<?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.post2836975865637938131..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/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.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>17</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3480845977102112834</id><published>2008-11-03T01:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-03T01:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi Ron--This was a very interesting read; I don&#39;t ...</title><summary type='text'>Hi Ron--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This was a very interesting read; I don&#39;t often see the overlap between the allergy world and the poetry world. (My first book, Theories of Falling, has an autobiographical &quot;Allergy Girl&quot; sequence that led to the surreal experience of having it highlighted as a fall pick in ALLERGIC LIVING magazine. Not my usual audience.) &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m very sympathetic to your son&#39;s experience,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3480845977102112834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3480845977102112834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225694160000#c3480845977102112834' title=''/><author><name>Sandra</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02108785153248826337</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6689/1106/1600/sandratryst2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512490151"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7534977741607998506</id><published>2008-11-01T16:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T16:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I love all food, especially nuts.  My favorite is ...</title><summary type='text'>I love all food, especially nuts.  My favorite is cashews. I eat them in enormous quantities.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t like almonds since they scratch my throat.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wonder if food products are now labelled as not having nuts.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I feel really sorry for your son.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7534977741607998506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7534977741607998506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225570860000#c7534977741607998506' 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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5030881095490470543</id><published>2008-11-01T15:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T15:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>tis the eve and vigilof the feast of all saintsall...</title><summary type='text'>tis the eve and vigil&lt;BR/&gt;of the feast of all saints&lt;BR/&gt;all holy ones&lt;BR/&gt;all hallowed&lt;BR/&gt;more about quiet reverence&lt;BR/&gt;than quirky costumes and sweets&lt;BR/&gt;catholics do this very morbid thing&lt;BR/&gt;we have &quot;relics&quot; bonechips locks of hair bits of garment blood stained etc and the tradition is that these are visible reminders of&lt;BR/&gt;the heroes who defeated evil in their lives...we light candles </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5030881095490470543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5030881095490470543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225567560000#c5030881095490470543' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7293982398504424395</id><published>2008-11-01T08:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-11-01T08:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I never thought I would say this but what Curtis s...</title><summary type='text'>I never thought I would say this but what Curtis says makes sense.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The &quot;take Halloween back from the corporations&quot; sentence seems like a non-sequitur after the exposition of nut allergies. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When I was a kid no one was allergic to anything. It&#39;s indeed  interesting how nowadays everyone seems to be allergic to something. This is of course not unrelated to unethical </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7293982398504424395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7293982398504424395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225543500000#c7293982398504424395' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 01, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7819386521799639035</id><published>2008-10-31T22:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T22:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, what a coincidence.I used to carry one or two...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, what a coincidence.&lt;BR/&gt;I used to carry one or two of those around and I wasn&#39;t even allergic to fish!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7819386521799639035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7819386521799639035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225507380000#c7819386521799639035' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3335892494463261699</id><published>2008-10-31T20:46:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T20:46:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>My primitive understanding is that you&#39;re not supp...</title><summary type='text'>My primitive understanding is that you&#39;re not supposed to let kids under four years old eat nuts. If they do, they get this allergy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your son&#39;s reaction is incredibly extreme, but I know a guy in Portland who also goes mad if there&#39;s so much as peanut aroma in the air.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Another guy I know has to carry a syringe around in case he so much as tastes fish.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One of these guys </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3335892494463261699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3335892494463261699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225500360000#c3335892494463261699' 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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3750502337896284287</id><published>2008-10-31T19:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T19:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is really something - &quot;I don&#39;t get going to s...</title><summary type='text'>This is really something - &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t get going to strangers&#39; houses for &quot;treats&quot; of manufactured yuck candy anyway, nuts or no. It&#39;s pretty stupid.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The one day of the year when kids are permitted, no, expected to go door to door in their neighborhoods.&lt;BR/&gt;I wouldn&#39;t care if they came home with bags full of horse manure and used tampons - that&#39;s not the thing at all for me.&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3750502337896284287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/3750502337896284287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225496940000#c3750502337896284287' title=''/><author><name>giveitaname</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14218614927360980192</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-912166607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5667428655852207798</id><published>2008-10-31T18:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T18:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>We don&#39;t know what the effect of all these new che...</title><summary type='text'>We don&#39;t know what the effect of all these new chemicals in our environment is.  Long term effects can only be measured over long periods.  Natural selection (genetic variability) could take care of a lot of these risks, but it needs many generations.  Sudden, multiple challenges can be devastating.  We&#39;ve been very lucky in the last two centuries with artificial (synthetic) substances.  The </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5667428655852207798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5667428655852207798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225492860000#c5667428655852207798' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5952164329241082506</id><published>2008-10-31T18:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T18:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gary,They&#39;re a great non-carb (or virtually non-ca...