<?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.post113595045842401180..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/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/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>30</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113708813651128909</id><published>2006-01-12T12:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-12T12:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Have indeed heard of Winters, Curtis. ;)His work h...</title><summary type='text'>Have indeed heard of Winters, Curtis. ;)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His work hardly fits the category of &quot;bad limericks and sodden epigrams&quot; merely because it adheres to a highly formal aesthetic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are we talking aesthetic schools or &quot;scientific&quot; verse? By &quot;scientific,&quot; are you addressing form or content&quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(tweak!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;R.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113708813651128909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113708813651128909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1137088080000#c113708813651128909' title=''/><author><name>nolapoet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13093723433052849060</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1237903846"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113698987398435992</id><published>2006-01-11T09:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-11T09:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Robin:Cunningham was one of Yvor Winters&#39;s old stu...</title><summary type='text'>Robin:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cunningham was one of Yvor Winters&#39;s old students, like Margaret Tongue.  Strictured verse.  Winters&#39;s admonition to poets to get back to the couplet and narrow formal means led NOT to new epics and masterful statements, but to bad limericks and sodden epigrams.  It was regressive and bad-tempered.  All modern verse was degenerate and slack.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I once knew an x-graduate </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113698987398435992'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113698987398435992'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136989860000#c113698987398435992' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113681673018806496</id><published>2006-01-09T09:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T09:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yo Curtis:Regarding scientific verse:J.V. Cunningh...</title><summary type='text'>Yo Curtis:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Regarding scientific verse:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;J.V. Cunningham, Frederick Turner, off the top of my head. Certainly others.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Out of curiosity, do you ever dirty your hands with such poets? Or just beat up on the Scapegioia in lieu of? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;;)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;R.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113681673018806496'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113681673018806496'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136816700000#c113681673018806496' title=''/><author><name>nolapoet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13093723433052849060</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1237903846"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113681580443329794</id><published>2006-01-09T09:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-01-09T09:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My take?1. Poets are still by and large talking to...</title><summary type='text'>My take?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. Poets are still by and large talking to themselves. (Wakey, wakey!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2. People in the U.S. in general, and poetry readers in particular, eschew libraries.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&#39;Course, that could mean that poets are busily buying each other&#39;s books. Or that the book is dead (which is why poets no longer EVER try to publish or push their own books...!). Or that libraries are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113681580443329794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113681580443329794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136815800000#c113681580443329794' title=''/><author><name>nolapoet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13093723433052849060</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1237903846"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113606189742685320</id><published>2005-12-31T15:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T15:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby Olson needs balls? Keep checking under your ...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby Olson needs balls? Keep checking under your pillow, I&#39;ve alerted the testicle fairy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113606189742685320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113606189742685320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136061840000#c113606189742685320' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113605731001132970</id><published>2005-12-31T14:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T14:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is an interesting concept:  That the introduc...</title><summary type='text'>This is an interesting concept:  That the introduction to literacy must come from a sort of quotidian populist sheet like Reader&#39;s Digest.  I still recall how repelled I was by it when my stepfather--an otherwise brilliant man in many ways--would read each issue and methodically recommend it to me.  How could an intelligent citizen not recognize how condescending and elementary its approach was?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113605731001132970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113605731001132970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136057280000#c113605731001132970' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113605085602361948</id><published>2005-12-31T12:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T12:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve defended Billy Collins in many other posts an...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve defended Billy Collins in many other posts and was intending for readers to see that jab in context -- that I was actually defending light humor but this was apparently missed.  It&#39;s difficult to prepare that kind of humor and requires a very good mind.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But as I then looked through the 1000 books most listed I was impressed at the preponderance of classical weight and complexity.&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113605085602361948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113605085602361948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136050800000#c113605085602361948' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113601361005536779</id><published>2005-12-31T02:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T02:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Odd how the list will allow for the combination of...