<?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.post115555677825135997..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/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/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>80</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115636965694002931</id><published>2006-08-23T17:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-23T17:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;ve listened to nearly all of Cage&#39;s recorded wor...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;ve listened to nearly all of Cage&#39;s recorded works, and read 90% of his published texts.  A perspicacious, inquiring mind, original, cheerful, friendly, decent, and sensitive.  But boring.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A popularizer of the banal.  Champion of the quotidian.  Cage was probably the greatest &quot;audience&quot; there ever was, but as a creator--an abject and mediocre charlatan.  Right up there with Timothy </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115636965694002931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115636965694002931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1156369620000#c115636965694002931' 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/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 23, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115626508191607205</id><published>2006-08-22T12:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T12:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>If something is boring after two minutes, try it f...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The first question I ask myself when something doesn&#39;t seem to be beautiful is why do I think it&#39;s not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I certainly had no feeling (much </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115626508191607205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115626508191607205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1156265040000#c115626508191607205' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115625943253517875</id><published>2006-08-22T11:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-22T11:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cage is boring.  His early piano works are the onl...</title><summary type='text'>Cage is boring.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His early piano works are the only evidence of genius there is.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115625943253517875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115625943253517875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1156259400000#c115625943253517875' 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/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 22, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115602561576917057</id><published>2006-08-19T18:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T18:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok, I&#39;ve just read Smith&#39;s &quot;Butterflies,&quot; and so f...</title><summary type='text'>Ok, I&#39;ve just read Smith&#39;s &quot;Butterflies,&quot; and so far it seems to me that her writing does just what she says it does. Things aren&#39;t just spaced around the page to &quot;allow for&quot; multiple readings; she seems to have carefully considered how many paths there should be at a given point, how many forks there should be in a given path (by &quot;path&quot; I mean a connection, or series of connections between parts</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115602561576917057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115602561576917057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1156025580000#c115602561576917057' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115598047627643375</id><published>2006-08-19T05:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-19T05:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, you&#39;re mixing Spicergirl up with Suzanne. ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, you&#39;re mixing Spicergirl up with Suzanne. Spicergirl is much more mysterious (in the sense that she doesn&#39;t have a blog). I&#39;m curious about her.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m glad that this discussion will finally get me to look more at Jessica&#39;s work; I&#39;ve had &lt;I&gt;Birdbook&lt;/I&gt; downloaded for months now, and haven&#39;t attended to it... oh, so busy.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s rare that I state things as bare facts. Here </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115598047627643375'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115598047627643375'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155980460000#c115598047627643375' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 19, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115591506078543264</id><published>2006-08-18T11:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T11:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ombee:She&#39;s already done that.  Her avatar was a w...</title><summary type='text'>Ombee:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;She&#39;s already done that.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Her avatar was a white haired nude shot from the back.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Quite tantalizing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I asked her about it, but she deflected.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Internet romances are very dangerous--the thought police are watching!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115591506078543264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115591506078543264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155915060000#c115591506078543264' 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/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 18, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115584661282071065</id><published>2006-08-17T16:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T16:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spicergirl writes:&quot;I do insist, however, that if y...</title><summary type='text'>Spicergirl writes:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I do insist, however, that if you did meet me, you&#39;d find me sexy $ sweet and fun to cuddle with.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A friend of mine in Cali keeps joking about being in love with you. He insists on referring to you as &quot;spicegirl&quot;. I fantasize about introducing you to CAConrad. Though unless you&#39;re a queen your feminine charms won&#39;t work on him. If you&#39;ve really had three </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115584661282071065'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115584661282071065'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155846600000#c115584661282071065' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115579735934965345</id><published>2006-08-17T02:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T02:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>At least you were honest and in the process Organi...</title><summary type='text'>At least you were honest and in the process Organic Furniture Cellar had its fifteen seconds worth of fame.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115579735934965345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115579735934965345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155797340000#c115579735934965345' title=''/><author><name>forkingspoon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05103242774838156692</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-619181895"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115579524503081135</id><published>2006-08-17T02:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-17T02:14:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, Shanna. I know your comment was not directed a...