<?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.post115478387633118850..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/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/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>34</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115501229275284842</id><published>2006-08-08T00:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-08T00:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy birthday! I also turn 60 this month. George ...</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday! I also turn 60 this month. George W. Bush and Bill Clinton turn 60 this summer.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115501229275284842'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115501229275284842'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1155012240000#c115501229275284842' title=''/><author><name>Michael Andre</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14980886148410840663</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' 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href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1155008580000#c115500860353886618' title=''/><author><name>Steve Caratzas</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11365542679418360314</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1127495637"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115493505802379783</id><published>2006-08-07T03:17:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T03:17:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday, Ron!And (though it&#39;s kind of stupi...</title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday, Ron!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And (though it&#39;s kind of stupid to thank you for this) thanks for some of the best writing around.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;all the best,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Andy</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115493505802379783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115493505802379783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154935020000#c115493505802379783' 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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115492490077259076</id><published>2006-08-07T00:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-07T00:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday, Ron.Looking forward to reading the...</title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday, Ron.&lt;BR/&gt;Looking forward to reading the new work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Best Wishes,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Chris Murray</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115492490077259076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115492490077259076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154924880000#c115492490077259076' title=''/><author><name>chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01592499983757806803</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1042713148"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115489777225931909</id><published>2006-08-06T16:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T16:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>360 more books.  The average American man lives to...</title><summary type='text'>360 more books.  The average American man lives to be about 74.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s about 24 books a year, or two books per month.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The stress of writing this much should also shorten your life since you are already working 80 hours a week, trying to raise a family, and so on.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I suggest you shorten the number of remaining books to 1 or 2.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Remember what Pound said: poetry is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115489777225931909'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115489777225931909'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154897760000#c115489777225931909' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115488747230219724</id><published>2006-08-06T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T14:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No additional message, Ron; just couldn&#39;t pass thi...</title><summary type='text'>No additional message, Ron; just couldn&#39;t pass this:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;obats&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Considering the occasion, this word play, I think, finally proves there&#39;s intellectual life behind Blogger word verification.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115488747230219724'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115488747230219724'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154887440000#c115488747230219724' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115485355042412465</id><published>2006-08-06T04:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T04:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Bon Anniversaire!&quot;these little lives...&quot;But let us...</title><summary type='text'>Bon Anniversaire!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;these little lives...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But let us &lt;BR/&gt;not forget &lt;BR/&gt;the importance&lt;BR/&gt;of the little death.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115485355042412465'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115485355042412465'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154853540000#c115485355042412465' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18245811513028331681</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-427946957"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115484730041189173</id><published>2006-08-06T02:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-06T02:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>if you had all the time in the world.  which you d...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;if you had all the time in the world.  which you do.  by the way...&lt;/I&gt;  happy birthday ron silliman.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115484730041189173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115484730041189173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154847300000#c115484730041189173' title=''/><author><name>madame l</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04585304278153917905</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-891909929"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 06, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115483515347477806</id><published>2006-08-05T23:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T23:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Geez, three marriages and all these crazy accident...</title><summary type='text'>Geez, three marriages and all these crazy accidents.  Nice descriptions, too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So did your mom remarry? Did she get a fat settlement?  The description must go on!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483515347477806'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483515347477806'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154835120000#c115483515347477806' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115483316319139579</id><published>2006-08-05T22:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T22:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Feliz cumpleaños!Viejos... ¡los cerros!</title><summary type='text'>Feliz cumpleaños!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Viejos... ¡los cerros!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483316319139579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483316319139579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154833140000#c115483316319139579' title=''/><author><name>Ernesto</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11969105712582566329</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115483264969544979</id><published>2006-08-05T22:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T22:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>that we live at allthat we wake, blinkwrite a poem...</title><summary type='text'>that we live at all&lt;BR/&gt;that we wake, blink&lt;BR/&gt;write a poem&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;bestow a kiss&lt;BR/&gt;work it all out&lt;BR/&gt;on the precarious stage&lt;BR/&gt;and the vast illusion of security&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a little awe&lt;BR/&gt;a little humble gratitude&lt;BR/&gt;even for the pain&lt;BR/&gt;for the loss&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;smile another day&lt;BR/&gt;another year&lt;BR/&gt;at the sun or the rain&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;make on&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;keep on rockin in the free world&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483264969544979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483264969544979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154832600000#c115483264969544979' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09681354460957743187</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1428247785"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115483234536358119</id><published>2006-08-05T22:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T22:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>happy birthday, ron.</title><summary type='text'>happy birthday, ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483234536358119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483234536358119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154832300000#c115483234536358119' 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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115483049320244883</id><published>2006-08-05T22:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T22:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>happy birthday, ron!