</title><summary type='text'>Odd how the list will allow for the combination of the 40-odd Garfield books into one entry. Somehow I think any single title in the Davis oeuvre would be off the list. Combine all of Mark Twain&#39;s books, and he&#39;s #3 with a bullet. Also, how silly on how many levels is the Garfield/Billy Collins jab? I mean, really...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113601361005536779'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113601361005536779'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136013600000#c113601361005536779' title=''/><author><name>Steven D. Schroeder</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521222399124575</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-605425638"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113600549603184438</id><published>2005-12-31T00:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-31T00:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I will always think of Stevenson as a Northern Cal...</title><summary type='text'>I will always think of Stevenson as a Northern Californian.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113600549603184438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113600549603184438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136005440000#c113600549603184438' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113600219989002255</id><published>2005-12-30T23:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T23:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Robert Louis Stevenson was from Scotland.  And any...</title><summary type='text'>Robert Louis Stevenson was from Scotland.  And anyone who says otherwise will be chased down the street by a lasagne-pan-wielding, tiny-briefs-wearing Jom Behrle seeking a terrible vengence.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113600219989002255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113600219989002255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1136002140000#c113600219989002255' title=''/><author><name>Archambeau</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17273511539172747550</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-530470673"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113599643480462940</id><published>2005-12-30T21:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T21:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This list is a tabulation of the library holdings,...</title><summary type='text'>This list is a tabulation of the library holdings, nothing more.  Libraries tend to build a base-line stock of traditional classics, but the great preponderance of circulating materials are current events, mysteries and pop novels, aside from the kids&#39; stuff.  Just because a million libraries stock Goethe&#39;s Faust (usually in an indigestible translation) doesn&#39;t mean people are reading it.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113599643480462940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113599643480462940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135996380000#c113599643480462940' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598755289513582</id><published>2005-12-30T19:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T19:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think a more pertinent and accountable list woul...</title><summary type='text'>I think a more pertinent and accountable list would be one which is developed in real time with accordance to what is being taught in universities world-wide on a yearly basis.  Have every instructor submit a book list to a central database and you&#39;d get a real good sense of what consitutes the &quot;university&quot; canon. The canon that is shifting, mutable, individually willed, borderless, etc. The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598755289513582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598755289513582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135987500000#c113598755289513582' title=''/><author><name>kevin r hollo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12394750316839318026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-387125451"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598669108655939</id><published>2005-12-30T18:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T18:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,The phrase &#39;actually (or really) existing soci...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The phrase &#39;actually (or really) existing socialism&#39; originated within the Soviet Union as part of official Soviet state ideology, &amp; was not an invention of dissident Marxist theorists. It was how the Soviet state apparatus referred to those economies within its orbit, as a kind of feeble recognition that true socialism had not been achieved, as a way of staving off criticism from </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598669108655939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598669108655939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135986660000#c113598669108655939' title=''/><author><name>Michael Robbins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15875130386472322897</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1079662289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598546622735210</id><published>2005-12-30T18:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T18:31:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598546622735210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598546622735210'/><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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' 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 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598475990416419</id><published>2005-12-30T18:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T18:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Damn that&#39;s a fine list.  Aside from the Very Hung...</title><summary type='text'>Damn that&#39;s a fine list.  Aside from the Very Hungry Caterpillar and some other esoteric works I&#39;ve read almost all of the 1,000 and almost all of the poetry.  Of course -- where is Tom Jones etc (or did I miss it?)but still I don&#39;t think that Faust or The Divine Comedy or the Canterbury tales are returned to the shelves with just a few pages read.  No, even in these days there are still plenty </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598475990416419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598475990416419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135984740000#c113598475990416419' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598201209748010</id><published>2005-12-30T17:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T17:33:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598201209748010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598201209748010'/><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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' 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 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113598000898136200</id><published>2005-12-30T17:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T17:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting viewing angle of perpetuity.