<?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.post116549313537976726..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/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/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>26</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116577209650885286</id><published>2006-12-10T12:34:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T12:34:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I found this review helpful.</title><summary type='text'>I found this review helpful.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116577209650885286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116577209650885286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165772040000#c116577209650885286' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116573101424598977</id><published>2006-12-10T01:10:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-10T01:10:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Craig, do you write reviews?  Really, there are on...</title><summary type='text'>Craig, do you write reviews?  Really, there are only two kinds anyone should ever do:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1) Those you are paid for, or for which you receive some kind of consideration, even if not monetary--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2) Those for which the subject or writer is one you care deeply about, and which becomes the vehicle for something you wish to express that is either larger than the book (or whatever is the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116573101424598977'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116573101424598977'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165731000000#c116573101424598977' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116571421327836003</id><published>2006-12-09T20:30:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-09T20:30:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Curtis, GEESH!  Have you NOT read these reviews...</title><summary type='text'>Oh Curtis, GEESH!  Have you NOT read these reviews!?  They&#39;re NOT JUST REVIEWS you dolt!  Have a tiny bit of imagination, please, admit just a tiny bit in your life man.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kevin Killian has JABBED into the center of the world with what he&#39;s doing!  He&#39;s being creative and Lovely in the most unexpected place!  Can&#39;t you GET WITH THAT Curtis?  GEESH you poor sad poet Curtis!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Kevin </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116571421327836003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116571421327836003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165714200000#c116571421327836003' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116565386269250438</id><published>2006-12-09T03:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-09T03:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron:Please stop using the construction &quot;with regar...</title><summary type='text'>Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Please stop using the construction &quot;with regards to&quot; which is ungrammatical.  The proper usage is &quot;with regard to&quot; or &quot;in regard to&quot;.  &quot;Regards to&quot; only makes sense as in &quot;give my regards to Broadway.&quot;  &quot;As regards&quot; is marginally acceptable, but awkward.  The plural form of &quot;regards&quot; is never used as an alternative form of &quot;with regard to&quot; or &quot;in regard to&quot;--it&#39;s sloppy writing, and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116565386269250438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116565386269250438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165653840000#c116565386269250438' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116560914253885818</id><published>2006-12-08T15:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T15:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I&#39;m blushing with the attention.  Thanks for ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I&#39;m blushing with the attention.  Thanks for your comments on my book, and earlier this month on my recent poems in Ben Lerner&#39;s magazine.  Thanks as well to all who have been enjoying my review on Amazon.  Not a day goes by without me hearing from someone for whom my review of their work has made their day or, in a few cases, annoyed them.  As for your butt, Ron, you have been away so long </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560914253885818'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560914253885818'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165609140000#c116560914253885818' title=''/><author><name>Kevin Killian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09441354460366207691</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-718264398"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116560543317297303</id><published>2006-12-08T14:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T14:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>steven fama,there&#39;s no point to anything.huzzah.</title><summary type='text'>steven fama,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;there&#39;s no point to anything.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;huzzah.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560543317297303'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560543317297303'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165605420000#c116560543317297303' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116560182121654890</id><published>2006-12-08T13:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T13:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&#39;t imagine why anyone would feel the need to ...</title><summary type='text'>I can&#39;t imagine why anyone would feel the need to write hundreds of book reviews, unless they were paid to do it.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve written a few (on Amazon), but only because I wanted others to know about someone I thought a terrific writer.  Unfortunately, each time I posted, I got weird e.mails from people looking for action.  And so many of the readers (and posters) seem like people who don&#39;t </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560182121654890'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116560182121654890'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165601820000#c116560182121654890' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116559598825564506</id><published>2006-12-08T11:39:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-08T11:39:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>steven, you are hereby excused from participation ...</title><summary type='text'>steven, you are hereby excused &lt;BR/&gt;from participation in my Evil Plot&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;everyone else &lt;BR/&gt;naturally must do &lt;BR/&gt;whatever i flippantly suggest</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116559598825564506'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116559598825564506'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165595940000#c116559598825564506' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116553265836221149</id><published>2006-12-07T18:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T18:04:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What is the friggin&#39; point, may I ask, of suggesti...</title><summary type='text'>What is the friggin&#39; point, may I ask, of suggesting a flash-mob vote based on who Killian is, rather on whether you  actually found helpful each review voted for?  