<?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.post1618529972193903258..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/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2181231965669658569</id><published>2008-08-30T04:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-30T04:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NightlightEvery step is hardwith wings.</title><summary type='text'>&lt;B&gt;Nightlight&lt;/B&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Every step &lt;BR/&gt;is hard&lt;BR/&gt;with wings.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/2181231965669658569'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/2181231965669658569'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1220084700000#c2181231965669658569' title=''/><author><name>Rick Wiggins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00523692547207125395</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/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-589923559"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 30, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5769329172775100907</id><published>2008-08-28T16:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-28T16:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>NightEvery stepis hard,defeated.You,the shadow of ...</title><summary type='text'>Night&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Every step&lt;BR/&gt;is hard,&lt;BR/&gt;defeated.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You,&lt;BR/&gt;the shadow of night,&lt;BR/&gt;came with your wings&lt;BR/&gt;to destroy evil.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/5769329172775100907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/5769329172775100907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1219955760000#c5769329172775100907' title=''/><author><name>Jason</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06721812369647809521</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/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1182382267"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1144341372090552842</id><published>2008-08-28T05:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-28T05:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the dark nightyou are the hero of justiceevery sin...</title><summary type='text'>the dark night&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you are the hero of justice&lt;BR/&gt;every single step is to against evil&lt;BR/&gt;no matter how hard it is&lt;BR/&gt;you will defeated your enemy&lt;BR/&gt;for the glory of justice&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;walk in the dark&lt;BR/&gt;passing by in the street&lt;BR/&gt;with the shadow of night&lt;BR/&gt;you came with your wings&lt;BR/&gt;to destroy evil</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/1144341372090552842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/1144341372090552842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1219916280000#c1144341372090552842' title=''/><author><name>ipanks</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15741180375528785775</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/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1905915489"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5260374747214480431</id><published>2008-08-27T13:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T13:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;Shaggy bat story&amp;quot;--that&amp;#39;s very funn...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;Shaggy bat story&amp;quot;--that&amp;#39;s very funny  tho I happened to like the movie a lot.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Re Josh&amp;#39;s critique, I didn&amp;#39;t know that Batman was depicted as willing to lose both his &amp;quot;integrity and reputation&amp;quot;. He&amp;#39;s certainly willing to sacrifice his reputation at the end by taking the fall for Harry Dent&amp;#39;s spree of vengeance. That doesn&amp;#39;t sound to me like the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/5260374747214480431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/5260374747214480431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1219857960000#c5260374747214480431' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4257911268886777681</id><published>2008-08-27T07:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T07:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah, so the film was &quot;a metaphorical snapshot of ou...</title><summary type='text'>Ah, so the film was &quot;a metaphorical snapshot of our current political climate.&quot; That&#39;s okay then. I guess we should forgive it the fact that it&#39;s hugely overblown and overlong, with a grossly sentimental (and completely absurd) ending. Sure, Ledger is a great Joker; he does all he can with such a one-dimensional role. But the film is mess, a horribly po-faced, humorless, shaggy bat story. The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/4257911268886777681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/4257911268886777681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1219838160000#c4257911268886777681' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://static.flickr.com/35/125078083_0408f03b6f_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8683084247499006948</id><published>2008-08-26T16:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-08-26T16:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,Though I was just previously a virgin to your ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Though I was just previously a virgin to your wonderfully distinct Blog, upon perusing for about an hour, I feel that I have a good feel for your perspective.  Further, I am surprised that in your multiple viewings of The Dark Night you missed what I believe is the Author of the Film&#39;s intent; a metaphorical snapshot of our current political climate.  Beyond the &quot;muted&quot; emotional </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/8683084247499006948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1618529972193903258/comments/default/8683084247499006948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html?showComment=1219783800000#c8683084247499006948' title=''/><author><name>Josh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543470796786741093</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/2008/08/one-of-happenstances-of-being-on.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1618529972193903258' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1618529972193903258' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1781784299"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 26, 2008"/></entry></feed>