<?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.post114078409978606044..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/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/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>53</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114183171278333096</id><published>2006-03-08T10:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-08T10:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I must be truly evil, because those 72 virgins sou...</title><summary type='text'>I must be truly evil, because those 72 virgins sound enticing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114183171278333096'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114183171278333096'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141831680000#c114183171278333096' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114109593320075624</id><published>2006-02-27T22:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T22:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Seems like a lot of pressure to say that. I can th...</title><summary type='text'>Seems like a lot of pressure to say that. I can think of two gifted poets from the region who showed promise, then stopped writing. It wasn&#39;t exactly a prediction of 20 years of development and publication that caused it, because both were a lot less recognized than Tony. Maybe that&#39;s why he says he has nothing invested in it. More confidence, direction, and momentum. *</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114109593320075624'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114109593320075624'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141095900000#c114109593320075624' title=''/><author><name>Michael Hoerman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07253904232487904166</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1328156720"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114106815334111781</id><published>2006-02-27T14:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T14:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lilac,My own perspective or rather lack thereof is...</title><summary type='text'>Lilac,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My own perspective or rather lack thereof is bundled into a question of enthusiasm.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I suppose that as a Lutheran I was taught that enthusiasm is almost always already evil.  We dislike it.  In war we are not to become enthusiastic.  In pursuing the law we are not to become enthusiastic.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;War is for professionals, and is headed under a duly constituted authority.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114106815334111781'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114106815334111781'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141068120000#c114106815334111781' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114102220689480512</id><published>2006-02-27T01:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T01:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s the devil.  Only backwards.What an asshole.&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s the devil.  Only backwards.&lt;BR/&gt;What an asshole.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not really sure who said it (I am but I&#39;d have to kill you if I told you)but technically, a far better line than the snake of this limp poem.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sorry.  The poet&#39;s name is better than the poem itself.  I have read a bit of Tost here and there.  I&#39;m not bowled over as Ron is but I&#39;m not completely disappointed either.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114102220689480512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114102220689480512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141022160000#c114102220689480512' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114100047613122374</id><published>2006-02-26T19:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T19:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>re: previous post, i know it should be hang, not h...</title><summary type='text'>re: previous post, i know it should be hang, not hand, in &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there hang the bearings</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114100047613122374'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114100047613122374'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141000440000#c114100047613122374' title=''/><author><name>adrian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10092638052998965749</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-397607683"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114100033064729524</id><published>2006-02-26T19:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T19:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Perhaps a crude reading, but I see this as a pun o...</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps a crude reading, but I see this as a pun on lust and writing -- (forgive me, an Arse Poetica.) Someone lusting after someone &amp;  considering writing, their mode for writing:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The animal about the blossoms/ sang for them&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You will receive yours/ beneath the blanket&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;rising rude&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;come here and help me/ little levee&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(with your lamb)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;waiting// </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114100033064729524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114100033064729524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1141000320000#c114100033064729524' title=''/><author><name>adrian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10092638052998965749</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-397607683"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114091268724035786</id><published>2006-02-25T19:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T19:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy, thanks for the depth on what you like about ...</title><summary type='text'>Andy, thanks for the depth on what you like about the poem.  That&#39;s what I was seeking - a bit of understanding about what others are getting from it.  The biblical references were apparent, but I found it hard to believe that they carried the poem for everyone.  But they may have.  Regardless, people just liked the poem.  I accept that, of course.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I feel like I&#39;m starting to repeat </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091268724035786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091268724035786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140912660000#c114091268724035786' title=''/><author><name>Curt Stump</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05608837179255456958</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321715709"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114091263399487373</id><published>2006-02-25T19:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T19:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy, this is a new wrinkle.  I didn&#39;t write them ...</title><summary type='text'>Andy, this is a new wrinkle.  I didn&#39;t write them for 20 years.  I do have a book of them forthcoming (it&#39;s a chapbook but it has 40 pages in it).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wanted to send you a copy.  If you send me a surface address I will send them to you.  It&#39;s out in about three weeks from PR Primeau&#39;s Persistencia Press in Rhode Island.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think they will be pretty nifty.  If you liked the ones in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091263399487373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091263399487373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140912600000#c114091263399487373' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114091098626451792</id><published>2006-02-25T18:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T18:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,I find it&#39;s best to work in phases: read eve...