</title><summary type='text'>Hi, Shanna. I know your comment was not directed at me, but I still wanted to say something about it because I found it very interesting. And sure, it will be my pleasure to sign it! Will you please also sign my copy of Down Spooky and Gamers? (Actually, I never got around to tell you that I recommended Gamers to a group of students of mine who are interested in video games as narrative discourse</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115579524503081135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115579524503081135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155795240000#c115579524503081135' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 17, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115575055101417823</id><published>2006-08-16T13:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T13:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I, Spicergirl, having been dubbed the evil-one (an...</title><summary type='text'>I, Spicergirl, having been dubbed the evil-one (and even worse, hated by Spicer himself)am thoroughly chastened and promise never to insinutate myself into this blog again.  I do insist, however, that if you did meet me, you&#39;d find me sexy $ sweet and fun to cuddle with.  To all those I offended--I offer my humble apologies.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115575055101417823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115575055101417823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155750540000#c115575055101417823' title=''/><author><name>spicergirl</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08352927433529226485</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-256451819"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115574553023966095</id><published>2006-08-16T12:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T12:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ombilic:Your recitation of unusual foods reminded ...</title><summary type='text'>Ombilic:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your recitation of unusual foods reminded me of a bizarre thing I read about way back in the 1970&#39;s.  I used to read these ecological magazines then, and one had an interview with a family &quot;living off the land&quot; in Alaska.  They limited their menu pretty much to what they could harvest, gather or kill on the land (their only nod to civilized life being the snowmobile they kept </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115574553023966095'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115574553023966095'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155745500000#c115574553023966095' 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/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115572845957581039</id><published>2006-08-16T07:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T07:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>good morning, ernesto. that part of the comment (t...</title><summary type='text'>good morning, ernesto. that part of the comment (the anonymity/mask part) wasn&#39;t directed at you, obviously! (maybe i should say i think there&#39;s a benign way and a harmful way to use pseudonyms and pen names, just like there are benign and harmful ways to use kitchen knives or big rocks. sometimes i feel like &quot;shanna compton&quot; is a pseudonym too.) and if i see you at a party, you&#39;ll please have to</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115572845957581039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115572845957581039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155728400000#c115572845957581039' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115572648496394385</id><published>2006-08-16T07:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T07:08:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>jessica -I haven&#39;t read the book -I would like to ...</title><summary type='text'>jessica -I haven&#39;t read the book -I would like to - it looks interesting - I can see the links to Cage and Joyce  etc - what I am interested in is your long critical inroduction (whether I agree with it or understand it or not) - Iwas considering doing that -well in a sense it is what my &quot;The Infinite Poem&quot; is -it is basically conceptual - I have Blog on which I am doing a long poem (&quot;Eyelight&quot;) </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115572648496394385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115572648496394385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155726480000#c115572648496394385' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115571383598938387</id><published>2006-08-16T03:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T03:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And Shanna, (hi!) I agree with you. I just took it...</title><summary type='text'>And Shanna, (hi!) I agree with you. I just took it too seriously and did not get the joke. My fault.  I also agree with you re: anonymous/pseudonym comments. I did not mean to offend, and my comment was signed by my real name and a link to my blog. I would probably had said the same at a party... that&#39;s just the way I am, maybe because of my cultural background. I honestly meant no offense.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571383598938387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571383598938387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155713820000#c115571383598938387' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115571322895478526</id><published>2006-08-16T03:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T03:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, I meant no offence.  (I truly mean this, Ian...</title><summary type='text'>Well, I meant no offence.  (I truly mean this, Ian). My sincere apologies if I offended. I think that this whole discussion can make us all think about the role of the &quot;Author&quot; in the 21st Century. If I dropped the names of Benjamin, Barthes, Foucault and Derrida was because they were invoked/suggested by Jessica herself and/or other commentators here.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cheers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571322895478526'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571322895478526'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155713220000#c115571322895478526' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-987189629"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115571029790933436</id><published>2006-08-16T02:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T02:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>P.S. Can one quote Bill Evans and be untrue? Brad ...</title><summary type='text'>P.S. Can one quote Bill Evans and be untrue? Brad Mehldau to the contrary, I say no. One cannot quote Bill Evans and be untrue.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571029790933436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571029790933436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155710280000#c115571029790933436' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115571005231268612</id><published>2006-08-16T02:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T02:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Perfect Author? The one whose afterlife says &quot;...</title><summary type='text'>The Perfect Author? The one whose afterlife says &quot;Hush!&quot; the loudest.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;As brought to you by the perfect Moderator: a keyword-seeking virus.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And the readers? To match. On horseback, with cold eyes. And general: all over Ireland.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In unison now, chums: No one listens to poetry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571005231268612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115571005231268612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155710040000#c115571005231268612' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115570919879776319</id><published>2006-08-16T02:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-16T02:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian---ah, sorry. My name derives from Artaud&#39;s tit...</title><summary type='text'>Ian---ah, sorry. My name derives from Artaud&#39;s title &lt;I&gt;Ombilic Des Limbes&lt;/I&gt;, so I hastily assumed &quot;Artaud&#39;s Oatmeal&quot; was some sort of jab at my mildly (but affectionately!) snarky comment. Seemed bizarre that my playfulness would get lumped in with Spicergirl etc.. But at least one good question came out of this confusion---what &lt;I&gt;did&lt;/I&gt; Artaud eat after he lost his teeth?