<?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.post113456443900783496..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/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/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>48</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113540320021614684</id><published>2005-12-24T00:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-24T00:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, anon, that&#39;s all well and good, but we here ...</title><summary type='text'>Well, anon, that&#39;s all well and good, but we here are more interested in the quality of her writing, than her other motor skills.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113540320021614684'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113540320021614684'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1135403160000#c113540320021614684' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 24, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113539711092578872</id><published>2005-12-23T23:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-23T23:05:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113539711092578872'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113539711092578872'/><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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 23, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113479162476211656</id><published>2005-12-16T22:53:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T22:53:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>btw sorry to the Taiwanese for my spelling; your a...</title><summary type='text'>btw sorry to the Taiwanese for my spelling; your apology to sophomores is awaited.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113479162476211656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113479162476211656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134791580001#c113479162476211656' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113479162323614745</id><published>2005-12-16T22:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T22:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ianmaybe you&#39;re getting Bell mixed up with Bishop....</title><summary type='text'>ian&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;maybe you&#39;re getting Bell mixed up with Bishop. I was talking about elizabeth Bishop...anyway. I dont know what &quot;diss&quot; means. I criticize what i feel are weak or shabby arguments. I dont know what &quot;all over it means.&quot; I would like it? I would dislike it?&lt;BR/&gt;you talk like an american undergraduate. I&#39;m glad i dont teach there anymore.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;s</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113479162323614745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113479162323614745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134791580000#c113479162323614745' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113478969074630194</id><published>2005-12-16T22:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T22:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve/ Taipei: Your reference was to Bell, repeate...</title><summary type='text'>Steve/ Taipei: Your reference was to Bell, repeatedly.. you should keep track of what you&#39;re saying.  You also repeatedly diss Ron and if Marvin had a blog you&#39;d be all over it.  But unfortunately Marv doesn&#39;t care for your opinion..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478969074630194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478969074630194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134789660000#c113478969074630194' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113478869689939109</id><published>2005-12-16T22:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T22:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>well Curtis, you know, anyone who could be an &quot;inf...</title><summary type='text'>well Curtis, you know, anyone who could be an &quot;influence&quot; on Jessica Smith (while she was still in high school) can&#39;t be that bad....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I recommend the volume Region of Unlikeness [is that the title? well it&#39;s got unlikeness in their somewhere.] Not as many abstractions, not as much swooning. interesting political/historical context [May 68] etc&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve in taipei</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478869689939109'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478869689939109'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134788640000#c113478869689939109' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113478820223650365</id><published>2005-12-16T21:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T21:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hello IanI dont recall saying anything about Bly o...</title><summary type='text'>hello Ian&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I dont recall saying anything about Bly or Marvin Bell. Your humor is sophmoric.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s spelled Taipei &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;best&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;steve</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478820223650365'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113478820223650365'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134788160000#c113478820223650365' title=''/><author><name>steveintaipei</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113475118548060460</id><published>2005-12-16T11:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T11:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Enjoy the hangover, flake.uqgyxz,Jimmy</title><summary type='text'>Enjoy the hangover, flake.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;uqgyxz,&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113475118548060460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113475118548060460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134751140000#c113475118548060460' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113472607599706456</id><published>2005-12-16T04:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T04:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>jimmy,looky!ohgoody!prettyjessica(doncha be rudie)...</title><summary type='text'>jimmy,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;looky!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;oh&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;goody!&lt;BR/&gt;pretty&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;jessica&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(doncha be rudie)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;she&#39;s a beauty&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(and not anada trudi)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113472607599706456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113472607599706456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134726060000#c113472607599706456' title=''/><author><name>Just Lon (neither a drinker am I, nor do I run an on-line dating service)</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113472416586241813</id><published>2005-12-16T04:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T04:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you ever get the image,and I mean I get this im...</title><summary type='text'>Do you ever get the image,&lt;BR/&gt;and I mean I get this image..