<?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.post5496529701761956995..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/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3614419486943742655</id><published>2009-04-17T06:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-17T06:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>the plinth, Michael....&#xa;&#xa;and  co-incidentally&#xa;and ...</title><summary type='text'>the plinth, Michael....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and  co-incidentally&lt;br /&gt;and reading again&lt;br /&gt;Edman&#39;s terrific book...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he, in 1928 wrote: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THE WORLD, THE ARTS, AND THE ARTIST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now, this one   that I got (and read/inhaled in early 60&#39;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;is 1939 re-done with an expanded chapter  otherwise exactly as the first edition was/is: titled:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ARTS and the MAN</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/3614419486943742655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/3614419486943742655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239963720000#c3614419486943742655' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 17, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2261979765933423517</id><published>2009-04-16T21:54:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T21:54:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A poem is a thing of nature so it stands to reason...</title><summary type='text'>A poem is a thing of nature so it stands to reason. Buddy&#39;s comment is no different, is in fact, the same thing, as what Emerson said: &quot;You are one thing, but nature is &lt;I&gt;one thing and the other thing&lt;/I&gt;, in the same moment.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/2261979765933423517'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/2261979765933423517'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239933240000#c2261979765933423517' title=''/><author><name>Michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15639031912135091927</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PotBGB08_vA/SOuufgqJTAI/AAAAAAAAALk/RmgJLOBjuUY/S220/mad_song_schiavo_cover.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-179247073"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-426067898208660421</id><published>2009-04-16T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T11:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>my nick-name from child-hood   also Buddy&#xa;&#xa;acause ...</title><summary type='text'>my nick-name from child-hood   also Buddy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;acause I was such a friendly kid&lt;br /&gt;              though I think that I was an &amp;#39;accident&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;            my grandmother loved me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1950 my mother &amp;amp; her brother found their younger sister  Ruthie  who had been adopted from The HOA in Manhattan in 1926 &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;not to be found until 30 years later...lawyers found her&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/426067898208660421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/426067898208660421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239895920000#c426067898208660421' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8019526721038293867</id><published>2009-04-16T10:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>First thought was Monday&#39;s note.</title><summary type='text'>First thought was Monday&#39;s note.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/8019526721038293867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/8019526721038293867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239892560000#c8019526721038293867' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3078856647588998405</id><published>2009-04-16T10:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a reader, I love your half-bro&#39;s comparison  be...</title><summary type='text'>As a reader, I love your half-bro&#39;s comparison  because it (1) comes from a reader&#39;s not writer&#39;s point of view, and (2) suggests a very useful way to read: just get out (in) there, and take a look at what you see.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/3078856647588998405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/3078856647588998405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239891480000#c3078856647588998405' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5402875947818549872</id><published>2009-04-16T10:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What was the &quot;first thought&quot;?</title><summary type='text'>What was the &quot;first thought&quot;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/5402875947818549872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/5402875947818549872'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239891060000#c5402875947818549872' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6393452239863992355</id><published>2009-04-16T10:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I also have two half-sisters, and one half-brother...</title><summary type='text'>I also have two half-sisters, and one half-brother. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People who conceive irresponsibly usually end up leaving a trail of misery and mystery behind them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Children should be deliberate, not accidental, consequences.  And when accidents happen, someone needs to step up. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unwanted pregnancy and abandonment of families are huge problems in our society, and around the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/6393452239863992355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/6393452239863992355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239891000000#c6393452239863992355' 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/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9093400922697287419</id><published>2009-04-16T10:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-16T10:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ever think of it as a playground--in which you can...</title><summary type='text'>Ever think of it as a playground--in which you can find someone to push you on a swing (or learn to do it yourself), and then use the slides for a while, and then find someone to use the teeter-totter with you, and then spend a hour or so on the monkey bars and the jungle gym?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hal</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/9093400922697287419'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5496529701761956995/comments/default/9093400922697287419'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html?showComment=1239890760000#c9093400922697287419' title=''/><author><name>Halvard Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01464580122014170701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_W4N1E5s3nXo/SGaeLwGqs9I/AAAAAAAAAKM/2-8Xs63G42k/S220/51DrSbBAPVL._SS500_.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/04/second-thought-in-1997-with-help-of-co.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5496529701761956995' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5496529701761956995' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1589256002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 16, 2009"/></entry></feed>