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And how </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115570919879776319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115570919879776319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155709140000#c115570919879776319' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 16, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115569782752139035</id><published>2006-08-15T23:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T23:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>To shift focus to another element of this discussi...</title><summary type='text'>To shift focus to another element of this discussion, I think that if we are going to talk about &quot;great prefaces&quot; we should include the liner notes Bill Evans wrote for Miles Davis&#39; &lt;I&gt;Kind of Blue&lt;/I&gt;.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t know if it is truly a &quot;theoretical defense,&quot; as Ron calls it, but it is some of the most succinct, well-written theoretical discourse on any art form that I (in my relatively </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115569782752139035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115569782752139035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155697800000#c115569782752139035' title=''/><author><name>herecreepwretch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17272963914395844143</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1155573158"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115569607743396214</id><published>2006-08-15T22:41:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T22:41:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ernesto, I enjoy your blog but I wish that (1) whe...</title><summary type='text'>Ernesto, I enjoy your blog but I wish that &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(1) when you insult someone, as you often do, don’t pretend you are not insulting them;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;(2) you made your own points rather than cling to quotations of critics you feel are universally unassailable. Like, ‘It is wrong to want to be alive because of French critics.’ ‘I don’t need to read the text because of a line by Derrida that has </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115569607743396214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115569607743396214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155696060000#c115569607743396214' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115568980249537993</id><published>2006-08-15T20:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T20:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There are many good things about DIY publishing, f...</title><summary type='text'>There are many good things about DIY publishing, first and foremost the dissemination of works that otherwise might never see the light of day. As has been said, that is a separate question from the discussion of artistic merit of that which is DIY-published. Ego can indeed be a factor, in some cases—think about Kenneth Patchen, in fact, since Mr. Silliman recently posted about him, as well. (As </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568980249537993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568980249537993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155689760000#c115568980249537993' title=''/><author><name>Art Durkee</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07399620147907002735</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1119200278"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115568862135502206</id><published>2006-08-15T20:37:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T20:37:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It surprises me to read that she herself says it&#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;It surprises me to read that she herself says it&#39;s better to be &quot;a live author&quot; instead of a &quot;dead one&quot; and boast at the same time having read Derrida.&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s a difference between having written Derrida and absolutely agreeing with Derrida.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In past pots Ron has seemed even more dismissive of Derrida than most now are. Something about how Derrida&#39;s unfair and dishonest </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568862135502206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568862135502206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155688620000#c115568862135502206' title=''/><author><name>ombilic des</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03318554537326184413</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1506852026"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115568740798885751</id><published>2006-08-15T20:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T20:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paula, no, I don&#39;t feel that you&#39;re being hostile,...</title><summary type='text'>Paula, no, I don&#39;t feel that you&#39;re being hostile, and considering the thread&#39;s current state I think you&#39;re doing an admirable job of trying to have a real discussion. Such a discussion about &quot;legitimacy&quot; and its relation to academia, prose, self-publishing, etc. would be useful, without it involving personal attacks on me, my past, or my character (all of which are unknown to most of you).  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568740798885751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568740798885751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155687360000#c115568740798885751' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115568626309351576</id><published>2006-08-15T19:57:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T19:57:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>ernesto, you&#39;re way out of line. find out somethin...</title><summary type='text'>ernesto, you&#39;re way out of line. find out something about me before going off.  my reference to live/dead authors was meant jokingly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;it *was* a good comment stream, yes of course i&#39;m happy that it&#39;s about my book, but what I was happy about yesterday was that we were &lt;I&gt;talking about the book&lt;/I&gt;, analyzing specific texts, which rarely happens here.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568626309351576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568626309351576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155686220000#c115568626309351576' 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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1614957257"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115568238737005043</id><published>2006-08-15T18:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-08-15T18:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>hi ernesto. i think jessica said it was more fun t...</title><summary type='text'>hi ernesto. i think jessica said it was more fun to be alive than dead. gosh, i hope that&#39;s true! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;imagine this as a big room if you will. all the poetry blogosphere. we&#39;re all standing in it, milling around, taking in little knots and clusters. hey, there&#39;s ron&#39;s in one corner, or maybe he&#39;s in the middle of the room, or near the hors d&#39;oeuvres (he&#39;s not at the bar, he doesn&#39;t imbibe). </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568238737005043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/115555677825135997/comments/default/115568238737005043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/08/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html?showComment=1155682380000#c115568238737005043' title=''/><author><name>shanna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17706867356078179503</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/i-respond-positively-to-ambitious-work.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-115555677825135997' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/115555677825135997' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="August 15, 2006"/></entry></feed>