<?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.post5894526763891197093..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/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>42</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7535166239728281469</id><published>2010-01-10T10:27:46.585-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-10T10:27:46.585-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I learn a lot from your oceanic blog, Ron. May it ...</title><summary type='text'>I learn a lot from your oceanic blog, Ron. May it never dry up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently I saw a sidewalk puddle shaped like the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Which is rabbit-shaped.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the UP people have trouble keeping rabbits out of their gardens, and there are quite a few rabbitries. At Rustic Rabbitry, for example, you can buy a chocolate Polish rabbit. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Does that make the UP</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/7535166239728281469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/7535166239728281469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263137266585#c7535166239728281469' title=''/><author><name>David Grove</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158</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/_tknn7_LQTIA/SseM9gXBnZI/AAAAAAAAAJk/RQjDgYkwCic/S220/DSC00064.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1761473950"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 10, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2475456841782306343</id><published>2010-01-09T20:15:00.687-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T20:15:00.687-05:00</updated><title type='text'>(I meant to say)&#xa;&#xa;John, please don&amp;#39;t insult me...</title><summary type='text'>(I meant to say)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John, please don&amp;#39;t insult mentally ill people by associating them with internet trolls.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2475456841782306343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2475456841782306343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263086100687#c2475456841782306343' title=''/><author><name>xenopoeta</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02445979562956581155</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-493842502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8314227610671832197</id><published>2010-01-09T20:13:19.096-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T20:13:19.096-05:00</updated><title type='text'>John, please don&amp;#39;t insult mentally ill people ...</title><summary type='text'>John, please don&amp;#39;t insult mentally ill people by associating them with J.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8314227610671832197'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8314227610671832197'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263085999096#c8314227610671832197' title=''/><author><name>xenopoeta</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02445979562956581155</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-493842502"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4468411019635970371</id><published>2010-01-09T18:55:05.127-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T18:55:05.127-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, it is nice that you think so &amp;quot;John,&amp;quo...</title><summary type='text'>Well, it is nice that you think so &amp;quot;John,&amp;quot; but I have to say that your sentiment is looking a lot like the &amp;quot;compliment spam&amp;quot; that&amp;#39;s infesting a lot of sites lately.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe you could say that again and include something specific to this site just to let us know you are genuine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not saying you aren&amp;#39;t but theirs weird spam going around these days and.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/4468411019635970371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/4468411019635970371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263081305127#c4468411019635970371' title=''/><author><name>Gerard</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brJEkJoVGvc/SM8adl0vdTI/AAAAAAAAFZI/W3djFjhkqYw/S220/squaregerard2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664735620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-653937132586015074</id><published>2010-01-09T18:54:49.681-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T18:54:49.681-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When you list someone&amp;#39;s passing, sometimes I f...</title><summary type='text'>When you list someone&amp;#39;s passing, sometimes I find myself discovering them.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/653937132586015074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/653937132586015074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263081289681#c653937132586015074' title=''/><author><name>beleve12</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06878376274347169907</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_TrAG2buTmOg/R2C7zEzwIDI/AAAAAAAAAAM/EZ0hMlBvpug/S220/Vacation+07+032.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1708775305"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6912047036814932946</id><published>2010-01-09T15:13:39.880-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:13:39.880-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There is a tremendous amount of hostility in the w...</title><summary type='text'>There is a tremendous amount of hostility in the world, not to mention mental illness. The aggressive and angry email is a sad reflection of that person&amp;#39;s mental state.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am grateful that you provide such a great amount of information on your blog. It is one of the only blogs I return to frequently.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6912047036814932946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6912047036814932946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263068019880#c6912047036814932946' title=''/><author><name>John</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07941715378584609417</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1149190146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-259275063788341692</id><published>2010-01-09T15:08:26.379-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:08:26.379-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Your blog has enriched my life. I may not agree wi...