And what difference does it make whether Killian is &quot;number one&quot; or ranked higher among Amazon reviewers?  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Both the goal and the suggested means to attain it seem pretty shallow.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116553265836221149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116553265836221149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165532640000#c116553265836221149' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116553203955473325</id><published>2006-12-07T17:53:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T17:53:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I admit that fashion is not my strong point, but I...</title><summary type='text'>I admit that fashion is not my strong point, but I didn&#39;t think that you could wear a striped shirt with a plaid pattern. I think you can&#39;t, but he&#39;s doing it.  Why is he doing that?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116553203955473325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116553203955473325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165531980000#c116553203955473325' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116552592928481582</id><published>2006-12-07T16:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T16:12:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>They&#39;re ranked by helpful votes, but I think unhel...</title><summary type='text'>They&#39;re ranked by helpful votes, but I think unhelpful votes subtract from the total. So we could all go through all of kk&#39;s reviews and vote them all helpful, which would boost him up the ranking. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But what about Amazon Listmania listmaniacs? There are a number of people who make excellent lists opening up new territories - they are like reading lists for increasingly specialized </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552592928481582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552592928481582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165525920000#c116552592928481582' title=''/><author><name>Edmund Hardy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00577772055947332383</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-376115651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116552322443707717</id><published>2006-12-07T15:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T15:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shanna, I LOVE that quote!  And I LOVE the book Br...</title><summary type='text'>Shanna, I LOVE that quote!  And I LOVE the book Brent Cunningham published!  Anyone haten&#39; on this book is gonna have a fight from me!  HEHEHE!  Actually, I don&#39;t care what anyone says, because I already know Kevin Killian&#39;s a fucking genius!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you never read his book &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.krupskayabooks.com/killian.htm&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ARGENTO SERIES&lt;/A&gt; your life has been waiting.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552322443707717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552322443707717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165523220000#c116552322443707717' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-866494505"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116552304666782102</id><published>2006-12-07T15:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T15:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;m with ya on the flashmob-voting, shanna. alread...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;m with ya on the flashmob-voting, shanna. already begun my campaign.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;three cheers for Kevin!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552304666782102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116552304666782102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165523040000#c116552304666782102' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-277623651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551929992624312</id><published>2006-12-07T14:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T14:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I forgot to mention in my previous comment that I ...</title><summary type='text'>I forgot to mention in my previous comment that I myself have two reviews on Amazon.  They sure as heck weren&#39;t easy to do, that&#39;s for sure, and that to me makes Kevin Killian&#39;s total all the more amazing. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It also means that when it comes to Amazon reviews, Kevin Killian is to Pete Rose as I am to Ron Herbel. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;[That reference is for that subset of baseball fans who grew up with</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551929992624312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551929992624312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165519260000#c116551929992624312' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551867346764234</id><published>2006-12-07T14:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T14:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>oh--you&#39;re right sam, &amp; i meant to say that earlie...</title><summary type='text'>oh--you&#39;re right sam, &amp; i meant to say that earlier. amazon reviewers are ranked by votes, i think. maybe if we all go flashmob-vote that kk&#39;s reviews are helpful, he&#39;ll be #1.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551867346764234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551867346764234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165518660000#c116551867346764234' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-927990281"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551752281268904</id><published>2006-12-07T13:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T13:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i&#39;m pretty sure the numerical value is based on ho...</title><summary type='text'>i&#39;m pretty sure the numerical value is based on how many readers found his reviews helpful. in other words, kevin ranks #127 in the world based on readers clicking on &quot;found this review helpful&quot; &quot;didn&#39;t find this review helpful&quot;...so, eveytime you read a new review by kevin click &quot;found this review helpful&quot; and he will climb the number chain...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551752281268904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551752281268904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165517520000#c116551752281268904' title=''/><author><name>John Sakkis</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08621102858745971700</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1144833194"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551471728313347</id><published>2006-12-07T13:05:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T13:05:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The part of Kevin&#39;s reviews that really excites me...