&lt;BR/&gt;and really I get 2, sometimes more.. and Ron&#39;s cool, but still,&lt;BR/&gt;the images.. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you can find it in Darrow and Miller&#39;s Hardboiled.. it&#39;s the &lt;BR/&gt;grotesquely obese robotmakermogul Willeford (named after you know who)who sits in this enormous tub being washed by little robotic mermaids while feeding on an endless stream of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113472416586241813'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113472416586241813'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134724140000#c113472416586241813' 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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113471529281756357</id><published>2005-12-16T01:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T01:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OH shit I didn&#39;t mean to post that shit.  Fuck.  D...</title><summary type='text'>OH shit I didn&#39;t mean to post that shit.  Fuck.  Don&#39;t read Ron&#39;s blog drunk.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But really.  Jim Behrle?  Gay.  And not a good sort of gay, either.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;-RICHARD RORTY (NOT!!)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113471529281756357'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113471529281756357'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134715260000#c113471529281756357' 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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113471334768176842</id><published>2005-12-16T01:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-16T01:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>let the hallmark of a dismissivebe a propensity to...</title><summary type='text'>let the hallmark of a dismissive&lt;BR/&gt;be a propensity to use &lt;BR/&gt;&#39;shit&#39; and &#39;fuck&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;no matter the occasion.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;let a dismissive be one&lt;BR/&gt;who deserves dismissal,&lt;BR/&gt;you fucking shits,&lt;BR/&gt;you who shit fucks.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113471334768176842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113471334768176842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134713340000#c113471334768176842' 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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 16, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113470822815607066</id><published>2005-12-15T23:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T23:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>A nearly invisible galaxybrimming w/ &#39;dark matter&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>A nearly invisible galaxy&lt;BR/&gt;brimming w/ &#39;dark matter&#39;..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I would like this better&lt;BR/&gt;if you guys were all like&lt;BR/&gt;using those sonic vocable weapons&lt;BR/&gt;like in dune..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;nnnnnnn--chaaa&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy in his black tutu&lt;BR/&gt;fringed in man-o-war stingers&lt;BR/&gt;and rubber octopus helmet&lt;BR/&gt;would kick your asses I bet..&lt;BR/&gt;but my personal choice would&lt;BR/&gt;have to be Henry G who is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113470822815607066'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113470822815607066'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134708180000#c113470822815607066' 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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-846577922"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113470019463829635</id><published>2005-12-15T21:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T21:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>OH right. That dude bored the shit out of me lots ...</title><summary type='text'>OH right. That dude bored the shit out of me lots of times!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not interested in poetically criticizing Dan Chaisson: I am interested in why he gets more shit than like &quot;Dishwater&quot; W. S. Merwin and the other voices of Mainstream &quot;Rushmore&quot;--does Ron have a problem with kids that have found their way to the major presses? Or what the fuck?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why do people prefer to live in these </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113470019463829635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113470019463829635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134700140000#c113470019463829635' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113469879303547644</id><published>2005-12-15T21:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T21:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jim,So as not to tax your attention span, I will i...</title><summary type='text'>Jim,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So as not to tax your attention span, I will inform you that Mean Joe was formerly Lon Silliman, a sort of academic-poet heckler.  Perceptions of Chiasson are a rare issue of agreement for Joe and Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am struck by the fact that instead of providing a defense of Chiasson’s work or making a case for its difference with Gilbert’s, which would serve Chiasson better, you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113469879303547644'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113469879303547644'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134698760000#c113469879303547644' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113469371852698479</id><published>2005-12-15T19:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T19:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was just looking for some sort of excuse for you...</title><summary type='text'>I was just looking for some sort of excuse for your inability to read.  I was being kind.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113469371852698479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113469371852698479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134693660000#c113469371852698479' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113468699747924105</id><published>2005-12-15T17:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T17:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Find an indy bookstore, &quot;Mean&quot; Joe!  &quot;New Sincere?...</title><summary type='text'>Find an indy bookstore, &quot;Mean&quot; Joe!  &quot;New Sincere?&quot; You read too many blogs.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;idjivl,&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113468699747924105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113468699747924105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134686940000#c113468699747924105' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113468261936054627</id><published>2005-12-15T16:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T16:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jesu, read my remarks again and try to apply a bit...</title><summary type='text'>Jesu, read my remarks again and try to apply a bit of wit. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Are you one of the New Sincere and so lost to the Eiron?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt; &quot;When one goes to Amazon and looks at Dan&#39;s book what does one see? People who bought this book might also be interested in JACK GILBERT! There you go. Quod Erat Demonstratum.