</title><summary type='text'>Your blog has enriched my life. I may not agree with all of your opinions, but it is a delight to visit your blog and I often learn about writers I haven&amp;#39;t heard of before or find out more about writers I already care about. I also appreciate the obituary notes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the time you find to create your blog and for your generous inclusion of so many different kinds of writers, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/259275063788341692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/259275063788341692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263067706379#c259275063788341692' title=''/><author><name>John</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07941715378584609417</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1149190146"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6294283802691139955</id><published>2010-01-09T15:07:47.865-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T15:07:47.865-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Indeed, what is the real message here? &#xa;&#xa;I don&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>Indeed, what is the real message here? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I don&amp;#39;t think M. Alt is focusing entirely or solely on the virtual obituary-section aspect of the blog, as most of the commenters seem to have assumed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The &amp;quot;death&amp;quot; of publishing, the &amp;quot;death&amp;quot; of newspapers, the &amp;quot;death&amp;quot; of an older conception of the poet and poetry, and &amp;quot;deaths&amp;quot; of other </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6294283802691139955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6294283802691139955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263067667865#c6294283802691139955' title=''/><author><name>Buck</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04503657076745189153</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-293043333"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-409169647229698099</id><published>2010-01-09T14:54:18.249-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T14:54:18.249-05:00</updated><title type='text'>To Tom:&#xa;&#xa;Yass!</title><summary type='text'>To Tom:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yass!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/409169647229698099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/409169647229698099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263066858249#c409169647229698099' 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='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6267678924291439581</id><published>2010-01-09T06:26:54.724-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T06:26:54.724-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just look at the range, breadth and depth, of thes...</title><summary type='text'>Just look at the range, breadth and depth, of these comments, to say nothing of the postings and the links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is the definition of community, for which I am thankful.  I wouldn&amp;#39;t take a couple of hours out my own insanely busy weeks if every second wasn&amp;#39;t worth it.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6267678924291439581'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6267678924291439581'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263036414724#c6267678924291439581' title=''/><author><name>Issa&#39;s Untidy Hut</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07352841590717991698</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='19' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_B8FZWhBd6x0/SndTYgHH3aI/AAAAAAAAA8E/w5H60DhdL0U/S220/lilliput.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926068283"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2754016106272727862</id><published>2010-01-09T04:12:48.207-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-09T04:12:48.207-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am grateful to you, Ron; from your blog I&amp;#39;ve...</title><summary type='text'>I am grateful to you, Ron; from your blog I&amp;#39;ve got quite a lot good knowledge in Poetry. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(So much that I also bought your the Alphabet!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Especially some poets I have familiarized myself with your r.i.p-messages, especially because of the links.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So: thanks for that info your blog-postings include. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Explain the tug boat &lt;br /&gt;by analogy to what? &lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2754016106272727862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2754016106272727862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263028368207#c2754016106272727862' title=''/><author><name>Juhani Tikkanen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00692822512264490341</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/_nbC468b2Skc/SNzsgRe9LII/AAAAAAAAADs/I2BMnH3Jv_M/S220/Tikkis_kirjaston_edustalla_9_2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-728297759"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 09, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1061392678683751494</id><published>2010-01-08T23:37:25.084-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T23:37:25.084-05:00</updated><title type='text'>R,&#xa;&#xa;&#xa;You know nothing about poetry.</title><summary type='text'>R,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You know nothing about poetry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1061392678683751494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1061392678683751494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263011845084#c1061392678683751494' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01511477116573756644</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://www.virtualwhiteorchids.com/PonderingPoet.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1741375652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7783311697187515215</id><published>2010-01-08T21:48:02.798-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T21:48:02.798-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks Ron, I appreciate your contextualizing the ...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks Ron, I appreciate your contextualizing the loss of poets, some of which we know little about. I find it sobering the never ending movement of my fellow poets. And reassuring too.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/7783311697187515215'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/7783311697187515215'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263005282798#c7783311697187515215' title=''/><author><name>Lemon Hound</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02339211884645310602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='13' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UL0mKSPB5XU/SQsPcKKsd9I/AAAAAAAAA6k/1xJ-DhUiyI8/S220/eyes.