<?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.post1513380020698869421..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/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.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>15</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-58255567792131620</id><published>2008-06-20T02:36:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-20T02:36:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>kirbyleisure is the basis of cultureeducation must...</title><summary type='text'>kirby&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;leisure is the basis of culture&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;education must have as its goal&lt;BR/&gt;the freeing of the human mind&lt;BR/&gt;not necessarily the&lt;BR/&gt;participation in a &lt;BR/&gt;national agenda&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sure &lt;BR/&gt;people need to do &lt;BR/&gt;it is sane to have&lt;BR/&gt;work for the hands&lt;BR/&gt;for the mind&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;no man should have to sacrifice&lt;BR/&gt;his livelihood to ideas&lt;BR/&gt;of the corporate dreamers and&lt;BR/&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/58255567792131620'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/58255567792131620'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213943760000#c58255567792131620' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5344100819749663236</id><published>2008-06-19T16:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T16:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Question of emphasis, and a question of what is to...</title><summary type='text'>Question of emphasis, and a question of what is to abhor, what is good, what is evil.  Endless disputations.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think one of the problems with communism is that it&#39;s cannibalistic in another sense that capitalism is: it tends to gobble up not only the bread that the little red hen baked, but also the little red hen herself, while justifying it by calling her an expropriator of the means </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/5344100819749663236'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/5344100819749663236'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213908900000#c5344100819749663236' 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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-756579032040242284</id><published>2008-06-19T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Paul &quot;over&quot; Peter?Let love be without dissimulatio...</title><summary type='text'>Paul &quot;over&quot; Peter?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil, cleave to that which is good. Romans 12:9&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;One might also consider: Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. Romans 14:1&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But without doubtful disputations, I suppose the blogosphere would be a rather un-Lutheran place</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/756579032040242284'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/756579032040242284'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213896720000#c756579032040242284' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2155383274050948397</id><published>2008-06-19T09:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T09:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I recognize that communism always sounds good on p...</title><summary type='text'>I recognize that communism always sounds good on paper, and I recognize that there are good intentions here.  But the road to hail is paved with such, right?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s where a bit of Protestantism (complete depravity) and where Paul beats Peter hands down.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for these bits.  Made me ponder again.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The key question seems to be to rethinnk the debacle in Vietnam. It </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2155383274050948397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2155383274050948397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213883520000#c2155383274050948397' 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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1541885248624039104</id><published>2008-06-19T01:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-19T01:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>kirbydorothy dayyou want surrealism dudecheck outt...</title><summary type='text'>kirby&lt;BR/&gt;dorothy day&lt;BR/&gt;you want surrealism dude&lt;BR/&gt;check out&lt;BR/&gt;the nearest catholic worker house&lt;BR/&gt;que sera sera&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the injunction predates her&lt;BR/&gt;and i think&lt;BR/&gt;it is given as&lt;BR/&gt;simple advice to &lt;BR/&gt;daily living&lt;BR/&gt;not so hard if you think about it&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;can&#39;t you shake that word&lt;BR/&gt;protestant&lt;BR/&gt;what&#39;s to protest&lt;BR/&gt;it&#39;s well&lt;BR/&gt;banal ain&#39;t it&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i listened to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/1541885248624039104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/1541885248624039104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213852920000#c1541885248624039104' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 19, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8979664423294147272</id><published>2008-06-18T19:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T19:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirbs, the formula seems to come out of the NT, th...</title><summary type='text'>Kirbs, the formula seems to come out of the NT, that is: Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 1 Peter 3:11 (&quot;Him&quot; being in this case &quot;he that will love life, and see good days.&quot;)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/8979664423294147272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/8979664423294147272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213830120000#c8979664423294147272' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3262097420286044892</id><published>2008-06-18T15:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T15:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Will the left ever learn to communicate across gen...</title><summary type='text'>Will the left ever learn to communicate across generations?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Nice piece in the Chronicle by Maurice Isserman on Michael Harrington and the factional disputes within SDS.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The simple injunction: &quot;Do good and avoid evil,&quot; is almost hilarious.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Every Protestant knows that everything that you can do is stuck to sin, and that you can&#39;t do much good unless you are aware of this.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/3262097420286044892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/3262097420286044892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213817700000#c3262097420286044892' 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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7823394434528001590</id><published>2008-06-18T10:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-18T10:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, I hope you have changed your tune re Barra...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, I hope you have changed your tune re Barracks Abominable that got you into the penalty box in the first place.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Or perhaps you have joined the field of McPain.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It is just so nice to have you back from your self-imposed Siberia.