</title><summary type='text'>Interesting viewing angle of perpetuity.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598000898136200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113598000898136200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135980000000#c113598000898136200' title=''/><author><name>Valderbar</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08407313879110859433</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1021171232"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597971549751603</id><published>2005-12-30T16:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T16:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gimme my ball back, Jimmy.</title><summary type='text'>Gimme my ball back, Jimmy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597971549751603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597971549751603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135979700000#c113597971549751603' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597832409458469</id><published>2005-12-30T16:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T16:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, I&#39;m not sure whether &quot;PC racist social com...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, I&#39;m not sure whether &quot;PC racist social commentary&quot; is an oxymoron or the very definition of comics. Either way, let my Boondocks go. In all else, Major Hoople still rules: kaff, kaff, m&#39;boy.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597832409458469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597832409458469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135978320000#c113597832409458469' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597750927321246</id><published>2005-12-30T16:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T16:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My wife was a Calvin &amp; Hobbes fan, until the autho...</title><summary type='text'>My wife was a Calvin &amp; Hobbes fan, until the author retired.  I used to read Garfield regularly--we&#39;re cat people--but it got repetitive.  I think the old standards like Peanuts, Gordo, Dennis The Menace, Cathy, etc., were more reliable.  I&#39;ve never been into the hip stuff by Breathed and Trudeau--they bore me to tears.  There&#39;s this guy who does a little black kid strip which the Chronicle runs,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597750927321246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597750927321246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135977480000#c113597750927321246' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597370212351282</id><published>2005-12-30T15:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T15:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone tell Kirby Olson to shut the hell up. Garf...</title><summary type='text'>Someone tell Kirby Olson to shut the hell up. Garfield is a fucking gnius and I will beat on any fucker who says otherwise with a motherfucking lasagna pan. Your amazon.com # is infinity, pantywaist. That&#39;s my new word for 2006. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597370212351282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597370212351282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135973700000#c113597370212351282' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597185426181441</id><published>2005-12-30T14:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T14:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I picture the Invisible Finger moving line by line...</title><summary type='text'>I picture the Invisible Finger moving line by line down the page, and the Invisible Lips carefully shaping the Invisible Syllables as they enter the Invisible Brain...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597185426181441'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597185426181441'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135971840000#c113597185426181441' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113597058226607697</id><published>2005-12-30T14:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T14:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Baudelaire said his books would sell slowly 2000 a...</title><summary type='text'>Baudelaire said his books would sell slowly 2000 a year for centuries.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s hard work to read Baudelaire and implies a commitment.  You don&#39;t have to make that commitment to Garfield or to Billy Collins.  One lick and you&#39;re done.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Bible is almost impossible to read on the other hand.  I can&#39;t make any sense of it at all.  Shakespeare is so much easier.  Baudelaire is easier.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597058226607697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113597058226607697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135970580000#c113597058226607697' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113596995738462458</id><published>2005-12-30T14:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T14:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This list is a wasteland of anomalies.  What&#39;s the...</title><summary type='text'>This list is a wasteland of anomalies.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What&#39;s the correlation between acquisition/holdings, and actual use?  I suspect that books like Dante&#39;s Divine Comedy, the Arabian Nights, Chaucer&#39;s Canterbury Tales, Bunyan&#39;s Pilgrim&#39;s Progress, Goethe&#39;s Faust, etc., simply gather dust on the shelves, or are &quot;sampled&quot; (3-5 pages read, then abandoned) by readers for whom the text is simply </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113596995738462458'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113596995738462458'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135969920000#c113596995738462458' 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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113596706271249278</id><published>2005-12-30T13:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T13:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The problem is not diverting money, Jordan- it&#39;s g...</title><summary type='text'>The problem is not diverting money, Jordan- it&#39;s getting interested and committed people to go in and do the hard work- the money would help, but those people (who are already out there BTW) never see it. Between the Standards of Learning (in Virginia) and resistant administrators who only want big names, not local schlubs, it seems like a useless endeavor.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I go in to schools now, when I</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113596706271249278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113595045842401180/comments/default/113596706271249278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html?showComment=1135967040000#c113596706271249278' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/back-in-1960s-that-acronym-hardly.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113595045842401180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113595045842401180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 30, 2005"/></entry></feed>