<?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.post113991875412205566..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/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/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>62</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114044520242958891</id><published>2006-02-20T09:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-20T09:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&#39;Sorry to be rude (with my silly &quot;not to be rude,&quot;...</title><summary type='text'>&#39;Sorry to be rude (with my silly &quot;not to be rude,&quot; too!).&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ah, don&#39;t worry, man, spouting off about America wasn&#39;t even relevant to the post (though i saw it would&#39;ve been in another recent post . . .).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Anyway, i didn&#39;t feel your blog was getting enough attention, so i put-up a link on my own. Hope it helps.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;K.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114044520242958891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114044520242958891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140445200000#c114044520242958891' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 20, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114017963330295053</id><published>2006-02-17T07:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-17T07:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Touche Andy. Mine too.</title><summary type='text'>Touche Andy. Mine too.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114017963330295053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114017963330295053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140179580000#c114017963330295053' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114013869461805392</id><published>2006-02-16T20:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T20:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark,Yeah--why waste time, as I&#39;ve done, preferrin...</title><summary type='text'>Mark,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yeah--why waste time, as I&#39;ve done, preferring one cliche to another? Hindsight is my major mode of internet communication...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114013869461805392'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114013869461805392'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140138660000#c114013869461805392' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114013607979576762</id><published>2006-02-16T19:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T19:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;My comment, which you quote (about the rallies) w...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;My comment, which you quote (about the rallies) was meant to be kind of ridiculous. At the same time, if you go to many anti-war rallies, you must know what I mean&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy, my apologies if I understood you too quickly (I did wonder if you were deliberately being &#39;kind of ridiculous&#39;). On the other hand, I don&#39;t go to rallies of any description, nor know anyone who does, which perhaps </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114013607979576762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114013607979576762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140136020000#c114013607979576762' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114011786098133355</id><published>2006-02-16T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T14:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I like that old guys can&#39;t figure out how to leave...</title><summary type='text'>I like that old guys can&#39;t figure out how to leave comments? &quot;Hey there, sonny, can you tack this to that there fancy bulletin board for me?&quot; It&#39;s like watching dolphins try to set the VCR. ZAAAP! Technology!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS: I also think Ron&#39;s Comment Fields would make a great Central American Soap Opera! Dios Mio!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114011786098133355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114011786098133355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140117840000#c114011786098133355' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114011742396830987</id><published>2006-02-16T14:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T14:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Southside,My comment, which you quote (about the r...</title><summary type='text'>Southside,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My comment, which you quote (about the rallies) was meant to be kind of ridiculous. At the same time, if you go to many anti-war rallies, you must know what I mean: I&#39;m relieved when somebody gets up and reads some (not footnoted epic but) four-minute rant with a bunch of very bad rhymes in it, because I don&#39;t have to listen to another person trying (and failing) to talk like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114011742396830987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114011742396830987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140117420000#c114011742396830987' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114010790429451303</id><published>2006-02-16T11:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T11:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>absolutes and abstractstend to make me bristle&quot;Ame...</title><summary type='text'>absolutes and abstracts&lt;BR/&gt;tend to make me bristle&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;America thinks it&#39;s...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;last time I checked&lt;BR/&gt;America  the concept&lt;BR/&gt;not the land itself&lt;BR/&gt;was composed of individuals&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and while many of them&lt;BR/&gt;think&lt;BR/&gt;America  the finncial/political/media feted body&lt;BR/&gt;is the creme de la creme&lt;BR/&gt;or the ALL there is to that____&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;many of the individuals&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114010790429451303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114010790429451303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140107880000#c114010790429451303' title=''/><author><name>suzanne</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18396449966859846043</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-769341666"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114008691093945826</id><published>2006-02-16T05:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T05:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot; I&#39;d rather have only good poetry, but I&#39;ll take ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot; I&#39;d rather have only good poetry, but I&#39;ll take a bad political poem any day over a bad poem about, say, an epiphanic experience that gave meaning to one&#39;s family life.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ah yes, epiphanic moments are passe now, old hat, gone with the cleansing, advant wind. God/Gaia/Nada forbid that one should write about one&#39;s family life. Strictly off-limits (though aren&#39;t such artificial strictures </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114008691093945826'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114008691093945826'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140086880000#c114008691093945826' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11217856911720898729</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114008093871248252</id><published>2006-02-16T04:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-16T04:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>With a few exceptions, fuck America.