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And please -- tell Ron I am a Sillyphant.  Or tell Lon.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is what</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113468261936054627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113468261936054627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134682560000#c113468261936054627' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113467814642482824</id><published>2005-12-15T15:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T15:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Somehow &quot;Mean&quot; Joe Green takes his cues not from T...</title><summary type='text'>Somehow &quot;Mean&quot; Joe Green takes his cues not from The New York Times Book Review, but from Amazon. What a rebel! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;njcblbac,&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS: For the Silliphant on every list! The official Obey Ron t-shirts! Coming soon!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113467814642482824'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113467814642482824'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134678120000#c113467814642482824' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113467017690729833</id><published>2005-12-15T13:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T13:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You probably ought to reserve judgment until you&#39;v...</title><summary type='text'>You probably ought to reserve judgment until you&#39;ve seen the woman in the flesh.  Inspiration is a volatile thing.  I insist that her writing is neither experimental nor accomplished.  Frankly, if I were a workshop chairman, I wouldn&#39;t admit her as a beginning student on the basis of the last four books she&#39;s published.  She&#39;s a writer who only succeeds when she&#39;s kept to strict form and narrow </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113467017690729833'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113467017690729833'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134670140000#c113467017690729833' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113465612725489851</id><published>2005-12-15T09:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T09:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jorie Graham was a big influence on me when I was ...</title><summary type='text'>Jorie Graham was a big influence on me when I was in high school.  I almost went to Iowa for college (she still worked there then) instead of Buffalo.  I don&#39;t think JG&#39;s so bad if she inspires young people to read and write poetry. I also tend to think one should support female writers even if their poetry ends up looking a lot different from one&#39;s own, and one attaches a politics to that; it&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113465612725489851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113465612725489851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134656100000#c113465612725489851' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113465199604606534</id><published>2005-12-15T08:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T08:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>When one goes to Amazon and looks at Dan&#39;s book wh...</title><summary type='text'>When one goes to Amazon and looks at Dan&#39;s book what does one see?  People who bought this book might also be interested in  JACK GILBERT!  There you go.  Quod Erat Demonstratum.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just about -- no more valid -- than the usual.  Ron needs more than a half chapter and he drinks bourbon in case you want to send him a few bottles for Christmas.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let&#39;s hope you nobly refuse to review </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113465199604606534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113465199604606534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134651960000#c113465199604606534' title=''/><author><name>joe green</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12257285616529795340</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113464637626789206</id><published>2005-12-15T06:32:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T06:32:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This state of affairs is a total disgrace to art a...</title><summary type='text'>This state of affairs is a total disgrace to art and those who practice it should hoist high the true literary spirit and inflame their minds to action; put things right by bringing in some new names and faces, like me and Noel who are seriously under appreciated by the wider world beyond our parish or commercial poets eating well and being well provided for by their words.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Noel and I </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113464637626789206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113464637626789206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134646320000#c113464637626789206' title=''/><author><name>IRISH POETS</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15137576329670368944</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1154523763"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113462751055640842</id><published>2005-12-15T01:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-15T01:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dan:Don&#39;t give away your politics.  I haven&#39;t read...</title><summary type='text'>Dan:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Don&#39;t give away your politics.  I haven&#39;t read you yet.  I want my impressions to be fresh.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Disappear!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113462751055640842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113462751055640842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134627480000#c113462751055640842' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 15, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113461760393866024</id><published>2005-12-14T22:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2005-12-14T22:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ha Ha Ha Ha! Touche, Chaisson! I&#39;ll paint Ron a bu...</title><summary type='text'>Ha Ha Ha Ha! Touche, Chaisson! I&#39;ll paint Ron a bunny with the word &quot;Eep&quot; sheepishly across.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s the holidays, everybody have some nog and shut up.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love you guys.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;uzrmgd,&lt;BR/&gt;jimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113461760393866024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113456443900783496/comments/default/113461760393866024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html?showComment=1134617580000#c113461760393866024' title=''/><author><name>Behrle, Prince of Trolls</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02376200318127362630</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/2005/12/plus-change-plus-cest-le-meme-chose.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113456443900783496' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113456443900783496' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 14, 2005"/></entry></feed>