</title><summary type='text'>Gary,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They&#39;re a great non-carb (or virtually non-carb) source of protein for those times when you need some but can&#39;t have any more carbs. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5952164329241082506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/5952164329241082506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225491420000#c5952164329241082506' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2761171650590450711</id><published>2008-10-31T15:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T15:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>it&#39;s the plastics that Everything is packaged in!n...</title><summary type='text'>it&#39;s the plastics that Everything is packaged in!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;no problem w peanut butter when it came in glass jars and&lt;BR/&gt;pre-additives/preservatives &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;all them babies now off breast and onto plastic...  where&#39;s the  nature&#39;s immunities coming ferom?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;certainly NOT oil-plastic booster shots and medications invented in    laboratories!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/2761171650590450711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/2761171650590450711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225481700000#c2761171650590450711' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6016549210032191978</id><published>2008-10-31T14:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T14:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:This is sort of off-topic, but what is the con...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is sort of off-topic, but what is the connection between your wife&#39;s diabetes and raw nuts?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are they good for blood sugar regulation? Do they help blood pressure? I&#39;ve never heard of this before.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6016549210032191978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6016549210032191978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225478220000#c6016549210032191978' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6095012543435661901</id><published>2008-10-31T13:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T13:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I am in my late 60s, and I cannot say whether that...</title><summary type='text'>I am in my late 60s, and I cannot &lt;BR/&gt;say whether that is good or bad for&lt;BR/&gt;humanity, but I do know that had it&lt;BR/&gt;not been for my parents and health&lt;BR/&gt;professionals and hospitals and &lt;BR/&gt;clinics and procedures and certain&lt;BR/&gt;medications/ in the years after my&lt;BR/&gt;birth/ it is likely/ I would have&lt;BR/&gt;died/ at an early age.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Brian Salchert</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6095012543435661901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6095012543435661901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225473840000#c6095012543435661901' title=''/><author><name>brian a j s</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6527958816696814429</id><published>2008-10-31T11:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T11:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think--reluctantly--I&#39;m going to have to agree w...</title><summary type='text'>I think--reluctantly--I&#39;m going to have to agree with jason k here.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Our society has come to a strange pass:  We tend to extrapolate conditions and factors through sophisticated risk management theory and can make a case for banning or restricting a host of things, or conceiving plots and conspiracies behind every corner.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My son was diabetic (bless his memory), and it was a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6527958816696814429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/6527958816696814429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225468140000#c6527958816696814429' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7982221146321952452</id><published>2008-10-31T11:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T11:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It only seems over-the-top because of its smallnes...</title><summary type='text'>It only seems over-the-top because of its smallness as a subset of the highly reasonable sentence: &quot;It&#39;s time to take global society back from the corporations.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s one of those modern health conditions (at least no-one I knew in school had it) that probably would never have arisen without the greed and irresponsibility of our economic system--like &quot;environmental illness,&quot; the varying</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7982221146321952452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/7982221146321952452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225465500000#c7982221146321952452' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-576408948954043863</id><published>2008-10-31T10:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T10:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Let&#39;s see, music that annoys you...food that will ...</title><summary type='text'>Let&#39;s see, music that annoys you...food that will KILL you.  Yeah Jason, those are really similar.  Wow.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/576408948954043863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/576408948954043863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225461960000#c576408948954043863' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SKc8UMRiyeI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/mInUuxveZbU/S220/Photo+8.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2895626318332118832</id><published>2008-10-31T07:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T07:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This has got to be your most ridiculous post ever....</title><summary type='text'>This has got to be your most ridiculous post ever.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I feel for the kids with nut allergies--I really do.  I can&#39;t imagine what it&#39;s like to deal with a severe nut allergy on a daily basis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But to claim that nut mega-companies have taken over Halloween?  Please.  Plenty of people pass out Skittles or Starbursts or bags of pennies or bags of potato chips.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s a (maybe sad</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/2895626318332118832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/2895626318332118832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225453740000#c2895626318332118832' title=''/><author><name>Jason K</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17473842982838063479</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1135753468"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4726155491369594336</id><published>2008-10-31T02:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-31T02:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>That&#39;s quite a challenge to deal with day in - day...</title><summary type='text'>That&#39;s quite a challenge to deal with day in - day out.  Congratulations to your son, you  and your family for dealing with it.  It must be quite a hassle, and maybe limiting too (can he go to a ballgame where salt peanuts are sold?  A grocery store with bulk nuts for sale?).  Perhaps ugh the &quot;be prepared&quot; and &quot;think ahead and consider the possibilities&quot; training your son has necessarily received</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/4726155491369594336'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2836975865637938131/comments/default/4726155491369594336'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html?showComment=1225434240000#c4726155491369594336' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2008/10/my-sons-are-sixteen-years-old-and.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2836975865637938131' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2836975865637938131' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 31, 2008"/></entry></feed>