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1137445930"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6237214972979100585</id><published>2010-01-08T20:57:44.844-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T20:57:44.844-05:00</updated><title type='text'>If we know one thing for certain about poetry in t...</title><summary type='text'>If we know one thing for certain about poetry in the 21st century it is that the &amp;quot;ability to place the work&amp;quot; has very, very little to do with the quality of the work. There&amp;#39;s plenty of junk published and there&amp;#39;s plenty of junk unpublished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like many other efforts of the contemporary arts merit is of secondary or tertiary importance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It really is a hand-job </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6237214972979100585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6237214972979100585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1263002264844#c6237214972979100585' title=''/><author><name>Gerard</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brJEkJoVGvc/SM8adl0vdTI/AAAAAAAAFZI/W3djFjhkqYw/S220/squaregerard2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664735620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1998485899388085635</id><published>2010-01-08T19:09:04.567-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T19:09:04.567-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Those who don&amp;#39;t like your commeration of those...</title><summary type='text'>Those who don&amp;#39;t like your commeration of those poets and artists who&amp;#39;ve died can go fuck themselves. Save a great name now and then who may have made some money from their art making, I would say that hardly anyone you honor made large amounts of cash or garnered a large audience; these are folks practicing their craft in relative anonymity, dedicated to their expressive discipline </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1998485899388085635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1998485899388085635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262995744567#c1998485899388085635' title=''/><author><name>Ted Burke</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16610296721891201100</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='19' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_C89YLyBFNJ0/ScOlFsNlqiI/AAAAAAAACKY/nr0_xDYD8uU/S220/DSCF2074.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368526798"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8295899839231533929</id><published>2010-01-08T18:12:43.344-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T18:12:43.344-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gerald,&#xa;&#xa;It&amp;#39;s probably just a question of sema...</title><summary type='text'>Gerald,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It&amp;#39;s probably just a question of semantics. When I hear the word &amp;#39;somebody&amp;#39; I automatically hear the word &amp;#39;nobody&amp;#39; quickly on its heels. So I imagine (?) what you are saying is the &amp;#39;somebody&amp;#39; = &amp;#39;poets that are more familiar to readers&amp;#39;, and that it is not a character judgment based upon their abilities to place their work...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ricky</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8295899839231533929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8295899839231533929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262992363344#c8295899839231533929' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</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/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1589382783482650645</id><published>2010-01-08T17:46:56.144-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T17:46:56.144-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m a huge fan of your blog, Ron--  Thanks for...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m a huge fan of your blog, Ron--  Thanks for going over how it has evolved over the years.  Very sorry to hear about your losses--.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1589382783482650645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1589382783482650645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262990816144#c1589382783482650645' title=''/><author><name>Joelle Biele</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13713131089803388802</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_shtaxWQe0Dk/SsUM6iSjlFI/AAAAAAAAABU/wnMqcV5GNF4/S220/Author+Photo.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1410289736"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2704060313826929646</id><published>2010-01-08T16:31:05.923-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T16:31:05.923-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;Barely somebody&amp;quot; ?  Explain?&#xa;&#xa;Sure. The...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;Barely somebody&amp;quot; ?  Explain?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sure. There are the poets everybody knows. Then you add in the poets that you know that are not among the poets that everybody knows. Beyond that are the poets that Silliman knows that aren&amp;#39;t among those that you know and everybody knows. To you those poets are &amp;quot;barely somebody&amp;quot; but you assume that because they&amp;#39;re on Silliman&amp;#</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2704060313826929646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2704060313826929646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262986265923#c2704060313826929646' title=''/><author><name>Gerard</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brJEkJoVGvc/SM8adl0vdTI/AAAAAAAAFZI/W3djFjhkqYw/S220/squaregerard2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664735620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2687353430094292184</id><published>2010-01-08T16:01:36.178-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T16:01:36.178-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My first poetry submission (1994)was returned with...</title><summary type='text'>My first poetry submission (1994)was returned with the comment &amp;quot;your poetry makes my dick go limp&amp;quot;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still get rejections, though none so colorful- but I get far more acceptances.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I write and submit because I believe I should- your blog is the same, I think- please continue, you are doing the right thing as far as I&amp;#39;m concerned.