<?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.post111630108197173123..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/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/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-111673659071302861</id><published>2005-05-22T00:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T00:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry is &quot;stylized expression through language.&quot; ...</title><summary type='text'>Poetry is &quot;stylized expression through language.&quot; Whereas, prose is merely &quot;functional expression through language.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111673659071302861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111673659071302861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116736560000#c111673659071302861' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous Poet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01502362937623210558</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-500264601"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111673614807767327</id><published>2005-05-22T00:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-22T00:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111673614807767327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111673614807767327'/><author><name>Anonymous Poet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01502362937623210558</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-500264601"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 22, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111669898285771986</id><published>2005-05-21T14:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T14:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>One can be more retro still:http://graywyvern.blog...</title><summary type='text'>One can be more retro still:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://graywyvern.blogspot.com/2004_03_07_graywyvern_archive.html#107910876728837070&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;m.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111669898285771986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111669898285771986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116698940000#c111669898285771986' title=''/><author><name>michael</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00975839075714035618</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1405243351"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111666495916974253</id><published>2005-05-21T04:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T04:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Coerced into temporarily accepting terms like &quot;gre...</title><summary type='text'>Coerced into temporarily accepting terms like &quot;great&quot; and &quot;important&quot;, you&#39;ve proposed an identification between the &quot;great&quot; and the academically significant - that&#39;s where I&#39;d focus my uneasiness. Obviously the discourse of essentialism must take most of the blame here&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You make it sound as if it&#39;s so easy to identify a poem that advances the art technically, but as I&#39;d wholly applaud </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111666495916974253'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111666495916974253'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116664920000#c111666495916974253' title=''/><author><name>Michael Peverett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17090710369630916194</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-566691718"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111666110296179476</id><published>2005-05-21T03:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-21T03:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The difference is that I can answer you directly. ...</title><summary type='text'>The difference is that I can answer you directly.  Even if you give yourself a number, I can say, #34, you are wrong.  Terribly wrong.  And the reason why is...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Stop hiding.  What difference does it make?  If it makes no difference, then it shouldn&#39;t bother you to have an identity.  If it makes a difference, well then the original issue stands.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t be soft.  Have a name.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111666110296179476'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111666110296179476'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116661080000#c111666110296179476' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 21, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111663711343655363</id><published>2005-05-20T20:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T20:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It is amusing to dismiss these questions as uninte...</title><summary type='text'>It is amusing to dismiss these questions as uninteresting.  After all they are the sorts of questions that that strange fellow Wordsworth attempts to answer and that fellow Eliot and then again and again all those literary critics of note whose books are here on my shelf.  Afer all -- the questions don&#39;t constrain this or that answer.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And I&#39;d mention that calling anything a degraded form</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111663711343655363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111663711343655363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116637080000#c111663711343655363' title=''/><author><name>The Lonliest Ranger</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04553452316213699421</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-51480464"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111662223282166638</id><published>2005-05-20T16:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>PUNY MORTALS! What right have any of you to questi...</title><summary type='text'>PUNY MORTALS! What right have any of you to question the ineffable, indefatigable, untranslatable isomorphisms of my being?!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662223282166638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662223282166638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116622200000#c111662223282166638' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111662167166582381</id><published>2005-05-20T16:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m King! King of the world! Of ideas! The anonymo...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m King! King of the world! Of ideas! The anonymous philosopher King!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Call me.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662167166582381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662167166582381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116621660000#c111662167166582381' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111662043844973141</id><published>2005-05-20T16:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T16:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What damn difference does it make who said it?  Al...</title><summary type='text'>What damn difference does it make who said it?  All that matters is what was said.  You people are silly.  What the heck do you need to investigate?  My background?  Your arguments are flimsy emanations of your own need to be tied to an identity, rather than ideas.  Knowing my &quot;name&quot; would shed no light on anything other than your own subjectivity.  You are like sheep, with no appreciation for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662043844973141'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111662043844973141'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116620400000#c111662043844973141' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661823481549472</id><published>2005-05-20T15:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>viz. isn&#39;t Silli&#39; Finnish?</title><summary type='text'>viz. isn&#39;t Silli&#39; Finnish?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661823481549472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661823481549472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116618180000#c111661823481549472' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661803790311223</id><published>2005-05-20T15:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think ink in liminality is iffy. Isn&#39;t itching i...</title><summary type='text'>I think ink in liminality is iffy. Isn&#39;t itching inching? Isn&#39;t its tiny whiny? I think it is...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661803790311223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661803790311223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116618000000#c111661803790311223' title=''/><author><name>Carton Tragedy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06542989177956491967</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1629265714"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661649822747851</id><published>2005-05-20T15:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree about the anonymity. Assuming something wo...</title><summary type='text'>I agree about the anonymity. Assuming something worthwhile is said, how might it be investigated or otherwise referenced if nobody knows who said it? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--MH</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661649822747851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661649822747851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116616440000#c111661649822747851' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661624004575848</id><published>2005-05-20T15:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Those pics somebody posted a link to reminds me of...</title><summary type='text'>Those pics somebody posted a link to reminds me of a surprising few lines from Tjanting, which I read last night. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--MH</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661624004575848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661624004575848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116616200000#c111661624004575848' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661607957271085</id><published>2005-05-20T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T15:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>All this anonymous commentary is obnoxious.  Stick...