<?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.post4037650370488752250..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/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.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>5</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8640903006120597980</id><published>2009-11-13T07:16:00.573-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T07:16:00.573-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Clothes should be worn until they become caked wit...</title><summary type='text'>Clothes should be worn until they become caked with filth. Then they should be cherished.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/8640903006120597980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/8640903006120597980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html?showComment=1258114560573#c8640903006120597980' title=''/><author><name>Aaron Apps</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11387237324417934642</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/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4037650370488752250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4037650370488752250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1272311462"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 13, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2716218318942528485</id><published>2009-11-12T13:09:54.945-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T13:09:54.945-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ps- I don&amp;#39;t suppose you can give me permission...</title><summary type='text'>ps- I don&amp;#39;t suppose you can give me permission to publish Alexei&amp;#39;s picture on my blog, can you? It&amp;#39;s amazing by any standards. Reminds me of a Swiss I once met - he was touring the Isle of Man recording train noises for a radio station.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/2716218318942528485'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/2716218318942528485'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html?showComment=1258049394945#c2716218318942528485' title=''/><author><name>Poet in Residence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ziEZ2Nqeh7g/SXCr8xsBDXI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eZ8Cg6y03Ho/S220/IMG_0040.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4037650370488752250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4037650370488752250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1401644336"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5478896555953429069</id><published>2009-11-12T13:06:45.701-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T13:06:45.701-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When I see a picture like that it turns me straigh...</title><summary type='text'>When I see a picture like that it turns me straight off. I want to throw up. Now the photo on the post immediately below...that&amp;#39;s a real picture ... there&amp;#39;s a man we can do business with as Bundesherr Maggie once said.,.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/5478896555953429069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/5478896555953429069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html?showComment=1258049205701#c5478896555953429069' title=''/><author><name>Poet in Residence</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ziEZ2Nqeh7g/SXCr8xsBDXI/AAAAAAAAAEo/eZ8Cg6y03Ho/S220/IMG_0040.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4037650370488752250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4037650370488752250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1401644336"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3261331032031303239</id><published>2009-11-12T11:26:16.315-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T11:26:16.315-05:00</updated><title type='text'>As a post-Modern, Ron, what would you say are your...</title><summary type='text'>As a post-Modern, Ron, what would you say are your criteria for judging the success or failure of a high-fashion outfit?  Fashion is notoriously tradition-oriented.  Hence, new concepts of body and shape and outrage (challenge) seemingly have to break a three-inch plexiglass wall to be regarded as worthy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bad design is pretty easy to identify.  But once you get past that level, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/3261331032031303239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/3261331032031303239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html?showComment=1258043176315#c3261331032031303239' 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/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4037650370488752250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4037650370488752250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8202441326275004674</id><published>2009-11-12T00:52:54.880-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T00:52:54.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>EPPERSON WAS ROBBED!&#xa;&#xa;And the everchanging panel o...</title><summary type='text'>EPPERSON WAS ROBBED!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the everchanging panel of judges led to woefully inconsistent judging.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The newspaper challenge and the post-divorce wedding dress salvage were the only 2 interesting challenges.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh well, maybe next year...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/8202441326275004674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4037650370488752250/comments/default/8202441326275004674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html?showComment=1258005174880#c8202441326275004674' title=''/><author><name>noone</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01493419010195823747</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/2009/11/alas-it-turns-out-that-im-better.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4037650370488752250' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4037650370488752250' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-801818652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2009"/></entry></feed>