<?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.post116791387681929449..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/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/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>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116830477201915966</id><published>2007-01-08T20:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-08T20:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tillie Olsen looks positively ravishing in this ol...</title><summary type='text'>Tillie Olsen looks positively ravishing in this old portrait.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116830477201915966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116830477201915966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168304760000#c116830477201915966' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116815209053132108</id><published>2007-01-07T01:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-07T01:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blogs aren&#39;t the place to lay out detailed argumen...</title><summary type='text'>Blogs aren&#39;t the place to lay out detailed arguments about one&#39;s opinions, but as forums for slinging bullshit, they&#39;re just about ideal.  And as you note, I do a lot of that.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What I&#39;m trying to say is that I detect a distinct difference between genuine experimentation (and wit, and intelligence), and the irresponsible &quot;fiddling&quot; and automotism that passes for &quot;avant garde&quot; writing </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116815209053132108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116815209053132108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168152060000#c116815209053132108' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 07, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116814553885235308</id><published>2007-01-06T23:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T23:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, actually, I think I was at the same Black ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, actually, I think I was at the same Black Oak reading and thought it was one of the best readings I&#39;ve ever been to! Emotionally edifying, linguistically challenging, philosophically enlightening and other words that end with -&quot;ing.&quot; Now to say stuff that without my intending you will incredibly annoy you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Basically when you say Carson is a quietest and the two Wrights are avant,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116814553885235308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116814553885235308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168145520000#c116814553885235308' title=''/><author><name>john_smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01581596457267664006</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1612147960"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116807889598969815</id><published>2007-01-06T05:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T05:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mr. Leftwich:  New bookstore operations have been ...</title><summary type='text'>Mr. Leftwich:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;New bookstore operations have been totally outflanked by the chains.  The haven&#39;t a prayer.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Then there are the &quot;fake&quot; used bookstores that rely on cheap remainders, calendars, greeting cards, magazines, a kiddie book corner, and community &quot;good will&quot;, but whose actual stock of used material was/is a disgrace for the serious customer-reader.  Let them sink!&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116807889598969815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116807889598969815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168078860000#c116807889598969815' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116804529039170175</id><published>2007-01-05T20:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T20:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Isn&#39;t it funny that in the same thread, one person...</title><summary type='text'>Isn&#39;t it funny that in the same thread, one person accuses Carson of being utterly nonsensical and another one accuses her of being conventionally anecdotal? If she&#39;s pissing off both sides, then she must be doing something right, unlike certain people eager to slouch in their dogmatic camp!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116804529039170175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116804529039170175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168045260000#c116804529039170175' title=''/><author><name>john_smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01581596457267664006</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1612147960"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116804438868743326</id><published>2007-01-05T19:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T19:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Actually, Barnes &amp; Noble, and other chains like Bo...</title><summary type='text'>Actually, Barnes &amp; Noble, and other chains like Borders and Books-A-Million have had flat or declining sales over the last year or so.  This is partly due to lagging overall book sales, and growth in books sales at places like Wal-Mart, Target, Sam&#39;s Club, Costco and even national grocery trains.  Though these nontraditional outlets aren&#39;t stocking much in the way of literary fiction, let alone </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116804438868743326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116804438868743326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168044360000#c116804438868743326' title=''/><author><name>David Leftwich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13194507817427248217</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1792965565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116803619409361741</id><published>2007-01-05T17:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T17:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Barnes And Noble is doing ok, I think.  My brother...</title><summary type='text'>Barnes And Noble is doing ok, I think.  My brother runs one.  A lot of people go in and just buy anything they want.  People like most of us who have to worry about the price of a book usually buy on-line.  But there are a lot of people who make in excess of 200 grand a year especially in big cities and they will just buy anything they want without a second thought.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Some people will buy </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116803619409361741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116803619409361741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168036140000#c116803619409361741' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116802544901946279</id><published>2007-01-05T14:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T14:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The typical used bookstore was rendered effectivel...</title><summary type='text'>The typical used bookstore was rendered effectively obsolete by the internet.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hundreds of bookstores across the nation have closed in the last 10 years, primarily because people no longer needed them to acquire either new or used books.  Many--probably a majority--simply closed their doors and uploaded their inventory online.  Among those that still stay open--and this would include </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116802544901946279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116802544901946279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168025400000#c116802544901946279' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116802308139399348</id><published>2007-01-05T13:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T13:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The fact that @100 independent bookstores opened i...