<?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.post115486794975410749..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/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.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>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506300940276118</id><published>2006-08-08T14:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T14:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, Kirby, tell that to the Jews and Arabs.  The...</title><summary type='text'>Well, Kirby, tell that to the Jews and Arabs.  They&#39;ve been at each other&#39;s throats for hundreds of years.  Those grudge matches go on forever.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115506300940276118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115506300940276118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155063000000#c115506300940276118' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115506067095658613</id><published>2006-08-08T14:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T14:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis,First she backed the intervention in Iraq a...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;First she backed the intervention in Iraq and then she didn&#39;t.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;She&#39;s married to a man from Africa (I think he&#39;s from a sub-Saharan country so is unlikely to be Arabic, but he IS Muslim).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;She got out of Beirut Lebanon because the place is being strafed by Israeli warplanes and all kinds of people are being hit from the air.  It&#39;s kind of hard to check passports </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115506067095658613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115506067095658613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155060660000#c115506067095658613' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505294626790960</id><published>2006-08-08T12:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T12:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David, Lilac is like one of those broken field run...</title><summary type='text'>David, Lilac is like one of those broken field runners that occasionally make it to the NFL and who do everything counterintuitively. When you think they will run back, they run forward, and left when they should go right, but she does keep going.  Even moving into the Muslim world is one such maneuver that you&#39;d be least likely to expect for a girl raised in suburban Arizona, or was it New </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115505294626790960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115505294626790960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155052920000#c115505294626790960' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115505051735325844</id><published>2006-08-08T11:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T11:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I misremember:  Was lilac actually backing the U.S...</title><summary type='text'>I misremember:  Was lilac actually backing the U.S. in Iraq?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Gosh, I must have missed that one.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If she was/is married to an Arab man, why need she have been evacuated?  This is confusing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115505051735325844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115505051735325844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155050460000#c115505051735325844' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115503220517056974</id><published>2006-08-08T06:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T06:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the news of Lilac.  It took some wading...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the news of Lilac.  It took some wading (interesting wading, including one of the more lucid expositions of the Ismael story I&#39;ve seen) -- till finally I resorted to Search to locate the USS Trent reference on Lilac&#39;s blog:&lt;BR/&gt;http://carmenisacat.blogspot.com/2006/08/ode-to-rocks-in-pockets-and-gardens.html&lt;BR/&gt;(In passing: bit astonished to note she evidently has been supportive of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115503220517056974'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115503220517056974'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155032160000#c115503220517056974' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115500706598725347</id><published>2006-08-07T23:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T23:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Lots of nuts come in out of the cultural waste lan...</title><summary type='text'>Lots of nuts come in out of the cultural waste lands to this water hole to have a drink and shoot the breeze.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I can&#39;t blame them, since I am the same.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Probably everybody remembers wonderful Lilac, who is something like our Ezra Pound.  She&#39;s a woman from Arizona living as a Muslim in Beirut, and apparently believes that Hitler was on the right track in regards to the Jews.&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115500706598725347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115500706598725347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1155007020000#c115500706598725347' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115494593661658254</id><published>2006-08-07T06:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T06:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A case might be made that the comment-box&#39;s role i...</title><summary type='text'>A case might be made that the comment-box&#39;s role in the symbiosis of the blogo-cultural ecology is akin to that of valuable worms &amp; bacteria. ;-) -- a value which is nothing to sneeze at.  The medium allows for an element of dialogue tandeming with the monologue at center stage: thus, a sideshow, but to some degree a Talmudic one.  (And of course, for certain festival-goers, the fringe may at </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115494593661658254'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115494593661658254'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154945880000#c115494593661658254' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115493241870826297</id><published>2006-08-07T02:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T02:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;And a couple by somebody who felt that their note...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;And a couple by somebody who felt that their note should have been posted instantly to the blog and so sent it three times trying to see what was wrong.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I believe that was yours truly.  I was unfamiliar with the technology and gave up.  But to imply I thought my note should be &lt;I&gt;posted instantly&lt;/I&gt; ascribes a feeling and expectation that were wholly absent.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was guilty of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115493241870826297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115493241870826297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154932380000#c115493241870826297' title=''/><author><name>C. E. Chaffin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02639448512282317750</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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1172652492"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115490891231188828</id><published>2006-08-06T20:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T20:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To speak for myself only, I found Ron&#39;s blog no le...</title><summary type='text'>To speak for myself only, I found Ron&#39;s blog no less interesting in its content when the comments stream was down, but I did miss the blogbox.  There&#39;s something intriguing about hearing how other people read things, and what it prods them to say.  I&#39;ve been guilty many times of engaging in mini-flame wars (a fairly common occurrence on the internet, even in my limited experience), for which I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115490891231188828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115490891231188828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154908860000#c115490891231188828' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115490490527219311</id><published>2006-08-06T18:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T18:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m not sure, but I think it&#39;s possible in Blogger...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m not sure, but I think it&#39;s possible in Blogger to block comments based on IP address. That seems considerably easier than wading through the comments as they come in.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not I don&#39;t think you&#39;re a just moderator; it just seems like a lot of work.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115490490527219311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115490490527219311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154904900000#c115490490527219311' title=''/><author><name>Elliot</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04083312922247564965</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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1772820945"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115489208204440548</id><published>2006-08-06T15:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T15:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At the risk of being obvious, this is a crock. I w...</title><summary type='text'>At the risk of being obvious, this is a crock. I was receiving a steady &amp; passionate series of complaints from readers that (a) they no longer read the blog because the comments stream had turned to swill or (b) that it was impossible to carry on a serious conversation relating to the blog itself because of this. There are lots of opportunities on the web for people to publish their own blogs. </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115489208204440548'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115489208204440548'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154892060000#c115489208204440548' 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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115488855178818198</id><published>2006-08-06T14:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T14:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The comment section was an important and fascinati...</title><summary type='text'>The comment section was an important and fascinating part of this blog. Sure, some comments brought froth but better a little moisture then this current wasteland. Let the blog host censor the comments if they find them offending. Why are you wasting your time trying to correct something you have no control over? Free speech and Berkeley forever!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115488855178818198'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115488855178818198'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154888520000#c115488855178818198' title=''/><author><name>Arago Press</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01854798848338540056</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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1658279969"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115488691533789667</id><published>2006-08-06T13:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T13:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the drama!</title><summary type='text'>the drama!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115488691533789667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115488691533789667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154886900000#c115488691533789667' title=''/><author><name>Simon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03035545713190516583</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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115487060018501047</id><published>2006-08-06T09:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T09:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm. I had assumed my comment on Book of Sketches ...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm. I had assumed my comment on Book of Sketches was rejected, but it doesn&#39;t fit any of those descriptions. So I guess this is a test as much as anything...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115487060018501047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115486794975410749/comments/default/115487060018501047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/note-on-comments.html?showComment=1154870580000#c115487060018501047' title=''/><author><name>Scott</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00910153123347996625</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/2006/08/note-on-comments.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115486794975410749' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115486794975410749' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-575372197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry></feed>