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2687353430094292184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2687353430094292184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262984496178#c2687353430094292184' title=''/><author><name>Flash Paper Poetry</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1254060987841957957</id><published>2010-01-08T15:20:38.745-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:20:38.745-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gerald:&#xa;&#xa;&amp;quot;That includes lots of folks who are...</title><summary type='text'>Gerald:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;That includes lots of folks who are barely somebody&amp;quot; – can you explain that phrase?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you aren&amp;#39;t somebody, who are you? Let&amp;#39;s ask Emily!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ricky</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1254060987841957957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/1254060987841957957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262982038745#c1254060987841957957' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</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/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3602430857143423673</id><published>2010-01-08T15:20:34.364-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:20:34.364-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmmm. peruse Gerade&amp;#39;s blog.......&#xa;&#xa;and note re...</title><summary type='text'>Hmmm. peruse Gerade&amp;#39;s blog.......&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and note reference to Sir Karl Popper. No wonder you object to someone who...objects to AIPAC. Sir Karl at times argued for a sort of low-grade Darwinian-positivism, but starting in 60s joined with the Austrian quacks (ie Von Mises, if not the Divine Ayn Rand).  Holy Greenspan-o-nomics, ratman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Popper, proto-neo-con, was no supporter of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/3602430857143423673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/3602430857143423673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262982034364#c3602430857143423673' 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='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6613790689725786956</id><published>2010-01-08T15:16:37.082-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:16:37.082-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed,&#xa;&#xa;I think that the POST pricing is reasonable (...</title><summary type='text'>Ed,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think that the POST pricing is reasonable (3 lines for $425) – so for the price of an X Box, or Playstation 3, you can be a published poet in the WASHINGTON POST. I am portioning off the correct amount, in my will,  adjusted for inflation of course. (Hopefully it will be far away enough to require an adjustment for inflation.) In the meantime, I am brushing up on my haiku skills.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6613790689725786956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/6613790689725786956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262981797082#c6613790689725786956' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</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/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3562984455188337422</id><published>2010-01-08T15:03:57.519-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T15:03:57.519-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Then, like, maybe Silliman should stop moderating ...</title><summary type='text'>Then, like, maybe Silliman should stop moderating comments. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As real bohemians (say Henry Miller), unlike starbux bohemians, would presumably agree. (Or HS Thompson. Terry Southern. Kesey. this isn&amp;#39;t only about poetry)  Miller also had little love for the ivy league style Kultur, ala TS Eliot, modernists, etc &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For that matter, what happened to like Adorno?? After </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/3562984455188337422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/3562984455188337422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262981037519#c3562984455188337422' 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='22' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/SwIGrtWoQtI/AAAAAAAAA38/-1CpkpbL_6s/S220/Spade.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8077105283991656564</id><published>2010-01-08T13:18:21.767-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T13:18:21.767-05:00</updated><title type='text'>J&#xa;&#xa;Please not to hijacking the thread be by riding...</title><summary type='text'>J&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please not to hijacking the thread be by riding your own rotted hobby-horse into the privy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If anybody wants to understand how deeply valuable this page is whether or not they agree with Silliman, they have only to scroll the blogroll.  Everybody who is anybody in poetry that has a web connection is there. That includes lots of folks who are barely somebody. It&amp;#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8077105283991656564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/8077105283991656564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html?showComment=1262974701767#c8077105283991656564' title=''/><author><name>Gerard</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_brJEkJoVGvc/SM8adl0vdTI/AAAAAAAAFZI/W3djFjhkqYw/S220/squaregerard2.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/01/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1664735620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2051870169257913829</id><published>2010-01-08T12:32:22.672-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-08T12:32:22.672-05:00</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/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2051870169257913829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5894526763891197093/comments/default/2051870169257913829'/><author><name>merkoneus</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03554535555618862903</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/every-once-in-awhile-somebody-says-or.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5894526763891197093' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5894526763891197093' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1379624622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 08, 2010"/></entry></feed>