<?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.post114205378004902249..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/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114231667969786477</id><published>2006-03-14T01:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T01:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Phane...kon -Just. Shut. Up. No one has EVER read ...</title><summary type='text'>Phane...kon -&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just. Shut. Up. No one has EVER read one of yr stupid posts all the way thru, &amp; no one ever will. You&#39;re a talentless windbag, &amp; everything you&#39;ve ever posted, at least what I could glean from the brief skims I sometimes give them, screams: ME! ME! I count too! I&#39;m so fucking profound! Jesus, I&#39;d rather read some pothead high school kid&#39;s journal.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But, you know,  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114231667969786477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114231667969786477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142316660000#c114231667969786477' title=''/><author><name>Jenny Vroon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499407317366551697</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835167991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114231649128626122</id><published>2006-03-14T01:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-14T01:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Battlestar season 1 &amp; first part of season 2 now o...</title><summary type='text'>Battlestar season 1 &amp; first part of season 2 now out on DVD, also available as download from iTunes. Be prepared tho - nothing funny about the new version, which basically takes nothing but the plotline from the original campfest. I do kind of miss the robot dog...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114231649128626122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114231649128626122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142316480000#c114231649128626122' title=''/><author><name>Jenny Vroon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499407317366551697</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835167991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114227968507697703</id><published>2006-03-13T14:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-13T14:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Didn&#39;t know about the new Battlestar Gallactica. T...</title><summary type='text'>Didn&#39;t know about the new Battlestar Gallactica. The old one always made me laugh.&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ll have to wait for the dvd since we lack cable.  &lt;BR/&gt;btb, our new neighbors keep telling us that mario used to live in our house in the mid-to-late sixties. 2127 blake st between shattuck and fulton. &quot;berkeley is a magical paradise&quot; --bob grenier</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114227968507697703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114227968507697703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142279640000#c114227968507697703' title=''/><author><name>Bill Luoma</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18265429836386861302</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-88009813"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 13, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114219846357674742</id><published>2006-03-12T16:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-12T16:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, Ron -I saw the episode too (&amp; LOVED it -...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, Ron -&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I saw the episode too (&amp; LOVED it - Michael Rymer&#39;s got some balls), recognized the Savio speech, googled it, replayed the Chief&#39;s, &amp; determined that it is NOT word for word, but close: the chief says &quot;foul &amp; perverted,&quot; not &quot;odious,&quot; skips &quot;passively take part,&quot; &amp; says &quot;you must throw yr body upon the gears, upon the levers, &amp; upon the machine itself, &amp; you must make it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114219846357674742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114219846357674742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142198460000#c114219846357674742' title=''/><author><name>Jenny Vroon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17499407317366551697</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-835167991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 12, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114213764267664396</id><published>2006-03-11T23:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T23:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you know that the word &quot;obituary&quot; comes from t...</title><summary type='text'>Did you know that the word &quot;obituary&quot; comes from the Latin for &quot;I bit your statuary&quot;?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I learned this from Jim Behrle less than an hour ago.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It helps to be in Austin, where the beer is cold and the poets are too.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114213764267664396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114213764267664396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142137620000#c114213764267664396' title=''/><author><name>Henry Gould</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04783460308217456577</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1417109118"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114209634815744375</id><published>2006-03-11T11:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T11:59:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am a huge fan of the new Battlestar Galactica se...</title><summary type='text'>I am a huge fan of the new Battlestar Galactica series as well.  Though at times its message veers a little right of where I would like it to be.  Though the writers usually seem to rescue themselves later on.  I suppose it is important to keep in mind that depicting is not necessarily condoning.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209634815744375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209634815744375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142096340000#c114209634815744375' title=''/><author><name>Mark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12907078718133120295</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1006589168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114209631541646831</id><published>2006-03-11T11:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T11:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree with you.Perhaps you should send an open l...</title><summary type='text'>I agree with you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps you should send an open letter to these newspapers requesting that you be allowed to rewrite the obituary.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209631541646831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209631541646831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142096280000#c114209631541646831' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114209613454719407</id><published>2006-03-11T11:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T11:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;The author of more than 20 books of poetry, plays...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;The author of more than 20 books of poetry, plays, fiction and biography, Guest wrote in unrhymed verses.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Really? &lt;I&gt;Wow!&lt;/I&gt; That really stands out!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, such an obit does bring out a bit of sarcasm, doesn&#39;t it? The structure of that sentence... sheesh... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;at least they didn&#39;t bash her for being &quot;experimental.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209613454719407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114209613454719407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142096100000#c114209613454719407' 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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114208839195167815</id><published>2006-03-11T09:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T09:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, but it would be nice to get the facts remotely...</title><summary type='text'>No, but it would be nice to get the facts remotely right and to use terms as if they were meaningful.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114208839195167815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114208839195167815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142088360000#c114208839195167815' 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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114208184209457020</id><published>2006-03-11T07:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T07:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Question:Do you really expect mainstream newspaper...</title><summary type='text'>Question:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do you really expect mainstream newspapers with daily circulations of 1,000,000+ to print highly nuanced, thesis-like obituaries for dead poets?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wait, you probably do expect that, so let me rephrase.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are you &lt;I&gt;surprised&lt;/I&gt; that mainstream newspapers with daily circulations of 1,000,000+ aren&#39;t printing highly nuanced, thesis-like obituaries for dead poets?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114208184209457020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114208184209457020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142081820000#c114208184209457020' title=''/><author><name>Max</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08281077276424886352</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-380863914"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114207434725175476</id><published>2006-03-11T05:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-11T05:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I was in Powell&#39;s the other day in the Poetry...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I was in Powell&#39;s the other day in the Poetry section, when I noticed an older gentleman prowling the stacks using a cane,&lt;BR/&gt;and dragging around a clerk&#39;s stool to hold his rising pile of purchases, one of which I noticed was a Barbara Guest title, one of only 2 Powell&#39;s had on the shelf.&lt;BR/&gt;After I had looked at the last volume they had, her last volume&lt;BR/&gt;I surmised, I asked him if he </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114207434725175476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114205378004902249/comments/default/114207434725175476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html?showComment=1142074320000#c114207434725175476' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</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/2006/03/good-but-brief-interview-with-kyle.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114205378004902249' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114205378004902249' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 11, 2006"/></entry></feed>