<?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.post114580174722982868..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/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.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>24</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114609863942962957</id><published>2006-04-26T20:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T20:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>David Raphael IsraelSorry for failing to have a li...</title><summary type='text'>David Raphael Israel&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sorry for failing to have a link from my blogspot page, I really only got a blogger account to make commenting easier but I will go back and add a link. My regular blog is BloggingPoet.com&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Now to address your questions:&lt;BR/&gt;There was some discussion as to Ron’s qualifying but several links to his online works were e-mailed to me so I included Ron on the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114609863942962957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114609863942962957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1146098580000#c114609863942962957' title=''/><author><name>Billy Jones</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626270859"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114607131570704136</id><published>2006-04-26T13:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-26T13:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;If elected, I would serve not as Ronny, but in li...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;If elected, I would serve not as Ronny, but in line with Billy &amp; Jilly as Silly&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ah, so you won&#39;t be turning it down then.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114607131570704136'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114607131570704136'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1146071280000#c114607131570704136' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 26, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114600490691985382</id><published>2006-04-25T18:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T18:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron qualifies.  He recently posted a poem of his t...</title><summary type='text'>Ron qualifies.  He recently posted a poem of his that has a boneless breast of roast duck in it as well as &quot;seabirds loud with dawn.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;This poem was even discussed in a book club -- here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://thejeunessedoree.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=78399</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114600490691985382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114600490691985382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1146004860000#c114600490691985382' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114596733767282314</id><published>2006-04-25T08:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T08:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If elected, I would serve not as Ronny, but in lin...</title><summary type='text'>If elected, I would serve not as Ronny, but in line with Billy &amp; Jilly as Silly,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114596733767282314'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114596733767282314'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145967300000#c114596733767282314' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114596713030020478</id><published>2006-04-25T08:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-25T08:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Took me a bit of looking to locate the Poetisphere...</title><summary type='text'>Took me a bit of looking to locate &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://poetisphere.com/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Poetisphere site&lt;/A&gt; (seemingly not linked to Billy&#39;s Blogspot page)--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Glancing at the stated rules, I&#39;m not sure whether Ron silliman qualifies.  The overt focus seems to be on poets who blog poems.  I&#39;m not aware that Ron is doing that.  By and large, he blogs prose about poems.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The rules </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114596713030020478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114596713030020478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145967120000#c114596713030020478' title=''/><author><name>david raphael israel</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07535589040322113419</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1441140986"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 25, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114592463762329160</id><published>2006-04-24T20:23:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T20:23:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Alas, I&#39;m only the Queen of student loan debt and ...</title><summary type='text'>Alas, I&#39;m only the Queen of student loan debt and carpenter bee infestation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But at least I have a theme song now. Thanks Logan.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114592463762329160'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114592463762329160'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145924580000#c114592463762329160' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1915928048"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114591764842043029</id><published>2006-04-24T18:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T18:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Tammy Turner Peaden dropped out.  All of this took...</title><summary type='text'>Tammy Turner Peaden dropped out.  All of this took place without your knowledge.  The votes that would have gone to her were then cast for Jilly.  Why do you think that you would be notified?  Greater forces, great gyres and gimbles, vast and cunning vortexes of recherche jeunesse were put into motion and so you were helpless as our queen was crowned.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114591764842043029'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114591764842043029'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145917620000#c114591764842043029' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114591293550797893</id><published>2006-04-24T17:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T17:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Joe Green,You said, &quot; I even persuaded her most cu...</title><summary type='text'>Joe Green,&lt;BR/&gt;You said, &quot; I even persuaded her most cunning rival to drop out of the race by alluding to certain verses in the Book of Genta.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Funny, as I founded and ran the event last year and I didn&#39;t have anyone notify me that anyone was dropping out.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m beginning to wonfer if this blog is about poetry or BS.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114591293550797893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114591293550797893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145912880000#c114591293550797893' title=''/><author><name>Billy Jones</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626270859"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114590259187626188</id><published>2006-04-24T14:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T14:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>oh, jilly! oh, jilly! jilly jilly jilly of the blo...</title><summary type='text'>oh, jilly! oh, jilly! jilly jilly jilly of the blog-OHs-sphere! oh, jilly!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114590259187626188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114590259187626188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145902560000#c114590259187626188' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18315356369259909084</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114589738421600432</id><published>2006-04-24T12:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T12:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh I think Ron really likes all the attention, des...</title><summary type='text'>Oh I think Ron really likes all the attention, despite professing a contempt for competitions etc. You don&#39;t have to be a genius to figure it. Firstly, anyone who goes to the trouble to inform his blog-readers of his nomination in the first place (never mind who told HIM) is probably more than cynical and/or merely bemused by the whole thing. Secondly, just read through some of his earlier posts;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114589738421600432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114589738421600432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145897340000#c114589738421600432' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-876787782"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114589651264304748</id><published>2006-04-24T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T12:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jilly won last year -- to be frank -- because of a...</title><summary type='text'>Jilly won last year -- to be frank -- because of a campaign I organized on her behalf.  I even persuaded her most cunning rival to drop out of the race by alluding to certain verses in the Book of Genta.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I am endorsing you at this time in the spirit of love that overcame me after listening to both podcasts on the exorcism of Kent Johnson here:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://thejeunessedoree.libsyn.com/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114589651264304748'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114589651264304748'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145896500000#c114589651264304748' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1849826838"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114588160524337194</id><published>2006-04-24T08:26:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T08:26:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m the one who came up with the idea of ELECTING ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m the one who came up with the idea of ELECTING a poet laureate so blame me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It didn&#39;t change Jilly&#39;s life and it probably won&#39;t change your life either but the winner of this contest is the ONLY ELECTED POET LAUREATE in the world.