</title><summary type='text'>All this anonymous commentary is obnoxious.  Stick your neck out and be just as proud.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-jeremy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661607957271085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661607957271085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116616020000#c111661607957271085' title=''/><author><name>Jehza</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09527708835511076143</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-355639647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661474860396831</id><published>2005-05-20T14:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T14:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dig the essentialisms in a post chastising essenti...</title><summary type='text'>Dig the essentialisms in a post chastising essentialist questions:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. Matt Merlino beats me to the punch on this point, but it&#39;s worth reinforcing: the opposition of poetic to instrumental language in the answer to #3 simply repeats the Russian Formalist&#39;s apophatic error (criticized by Bakhtin/Medvedev, pp. 86-98 or so in my paperback).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2. &quot;But unless you think that the whales </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661474860396831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661474860396831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116614700000#c111661474860396831' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661346971733659</id><published>2005-05-20T14:24:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T14:24:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anon at noon: The opposition between instrumental ...</title><summary type='text'>Anon at noon: &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The opposition between instrumental and non-instrumental approaches to language has been debunked and discredited as a heuristic by linguists, literary critics, and writers in general.  At best, we could say these are two ways of examining language (i.e., the communication model and the self-referential or formalist model), but no piece of language qua language is either </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661346971733659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661346971733659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116613440000#c111661346971733659' title=''/><author><name>Matt Merlino</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661272816437326</id><published>2005-05-20T14:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T14:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Please note the &quot;It is quite a long way from there...</title><summary type='text'>Please note the &quot;It is quite a long way from there to...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Ron, I too would like to see how you would make these questions interesting.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661272816437326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661272816437326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116612720000#c111661272816437326' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01806125682945620667</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614710080"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661192913794690</id><published>2005-05-20T13:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous, you are a troll.</title><summary type='text'>Anonymous, you are a troll.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661192913794690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661192913794690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116611880000#c111661192913794690' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661160675715246</id><published>2005-05-20T13:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m talking about common decency--asking permissio...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m talking about common decency--asking permission.  You say one thing, then say another.  Your own emotional reactions to anonymity are as utterly irrelevant to this &quot;debate&quot; as who I may happen to be.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661160675715246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661160675715246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116611580000#c111661160675715246' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661153275478719</id><published>2005-05-20T13:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some of the anonymouses I recognize. As for the re...</title><summary type='text'>Some of the anonymouses I recognize. As for the rest, we all have our reasons on unreasons for doing what we do. For my part, I lump them all together into a mythological many headed almost famous sentient being who I imagine as sitting in a lawn chair by the pool giving an interview to E! and talking to me in asides.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661153275478719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661153275478719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116611520000#c111661153275478719' title=''/><author><name>Michael Harold</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11165160971360124629</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626236699"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661083865595991</id><published>2005-05-20T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Common decency is one thing, asking permission, st...</title><summary type='text'>Common decency is one thing, asking permission, stating sources, that kind of thing, even paying for the work if possible, we all need to support ourselves. It is quite a long way from there to upholding disfunctional copyright laws.&lt;BR/&gt;As for anonymity, I find debating with someone who can&#39;t even give a name closely resembles talking to a wall.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661083865595991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661083865595991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116610800000#c111661083865595991' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01806125682945620667</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614710080"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111661077591246882</id><published>2005-05-20T13:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to say, after reading your blog off and on ...</title><summary type='text'>I have to say, after reading your blog off and on for a while, that you&#39;ve certainly got balls. You say what you think and no cow-towing along the way. As for the interview, I resonated with some of your answers, others not. Which ones are unimportant.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are your opinions this set in everyday life? Not a criticism of who you are. Just curious.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661077591246882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111661077591246882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116610740000#c111661077591246882' title=''/><author><name>Pris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03970753027686923295</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2102071197"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111660950327888520</id><published>2005-05-20T13:18:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T13:18:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>So you think it&#39;s okay to publish someone&#39;s writin...</title><summary type='text'>So you think it&#39;s okay to publish someone&#39;s writing without their permission.  Good for you.  Why you imagine money would be the only issue involved is beyond me.  I didn&#39;t sign my posting because who I am is utterly irrelevant to the issue.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660950327888520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660950327888520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116609480000#c111660950327888520' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111660823354145060</id><published>2005-05-20T12:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T12:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Anonymous of 12:09 PMWhy, oh why have people like ...</title><summary type='text'>Anonymous of 12:09 PM&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why, oh why have people like you not the guts to sign your crap. It appears to me that Ron did what could be expected of him when he began the post by stating where the questions came from. As for the rights issue, only those who see an opportunity to get stinking rich could have a serious interest in maintaining the copyright laws as they stand. There is nowhere </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660823354145060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660823354145060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116608220000#c111660823354145060' title=''/><author><name>Lars Palm</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01806125682945620667</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/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614710080"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111660738309017946</id><published>2005-05-20T12:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-05-20T12:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh, the questions themselves are not an attempt to...</title><summary type='text'>Oh, the questions themselves are not an attempt to &quot;connect poetry up to a discourse of “timeless truths,” “essentials,” “fundamentals” and “greatness”s.&quot;  The assumption that this is, in fact, the dark materials of which these questions are fashioned is as dated as the &quot;dark&quot; speculations of a fop flaneuring about the boulevard in 1880&#39;s Paris. The boredom of absinthe and certain wants and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660738309017946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/111630108197173123/comments/default/111660738309017946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html?showComment=1116607380000#c111660738309017946' title=''/><author><name>Joe Green</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/05/i-got-questionnaire-from-fulcrum.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-111630108197173123' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/111630108197173123' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="May 20, 2005"/></entry></feed>