<?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.post5329682687877312680..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/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.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>19</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4442859328317761809</id><published>2007-03-22T18:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-22T18:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, then, you might as well complain about all t...</title><summary type='text'>Well, then, you might as well complain about all technologcial changes as they occur. Which it appears you&#39;re doing. It&#39;s hard not to see it knee-jerk anti-technology Luddism, even though I agree that video games in libraries is not where I would spend my library&#39;s budget, personally. On the other hand, both my parents were literacy instructors at our local library, and libraries that provide </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4442859328317761809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4442859328317761809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174604100000#c4442859328317761809' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 22, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3980430363947732415</id><published>2007-03-18T12:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-18T12:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Art, I think the crisis is deeper and more drastic...</title><summary type='text'>Art, I think the crisis is deeper and more drastic than you know.  Librarians have a vested interest in appearing &quot;progressive&quot; and &quot;up to date&quot; because it&#39;s felt they&#39;re &quot;irrelevant&quot; without these new spic-and-span technologies.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But the more radical, and enlightened, position would be to question the ultimate value of machines as they roll off the assembly line.  Automobiles, for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3980430363947732415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3980430363947732415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174234140000#c3980430363947732415' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 18, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2986239975331621836</id><published>2007-03-17T00:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-17T00:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, I have read Nicholson Baker, thanks, among o...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I have read Nicholson Baker, thanks, among others. At the same time, I&#39;ve talked to actual librarians, who are actually working in the libraries. Don&#39;t think that all librarians are sops to the electronics corps, as the picture seems to want to be painted; hardly. Most of the librarians I know are quite aware of the problems, and some of them are actually doing something about it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2986239975331621836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2986239975331621836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174106940000#c2986239975331621836' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 17, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4901346418652318135</id><published>2007-03-16T17:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T17:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve friends who loved their mother&#39;s reply to an ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve friends who loved their mother&#39;s reply to an oft&#39; asked question &quot;Where&#39;s Dad at?&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Her answer: &quot;Before the preposition.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4901346418652318135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4901346418652318135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174080360000#c4901346418652318135' title=''/><author><name>Sheila Murphy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13792032204825244976</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614764991"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2093942562642058865</id><published>2007-03-16T16:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T16:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The worst decision I ever heard of in library mana...</title><summary type='text'>The worst decision I ever heard of in library management was that a fairly major academic library of an elite private college decided to get rid of any book that hadn&#39;t been taken out in the last ten years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There goes everything I&#39;d want to read.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2093942562642058865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2093942562642058865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174076640000#c2093942562642058865' 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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8693794952914334479</id><published>2007-03-16T11:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-16T11:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Art, you need to read what Nicholson Baker has to ...</title><summary type='text'>Art, you need to read what Nicholson Baker has to say on the subject.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Large segments of our print culture inheritance are literally decaying, or being disposed of.  One area of Baker&#39;s interest is the back issues of important newspapers and periodicals.  It was thought in the 1930&#39;s and 1940&#39;s that one way to &quot;get rid&quot; of the periodical storage problems was to microfilm everything, but</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/8693794952914334479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/8693794952914334479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1174060380000#c8693794952914334479' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 16, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4006628992543012333</id><published>2007-03-15T16:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T16:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Smart libraries will embrace all of the new techno...</title><summary type='text'>Smart libraries will embrace all of the new technologies, without abandoning the old. One of my best friends is a former librarian, who remains engaged with the discipline, and meets regularly with her &quot;posse.&quot; They all pretty much say the same things:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;faster and more efficient systems of information retrieval is never a bad thing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;keeping the old technologies alive IS the job </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4006628992543012333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/4006628992543012333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173989280000#c4006628992543012333' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5789377789865744906</id><published>2007-03-15T15:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T15:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>In the days of card records a librarian held infor...</title><summary type='text'>In the days of card records a librarian held information in his or her head, not in the machine. Reference and circulation desk employees had to maintian and update a cross referenced knowledge of who wrote what, what else would I like if I liked this, where is it and why won&#39;t this washroom key work?&lt;BR/&gt;Part of the training included responding rapidly to questions with accurate answers: Dylan </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5789377789865744906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5789377789865744906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173988560000#c5789377789865744906' title=''/><author><name>PFCAlbertAyler</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04923287031424923548</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-492242838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3344572409537046517</id><published>2007-03-15T14:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T14:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t see why libraries should interpret the maj...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t see why libraries should interpret the major shift in media as a signal that their mission should be altered.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If the population is sitting in front of interactive screens, instead of television, why do libraries believe they must &quot;convert&quot; to this technology?  Did libraries need radios and televisions?  Yes, they had record players, but that was a very minor side-light that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3344572409537046517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3344572409537046517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173984180000#c3344572409537046517' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-520682282200596906</id><published>2007-03-15T13:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T13:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Days of future past in libraries. What libraries C...</title><summary type='text'>Days of future past in libraries. &lt;BR/&gt;What libraries CAN do is use technology to allow patrons easier access to materials.