<?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.post1401440862639684658..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/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5688222239334646711</id><published>2007-03-23T12:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-03-23T12:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It wasn&#39;t clearly explained in the Seattle Times a...</title><summary type='text'>It wasn&#39;t clearly explained in the Seattle Times article, but I store my desk at a natural foods co-op two blocks from the lake. I knew I&#39;d be walking to Green Lake for the project (though bicycle and bus would be easier options, it&#39;s the way I choose to introduce myself to a place). So I walked around Green Lake asking for a space to store my desk the weekend before beginning my project, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/5688222239334646711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/5688222239334646711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1174667700000#c5688222239334646711' title=''/><author><name>A. K. Allin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10928344648776403873</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1475/3364/200/Nostalgia%203%20bw.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-983017956"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 23, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-407947345299224900</id><published>2007-03-05T16:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T16:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Amy Allin&#39;s name is actually Mimi Allin. She&#39;s one...</title><summary type='text'>Amy Allin&#39;s name is actually &lt;I&gt;Mimi&lt;/I&gt; Allin. She&#39;s one of my students. She is on a quest and will stay there for a year no matter what. Believe it.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/407947345299224900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/407947345299224900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1173129060000#c407947345299224900' title=''/><author><name>Radish King</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06534752971317927559</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='19' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/54/142341732_5c3580d6ba_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-597158701"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8381451976801796174</id><published>2007-03-04T01:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-04T01:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad to hear scrotum bolstered sales in the end. A...</title><summary type='text'>Glad to hear scrotum bolstered sales in the end. A little skin goes a long way.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8381451976801796174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8381451976801796174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172990100000#c8381451976801796174' title=''/><author><name>Robert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02726837703994713567</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.robertpeake.com/uploads/rpeake.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-13477318"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4101493604678267318</id><published>2007-03-02T01:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T01:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi, friend: I visited your blog and would like to ...</title><summary type='text'>Hi, friend: I visited your blog and would like to invite you to visit my blogs:&lt;BR/&gt;http://rksingh.blogspot.com&lt;BR/&gt;http://profrksingh.blogspot.com&lt;BR/&gt;http://rksinghpoet.blogspot.com&lt;BR/&gt;and share your comments on my writing.&lt;BR/&gt;R.K.Singh</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/4101493604678267318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/4101493604678267318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172816520000#c4101493604678267318' title=''/><author><name>R.K.Singh (contd....)</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17259079608808013970</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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-995716543"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5579457234377151529</id><published>2007-02-28T18:11:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T18:11:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I didn&#39;t understand where the poet lady at Green L...</title><summary type='text'>I didn&#39;t understand where the poet lady at Green Lake leaves her desk when she isn&#39;t there.  She doesn&#39;t lug that from Queen Anne across the Aurora Bridge does she?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s a good five mile hike depending on where she lives on Queen Anne Hill.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/5579457234377151529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/5579457234377151529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172704260000#c5579457234377151529' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9093311738155234618</id><published>2007-02-28T15:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T15:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My shoe size is seven and a half.  It is now wonde...</title><summary type='text'>My shoe size is seven and a half.  It is now wonder I can&#39;t fill your shoes, Curtis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I loved the article about the lady in Green Lake.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of places to walk in a city that&#39;s about the best: it&#39;s a lake with a poured cement path around it just ten minutes from the city center.  It takes about an hour to walk around, and there are no stop lights or anything like that.  It&#39;s perfect.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/9093311738155234618'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/9093311738155234618'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172693280000#c9093311738155234618' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7633136257279829213</id><published>2007-02-28T13:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T13:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Looking at the photo of Talese makes ME feel like ...</title><summary type='text'>Looking at the photo of Talese makes ME feel like a I&#39;m 100 years old.  I remember reading him in the early 1960&#39;s!  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s this world of the so-called &quot;New Journalism&quot; which consisted, so far as anyone can tell, of maverick reporters asking the most outrageous questions and then telling their stories as if they were invented fictions.  Some style.  Talese was a gas in his prime.  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/7633136257279829213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/7633136257279829213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172688180000#c7633136257279829213' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8150606821360591502</id><published>2007-02-28T13:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T13:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>May Swenson was one of the first poets I got inter...</title><summary type='text'>May Swenson was one of the first poets I got interested in in highschool.  Her poems were appearing regularly in The New Yorker in those days, and she had an impressive command of imagistic, albeit &quot;light&quot; verse, techniques.  &quot;Colors wriggle in the tray of my eye&quot; (I can still quote it from memory 45 years later).  I thought she was sort of the female counterpart of Updike (whose light verse hers</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8150606821360591502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8150606821360591502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172685960000#c8150606821360591502' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1831334287676203704</id><published>2007-02-28T12:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T12:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Re: The Booker Prize committee.  Contests and priz...</title><summary type='text'>Re: The Booker Prize committee.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Contests and prizes are already so compromised and corrupt, it almost makes sense to put people on the committees who know nothing.  That way, at least you don&#39;t get literary partisanship.  I actually would prefer to have someone like Garrison Keillor choose America&#39;s happy stupid poems, than have guys like Ted Kooser or Dana Gioia do it.  At least </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/1831334287676203704'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/1831334287676203704'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172684760000#c1831334287676203704' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2337417785604649719</id><published>2007-02-28T12:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T12:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My take on the Middle East crisis in policy and ex...</title><summary type='text'>My take on the Middle East crisis in policy and execution over the last six years is that 9/11 was a deliberate provocation to get the U.S. to move.  By moving on Afganistan and Iraq, we&#39;ve played gracefully into the Islamic extremists&#39; hands, causing widespread de-stabilization.  Our behavior has complicated our relations to Saudi Arabia, Syria, Pakistan, Indonesia, even Israel.  We can&#39;t move </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/2337417785604649719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/2337417785604649719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172684100000#c2337417785604649719' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6123017262148716563</id><published>2007-02-28T12:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T12:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>They would understand the word play, but they woud...</title><summary type='text'>They would understand the word play, but they woudn&#39;t know anything about Henry Wadsworth.  Or the reference to &quot;feet&quot; in poetry. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I always liked WCW&#39;s &quot;American foot&quot;.  I&#39;ve had size 15 since age 24.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/6123017262148716563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/6123017262148716563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172683320000#c6123017262148716563' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8493927021790394213</id><published>2007-02-28T10:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T10:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Perhaps I shouldn’t demystify this, but the Inquir...</title><summary type='text'>Perhaps I shouldn’t demystify this, but the Inquirer books blog had a link to the Andrew Motion page where he was taking suggestions for greatest living British author and no one was posting anything, so I typed in Raworth.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8493927021790394213'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/8493927021790394213'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172675820000#c8493927021790394213' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1981050506666817769</id><published>2007-02-28T09:27:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T09:27:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I&#39;m no poet but my feet are Longfellows&quot; used to ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I&#39;m no poet but my feet are Longfellows&quot; used to be a fairly common joke among my father&#39;s generation of seventy-somethings.  Would kids today outside of Sioux city still understand that joke?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/1981050506666817769'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1401440862639684658/comments/default/1981050506666817769'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html?showComment=1172672820000#c1981050506666817769' 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/2007/02/poet-is-in-best-discussion-of-torque-in.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1401440862639684658' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1401440862639684658' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 28, 2007"/></entry></feed>