<?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.post114096183297718518..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/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114122297811596651</id><published>2006-03-01T09:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-03-01T09:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear CAConrad:I think when you&#39;ve lived a few deca...</title><summary type='text'>Dear CAConrad:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think when you&#39;ve lived a few decades and witnessed the lumbering hippopotamus of public arts funding committees--with their racial-sexist-regional-favortism, shifting from year to predictable year--you&#39;ll come to realize that government intervention in the arts is ultimately a mistake.  If public television and opera, orchestra, ballet societies and foundations want to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114122297811596651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114122297811596651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1141222920000#c114122297811596651' 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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 01, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114114874688476922</id><published>2006-02-28T12:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-28T12:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>ron - buy it!it&#39;s alreadyiconic-- I can seeit as a...</title><summary type='text'>ron - &lt;BR/&gt;buy it!&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s already&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;iconic&lt;BR/&gt;-- I can see&lt;BR/&gt;it as a cover of a&lt;BR/&gt;book</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114114874688476922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114114874688476922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1141148700000#c114114874688476922' title=''/><author><name>jeff w</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15525430085459131737</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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-724165674"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114108774638559251</id><published>2006-02-27T19:49:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T19:49:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>four yrs ago we played a lot of soccer.  world cup...</title><summary type='text'>four yrs ago we played a lot of soccer.  world cup and all.  There is a great field for it next to the CU practice field.  nothing like a little game of football after a long day of lectures and before the readings and before the games late at night.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Had great parties after the readings.  Football started at 12a and everyone stayed around until the early morn and then we went off for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114108774638559251'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114108774638559251'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1141087740000#c114108774638559251' title=''/><author><name>JWG</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15983966674045451970</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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1310991121"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114105255943992681</id><published>2006-02-27T10:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-27T10:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>see you this summer ron...i&#39;ve already completed m...</title><summary type='text'>see you this summer ron...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i&#39;ve already completed my 2 summer&#39;s worth of credit for MFA...meaning, i actually get to enjoy the schedule...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;required 10-12 hours a day 5 days a week for 4 weeks is difficult to say the least...by the end of week four you sort of hate all things literary...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114105255943992681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114105255943992681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1141052520000#c114105255943992681' title=''/><author><name>John Sakkis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08621102858745971700</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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1144833194"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 27, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114099935641332117</id><published>2006-02-26T19:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T19:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, T Martin is on their brochure!</title><summary type='text'>Hey, T Martin is on their brochure!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114099935641332117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114099935641332117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1140999300000#c114099935641332117' 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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114097741152512372</id><published>2006-02-26T13:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T13:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Michelle Buchanan is doing a great thing donating ...</title><summary type='text'>Michelle Buchanan is doing a great thing donating her art for such an auction!  Wow, I love to hear about such things!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The cuts in social programs such as PBS radio/television is the very thing that I believe will be the undoing of the Right.  These cuts have mobilized millions of folks who used to think support meant writing a check for that PBS mug or whatever the hell.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114097741152512372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114097741152512372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1140977400000#c114097741152512372' title=''/><author><name>poet CAConrad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17360262447900081942</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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114097422276330509</id><published>2006-02-26T12:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-02-26T12:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Naropa also offers a scholarship each summer to a ...</title><summary type='text'>Naropa also offers a scholarship each summer to a student from the Institute of American Indian Arts, that has produced some very interesting writers (Sherwin Bitsui, Alison Hedge Coke, etc).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114097422276330509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114096183297718518/comments/default/114097422276330509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/02/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html?showComment=1140974220000#c114097422276330509' title=''/><author><name>T Martin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12351843786818352352</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/michelle-buchanan-is-donating-her.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114096183297718518' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114096183297718518' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1227693607"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 26, 2006"/></entry></feed>