<?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.post114622829295182187..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/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/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>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114697513677524370</id><published>2006-05-07T00:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-07T00:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i had it read before i got on the planei ain&#39;t eve...</title><summary type='text'>i had it read before i got on the plane&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i ain&#39;t even on the plane yet&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i think it&#39;s a pretty good story&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the grail will find us&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;why no commentary about the sacred feminine&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how does the goddess cult play itself out in american culture?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;did the church suppress those girls&lt;BR/&gt;of old&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;well i&#39;d like to do some reconciliation&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114697513677524370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114697513677524370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146975120000#c114697513677524370' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114687337085357515</id><published>2006-05-05T19:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-05T19:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sign on local church:Da Vinci Code = fiction.Da Bi...</title><summary type='text'>Sign on local church:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Da Vinci Code = fiction.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Da Bible = fact.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114687337085357515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114687337085357515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146873360000#c114687337085357515' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114666770957244414</id><published>2006-05-03T10:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T10:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, fabian, if you think too hard you&#39;re going to...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, fabian, if you think too hard you&#39;re going to give yourself a headache.  Chill out, dude.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114666770957244414'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114666770957244414'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146667680000#c114666770957244414' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 03, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114659073291726683</id><published>2006-05-02T13:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-02T13:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All you intelligent literati who read /Da Vinci Co...</title><summary type='text'>All you intelligent literati who read /Da Vinci Code/ just fell into their &#39;read-it-cuz-it&#39;s read&#39; hypecheese-baited trap. . .&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not that I&#39;ve read the book (and I won&#39;t, ever), but as for Ron&#39;s GENERAL critique of rube goldberg details: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(a) it doesn&#39;t matter if the character knows what kind of plane she&#39;s in b/c 3rd person realism isn&#39;t inside the character&#39;s head; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(b)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114659073291726683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114659073291726683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146590700000#c114659073291726683' title=''/><author><name>Fabian Delecto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06212144823606055500</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1031207256"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 02, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114649011532946559</id><published>2006-05-01T09:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-05-01T09:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think Twinkies are Western Civilisation&#39;s answer...</title><summary type='text'>I think Twinkies are Western Civilisation&#39;s answer to large grub worms, which are still eaten in Africa.  Soft mouthfeel outer coating with a gluey, sticky inside.  Yum.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114649011532946559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114649011532946559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146490080000#c114649011532946559' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114644008234523866</id><published>2006-04-30T19:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T19:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have never heard of this Twinkie Defense, but va...</title><summary type='text'>I have never heard of this Twinkie Defense, but vaguely remember that Harvey Milk was shot by somebody.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lumbering toward the candy machine with change in hand.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Imagine how happy the cavemen and women would be to have food so easily available!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If Robert is a symbologist in this Da Vinci Code, what would he make of Twinkies?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps it varies by region.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114644008234523866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114644008234523866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146440040000#c114644008234523866' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114643013894270914</id><published>2006-04-30T16:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T16:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;This kind of awkward, creative-writing class pros...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;This kind of awkward, creative-writing class prose is almost a twitch for Brown.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Actually, those are perfect examples of the kind of prose that&#39;s held up for ridicule in CW classes. They provide great examples of how NOT to write creatively.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114643013894270914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114643013894270914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146430080000#c114643013894270914' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114640982574037355</id><published>2006-04-30T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T11:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, arch, good point.  One of the attractions of ...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, arch, good point.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One of the attractions of all these thousands of mystery novels is the low level of schlock.  They&#39;re like junk food, fun to eat once in a while, but not as a steady diet.  Mystery freaks are like overweight junkies--can&#39;t get enough.  Bring on those fries!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Go on a diet and read thin books of prickly poetry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114640982574037355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114640982574037355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146409800000#c114640982574037355' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114640965828854888</id><published>2006-04-30T11:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-30T11:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,Woo, Twinkies.  That stuff carries some heav...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Woo, Twinkies.  That stuff carries some heavy connotations around here.  Remember Harvey Milk and the Mayor of San Francisco?  The &quot;Twinkie Defense&quot; got Dan White off, but he later committed suicide anyway.