</title><summary type='text'>The part of Kevin&#39;s reviews that really excites me is how brilliantly they tweak the &#39;I&#39; that underpins our usual reading of even avant-garde texts. What self could a reader assemble if she read all of Kevin&#39;s reviews? And who would be crazy enough to try? The sheer number throws you back on the particular &quot;Kevin&quot; that assembles around the book or product under review. Despite the witty, intimate</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551471728313347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551471728313347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165514700001#c116551471728313347' title=''/><author><name>rodney k</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10515711262628729312</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5856/2118/1600/RodneyK_aimageSLO.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1389059265"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551470740572339</id><published>2006-12-07T13:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T13:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>They aren&#39;t ranked by how many reviews they&#39;ve wri...</title><summary type='text'>They aren&#39;t ranked by how many reviews they&#39;ve written.  It looks like most of the 127 have done less.  Glancing, I only saw one person with 1500.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551470740572339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551470740572339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165514700000#c116551470740572339' title=''/><author><name>morescotch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14439813112611802880</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-339955049"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551299816525352</id><published>2006-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T12:36:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>thanks Ron  - this is life-changing, an absolutely...</title><summary type='text'>thanks Ron  - this is life-changing, an absolutely awesome link!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551299816525352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551299816525352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165512960000#c116551299816525352' title=''/><author><name>Michael Peverett</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17090710369630916194</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-566691718"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116551270771025888</id><published>2006-12-07T12:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T12:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I like how he starts a whole run of reviews with v...</title><summary type='text'>I like how he starts a whole run of reviews with variations on &quot;Growing up in France as a young American boy, I...&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551270771025888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116551270771025888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165512660000#c116551270771025888' title=''/><author><name>Edmund Hardy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00577772055947332383</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-376115651"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116550755023179837</id><published>2006-12-07T11:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T11:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>There is a small web collective making these Amazo...</title><summary type='text'>There is a small web collective making these Amazon reviews a la Killian. One of my good friends, comedy writer Jack Swearingen, collects his reviews here  http://www.buycurious.blogspot.com/ &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There are also links to other amazon reviewers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550755023179837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550755023179837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165507500000#c116550755023179837' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116550588178787958</id><published>2006-12-07T10:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T10:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>1,400 reviews is an amazing total - that&#39;s a lot o...</title><summary type='text'>1,400 reviews is an amazing total - that&#39;s a lot of writing.  Killian doesn&#39;t appear to kvetch, doodle, troll, or otherwise hang out in blog comment boxes, at least the few I know.  I suggest that perhaps that&#39;s his secret to getting all that writing done! &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron as is sometimes his tendency engages in silly hyberbole here when he asserts that Killian has posted &quot;&lt;I&gt;thousands&lt;/I&gt; of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550588178787958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550588178787958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165505880000#c116550588178787958' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116550035738799524</id><published>2006-12-07T09:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T09:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>No, Rocco, that&#39;s not what I meant. They&#39;re critic...</title><summary type='text'>No, Rocco, that&#39;s not what I meant. They&#39;re critical thinkers (broader category).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550035738799524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116550035738799524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165500300000#c116550035738799524' 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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549969854580707</id><published>2006-12-07T08:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T08:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hmm.So on a scale of one to five stars...in the fi...</title><summary type='text'>Hmm.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So on a scale of one to five stars...in the first ten pages of reviews this reviewer gives only one book a three star rating and the rest, four or five.  So, this isn&#39;t really a &quot;critical&quot; index..this is a &quot;likability&quot; scale.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sales techniques.  But at least we know he is most likely an Armenian.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;cheers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116549969854580707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116549969854580707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165499640000#c116549969854580707' title=''/><author><name>Lady Jane</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04555982712708881025</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1542572767"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549871354447647</id><published>2006-12-07T08:38:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-12-07T08:38:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,Minor comment: maybe I didn&#39;t read you right, ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Minor comment: maybe I didn&#39;t read you right, but are you saying that Barthes, Wellek, and Warren are all New Historicists?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116549871354447647'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116549313537976726/comments/default/116549871354447647'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html?showComment=1165498680000#c116549871354447647' title=''/><author><name>Rocco DiStreitlmahn</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05401952796335386301</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/2006/12/this-is-my-1491st-comment-on-this-blog.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116549313537976726' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116549313537976726' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-522616634"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 07, 2006"/></entry></feed>