</title><summary type='text'>With a few exceptions, fuck America.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114008093871248252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114008093871248252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140080880000#c114008093871248252' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114003879830633208</id><published>2006-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T16:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>America is the whole world--everyone else is just ...</title><summary type='text'>America is the whole world--everyone else is just living in it.  Lighten up, bloke.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003879830633208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003879830633208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140038760000#c114003879830633208' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114003663049830195</id><published>2006-02-15T15:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T15:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The recording of Wichita Vortex Sutra does still e...</title><summary type='text'>The recording of Wichita Vortex Sutra does still exist; it&#39;s with a vast trove of Ginsberg&#39;s other recordings in the Ginsberg papers at Stanford.  Trouble is, like all Ginsberg&#39;s other recordings from that era, it&#39;s on reel-to-reel tape, which means it&#39;s impossible to listen to.  In order to find it, I had to order up boxes of tapes and look at the labels to see if I could guess which tape it was</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003663049830195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003663049830195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140036600000#c114003663049830195' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10730690023556714690</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1539190931"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114003115020945788</id><published>2006-02-15T14:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T14:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kevin,Sorry to be rude (with my silly &quot;not to be r...</title><summary type='text'>Kevin,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sorry to be rude (with my silly &quot;not to be rude,&quot; too!).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, America does think it&#39;s the center of the world, and that becomes even more glaringly obvious if I&#39;m in, say, Germany, and run into some American tourists. It must be even more embarrassing to meet Americans in, say, India. The content of my objection was just that some of us, at least, are mortified by this </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003115020945788'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114003115020945788'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140031140000#c114003115020945788' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114002392688649375</id><published>2006-02-15T12:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T12:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&#39;Not to be rude, but: who the hell are you to assu...</title><summary type='text'>&#39;Not to be rude, but: who the hell are you to assume that America is &quot;the whole world&quot; (&quot;let&#39;s face it&quot;) for everyone here?&#39;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, that&#39;s my opinion, which i stand by, regardless of who i am or am not. America likes to think it&#39;s the centre of the world, which it is, in some ways. Everything is always about America, though, to America: if some guy takes a shit in China, America have </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114002392688649375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114002392688649375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140023880000#c114002392688649375' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114001890566851492</id><published>2006-02-15T10:55:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T10:55:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;mostly masturbatory conversation&quot;agreed, and guil...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;mostly masturbatory conversation&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;agreed, and guilty as charged.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;we have here the writhings of conscience.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;agreed, and guilty as charged.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The example of Francis Ponge came into my head last night just before sleep. I wonder what he would have to say about all of this?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114001890566851492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114001890566851492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140018900000#c114001890566851492' title=''/><author><name>Jon Fadely</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14489679861256863034</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-999001350"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114000730890438627</id><published>2006-02-15T07:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T07:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>It occurs to me just now that Ron&#39;s blogsite is on...</title><summary type='text'>It occurs to me just now that Ron&#39;s blogsite is one of the few places (maybe the only place) that art and politics together can be addressed with as much seriousness, equanimity and passion as they deserve. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s something.  And it&#39;s a tribute to his intelligence.  No one else could bring it off.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114000730890438627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114000730890438627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140007260000#c114000730890438627' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114000571302491803</id><published>2006-02-15T07:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T07:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We have here the writhings and twistings of consci...</title><summary type='text'>We have here the writhings and twistings of conscience.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;People need to be comfortable (or &quot;uncomfortable&quot;) with the separate spheres of their lives.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poetry isn&#39;t a useful way to &quot;practice&quot; political action in the world.  Poetry will not get Bush impeached.  And it will not get the right people elected.  Poetry is not taken seriously as a political act in America.  That&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114000571302491803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/114000571302491803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1140005700000#c114000571302491803' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113998945222614189</id><published>2006-02-15T02:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T02:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey baby, the world doesn&#39;t read *any* poems. Damn...