&lt;BR/&gt;One of the bigger leaps of faith in technology occured when card catalogs were replaced with their electronic counterparts, a change that was based on satisfying the needs of the end user, not simply on the need to keep up with the latest trick pony on the market.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/520682282200596906'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/520682282200596906'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173979680000#c520682282200596906' title=''/><author><name>PFCAlbertAyler</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04923287031424923548</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-492242838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8369207695095878782</id><published>2007-03-15T09:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T09:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I wonder if anyone will read all of these amazing ...</title><summary type='text'>I wonder if anyone will read all of these amazing links.  I read the one called Of Critics Seeking Bribes, about a Seattle art critic named Matthew Kangas.  I knew him quite well.  He was rumored to have asked many artists for a piece of art in exchange for writing about them. He wrote and still writes for a variety of national journals -- and also now writes monographs and short intros to art </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/8369207695095878782'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/8369207695095878782'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173965220000#c8369207695095878782' 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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5986581659039147741</id><published>2007-03-15T00:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-15T00:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And for the first time I am going to see the pogue...</title><summary type='text'>And for the first time I am going to see the pogues on friday night!  I have waited 15 years for this concert!  Woo hoo</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5986581659039147741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5986581659039147741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173932160000#c5986581659039147741' title=''/><author><name>The Cubicle Reverend</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07698802395603296603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2612/1188/1600/Feb16%20016.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1565099610"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 15, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3316019702369822613</id><published>2007-03-14T15:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T15:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think the high school principal who &quot;disciplined...</title><summary type='text'>I think the high school principal who &quot;disciplined&quot; Joseph Frederick six years ago should be fired and her pension revoked.  As a matter of &quot;principle&quot; you understand.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Interesting that Ken Starr has stuck his ugly snout into the affair.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3316019702369822613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3316019702369822613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173899820000#c3316019702369822613' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6565571611432417931</id><published>2007-03-14T15:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T15:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;s&quot;</title><summary type='text'>&quot;s&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/6565571611432417931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/6565571611432417931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173898920000#c6565571611432417931' title=''/><author><name>John Sakkis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08621102858745971700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2801/1876/1600/dusiephoto.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1144833194"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5164372368592513647</id><published>2007-03-14T14:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T14:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The &quot;future&quot; of libraries is in their past.  The p...</title><summary type='text'>The &quot;future&quot; of libraries is in their past.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The preservation of the knowledge and information from the past is what libraries can do.  They canNOT be the harbingers of ever-quickly-changing technologies of information transfer.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The local library I grew up with, in Napa, California, was well suited to the best function(s) a library can perform today, as it was then (in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5164372368592513647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5164372368592513647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173895980000#c5164372368592513647' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2733007568664136450</id><published>2007-03-14T13:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T13:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>i guess you missed it but they found a new william...</title><summary type='text'>i guess you missed it but they found a new william carlos william poem.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2733007568664136450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/2733007568664136450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173893880000#c2733007568664136450' title=''/><author><name>John Sakkis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08621102858745971700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2801/1876/1600/dusiephoto.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1144833194"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5921442124925395297</id><published>2007-03-14T13:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T13:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the Baudrillard download link. It&#39;s nic...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the Baudrillard download link. It&#39;s nice to have that gathered together as a PDF. Would that more such samplings were available as PDFs. I was searching for an obscoure book on radical theology on the web today, with no luck: Ralph Ebner&#39;s &quot;God Present as Mystery.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I like the idea of the &quot;practical avant-garde.&quot; The writer echoes a bunch of my own thinking on the topic: how </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5921442124925395297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5921442124925395297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173892860000#c5921442124925395297' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07463180236975988432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://www.arthurdurkee.net/images/ADSTICK1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1315265054"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3904364458312422603</id><published>2007-03-14T13:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T13:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s interesting that when asked about American hi...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s interesting that when asked about American history, Espada&#39;s first and only response is to reference the countries of Central and South America, as if a history of the wrongs and deprivations experienced there constituted the &quot;true American history&quot;--followed by the usual accusations of complacency and guilt that he believes is America&#39;s birthright.  This is because for Espada, America isn&#39;t</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3904364458312422603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/3904364458312422603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173891720000#c3904364458312422603' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5781288365216231479</id><published>2007-03-14T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T11:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Scottish Poetry Library is a wonderful place, ...</title><summary type='text'>The Scottish Poetry Library is a wonderful place, not to mention being quite interesting to look at, architecturally.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5781288365216231479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5329682687877312680/comments/default/5781288365216231479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html?showComment=1173885000000#c5781288365216231479' title=''/><author><name>Ivy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11703056626322603467</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://www.southcom.com.au/~ivy/ivybydidi.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/talking-with-martn-espada-mp3-of_14.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5329682687877312680' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5329682687877312680' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1838458763"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 14, 2007"/></entry></feed>