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Love, Kirby</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/7823394434528001590'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/7823394434528001590'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213801140000#c7823394434528001590' 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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 18, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2808209964468876169</id><published>2008-06-17T20:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T20:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, we hope you&#39;ve returned for good and are n...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, we hope you&#39;ve returned for good and are not just back for the summer picnic. What languages did you learn while you were away? Can I fix you a drink while you tell us of your travels? It’s true that we&#39;ve missed you.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;This is my everyday room, full of trays.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2808209964468876169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2808209964468876169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213750140000#c2808209964468876169' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18048458442561567603</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1344149813"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7017498553638455952</id><published>2008-06-17T19:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T19:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Logan is cool!he was/is into Berryman and Plath......</title><summary type='text'>Logan is cool!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;he was/is into Berryman and Plath...&lt;BR/&gt;and much more..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;he was a visitor of/to Rudd Flemming&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that he is yet producing.. but,&lt;BR/&gt;since I dropped out..  well,&lt;BR/&gt;I lost track..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis who?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/7017498553638455952'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/7017498553638455952'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213745340000#c7017498553638455952' title=''/><author><name>Ed Baker</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11285310130024785775</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='24' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/R3Owpv1OTyI/AAAAAAAAAAM/5uapZyaJmtY/S220/Ed++by+Evie+Baker'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5217672241002596699</id><published>2008-06-17T16:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T16:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Billy Collins is Everybody Loves Raymond.  James T...</title><summary type='text'>Billy Collins is &lt;I&gt;Everybody Loves Raymond&lt;/I&gt;.  James Tate is &lt;I&gt;Mr. Show&lt;/I&gt;.  Larry David is &lt;I&gt;Seinfeld&lt;/I&gt;.  (Larry David is a poet.)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/5217672241002596699'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/5217672241002596699'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213734900000#c5217672241002596699' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_qSTexJoGYnQ/SFWDcm6dLqI/AAAAAAAAAJg/bF4tc6JTFq0/S220/n6847590_8852.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6329254358018964777</id><published>2008-06-17T13:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T13:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>James Tate as Seinfeld couldn&#39;t be more wrong.  Ja...</title><summary type='text'>James Tate as Seinfeld couldn&#39;t be more wrong.  James Tate is more like Everybody Loves Raymond.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mike Topp is Seinfeld.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis is back!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis, how do you explain your long absence?  What excuse do you have?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;We missed you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/6329254358018964777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/6329254358018964777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213725000000#c6329254358018964777' 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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1426554725489804087</id><published>2008-06-17T13:32:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T13:32:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There&#39;s a very nice piece on Aram Saroyan&#39;s Comple...</title><summary type='text'>There&#39;s a very nice piece on Aram Saroyan&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Complete Minimal Poems&lt;/I&gt;  in the current Foward.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;www.forward.com/articles/13511&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You&#39;ve done so much linking lately, Ron, perhaps you &lt;I&gt;have&lt;/I&gt; linked to this, in which case please block my post.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/1426554725489804087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/1426554725489804087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213723920000#c1426554725489804087' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Baraban</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09637400683517160112</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-290229728"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6666522646775230383</id><published>2008-06-17T11:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T11:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>William Logan may be one grouchy critic, but he go...</title><summary type='text'>William Logan may be one grouchy critic, but he got it right with Jorie Graham.  The Empress of the Avant Garde is nude.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/6666522646775230383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/6666522646775230383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213715040000#c6666522646775230383' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06213075853354387634</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/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2437843047803532384</id><published>2008-06-17T06:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T06:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was part of the process of saving a few thousand...</title><summary type='text'>I was part of the process of saving a few thousand U Iowa theses from 1963-1969. As well as our 16mm film collection, around 4K reels, maybe? All on Friday because no one could decide what would happen.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Fun days. Now I&#39;m off work for a week but the Main Library hasn&#39;t taken on any water as far as I know. You&#39;d think, based on the panic of last Friday, the Main Library would be under </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2437843047803532384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1513380020698869421/comments/default/2437843047803532384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html?showComment=1213697340000#c2437843047803532384' title=''/><author><name>Amish Trivedi</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11839976680249253602</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1354/661905087_10a77a8653.jpg?v=0'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/06/tom-beckett-on-three-books-using-same.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1513380020698869421' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1513380020698869421' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-832955061"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="June 17, 2008"/></entry></feed>