<?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.post116766001410865945..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/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.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>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116771442413609377</id><published>2007-01-02T00:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-02T00:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You hit a nail right on the head when you said, &quot;....</title><summary type='text'>You hit a nail right on the head when you said, &quot;. . . anxieties about blank space &amp; silence.  And maybe yours too.&quot;  The blight of the bloger.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that maybe your blog is so good and maybe so important to so many people that you maybe come in for some irrational criticism and nitpicking.  The price.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But you&#39;ve received some nice comments in this stream that should help you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116771442413609377'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116771442413609377'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167714420000#c116771442413609377' title=''/><author><name>Zeke Hunkaburning</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05144662896092856507</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-820081779"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116770998505215504</id><published>2007-01-01T22:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T22:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeah, I just started getting into this whole blogi...</title><summary type='text'>Yeah, I just started getting into this whole bloging thing, and yours is one of the two or three I check daily, and usually dig, as well as leanr something from, and as you know from my own output, which caused one prominent critic to give me reason to look up &quot;prolix&quot; as a young man, length is no impediment to my enjoyment, in either direction.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116770998505215504'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116770998505215504'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167709980000#c116770998505215504' title=''/><author><name>Lally</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-778757446"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116769135090981290</id><published>2007-01-01T17:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T17:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If you feel called upon to visit your hobby horses...</title><summary type='text'>If you feel called upon to visit your hobby horses then you surely should.  By riding them really hard, you inch forward.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;re the best blogger around bar none, so don&#39;t feel you have to cut back for my sake, at least.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Reading you every day is like having a cup of coffee at a diner.  Only you don&#39;t have to pay or leave a tip.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Blog on!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116769135090981290'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116769135090981290'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167691320000#c116769135090981290' 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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116768264626580154</id><published>2007-01-01T15:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T15:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy New Year!</title><summary type='text'>Happy New Year!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116768264626580154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116768264626580154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167682620000#c116768264626580154' title=''/><author><name>C. Dale</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14204146508430363337</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2079778882"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116768133474277607</id><published>2007-01-01T14:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T14:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>An invitation not to respond? Their&#39;s not to make ...</title><summary type='text'>An invitation not to respond? Their&#39;s not to make reply: Canons to the right of them, canons to left of them, while hobby horse &amp; hero fell... &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All best to you &amp; yours &amp; my fellow anxious volunteers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116768133474277607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116768133474277607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167681300000#c116768133474277607' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116767507434222083</id><published>2007-01-01T13:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T13:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>People do read the blog much more because there is...</title><summary type='text'>People do read the blog much more because there is content every day.  I also agree that the long format leads to theoretical development, as the best parts are often in the later paragraphs.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It’s hard to have new critical insights with this frequency without contradicting yourself, but I constantly find new insights here (and few, if any, contradictions).  I love how people complain </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116767507434222083'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116767507434222083'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167675060000#c116767507434222083' 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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116767260852434049</id><published>2007-01-01T12:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T12:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, Like Helen Losse, I visit your blog regularly...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, Like Helen Losse, I visit your blog regularly. It&#39;s become an important part of how I go about the work of my poetry down here in, as you say, &quot;the Siberia&quot; of the poetry world. Many thanks, Happy New Year y abrazos de la frontera.&lt;BR/&gt;Bobby</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116767260852434049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116767260852434049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167672600000#c116767260852434049' title=''/><author><name>Bobby Byrd</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17990783036661848472</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1846872364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766873722248595</id><published>2007-01-01T11:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T11:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron.  Although I seldom leave comments, I enjoy...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron.  Although I seldom leave comments, I enjoy reading your blog.  Happy New Year.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766873722248595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766873722248595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167668700000#c116766873722248595' title=''/><author><name>Helen Losse</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17091815827047472237</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-713953301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766713317511363</id><published>2007-01-01T10:58:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T10:58:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, I think the capacity for discussion is m...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, I think the capacity for discussion is much greater.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are personal reasons for not blogging--a good argument can be made that it robs time from more important things.  But my business since I &quot;retired&quot; has been on the internet, so I&#39;m tied up to my computer chair 4-6 hours a day.  No way I could sit there and not browse and blog part of the time.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your posts </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766713317511363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766713317511363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167667080000#c116766713317511363' 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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766522158897219</id><published>2007-01-01T10:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-01T10:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>happy new year, roni&#39;ve enjoyed reading here and f...</title><summary type='text'>happy new year, ron&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve enjoyed reading here and following the links</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766522158897219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116766001410865945/comments/default/116766522158897219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html?showComment=1167665220000#c116766522158897219' title=''/><author><name>tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13411377393295873655</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/2007/01/my-resolution-for-this-year-remains.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116766001410865945' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116766001410865945' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-823581444"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 01, 2007"/></entry></feed>