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I remember when I got hooked on rose-cream filled puff pastries as a kid.  I used to chase the &quot;bread truck&quot; on my bike to buy them.  Heavenly.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;These days</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114640965828854888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114640965828854888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146409620000#c114640965828854888' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 30, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114635783371580145</id><published>2006-04-29T20:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T20:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The only thing more delicious than The Da Vinci Co...</title><summary type='text'>The only thing more delicious than &lt;I&gt;The Da Vinci Code&lt;/I&gt; with its bad writing (the guy can&#39;t right a love scene if his life depended on it, though he could keep me up at night reading) is Ron&#39;s review and this stream of comments... Yummy!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635783371580145'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635783371580145'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146357780000#c114635783371580145' title=''/><author><name>arch.memory</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13902709126678545260</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-644482785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114635588693120415</id><published>2006-04-29T20:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T20:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hehehe!  Okay Kirby, you have me laughing!  Are yo...</title><summary type='text'>Hehehe!  Okay Kirby, you have me laughing!  Are you fucking happy!?  Razz me razz me!  It&#39;s all good!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;JPCraig.  First, as far as Spicergirl Superhero, you don&#39;t realize the history.  First of all, she, or he, is an anonymous crank caller to this blog.  In other words, a coward.  This Superhero has claimed to be saving the working classes at one point, teaching the working classes like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635588693120415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635588693120415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146355860000#c114635588693120415' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114635170910749869</id><published>2006-04-29T19:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T19:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>JPC,I like to get CA Conrad going.</title><summary type='text'>JPC,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like to get CA Conrad going.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635170910749869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114635170910749869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146351660000#c114635170910749869' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114634586989726849</id><published>2006-04-29T17:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T17:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Come now.  The Da Vinci Code is the secularist&#39;s v...</title><summary type='text'>Come now.  The Da Vinci Code is the secularist&#39;s version of the Left Behind series.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114634586989726849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114634586989726849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146345840000#c114634586989726849' title=''/><author><name>Christopher Trottier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07213876422367028713</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1626981765"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114633215415522362</id><published>2006-04-29T13:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T13:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Riffing on Indie&#39;s remark....-----------Something ...</title><summary type='text'>Riffing on Indie&#39;s remark....&lt;BR/&gt;-----------&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;B&gt;Something about something&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When Rilke wrote his &lt;I&gt;thing poems&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; he used the word advisedly&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;there&#39;s something in the way she moves&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; now muzaks high society&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;is something wrong with this picture?&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&amp;#160; &amp;#160; could be a thing to ponder --&lt;BR/&gt;when drunk on objectless</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114633215415522362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114633215415522362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146332100000#c114633215415522362' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114633109982734097</id><published>2006-04-29T13:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T13:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Someone bought me a copy of the DaVinci Code years...</title><summary type='text'>Someone bought me a copy of the DaVinci Code years ago and my Dad confiscated it and forbade me to read it. Not because of the content, but because he was genuinely afraid that the bad writing contained therein might raise my blood pressure to the point of a stroke.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Seriously, I remember him instructing me to hand the book over, all the while flinching at the very idea of what that kind </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114633109982734097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114633109982734097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146331080000#c114633109982734097' title=''/><author><name>sarah ruddy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12447051868672763392</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-335291462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114632516242843290</id><published>2006-04-29T11:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T11:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I found this review highly entertaining - being in...</title><summary type='text'>I found this review highly entertaining - being in Europe I don&#39;t get all the details of popular American culture but I&#39;ve been hearing and seeing &quot;Da Vinci Code&quot; all over the Internet. So now I know what it&#39;s about. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I had a professor in one of my English classes (1980&#39;s) who told us to avoid using the word &quot;thing&quot; in our writing, that it was awkward, replacement for a real word/idea, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632516242843290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632516242843290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146325140000#c114632516242843290' title=''/><author><name>Indeterminacy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11112417911577798263</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1014132802"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114632459925060934</id><published>2006-04-29T11:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T11:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>CA Conrad, take a look at British history yourself...</title><summary type='text'>CA Conrad, take a look at British history yourself. Stonehenge built by druids? You’re smoking some Crowley crack there.