<?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.post113577806420544034..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/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.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>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113632135584915381</id><published>2006-01-03T15:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-03T15:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey Lady--Lighten up. Who asked you? Not me. Altho...</title><summary type='text'>Hey Lady--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lighten up. Who asked you? Not me. Although I am glad I bug you. My ghoulish behaviors are just beginning, so brace yourself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113632135584915381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113632135584915381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1136321340000#c113632135584915381' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113616715174564770</id><published>2006-01-01T20:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-01T20:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m afraid that the pomeLight saber talks lightbag...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m afraid that the pome&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Light saber talks light&lt;BR/&gt;baguette – read to be&lt;BR/&gt;lost bread fresh out&lt;BR/&gt;the baggin. The Krewe of&lt;BR/&gt;Tilting at Windmills is watch&lt;BR/&gt;ing you, watching your every&lt;BR/&gt;lighthouse to Columbus&lt;BR/&gt;move. Snakes of old Havvaii&lt;BR/&gt;’R’ ready to be speared.&lt;BR/&gt;More likely, roll the holebook&lt;BR/&gt;to candy a fly. Spin cane 45’s&lt;BR/&gt;til your late show dignitaries&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113616715174564770'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113616715174564770'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1136167140000#c113616715174564770' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113584129030394839</id><published>2005-12-29T02:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-29T02:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, today I&#39;m wearing Frosted Flakes boxers.Most...</title><summary type='text'>Well, today I&#39;m wearing Frosted Flakes boxers.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mostly I just glue my hog to one of my legs and go commando.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113584129030394839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113584129030394839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135841280000#c113584129030394839' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 29, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113582492034196030</id><published>2005-12-28T21:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T21:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To spend no time having exchanges like these. But,...</title><summary type='text'>To spend no time having exchanges like these. But, for today, it&#39;s giving me breaks from cleaning the house. So what the hell...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Oatboy&quot; is funny. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Isn&#39;t&lt;/I&gt; that underwear a bit constrictive?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That sounds good.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582492034196030'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582492034196030'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135824900000#c113582492034196030' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113582089376296776</id><published>2005-12-28T20:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>PS: I lost 40 pounds since last New Year&#39;s Eve...w...</title><summary type='text'>PS: I lost 40 pounds since last New Year&#39;s Eve...what&#39;s your resolution this year, Oatboy?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582089376296776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582089376296776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135820880000#c113582089376296776' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113582080309634575</id><published>2005-12-28T20:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve already died a few times, Curtis. Some of you...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve already died a few times, Curtis. Some of you and your running buddies here have never been born...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582080309634575'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582080309634575'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135820760000#c113582080309634575' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113582005737143881</id><published>2005-12-28T20:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I put Lyle&#39;s English syrup and a shot of single ma...</title><summary type='text'>I put Lyle&#39;s English syrup and a shot of single malt in my Irish Oats--does wonders for the sense of well-being, especially with covered with heavy cream.  (Then sprinkle cinnamon on top.)    &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But the colesterol&#39;s okay, Jim.  You&#39;re going to die young, remember?  So it won&#39;t matter.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582005737143881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113582005737143881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135820040000#c113582005737143881' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113581966727899935</id><published>2005-12-28T20:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T20:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t do symbols.Anyway, for someone who says he...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t &lt;I&gt;do&lt;/I&gt; symbols.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, for someone who says he&#39;s not listening and then obsessively keeps reading, you&#39;re &lt;I&gt;still&lt;/I&gt; not listening: &lt;B&gt;Cardamom!&lt;/B&gt; Without it you haven&#39;t given oatmeal a chance! Spice it up, li&#39;l feller!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But you&#39;re all spice and no substance, skinnyboy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581966727899935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581966727899935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135819620000#c113581966727899935' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113581638849877836</id><published>2005-12-28T19:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T19:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Why do I have a feeling its a deeper symbol of you...</title><summary type='text'>Why do I have a feeling its a deeper symbol of your bland and tastless nature?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581638849877836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581638849877836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135816380000#c113581638849877836' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113581403144218225</id><published>2005-12-28T18:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T18:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The way, for instance, in the second-to last sente...</title><summary type='text'>The way, for instance, in the second-to last sentence, the sound aspect makes it seem oratorical, declamatory, and this tone retroactively shapes the sense of the words that first functioned sonically to produce that tone in the first place. Brilliant.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lars--it&#39;s the opposite case of contemporary art music, which is well-funded and listened to throughout Europe and fighting for its </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581403144218225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581403144218225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135813980000#c113581403144218225' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113581301051527263</id><published>2005-12-28T18:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T18:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy,that neurosis about &quot;experimental writing&quot; is...</title><summary type='text'>Andy,&lt;BR/&gt;that neurosis about &quot;experimental writing&quot; is a lot worse in sweden (&amp; possibly all of northern europe), where none of the poets Ron has reviewed (had they written in swedish)would have had a snowballs chance in hell of finding even a smallpress publisher. Nor would Ron or any of us who comment here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581301051527263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581301051527263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135812960000#c113581301051527263' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18014279624033048950</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1490930370"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113581173484156084</id><published>2005-12-28T18:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T18:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Seriously, dude--you gotta work on that photo. It&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Seriously, dude--you gotta work on that photo. It&#39;s all very upchuck.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS: Send me your address backchannel, I&#39;ll send you an I HEART NY shirt.