<?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.post116160211355671131..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/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116190640659531397</id><published>2006-10-26T19:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-26T19:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad...e...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, mad...etc.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116190640659531397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116190640659531397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161906360000#c116190640659531397' 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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116171892572617515</id><published>2006-10-24T15:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T15:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Style versus substance if you ask me.  :)Powerful ...</title><summary type='text'>Style versus substance if you ask me.  :)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Powerful language does not exactly equal, to me, powerful ideas.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Where, are the ideas here?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Pacifism?  Well...okay I guess so but I&#39;m not the best reader by a long shot but when reading such things, I wonder who really is?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is there a message in these or just more words:  senate and republic, Plato and the faeries?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116171892572617515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116171892572617515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161718920000#c116171892572617515' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116167640721879461</id><published>2006-10-24T03:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T03:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116167640721879461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116167640721879461'/><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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116166548439703206</id><published>2006-10-24T00:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T00:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116166548439703206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116166548439703206'/><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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116166492550402110</id><published>2006-10-24T00:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-24T00:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t understand what you mean by &quot;image&quot;: so ma...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t understand what you mean by &quot;image&quot;: so many &quot;dim lands of peace.&quot; Which is not to say that I don&#39;t like it, quite the contrary. But it&#39;s just one &quot;dim lands of peace&quot; after another. Except for the terminal gab/garb/bard.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;We think we see them through the screen.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The darkest flower is impossible,&lt;BR/&gt;Unless it is a hole within the wool&lt;BR/&gt;Medieval monks raised to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116166492550402110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116166492550402110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161664920000#c116166492550402110' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116165982498946876</id><published>2006-10-23T23:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T23:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Those two excepts show a lot of command and ear.. ...</title><summary type='text'>Those two excepts show a lot of command and ear.. I think of Wichita Vortex Sutra when I read “to comfort my senate” and “federal surprise” in a ‘war poem’:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I here declare the end of the War!&lt;BR/&gt;Let the States tremble,&lt;BR/&gt;let the Nation weep,&lt;BR/&gt;let Congress legislate its own delight&lt;BR/&gt;let the President execute his own desire–&lt;BR/&gt;this Act done by my own voice...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In Flowers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116165982498946876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116165982498946876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161659820000#c116165982498946876' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116163134460021433</id><published>2006-10-23T15:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T15:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hmm, i am seeing blood (flower) on a uniform (gaba...</title><summary type='text'>hmm, i am seeing blood (flower) on a uniform (gabardine, a traditional uniform fabric) in that last image--no whimsy at all!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;wonder if this will come out in paperback next year?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116163134460021433'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116163134460021433'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161631320000#c116163134460021433' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116162779650502055</id><published>2006-10-23T14:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-23T14:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is great stuff.Why don&#39;t you like &quot;by federal...</title><summary type='text'>This is great stuff.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why don&#39;t you like &quot;by federal surprise?&quot; It&#39;s my favorite bit, partly because it&#39;s &lt;I&gt;not&lt;/I&gt; an image, and sticks out of this train of images... it&#39;s sort of a train wreck. &quot;Coats&quot; comes in, already a sign of the outside, after these very private-seeming images, and then gets this attached to it (and I think &quot;by&quot; is crucial). The way it almost adds up, or adds up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116162779650502055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116160211355671131/comments/default/116162779650502055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html?showComment=1161627780000#c116162779650502055' 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/2006/10/there-is-advantage-to-being-guy-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116160211355671131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116160211355671131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2006"/></entry></feed>