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I find it&#39;s best to work in phases: read everyone I can for a few months, then concentrate on a tiny handful for a few months, etc. Though I can&#39;t imagine how Ron reads quite as much as his blog implies, either. But I&#39;m in an enjoyable phase, where there&#39;s a lot I like, after a decade of really restricting my reading, intentionally--which I think was also good, for at least a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091098626451792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091098626451792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140910980000#c114091098626451792' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114091063502739322</id><published>2006-02-25T18:37:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T18:37:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curt,No, &quot;rant rant rant&quot; was self-referential in ...</title><summary type='text'>Curt,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No, &quot;rant rant rant&quot; was self-referential in my note, an expression of embarassment.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wasn&#39;t guessing at your beliefs about poetics; I was complaining about the preponderance of a particular way of looking at particular writing, which includes the idea that said writing boils down to a theory of linguistics. It just ain&#39;t so, for any poem, anywhere. Do you know anybody </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091063502739322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114091063502739322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140910620000#c114091063502739322' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114090865506727922</id><published>2006-02-25T18:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T18:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy,You are getting to know me pretty well.  I ha...</title><summary type='text'>Andy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You are getting to know me pretty well.  I had to supervise a children&#39;s birthday party and was indeed in a bad mood.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I find that now that everything is cleaned up and put away and the dishes back in the cupboard, I sort of like Tony&#39;s poem.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s also been very cold here in the northeast and that got on my nerves too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t really read a lot of poetry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090865506727922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090865506727922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140908640000#c114090865506727922' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114090685684310272</id><published>2006-02-25T17:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T17:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Andy, probably because I haven&#39;t posted here enoug...</title><summary type='text'>Andy, probably because I haven&#39;t posted here enough, you went down the wrong path a bit with your judgments about what I believe in poetics.  My question in this thread is very simple: why do people like this poem?  Sub-question: is there supposed to be meaning in this poem and if so, what is it?  Tony spoke up to tell us that no, I don&#39;t have to get it because there may be nothing to get (either</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090685684310272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090685684310272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140906840000#c114090685684310272' title=''/><author><name>Curt Stump</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05608837179255456958</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321715709"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114090261797188287</id><published>2006-02-25T16:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T16:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>work is characterized by any fragmentation, multip...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;work is characterized by any fragmentation, multiple meanings, or even emotional and psychological complexity beyond what poems that add up nicely try to convince us we think and feel like&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090261797188287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090261797188287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140902580000#c114090261797188287' title=''/><author><name>Michael Hoerman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07253904232487904166</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1328156720"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114090188904832380</id><published>2006-02-25T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T16:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, given Kirby&#39;s usual malicious, gleeful i...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, given Kirby&#39;s usual malicious, gleeful irony, I&#39;d almost guess that Tost is secretly his favorite poet. It&#39;s hard for me to believe, by this point, that he&#39;s ever entirely sincere.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090188904832380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090188904832380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140901860000#c114090188904832380' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114090181105409646</id><published>2006-02-25T16:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T16:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jeez, Kirby--this must be something personal.Curt,...</title><summary type='text'>Jeez, Kirby--this must be something personal.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curt,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What&#39;s with this &quot;words/meaning&quot; dichotomy? As if words didn&#39;t have meanings. As if the so-called &quot;so-called Language poets&quot; ever said they didn&#39;t. As if Tony doesn&#39;t &lt;I&gt;want&lt;/I&gt; you to make connections. What&#39;s any poem without the specificity and concreteness of its words (and the ones Tony chooses are, I think, sensuously </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090181105409646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114090181105409646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140901800000#c114090181105409646' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089917660934038</id><published>2006-02-25T15:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T15:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I think if Tony Tost were in a horrific accident i...</title><summary type='text'>I think if Tony Tost were in a horrific accident in which an axe went through his knee and he had to crawl through a Sahara of salt he might eventually even realize that he is alive.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Somehow the better poets are in that kind of condition.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tost is toast barring that kind of thang.  I hope it happens!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089917660934038'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089917660934038'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140899160000#c114089917660934038' 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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089712383377226</id><published>2006-02-25T14:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T14:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Whose poetry&quot; is a really good question.</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Whose poetry&quot; is a really good question.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089712383377226'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089712383377226'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140897120000#c114089712383377226' title=''/><author><name>Michael Hoerman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07253904232487904166</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1328156720"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089692053534127</id><published>2006-02-25T14:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T14:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dince Dunec&#39;s Dentable Dorks CalledUnknowing onloo...