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581173484156084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581173484156084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135811700000#c113581173484156084' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113581139470419157</id><published>2005-12-28T18:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T18:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is excellent stuff.The comment about the soun...</title><summary type='text'>This is excellent stuff.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The comment about the sound/sense relationship here is worth further thought. It seems like there&#39;s a neurosis about &quot;experimental writing,&quot; that its oddness stands in contradiction to an engaged stance in relation to the social world. It&#39;s great to see poetry like this, where both a committed relation to what&#39;s going on and a shifting, slippery vocabulary and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581139470419157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113581139470419157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135811340000#c113581139470419157' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113580246027142017</id><published>2005-12-28T15:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T15:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>TO! Gino&#39;s Cheese Steaks! CA Conrad! Iverson! 100%...</title><summary type='text'>TO! Gino&#39;s Cheese Steaks! CA Conrad! Iverson! 100% Phillytude! RING LIBERTY BELL RING!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113580246027142017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113580246027142017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135802460000#c113580246027142017' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113580206593107101</id><published>2005-12-28T15:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T15:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, thanks very much on behalf of the genius of B...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, thanks very much on behalf of the genius of Brett Evans for this shout out today.  Brett&#39;s poems would make many more poets happy, if they knew them.  His book AFTER SCHOOL SESSION is also pretty damned brilliant, and can be found at SPD.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are more copies of WAYS TO USE LANCE.  I was so damned broke when I put it out I could only afford to do half the print run, so, there&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113580206593107101'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113580206593107101'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135802040000#c113580206593107101' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113579382682477410</id><published>2005-12-28T13:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T13:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Check it out! The instant classic Ron black t-shir...</title><summary type='text'>Check it out! The instant classic Ron black t-shirt! Only two in existence thusfar! Be the first on your block, etc etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As if being flamed by me isn&#39;t somehow an honor in itself, I am teaching a valuable lesson to all involved: namely those that lack a sense of humor are poetry&#39;s kryptonite. And that old men smell weird. Obviously Curtis should find a new joke writer, but I&#39;ll say it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113579382682477410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113579382682477410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135793820000#c113579382682477410' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113579194549122331</id><published>2005-12-28T12:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T12:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This backchannel came from someone claiming to be ...</title><summary type='text'>This backchannel came from someone claiming to be Curtis Faville addressed to, ahem, &quot;jism-zero&quot;...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Dear Jimbo:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In your photo you look like an Iraqi.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is that a bomb strapped to your chest, or are you just happy to see us?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Curtis&quot;--if it&#39;s really him, shows he&#39;s just as much of a bore front channel as back. I *eat* comment field parasites for second breakfast. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113579194549122331'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113579194549122331'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135791900000#c113579194549122331' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113578873432444366</id><published>2005-12-28T11:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T11:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I see blowfish is back again.  Bring it on, dude. ...</title><summary type='text'>I see blowfish is back again.  Bring it on, dude.  We had TO in SF before you were out of diapers.  Maybe you could wear his jockstrap on your head, maybe not.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;____________________________ &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks, Ron, for this great tip on Brett Evans.  The quoted stanza is filled with energetic jags and snarls.  I think I need a crib to follow the gist.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who knew?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578873432444366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578873432444366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135788720000#c113578873432444366' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' 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-113578574732957668</id><published>2005-12-28T11:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T11:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron, for giving Brett&#39;s work the attention ...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron, for giving Brett&#39;s work the attention it deserves. Great too that you tune in to the Berrigan spirit that breezes through Evans&#39; work. Many a day he would sit up his apartment at 19th &amp; Green in the mid-nineties, sipping on Pepsi Kona &amp; talking about A Certain Slant of Sunlight.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, Brett should have collected works! He&#39;s one those writers who is uber-prolific but doesn&#39;t </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578574732957668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578574732957668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135785720000#c113578574732957668' title=''/><author><name>Frank Sherlock</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16843414434122249582</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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1916983016"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113578374191884858</id><published>2005-12-28T10:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T10:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What Ron said yesterday about Berrigan:&quot;It’s almos...</title><summary type='text'>What Ron said yesterday about Berrigan:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;It’s almost like a magic trick, but at the heart of it is an ear for the demotic &amp; a sense of particularity that is absolutely rigorous. Rigor is the secret sauce in all of Berrigan’s work. Secret, because Berrigan’s stance of utter casualness appears to be its antithesis&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;also applies to Bret.  Behind all of the humor, unpretentiousness</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578374191884858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113578374191884858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135783740000#c113578374191884858' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577936462713424</id><published>2005-12-28T09:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T09:16:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113577936462713424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113577936462713424'/><author><name>Colin Millar</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15476508772502977206</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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1524990863"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577888146500478</id><published>2005-12-28T09:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-28T09:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I just wanted to be first to comment. so Curtis Fa...</title><summary type='text'>I just wanted to be first to comment. so Curtis Faville could take the day off. CA Conrad rocks the earth. Philadelphia! I tip my Terrell Owens jersey to you! Much love! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bring on the sea monkeys!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113577888146500478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113577806420544034/comments/default/113577888146500478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html?showComment=1135778880000#c113577888146500478' 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/absolute-antithesis-in-publishing.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113577806420544034' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113577806420544034' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 28, 2005"/></entry></feed>