</title><summary type='text'>The fact that @100 independent bookstores opened in each of the last few years does not mean much in and of itself. What if ten years ago, 500 per year opened?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And some of the new bookstores among the @100 on the list that was linked in David Leftwich&#39;s comment above are simply new incarnations of previously established stores, including for example San Francisco&#39;s Bookshop West Portal, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116802308139399348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116802308139399348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168023060000#c116802308139399348' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116800890690779260</id><published>2007-01-05T09:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T09:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I’ll miss McCawbers a lot too.. ..it was a highlig...</title><summary type='text'>I’ll miss McCawbers a lot too.. ..it was a highlight of a visit to Princeton.  The poetry section was sizable, one of those used grab bags where you never knew what would turn up.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800890690779260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800890690779260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168008900000#c116800890690779260' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116800718097804969</id><published>2007-01-05T09:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T09:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>David, I will write about the new bookstores tomor...</title><summary type='text'>David, &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will write about the new bookstores tomorrow.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800718097804969'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800718097804969'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168007160000#c116800718097804969' 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/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116800273879247986</id><published>2007-01-05T08:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T08:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Despite the closing of several prominent indie boo...</title><summary type='text'>Despite the closing of several prominent indie bookstores this year, 96 new stores did open in 2006 and 90 opened in 2005.  Here is a link to that story:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://news.bookweb.org/4955.html#list</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800273879247986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116800273879247986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1168002720000#c116800273879247986' title=''/><author><name>David Leftwich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13194507817427248217</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1792965565"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116797823348927443</id><published>2007-01-05T01:23:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-05T01:23:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the link to Williams&#39; readings, Ron.The...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the link to Williams&#39; readings, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are a couple of problems with the .mp3 files, though, and a bad link as well; hopefully they&#39;ll get these straightened out in time:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;- Items #6 (Reading and Commentary at UCLA) and #25 (Reading and Commentary at UCal Berkeley)  currently link to 1K file stubs of 0:00 duration;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;- Item #18 (Interview on the Mary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116797823348927443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116797823348927443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167978180000#c116797823348927443' title=''/><author><name>jeff</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06410386491643353394</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634465795"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116795734621808248</id><published>2007-01-04T19:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T19:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Like Ted Berrigan, Ron likes to beat people up.&quot;th...</title><summary type='text'>Like Ted Berrigan, Ron likes to beat people up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;the table of contents of any Hambone should prove my point.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The fact that, as editor, he chooses to publish post-avant poetry does not make his own poetry post-avant, does it? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Despite her ostensive play with genre-labelling, Carson generally doesn&#39;t seem to experiment intensively with language and form on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116795734621808248'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116795734621808248'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167957300000#c116795734621808248' 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/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116794487713872310</id><published>2007-01-04T16:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T16:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Two comments --1. I will miss McCawbers -- used to...</title><summary type='text'>Two comments --&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. I will miss McCawbers -- used to go there all the time when I was a graduate student. Actually a damn good poetry section, but one of the highlights was the well chosen new hardcovers, which were displayed on a long (very long) and narrow table down the middle of the store.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;McC&#39;s was extremely well run. If they can&#39;t survive, I don&#39;t know how others will.&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116794487713872310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116794487713872310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167944820000#c116794487713872310' 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/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1104587410"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116794292853641134</id><published>2007-01-04T15:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T15:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I learn during staff training for being a camp cou...</title><summary type='text'>I learn during staff training for being a camp counselor that the way that people, men especially, define themselves is through competition - what they are Against, not so much what they Are.  As the camp director said, he remembered going to Texas and knowing little else except that he was supposed to hate Texas A&amp;M .</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116794292853641134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116794292853641134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167942900000#c116794292853641134' title=''/><author><name>Rain Delay</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02882791018391366108</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1598785473"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793940227098382</id><published>2007-01-04T14:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T14:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Peter,This is just about the most incisive respons...</title><summary type='text'>Peter,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is just about the most incisive response to Ron&#39;s partisanship I&#39;ve heard.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The concept of a &quot;family&quot; of like-minded writers is completely bogus.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron doesn&#39;t really believe in the literary family.  But it&#39;s a quaint conceit.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Family and creative writing aren&#39;t familiars.