</title><summary type='text'>Dince Dunec&#39;s Dentable Dorks Called&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Unknowing onlookers moan&lt;BR/&gt;in work no one&lt;BR/&gt;will riddle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;until the global brain&lt;BR/&gt;has brought to their chamber of gas&lt;BR/&gt;poetics&#39; cold bloodied carcass&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;dissected by a top weight team&lt;BR/&gt;of sermon faced sophists&lt;BR/&gt;who converse in a language &lt;BR/&gt;deeply abstruse and&lt;BR/&gt;beyond understanding&lt;BR/&gt;at the swamp&lt;BR/&gt;of post modern </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089692053534127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089692053534127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140896880000#c114089692053534127' title=''/><author><name>Scalljah</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14578109925453070447</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1613744976"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089391409662918</id><published>2006-02-25T13:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T13:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speaking of the Lilly bequest, here&#39;s a letter to ...</title><summary type='text'>Speaking of the Lilly bequest, here&#39;s a letter to the editor I came across on Charles Bernstein&#39;s blog, with his ointroductory comments:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*******&lt;BR/&gt;The following two letters appeared in the April 21, 2004, letters column of The New York Times, with the headline used above, resonding to a puff (aka &quot;news&quot;) article on the bequest.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To the Editor:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A multimillion-dollar </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089391409662918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089391409662918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140893880000#c114089391409662918' title=''/><author><name>Lester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479023387881600</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1478288716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089351016161485</id><published>2006-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T13:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I just read Tony being sarcastic.  Wrong again am ...</title><summary type='text'>I just read Tony being sarcastic.  Wrong again am I!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089351016161485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089351016161485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140893460000#c114089351016161485' title=''/><author><name>Lester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479023387881600</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1478288716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089342291539270</id><published>2006-02-25T13:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T13:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis - I&#39;ve had a lot to say but I haven&#39;t said ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis - &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve had a lot to say but I haven&#39;t said much about that particular poem itself.  I also haven&#39;t read or seen World Jelly yet.  So who am I to talk?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why apologize for being critical?  I think Tony soaks it up.  Any good writer remains unattached to his/her texts in the process of writing; reattachment comes later only by  being a fond reader of the finished text.  I&#39;m </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089342291539270'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089342291539270'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140893400000#c114089342291539270' title=''/><author><name>Lester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479023387881600</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1478288716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114089304710100746</id><published>2006-02-25T13:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T13:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Scott - A poem is not equivalent to its creator.  ...</title><summary type='text'>Scott - &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A poem is not equivalent to its creator.  Hell, a poem can&#39;t even be tied 1-to-1 to a specific creator.  Creation comes from everywhere, and the singular identity is nothing but an unverifiable belief.  So if I criticise a poem, I&#39;m not necessarily negating a person.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The following paragraph defines how a poem is in an important sense essentially transcendent and not </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089304710100746'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114089304710100746'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140893040000#c114089304710100746' title=''/><author><name>Lester</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04219479023387881600</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1478288716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114088808109945771</id><published>2006-02-25T12:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T12:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The poem Ron includes here was up on a blog around...</title><summary type='text'>The poem Ron includes here was up on a blog around this time last year. I remember several of the lines. It&#39;s a good one, for sure, but this thing about Tost being watched for the next 10 or 20 years as result of this chapbook&#39;s achievement is a little ridiculous. Basically, it sets up a paradigm of expectation. Can surprise be anticipated? Sure. But whether surprise can be guaranteed over a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088808109945771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088808109945771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140888060000#c114088808109945771' title=''/><author><name>Michael Hoerman</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07253904232487904166</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1328156720"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114088535463700890</id><published>2006-02-25T11:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T11:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kevin,Haiku is plural, eh?  Noted.  Though I think...</title><summary type='text'>Kevin,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Haiku is plural, eh?  Noted.  Though I think the title of the book is Jack Kerouac&#39;s Book of Haikus.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks,&lt;BR/&gt;Tony</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088535463700890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088535463700890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140885300000#c114088535463700890' title=''/><author><name>Tony Tost</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15765857872778493229</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599768463"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114088461910302103</id><published>2006-02-25T11:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-25T11:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tony, thanks for the author&#39;s view and for underst...</title><summary type='text'>Tony, thanks for the author&#39;s view and for understand why I might have questions as a reader.  It helps me to know that you are comfortable with discontinuity.  It tells me I&#39;m probably working too hard to connect things in this particular poem that you didn&#39;t intend me to connect.  For what it’s worth, I saw a string of words that seemed related: serpent, nail, lamb, rising, burdens, even the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088461910302103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114078409978606044/comments/default/114088461910302103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html?showComment=1140884580000#c114088461910302103' title=''/><author><name>Curt Stump</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05608837179255456958</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/2006/02/i-knew-that-i-was-going-to-like-world.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114078409978606044' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114078409978606044' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1321715709"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 25, 2006"/></entry></feed>