</title><summary type='text'>happy birthday, ron!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483049320244883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115483049320244883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154830440000#c115483049320244883' title=''/><author><name>Jessica Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04717874657318262267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115482153253433961</id><published>2006-08-05T19:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T19:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You SAY it&#39;s yourBirthday HappyBIRTHDAY to ya&quot;My p...</title><summary type='text'>You SAY it&#39;s your&lt;BR/&gt;Birthday Happy&lt;BR/&gt;BIRTHDAY to ya&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;My plan is&lt;BR/&gt;these little lives&lt;BR/&gt;make sequences . . .&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115482153253433961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115482153253433961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154821500000#c115482153253433961' 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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115482016782933925</id><published>2006-08-05T19:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T19:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy birthday Ron. My son AND stepson&#39;s birthdays...</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday Ron. My son AND stepson&#39;s birthdays are both tomorrow. Continued good luck to you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115482016782933925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115482016782933925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154820120000#c115482016782933925' title=''/><author><name>LBehrendt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17744661355732297091</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2117488632"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481808678592285</id><published>2006-08-05T18:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T18:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday!Onward, in addition to being most a...</title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Onward, in addition to being most appropriate as a milestone birthday motto, is also a town in Indiana.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481808678592285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481808678592285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154818080000#c115481808678592285' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481701769147322</id><published>2006-08-05T18:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T18:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Birthday Ron Silliman and thank-you for your...</title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday Ron Silliman and thank-you for your supreme blog. Col.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481701769147322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481701769147322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154817000000#c115481701769147322' title=''/><author><name>Colin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00329054918618041522</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1617533599"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481619043043518</id><published>2006-08-05T18:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T18:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I saw Angela Davis giving a commencement address s...</title><summary type='text'>I saw Angela Davis giving a commencement address somewhere on CSPAN2 -- she told a tale of walking across the UC Santa Cruz campus one day recently when a young woman approached and asked if she was, indeed, Angela Davis. Yes, she said. Oh, I have to tell my grandmother that I met you, the young woman said. She was a student of yours.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481619043043518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481619043043518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154816160000#c115481619043043518' 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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481422659040460</id><published>2006-08-05T17:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T17:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy birthday, Ron.</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday, Ron.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481422659040460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481422659040460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154814180000#c115481422659040460' title=''/><author><name>François</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06559138766982217784</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/360749881_43aef0cb9e_b.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1777839896"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481291174970115</id><published>2006-08-05T17:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T17:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve outlived myself.I realized that had happened ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve outlived myself.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I realized that had happened one day during the first college class I ever taught, when a student in freshman English said, with an air of disbelief, &quot;You actually saw Jimi Hendrix?  While he was alive?!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Happy Birthday, Ron.  I hope to live long enough to read all 360 of those book-length poems.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481291174970115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481291174970115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154812860000#c115481291174970115' title=''/><author><name>Aldon Lynn Nielsen</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02149592761314695817</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1409052359"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115481224176008573</id><published>2006-08-05T17:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T17:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hbday, ron! i&#39;ve appreciated reading your blog ove...</title><summary type='text'>hbday, ron! i&#39;ve appreciated reading your blog over the past year. &lt;BR/&gt;arif</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481224176008573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115481224176008573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154812200000#c115481224176008573' title=''/><author><name>Arif</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10848051487247507286</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1469529504"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115480810259447570</id><published>2006-08-05T16:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T16:01:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Onneksi olkoon, Ron!</title><summary type='text'>Onneksi olkoon, Ron!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480810259447570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480810259447570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154808060001#c115480810259447570' title=''/><author><name>KK</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11485642707008456895</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659023168"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115480809577917630</id><published>2006-08-05T16:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T16:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy birthday!</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480809577917630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480809577917630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154808060000#c115480809577917630' title=''/><author><name>Tiel Aisha Ansari</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03994169558252043919</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-659844337"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115480283891441907</id><published>2006-08-05T14:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T14:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>happy birthday!!you&#39;ve now outlived my father, too...</title><summary type='text'>happy birthday!!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;you&#39;ve now outlived my father, too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m four and a half months away from outliving my mother.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480283891441907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480283891441907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154802780000#c115480283891441907' title=''/><author><name>shann</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115478387633118850' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1505930166"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 05, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115480272261506301</id><published>2006-08-05T14:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-05T14:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy birthday.</title><summary type='text'>Happy birthday.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480272261506301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115478387633118850/comments/default/115480272261506301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html?showComment=1154802720000#c115480272261506301' title=''/><author><name>Jim Maughn</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07425995730354356731</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/2006/08/in-winter-1947-my-father-who-had-just.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115478387633118850' 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