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m not saying it&#39;s not unlike the People&#39;s Choice Awards or even American Idol but in all reality it is a way to get a small amount of recognition</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114588160524337194'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114588160524337194'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145881560000#c114588160524337194' title=''/><author><name>Billy Jones</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16264147065000056960</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-626270859"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114587082303933815</id><published>2006-04-24T05:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T05:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What a bunch of BULLSHIT this competition is.  The...</title><summary type='text'>What a bunch of BULLSHIT this competition is.  There are poets nominated who don&#39;t blog for weeks and weeks at a time.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;CAConrad&lt;BR/&gt;check out &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://NEGLECTORINO.blogspot.com&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;THE NEGLECTORINO PROJECT&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114587082303933815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114587082303933815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145870820000#c114587082303933815' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114586083257264512</id><published>2006-04-24T02:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T02:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>just voted :)</title><summary type='text'>just voted :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114586083257264512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114586083257264512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145860800000#c114586083257264512' title=''/><author><name>Sonny</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11097991753282056195</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1756657088"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114585549547109249</id><published>2006-04-24T01:11:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-24T01:11:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;...but in this life,Of error, ignorance, and stri...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;...but in this life,&lt;BR/&gt;Of error, ignorance, and strife,&lt;BR/&gt;Where nothing is, but all things seem,&lt;BR/&gt;And we the shadows of the dream,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is a modest creed, and yet&lt;BR/&gt;Pleasant if one considers it,&lt;BR/&gt;To own that [blogs] must [themselves] be,&lt;BR/&gt;Like all the rest, a mockery.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Glad all are home, safe and sound. No tally of votes needed for that.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114585549547109249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114585549547109249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145855460000#c114585549547109249' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 24, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114584032255613261</id><published>2006-04-23T20:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T20:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s neck-and-neck as of this posting, with the tw...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s neck-and-neck as of this posting, with the two leaders tied at a whopping 38 votes a piece....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114584032255613261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114584032255613261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145840280000#c114584032255613261' title=''/><author><name>Simmons B. Buntin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02912485144027132314</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2091954450"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114582833036430163</id><published>2006-04-23T17:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T17:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>very sensitive plants</title><summary type='text'>very sensitive plants</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114582833036430163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114582833036430163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145828280000#c114582833036430163' title=''/><author><name>WiseTrainer</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01306163024321359768</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1290863786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114581766363494114</id><published>2006-04-23T14:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T14:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I think Jilly should win a double - something hist...</title><summary type='text'>I think Jilly should win a double - something historic...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581766363494114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581766363494114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145817660000#c114581766363494114' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114581542081127497</id><published>2006-04-23T14:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T14:03:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I thought that was part of the job description... ...</title><summary type='text'>I thought that was part of the job description... :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581542081127497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581542081127497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145815380000#c114581542081127497' title=''/><author><name>arch.memory</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13902709126678545260</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-644482785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114581449432397146</id><published>2006-04-23T13:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T13:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Such sensitive plants!!</title><summary type='text'>Such sensitive plants!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581449432397146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114581449432397146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145814480000#c114581449432397146' 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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580894718538995</id><published>2006-04-23T12:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T12:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I can see how these affairs are the equivalen...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I can see how these affairs are the equivalent of the People&#39;s Choice Awards, but so is the 700,000 visitor mark, and that is certainly something to boast about!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580894718538995'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580894718538995'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145808900000#c114580894718538995' title=''/><author><name>arch.memory</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13902709126678545260</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-644482785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580837592462410</id><published>2006-04-23T12:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T12:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cynical certainly, Ashraf, tho not towards you. Th...</title><summary type='text'>Cynical certainly, Ashraf, tho not towards you. These affairs are the equivalent of, say, the Peoples Choice Awards on the telly and should be treated accordingly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bitter? Not in the slightest. I&#39;m not sure where that came from. Certainly there is nothing harder to convey in a short note than tone, but I guess isn&#39;t as well-defined as I imagine it to be.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580837592462410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580837592462410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145808360000#c114580837592462410' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580634870869921</id><published>2006-04-23T11:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T11:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I honestly don&#39;t get your bitterness and cyni...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I honestly don&#39;t get your bitterness and cynicism. No one is pretending that this is a life-changing &quot;august honor&quot;. And I thought I made my motives for telling you clear in my comment: &quot;I really think that if it is to have any validity you should be the Laureate.&quot; And no, I am not hoping to beat you; I simply don&#39;t think I deserve this &quot;august honor&quot; when you&#39;re on the bill: your blog had </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580634870869921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580634870869921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145806320000#c114580634870869921' title=''/><author><name>arch.memory</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13902709126678545260</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-644482785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580294966760114</id><published>2006-04-23T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-04-23T10:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>An online poll, huh? How air tight.</title><summary type='text'>An online poll, huh? How air tight.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580294966760114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/114580174722982868/comments/default/114580294966760114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html?showComment=1145802900000#c114580294966760114' title=''/><author><name>Dirt Editor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15170198934366915835</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/2006/04/ashraf-osman-added-note-yesterday.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-114580174722982868' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/114580174722982868' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1982671354"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="April 23, 2006"/></entry></feed>