<?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.post8600045403103166588..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/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5983563872710146678</id><published>2009-12-27T22:29:01.459-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T22:29:01.459-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed, your anger for Philadelphia isn&amp;#39;t new to m...</title><summary type='text'>Ed, your anger for Philadelphia isn&amp;#39;t new to me of course.  Your &amp;quot;anger&amp;quot; hear that?  Your anger Ed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your &amp;quot;hostility&amp;quot; for Philadelphia stems from class hatred, oh yes, I&amp;#39;ve encountered your type all my life.  But nobody has answered men like you better than Bernadette Mayer, &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m through with you bourgeois boys / All you ever do is go back to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5983563872710146678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5983563872710146678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261970941459#c5983563872710146678' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5956383598575010154</id><published>2009-12-27T22:21:08.891-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T22:21:08.891-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed, NICE TRY, but I&amp;#39;ve been a vegetarian since...</title><summary type='text'>Ed, NICE TRY, but I&amp;#39;ve been a vegetarian since 1988.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I LOVE how you keep playing your little passive-aggressive games trying to make ME into the bad guy when YOU are the one who made the mean comments in the first place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Passive-aggressive is the lowest form of human behavior.  How is life down there?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will you be at the MLA off-site reading?  I&amp;#39;d LOVE </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5956383598575010154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5956383598575010154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261970468891#c5956383598575010154' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6713423715596438165</id><published>2009-12-27T13:24:46.686-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T13:24:46.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>AHHHH!&#xa;&#xa;The City of Brotherly Love!&#xa;&#xa;geeze&#xa;&#xa;you mi...</title><summary type='text'>AHHHH!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The City of Brotherly Love!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;geeze&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you might die of clogged arteries from eating those greasy Philly Cheese Steaks!  or your (for some reason) anger!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/6713423715596438165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/6713423715596438165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261938286686#c6713423715596438165' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4642338011740324056</id><published>2009-12-27T12:23:06.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T12:23:06.002-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed Baker, Philadelphia is MY HOME!  And it&amp;#39;s a...</title><summary type='text'>Ed Baker, Philadelphia is MY HOME!  And it&amp;#39;s a hundred things I call HOME before it&amp;#39;s my apartment!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You insulted MY HOME Ed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Philadelphia is where I learned to write poetry and LOVE THIS WORLD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I WILL DIE HERE, AND AM GLAD TO DIE HERE!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don&amp;#39;t try to turn this around Ed like poor little Ed is being addressed for no reason.  You asked for it!  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/4642338011740324056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/4642338011740324056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261934586002#c4642338011740324056' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5931629409036487999</id><published>2009-12-27T11:31:37.704-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T11:31:37.704-05:00</updated><title type='text'>does THIS mean what I &#xa;&#xa;think it means?&#xa;&#xa;that we a...</title><summary type='text'>does THIS mean what I &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;think it means?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;that we are no lonnger friends via facebook?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;geeze:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;remeber The Buddha&amp;#39;s reply&lt;br /&gt;to a similar re-action.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;he said:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;shit on a stick&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I certainly appreciate how we are taking this blog (and Poetry) to na ever and ever higher level..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;maybe &lt;br</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5931629409036487999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/5931629409036487999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261931497704#c5931629409036487999' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4199546014717353019</id><published>2009-12-27T00:11:54.292-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T00:11:54.292-05:00</updated><title type='text'>FIRST OF ALL, Ed Baker I wouldn&amp;#39;t WANT your fi...</title><summary type='text'>FIRST OF ALL, Ed Baker I wouldn&amp;#39;t WANT your filthy corpse in my city!  So PLEASE DO die elsewhere!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SECOND, for those coming to the MLA there&amp;#39;re some amazing art exhibits VERY NEAR the convention center, one being &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fabricworkshop.org/exhibitions/lowe.php&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Ryan Trecartin Show&lt;/a&gt;, and even though this link says until Summer 2009, Trecartin&amp;#</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/4199546014717353019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/4199546014717353019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261890714292#c4199546014717353019' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13148611902772898013</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vy9H2bBCxYk/SMaL6fmKV4I/AAAAAAAAAZE/n1EfTHmp830/S220/BIG+E.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-691277454"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8298278412523057345</id><published>2009-12-26T15:23:00.755-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-26T15:23:00.755-05:00</updated><title type='text'>since 1989 MLA (as they state) brings together for...</title><summary type='text'>since 1989 MLA (as they state) brings together for a marathon an&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;(...)ever larger groups of experimental and innovative poets (...)&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;terrific!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;what do the initials &amp;quot;MLA&amp;quot; stand for ?  and&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;will they serve food and drink and &amp;quot;ring-in&amp;quot; the Knew Year?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Phillidelphia is a nice place to visit&lt;br /&gt;but&lt;br /&gt;I wouldn&amp;#39</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/8298278412523057345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8600045403103166588/comments/default/8298278412523057345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html?showComment=1261858980755#c8298278412523057345' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/Sv8169iwWuI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/MzdIl_zrqtc/S220/edinstudio1998'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/12/2009-mla-offsite-tuesday-december-29.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8600045403103166588' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8600045403103166588' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 26, 2009"/></entry></feed>