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In the political arena, the Quietists have precious ground to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793940227098382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793940227098382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167939360000#c116793940227098382' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793898715339889</id><published>2007-01-04T14:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T14:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nicolson Baker effectively argued the issue of the...</title><summary type='text'>Nicolson Baker effectively argued the issue of the destruction of books in his Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper [2001].  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We regard with horror Hitler&#39;s bookburnings in Germany in the 1930&#39;s.  Should we not regard with at least a parallel dismay the systematic pulping of millions of hard and softcover books, periodicals and newspapers, being carried out right now by our </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793898715339889'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793898715339889'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167938940000#c116793898715339889' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793821993538460</id><published>2007-01-04T14:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T14:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Carson is clearly a fake.  The article offers no r...</title><summary type='text'>Carson is clearly a fake.  The article offers no refutation of that--in fact, enforces it.  Carson is a twit, unfortunately a very well-educated and talented one.  She&#39;s like Jorie Graham, trying out random methods of composition like idle variations on bad food recipies.  Let&#39;s see, if we put chocolate powder on top of the corned beef hash, and throw the carp directly on the cinders of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793821993538460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793821993538460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167938160000#c116793821993538460' 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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793530539964053</id><published>2007-01-04T13:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T13:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Luther,While Ron works on the real answer, i&#39;ll gi...</title><summary type='text'>Luther,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;While Ron works on the real answer, i&#39;ll give it shot. it&#39;s important to remember that since Ron is THE guy who defines the terms soq and post-avant, he will be able to exclude or include anyone he wants into either group. These are his terms thus he gets to wield them the way he wants.  other people understand these groups as large ideas which make some sense in understanding </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793530539964053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793530539964053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167935280000#c116793530539964053' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05327429647175738328</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2035658647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793452415763662</id><published>2007-01-04T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T13:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I look forward to your review of *Splay Anthe...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I look forward to your review of *Splay Anthem*.  As a fan of *Hambone*, I find it interesting -- and I think Mackey&#39;s career as a whole suggests this -- how race transcends poetic institutional wars.  The avant/mainstream poetics battle doesn&#39;t seem as strong within the world of African-American or ethnic American poetry.  But I could be wrong here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I suppose my concern with labels</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793452415763662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793452415763662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167934500000#c116793452415763662' title=''/><author><name>Luther Blissett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13609172891362697253</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-699303289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793110347705369</id><published>2007-01-04T12:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T12:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Luther,That&#39;s a question that deserves a real answ...</title><summary type='text'>Luther,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s a question that deserves a real answer. I&#39;ll review Splay Anthem sometime in the next couple of months and do so. In the meantime, the table of contents of any &lt;I&gt;Hambone&lt;/I&gt; should prove my point. I would not call C.D. Wright SoQ either, for that matter.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793110347705369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793110347705369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167931080000#c116793110347705369' 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/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116793100656522268</id><published>2007-01-04T12:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T12:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Some excellent links, there. Thank you.</title><summary type='text'>Some excellent links, there. Thank you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793100656522268'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116793100656522268'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167930960000#c116793100656522268' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116792776102489315</id><published>2007-01-04T11:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T11:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>(actually Jarrell wrote that about two years befor...</title><summary type='text'>(actually Jarrell wrote that about two years before Williams&#39;s first stroke, probably from hearing him live rather than recordings)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;iigxi&lt;BR/&gt;wqmatxn</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116792776102489315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116792776102489315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167927720000#c116792776102489315' 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/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116792594987249621</id><published>2007-01-04T10:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-04T10:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, could you explain how Anne Carson is &quot;faux av...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, could you explain how Anne Carson is &quot;faux avant&quot; despite the fact that she clearly traces her poetry back to the Latin and Greek masters, while Nate Mackey is real avant despite the fact that his subject matter and style comes directly from SoQ poet Jay Wright?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let&#39;s also remember that SoQ poet Michael S. Harper is responsible for giving Mackey his first big break in the poetry </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116792594987249621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116791387681929449/comments/default/116792594987249621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html?showComment=1167925920000#c116792594987249621' title=''/><author><name>Luther Blissett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13609172891362697253</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/tillie-olsen-icon-of-short-fiction-who.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116791387681929449' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116791387681929449' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-699303289"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 04, 2007"/></entry></feed>