<?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.post4019498187152527105..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/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-881342323528013033</id><published>2010-01-11T20:33:45.697-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-11T20:33:45.697-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What a delight, with the Conrad touch.</title><summary type='text'>What a delight, with the Conrad touch.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/881342323528013033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/881342323528013033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263260025697#c881342323528013033' 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='29' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6k4HvGxKtyg/SVPBwJ5AtYI/AAAAAAAAACI/AIiTa7_THRM/S220/Shadow+Head.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 11, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8049233318609443229</id><published>2010-01-10T19:45:55.049-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T19:45:55.049-05:00</updated><title type='text'>well&#xa;&#xa;here is another &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; poet  sta...</title><summary type='text'>well&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;here is another &amp;quot;genius&amp;quot; poet  statuized:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carlos_Drummond_de_Andrade,_Itabira.jpg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;just another genius (poet) sitting and waiting for something (as GS said/wrote) to happen..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and  as Oscar Levant said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;what America needs RIGHT NOW, is more geniuses, so few of us alive.&amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/8049233318609443229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/8049233318609443229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263170755049#c8049233318609443229' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9077528326830117597</id><published>2010-01-10T17:49:10.032-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T17:49:10.032-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Click here to check out a photo of the Purdy statu...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cbc.ca/wordsatlarge/images/2008/purdy_statue.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Click here to check out a photo of the Purdy statue reference by Conrad D. in the first comment today&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What other full or mostly full-on (not busts, in other words) statues of poets are there in this here world?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/9077528326830117597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/9077528326830117597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263163750032#c9077528326830117597' 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/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1143880228444651046</id><published>2010-01-10T15:27:11.768-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T15:27:11.768-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Jason, &#xa;&#xa;I think negotiating with the museum ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Jason, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think negotiating with the museum guard was perfectly predictable, even necessary, and that it was lovely that it worked out, including via chocolate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;More directly, there&amp;#39;s no absolute right for any group to &amp;quot;freely assemble&amp;quot; (in this case, use a gallery for a reading/tribute event) in private space like a museum.  To get more technical, the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1143880228444651046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1143880228444651046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263155231768#c1143880228444651046' 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/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4857799137197626416</id><published>2010-01-10T14:10:18.615-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T14:10:18.615-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I had wanted to go to this but was &amp;quot;stuck&amp;quo...</title><summary type='text'>I had wanted to go to this but was &amp;quot;stuck&amp;quot; in the Berkshires at my girlfriends. Not that I&amp;#39;d characterize it as &amp;quot;stuck&amp;quot; mind you, but yeah. This sounded like a spectacular idea at the time.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/4857799137197626416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/4857799137197626416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263150618615#c4857799137197626416' title=''/><author><name>Matthew Landis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01913278950823273657</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ORlp3tVHPQY/S0TxxUOohXI/AAAAAAAAAFo/JBoKx6SMj_w/S220/photo.jpeg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1091123171"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1958121799480575078</id><published>2010-01-10T13:33:45.345-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T13:33:45.345-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Giving museum guards chocolate is like pouring smo...</title><summary type='text'>Giving museum guards chocolate is like pouring smoke into a beehive, it lulls them into a languorous haze...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1958121799480575078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1958121799480575078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263148425345#c1958121799480575078' title=''/><author><name>Marc Nasdor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08426172062765133597</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AVVrnqGF21c/SVEtO0s3VVI/AAAAAAAAAAM/lC9DQC3dJjM/S220/marc_caumsett_sm1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-300377553"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1691561627543265381</id><published>2010-01-10T12:46:09.062-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T12:46:09.062-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ha, ha (really, as in full-snort funny) to your C....</title><summary type='text'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ha, ha (really, as in full-snort funny) to your C.A. Conrad as Ben Franklin comment, what with the photo you link to to prove your point. I presume that among other things, Conrad&amp;#39;s emphatic middle finger in the photo serves as a lightning rod (a stylish one, with nail polish matching the glasses&amp;#39; frame)!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Wish the photo was credited -- it&amp;#39;s a heck of a </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1691561627543265381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/1691561627543265381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263145569062#c1691561627543265381' 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/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5787169076843688184</id><published>2010-01-10T12:06:47.294-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T12:06:47.294-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sounds wonderful to have done and been. It seems s...</title><summary type='text'>Sounds wonderful to have done and been. It seems shame, freely assembling, there had to be negotiation with the guards--ever for chocolate.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/5787169076843688184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/5787169076843688184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263143207294#c5787169076843688184' title=''/><author><name>Jason</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05126281963587261459</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/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-643351131"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6676154618243707766</id><published>2010-01-10T10:16:13.763-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T10:16:13.763-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Stein gathering and reading in Philadelphia re...</title><summary type='text'>The Stein gathering and reading in Philadelphia reminds me of the way Canadian poets have lately paid homage to the writings of probably Canada&amp;#39;s most beloved poet, Al Purdy. His statue was erected at Queen&amp;#39;s Park in Toronto a year or so ago and poets from across the country are gathering to commemorate Purdy&amp;#39;s legacy through readings, and to raise funds to preserve Purdy&amp;#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/6676154618243707766'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4019498187152527105/comments/default/6676154618243707766'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html?showComment=1263136573763#c6676154618243707766' title=''/><author><name>Conrad DiDiodato</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18312831623791642286</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_WYu0QSkXE9I/RrfUh0dvuKI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q66ZnGQXpSY/s400/IMG_0272.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/one-week-ago-today-there-was-guerrilla.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4019498187152527105' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4019498187152527105' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-610431874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry></feed>