</title><summary type='text'>Hey baby, the world doesn&#39;t read *any* poems. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Damn, I look good!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998945222614189'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998945222614189'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139989440000#c113998945222614189' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113998782264139579</id><published>2006-02-15T02:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T02:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Jimmy:Nobody reads crappy poems? That&#39;s very gener...</title><summary type='text'>Jimmy:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nobody reads crappy poems? That&#39;s very generous of you. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kevin:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not to be rude, but: who the hell are you to assume that America is &quot;the whole world&quot; (&quot;let&#39;s face it&quot;) for everyone here? Besides being incorrect and presumptuous,that statement makes you sound pretty high and mighty.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Also, your comment about political poems would be the same reactionary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998782264139579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998782264139579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139987820000#c113998782264139579' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113998441179206364</id><published>2006-02-15T01:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-15T01:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I, who have never killed, think like the murderer...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I, who have never killed, think like the murderer&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;And they all climb the same roads and the same stairs others go down; for never, since man began to think how to overcome and overpass man, have other roads and other stairs been found.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;--Arturo Giovannitti, 1912</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998441179206364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113998441179206364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139984400000#c113998441179206364' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113997235072895199</id><published>2006-02-14T21:59:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T21:59:00.000-05:00</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/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997235072895199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997235072895199'/><author><name>Kevin Doran</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08640770705948611352</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405491431"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113997207448286801</id><published>2006-02-14T21:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T21:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>email me babyeffingpress @ mac . com</title><summary type='text'>email me baby&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;effingpress @ mac . com</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997207448286801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997207448286801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139972040000#c113997207448286801' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113997198320117867</id><published>2006-02-14T21:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T21:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>For those interesting in actually reading Kent&#39;s b...</title><summary type='text'>For those interesting in actually reading Kent&#39;s book I am happy to offer it to you for 5 dollars plus a bonus chapbook (maybe two you junky) just because it is not how how many but who.  Read the fucking book.  Let me know how I can make it easy for you obtain it.  Mama needs a new pair of chapbooks.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In underwear,&lt;BR/&gt;Scott&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Effng Press</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997198320117867'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997198320117867'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139971980000#c113997198320117867' title=''/><author><name>Scott Pierce</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16423689694814177548</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262046517"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113997139874743865</id><published>2006-02-14T21:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T21:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mostly masturbatory? It&#39;s Valentine&#39;s Day. My end ...</title><summary type='text'>Mostly masturbatory? It&#39;s Valentine&#39;s Day. My end is 100% spunk, lady.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;xxxjimmy&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;PS: Crappy poems have no social value, because nobody reads them. Although I&#39;ll play along...Yes! And fairies come for your teeth and we all go to heaven! Yes!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997139874743865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113997139874743865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139971380000#c113997139874743865' 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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1368997688"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113996998436995908</id><published>2006-02-14T21:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T21:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Declaring your work to be against the war gives i...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Declaring your work to be against the war gives it a social value even if the work is crappy.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes Andy.  So true.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Otherwise, I&#39;ve nothing to say about this inane and mostly masturbatory conversation.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113996998436995908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113996998436995908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139969940000#c113996998436995908' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113996863869755661</id><published>2006-02-14T20:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-14T20:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>DB:Oh, yeah. Duh. They&#39;re on my bookshelves, and g...</title><summary type='text'>DB:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Oh, yeah. Duh. They&#39;re on my bookshelves, and good.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113996863869755661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/113991875412205566/comments/default/113996863869755661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html?showComment=1139968620000#c113996863869755661' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</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/2006/02/kent-johnson-after-sending-me-note-i.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-113991875412205566' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/113991875412205566' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 14, 2006"/></entry></feed>