly. Kirby once listened to a conversation Berrigan had with somebody else! Woop-di-doo!  What the hell have you *ever* said that&#39;s all that interesting? Do you need to be heard even  when you have nothing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573195375452369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573195375452369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135731900000#c113573195375452369' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113573188972640992</id><published>2005-12-27T20:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:04:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573188972640992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573188972640992'/><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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113573165536542414</id><published>2005-12-27T20:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T20:00:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573165536542414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573165536542414'/><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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113573159681225976</id><published>2005-12-27T19:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T19:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim:Do you have anything interesting to say about ...</title><summary type='text'>Jim:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do you have anything interesting to say about Berrigan?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If not, why not split?  If the scene irritates you, why hang around?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573159681225976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573159681225976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135731540000#c113573159681225976' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113573054216103742</id><published>2005-12-27T19:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T19:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy, Curtis, Ian, Kirby...blah blah. Must you guy...</title><summary type='text'>Andy, Curtis, Ian, Kirby...blah blah. Must you guys pipe in with your purging nonsense everyday? I mean, does it clear you out? Do you have an opinion on everything Ron posts on--and why do you think everybody would care about it? If this place wasn&#39;t overrun with you, who would be here? Like, who would venture into the pool if there was an adult swim? Don&#39;t you guys get tired of listening to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573054216103742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113573054216103742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135730520000#c113573054216103742' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' 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-113572726114420516</id><published>2005-12-27T18:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T18:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Is that Jim Royle from The Royle Family? I very mu...</title><summary type='text'>Is that Jim Royle from The Royle Family? I very much think so. Poetry my arse!, as he&#39;d say himself.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113572726114420516'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113572726114420516'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135727220000#c113572726114420516' title=''/><author><name>puthwuth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05606399161863289851</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301628169"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113571586150236396</id><published>2005-12-27T15:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T15:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Certain poets and their poetry serve as models, Te...</title><summary type='text'>Certain poets and their poetry serve as models, Ted made it clear: You didn’t write them.  Which is why his rigor makes him the finest of teachers, or models. The rigor of making it all up as you go along, the true kind.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113571586150236396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113571586150236396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135715820000#c113571586150236396' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113571053289262038</id><published>2005-12-27T14:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T14:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Berrigan&#39;s work only really came alive for me afte...</title><summary type='text'>Berrigan&#39;s work only really came alive for me after listening to recordings of him read. Available on ubu.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does the poet&#39;s personality really matter?&lt;BR/&gt;Why should my knowledge of Pound&#39;s fascism, Olson&#39;s sexism or Berrigan&#39;s depression inform my appreciation of their work?&lt;BR/&gt;Everyone has their ugliness; it&#39;s whether their beauty can cut through it that matters.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113571053289262038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113571053289262038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135710480000#c113571053289262038' title=''/><author><name>Stephen G</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03663804585116419459</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1359258972"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113570352994175687</id><published>2005-12-27T12:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T12:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I eavesdropped on Berrigan once.At Naropa in 1979 ...</title><summary type='text'>I eavesdropped on Berrigan once.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;At Naropa in 1979 I lived in the Boulderado apartments which were pretty close to the main drag.  they were red brick, two floors, and about ten to fifteen units stacked on top of one another.  Burroughs lived next door, Ginsberg and Corso across the courtyard.  Fagin lived next to Ginsberg.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My apartment had a louvered window.  I heard some men </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113570352994175687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113570352994175687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135703520000#c113570352994175687' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113570336541557271</id><published>2005-12-27T12:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T12:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,The Berrigan/Anselm Hollo connection is an ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Berrigan/Anselm Hollo connection is an interesting one. Anselm taught a workshop on &quot;The Sonnets&quot; - featuring tape of Ted reading some of them - sponsored by the Subtext Collective here in Seattle about ten years ago. I was not as familiar with Berrigan&#39;s work at that time as I am now, but suspected it was significant.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think one other very important thing worth </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113570336541557271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113570336541557271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135703340000#c113570336541557271' title=''/><author><name>Washington Poets Association</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14186338347578079141</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-679927556"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113569586947144209</id><published>2005-12-27T10:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T10:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There is a natural tendency to regard Berrigan&#39;s p...</title><summary type='text'>There is a natural tendency to regard Berrigan&#39;s premature death as a loss of possibility.  But I for one have felt over time that his best work was already well behind him when he did go.  Berrigan&#39;s work tends to divide fairly neatly into about four kinds of poems.  The sonnets, the &quot;going on&quot; poems with line-spreads across the page, the loony cut-up narratives (some written as collaborations),</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113569586947144209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113569586947144209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135695840000#c113569586947144209' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113569543553031542</id><published>2005-12-27T09:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T09:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It is interesting how the occasional peek at a web...</title><summary type='text'>It is interesting how the occasional peek at a website soon becomes a habit. First check email, then appropriate newspaper websites to see if the world has blown up. Next type in ron and soon this site pops up and I can click on it and begin to see if there might be something that piques my interest. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Today I see the picture of Ted come up and this is where this blog becomes so valuable </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113569543553031542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113569543553031542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135695420000#c113569543553031542' title=''/><author><name>Washington Poets Association</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14186338347578079141</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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-679927556"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113567223851002752</id><published>2005-12-27T03:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-27T03:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I eagerly await the softcover issue.&quot;He’s virtuall...</title><summary type='text'>I eagerly await the softcover issue.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;He’s virtually impossible to imitate, because the closer you come to the unguarded plain speech his work projects, the more you will sound like yourself, not him.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I found this to be the case, ten years back, when the possibilities of writing started really cracking open for me. Imitating Berrigan helped a sense of humor get into the poetry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113567223851002752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113566290186310690/comments/default/113567223851002752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html?showComment=1135672200000#c113567223851002752' 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/on-several-occasions-of-late-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113566290186310690' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113566290186310690' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2005"/></entry></feed>