<?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.post4275082207119181492..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/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.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>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7753034342725738716</id><published>2009-11-11T05:46:56.625-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T05:46:56.625-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When English textbooks begin to include the Goldst...</title><summary type='text'>When English textbooks begin to include the Goldstone Report, I have no doubt that Hezbollah will love to include those that also include The Diary of Ann Frank.  Declaring TDOAF part of &amp;quot;world literature&amp;quot; and crying foul is the same thing as declaring Zionism a world religion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poor Ann Frank.  I have little doubt that she would see the point and using a dead little girl to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7753034342725738716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7753034342725738716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257936416625#c7753034342725738716' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/SeB3B8MTI5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/rWoHodRohJA/S220/arco+iris.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-512938719584494411</id><published>2009-11-10T19:12:35.413-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T19:12:35.413-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you are defining blogs and (lit) blogging etiquett...</title><summary type='text'>you are defining blogs and (lit) blogging etiquette&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;heck,&lt;br /&gt;why not take it to the next, obvious level?:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;charge each of the 1,200&lt;br /&gt;listed on your blog roll $1.00 per month service charge or remove them?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so, that would be $1,200&lt;br /&gt;per month  times 1,200&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or an income of $360,000&lt;br /&gt;per annum!  say pay your taxes and health care bill and you&amp;#</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/512938719584494411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/512938719584494411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257898355413#c512938719584494411' 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/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3525318907360232058</id><published>2009-11-10T13:58:45.302-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T13:58:45.302-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Secret © treaty leaks – &amp;amp; it’s bad./&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;Unbelie...</title><summary type='text'>Secret © treaty leaks – &amp;amp; it’s bad./&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unbelievable, really. Phuck these people.  There are already laws on the book for this (ie --you rip off say Tommy Pynchon&amp;#39;s latest tome, post it on your LoserLit.com and the writer or his lawyers see it, they can file on it). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The J-edgarCrats probably have some big publishing shysters issuing them orders.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/3525318907360232058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/3525318907360232058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257879525302#c3525318907360232058' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/Srgdkr72cUI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/FFn4yMKFYnQ/S220/oeildw6wq2.gif.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7260026450322967146</id><published>2009-11-10T12:03:43.779-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T12:03:43.779-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You are right, Steve, PennSound has the titles for...</title><summary type='text'>You are right, Steve, PennSound has the titles for the two parts backwards. I&amp;#39;ve corrected it here so that the links go to the right parts.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7260026450322967146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7260026450322967146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257872623779#c7260026450322967146' 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/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6383245869576425848</id><published>2009-11-10T11:55:40.355-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:55:40.355-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Harington&amp;#39;s Stay More novels are one of the gr...</title><summary type='text'>Harington&amp;#39;s Stay More novels are one of the great secrets of American letters. *With* is the most magical novel I&amp;#39;ve ever read. Just got my hands on his latest, aptly entitled *Enduring,* which centers on his greatest character, Latha, the lynchpin of the entire cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Everyone, do yourself a favor and get a copy of *Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarks,* the spine of the cycle,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/6383245869576425848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/6383245869576425848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257872140355#c6383245869576425848' title=''/><author><name>Blackdogred</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18427408200567849045</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='22' src='http://www.ualberta.ca/~deederly/steed14.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-454061710"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5512060534810914771</id><published>2009-11-10T11:05:30.415-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:05:30.415-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There&amp;#39;s  much to be appreciative of here today...</title><summary type='text'>There&amp;#39;s  much to be appreciative of here today, so thanks Ron.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks too Lynn Behrendt for the updating of the 1,200 blogroll names.  I do frequently use those, for foucsed findings and random let&amp;#39;s-just-see fun-surfing. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Ron: the links to the two parts of your 1979 &lt;i&gt;The New Sentence&lt;/i&gt; talk are flipped-flopped, here at least: part one goes to part 2, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/5512060534810914771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/5512060534810914771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257869130415#c5512060534810914771' 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/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7814887151353453764</id><published>2009-11-10T11:05:06.053-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:05:06.053-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Despite the hype Bolano works for me. Hopefully ot...</title><summary type='text'>Despite the hype Bolano works for me. Hopefully other readers will detect his sagacity and satire so obviously gleaned from youthful experiences. I’d hate for the targeted audience to read Mayo’s article, or even my response. They might miss the hyperreal ambience of his novels, which I compare loosely with Eco, as well as an opportunity to kick the habit of idol worship.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Admittedly he</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7814887151353453764'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7814887151353453764'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257869106053#c7814887151353453764' title=''/><author><name>Mary Jo Malo</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18148588310769074332</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/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1737322265"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4166572509846253946</id><published>2009-11-10T10:18:31.830-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T10:18:31.830-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: the Copyright treaty:&#xa;&#xa;If they kill the intern...</title><summary type='text'>Re: the Copyright treaty:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If they kill the internet, then I guess we&amp;#39;ll all have to go back to typing letters again, and reading magazines and newspapers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now isn&amp;#39;t that a revolutionary idea!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/4166572509846253946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/4166572509846253946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257866311830#c4166572509846253946' 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/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8545465675922773617</id><published>2009-11-10T08:41:38.994-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T08:41:38.994-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, I&amp;#39;m out: Suzanne Somers has more books o...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I&amp;#39;m out: Suzanne Somers has more books of poetry published than I do...it&amp;#39;s been a good run, ey, Ron?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/8545465675922773617'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/8545465675922773617'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html?showComment=1257860498994#c8545465675922773617' title=''/><author><name>Amish Trivedi</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839976680249253602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mPfhUEoPnU0/SYpxS8Lh8ZI/AAAAAAAAAQw/aWbjRciM9H8/S220/2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/photo-by-david-highsmith-polished-apple.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4275082207119181492' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4275082207119181492' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-832955061"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7891731919320971751</id><published>2009-11-10T07:13:27.450-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T07:13:27.450-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7891731919320971751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4275082207119181492/comments/default/7891731919320971751'/><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' 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