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And this whole matriarchy/patriarchy issue is a lot murkier than the popular press makes it. There have been some interesting finds in Malta and Crete lately that show how complex it can be (see &lt;EM&gt;Archaeology&lt;/EM&gt; last few issues). And there have been some </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632459925060934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632459925060934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146324540000#c114632459925060934' title=''/><author><name>jpc</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03810955298378231921</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-171107965"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114632405895945212</id><published>2006-04-29T11:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T11:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The WSJ had an interesting article last night abou...</title><summary type='text'>The WSJ had an interesting article last night about how many Christians feel that the movie and the book are a &quot;teaching moment,&quot; as is the recent resurfacing of the Judas gospel, and so are actually encouraging their flocks to attend the flick.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Creeley was a Baptist from the ground up, or so he once told me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He is presently on an angel locomotive headed toward heaven, a more </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632405895945212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114632405895945212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146324000000#c114632405895945212' 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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114631510318175247</id><published>2006-04-29T08:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T08:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spicergirl Superhero, you&#39;re wrong that the poets ...</title><summary type='text'>Spicergirl Superhero, you&#39;re wrong that the poets you mention didn&#39;t tackle bigger, better issues.  And at least THEY didn&#39;t hide behind the mask you do to make points.  (And poor Jack Spicer, he probably vomits in his grave every time you foul the world in his name!)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The thing I HATE to do is agree with you though Spicergirl Superhero.  Your points about what is missed on the book make </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114631510318175247'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114631510318175247'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146315060000#c114631510318175247' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114631067209445274</id><published>2006-04-29T07:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-29T07:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Besides some of the phrasing and characterisation ...</title><summary type='text'>Besides some of the phrasing and characterisation being weak, after six hundred pages the ending was very rushed. But as a cheap page-turner it does the job.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114631067209445274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114631067209445274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146310620000#c114631067209445274' title=''/><author><name>f james hartnell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12759800031996558636</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1781632645"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 29, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114628042893838408</id><published>2006-04-28T23:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T23:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Indiana Jones was an archaeologist, not an anthrop...</title><summary type='text'>Indiana Jones was an archaeologist, not an anthropologist.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114628042893838408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114628042893838408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146280380000#c114628042893838408' title=''/><author><name>Joseph</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12350813388072485198</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-953809779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114627167943369118</id><published>2006-04-28T20:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T20:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>So many people recommended that I read the DaVinci...</title><summary type='text'>So many people recommended that I read the DaVinci Code while in Europe or before coming that I got really frustrated. I wouldn&#39;t want the novel to overlay my own impressions and imagination and I&#39;m afraid it would. One of my favorite modern authors, A.S. Byatt, often builds art history, mythology and literature into her characters lives, and I love this. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, I posted a couple of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114627167943369118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114627167943369118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146271620000#c114627167943369118' title=''/><author><name>Valerie</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03716498736157684730</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-643752735"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114626058829341734</id><published>2006-04-28T17:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T17:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>twinkies are good.</title><summary type='text'>twinkies are good.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114626058829341734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114626058829341734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146260580000#c114626058829341734' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114625365546377622</id><published>2006-04-28T15:47:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T15:47:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>au revoir mon amisei am off to Parisand have plann...</title><summary type='text'>au revoir mon amise&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i am off to Paris&lt;BR/&gt;and have planned to read the &lt;BR/&gt;&quot;code&quot; on the flight over&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;at least part of the success&lt;BR/&gt;of the novel has been &lt;BR/&gt;an intensification of &quot;doubt&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;concerning the moral authority&lt;BR/&gt;of Roman Catholicism&lt;BR/&gt;anything that can give a &lt;BR/&gt;cultural middle digit&lt;BR/&gt;to Rome is sweet fodder&lt;BR/&gt;for ahmehrikuh&lt;BR/&gt;but i will read it&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114625365546377622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114625365546377622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146253620001#c114625365546377622' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114625363791386416</id><published>2006-04-28T15:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-28T15:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby et al--the book is Crap, yeah, but it&#39;s cert...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby et al--the book is Crap, yeah, but it&#39;s certainly caused a lot of folks to question whether the 2000 year tradition of misogyny, anti-semitism, hatred of the body, racism, sado-masochism is really the true Christianity or even anything more than a virulent outgrowth of Hellenistic practices.  And oh yeah, K-boy, your man Martin L bares a lot of the blame--for the last coupla hundred years </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114625363791386416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114622829295182187/comments/default/114625363791386416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html?showComment=1146253620000#c114625363791386416' title=''/><author><name>spicergirl</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08352927433529226485</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/2006/04/da-vinci-code-is-to-great-literature.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114622829295182187' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114622829295182187' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-256451819"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 28, 2006"/></entry></feed>