<?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.post1970304783497040116..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/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.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-5490889255592565800</id><published>2009-10-26T14:36:11.766-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T14:36:11.766-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I note that the Times&amp;#39; op-ed writers and criti...</title><summary type='text'>I note that the Times&amp;#39; op-ed writers and critics have been flagging the superiority impulse everywhere they see it lately, which, coming from inside the Times&amp;#39; building, is probably pretty much everywhere.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/5490889255592565800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/5490889255592565800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256582171766#c5490889255592565800' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-368611170778214227</id><published>2009-10-26T14:32:13.537-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-26T14:32:13.537-04:00</updated><title type='text'>After some oneiric trips to the deep South it occu...</title><summary type='text'>After some oneiric trips to the deep South it occurred to me that another of Dickey&amp;#39;s coinages may be redundant: &amp;quot;country surrealism.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I have to type &amp;quot;lialie&amp;quot; in the oblong word verification box. A woman named Lia lies in a coffin hauled by a little blue man in a little blue wheelchair? I must be in a New Orleans state of mind...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/368611170778214227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/368611170778214227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256581933537#c368611170778214227' title=''/><author><name>David Grove</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03020484032408233158</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tknn7_LQTIA/SseM9gXBnZI/AAAAAAAAAJk/RQjDgYkwCic/S220/DSC00064.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1761473950"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4475921498899861206</id><published>2009-10-25T14:51:45.534-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T14:51:45.534-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I can&amp;#39;t recall where I read it, and it may be ...</title><summary type='text'>I can&amp;#39;t recall where I read it, and it may be that I was struck by the similarity of a James Dickey ad line, and the line oft attributed to Lew Welch (certainly his most remembered line, if it was indeed his!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think ad agencies often have several contributors to an advertising jingle or line.  I doubt if Lew Welch was the sole contributor to the line.  You probably don&amp;#39;t </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4475921498899861206'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4475921498899861206'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256496705534#c4475921498899861206' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8614515926602524740</id><published>2009-10-25T10:03:37.878-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T10:03:37.878-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;Coke is life!&amp;quot;&#xa;&#xa;I drank Cokes during hi...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;Coke is life!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I drank Cokes during high school lunches.  The stuff gave me (I recall) five cavities in a single year.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/8614515926602524740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/8614515926602524740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256479417878#c8614515926602524740' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4223667732018260080</id><published>2009-10-25T00:02:23.709-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-25T00:02:23.709-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby,&#xa;&#xa;James Dickey worked for Coca Cola. I think...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;James Dickey worked for Coca Cola. I think he can take credit for &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s the real thing -- it&amp;#39;s Coke&amp;quot; but the RAID tag would probably not work so well for a soft drink.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4223667732018260080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4223667732018260080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256443343709#c4223667732018260080' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 25, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3339527197968064577</id><published>2009-10-24T18:29:20.434-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T18:29:20.434-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve also seen James Dickey take credit for th...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;ve also seen James Dickey take credit for the Raid Kills Bugs Dead line.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Would Peta object to that line? Some eco-activist now claim that we should consider ants and bees (they are actually the same thing, although one o&amp;#39; them has wings) should be considered ontological equivalents of our family members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am not going to go there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I saw the documentary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/3339527197968064577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/3339527197968064577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256423360434#c3339527197968064577' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6227783316646248363</id><published>2009-10-24T16:17:15.613-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T16:17:15.613-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Ron.. .&#xa;&#xa;Please don&amp;#39;t shake too much of t...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Ron.. .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please don&amp;#39;t shake too much of the redundancy habit.  By which I mean: repetition may often equal redundant, and yet, the resulting intensification outweighs any disadvantage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See, for example, &lt;i&gt;Ketjak&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;See also (better example, given Madeline&amp;#39;s specific concern),  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RAID KILLS BUGS DEAD!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;apparently a Lew Welch line</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6227783316646248363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6227783316646248363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256415435613#c6227783316646248363' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1676263468499267922</id><published>2009-10-24T13:15:11.547-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T13:15:11.547-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Madeline,&#xa;&#xa;redundancy as intensifier. A bad habit ...</title><summary type='text'>Madeline,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;redundancy as intensifier. A bad habit I have yet to shake,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/1676263468499267922'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/1676263468499267922'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256404511547#c1676263468499267922' 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='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6946974311632089611</id><published>2009-10-24T10:40:57.061-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T10:40:57.061-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I was hoping to hear something about the ultimate ...</title><summary type='text'>I was hoping to hear something about the ultimate issue of imprisonment versus what we might spend to address the problem of crime itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You address how the crowding can be managed, but it hardly addresses the root cause: Crime, and the resulting legal responsibilities based on law.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You could say that the punishments we now have in place aren&amp;#39;t severe enough to deter</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6946974311632089611'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6946974311632089611'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256395257061#c6946974311632089611' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8795549060562315407</id><published>2009-10-24T00:48:20.785-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T00:48:20.785-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This may seem nitpicky to some, but I was a bit pu...</title><summary type='text'>This may seem nitpicky to some, but I was a bit puzzled about why you wrote &amp;quot;involuntary sex traffic.&amp;quot; Sex trafficking = sex slavery. &lt;br /&gt;See this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking &lt;br /&gt;Also...&amp;quot;a tough-as-nails hooker heroine&amp;quot;?? Throwing the word &amp;quot;hooker&amp;quot; in the mix when dealing with the topic of sex slavery is insensitive at best. It is hard </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/8795549060562315407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/8795549060562315407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256359700785#c8795549060562315407' title=''/><author><name>Madeleine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06780856118607164892</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MyjhIr1N24c/StpwbY9mOUI/AAAAAAAAAAM/hycKBhBXB20/S220/jason%27s+pics+009.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2108369974"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9185006280896170178</id><published>2009-10-23T15:04:09.374-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T15:04:09.374-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis:&#xa;&#xa;My position is that the crowding must be ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My position is that the crowding must be reduced such that the prisons are at approximately 140% of design capacity.  The federal court has ordered that to be done, over a two year period.  there is an approximately 150 page opinion and order, available at the website of the Northern District of California, that explains it all in great detail. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The necessary </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/9185006280896170178'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/9185006280896170178'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256324649374#c9185006280896170178' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2680717731506557819</id><published>2009-10-23T13:24:54.676-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T13:24:54.676-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven:&#xa;&#xa;Is it your position that many of the pris...</title><summary type='text'>Steven:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is it your position that many of the prisoners in state penitentiaries don&amp;#39;t belong there, or that we need more prison facilities to house the growing population of convicts?  Or both?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/2680717731506557819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/2680717731506557819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256318694676#c2680717731506557819' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-210232289156256252</id><published>2009-10-23T12:01:30.062-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T12:01:30.062-04:00</updated><title type='text'>May I add a footnote to Ron&amp;#39;s footnote that me...</title><summary type='text'>May I add a footnote to Ron&amp;#39;s footnote that mentions the 33 state prisons in California?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those 33 prisons are horribly overcrowded. The currently are filled to close to 180% of design capacity, and thousands are housed in what prison officials call &amp;quot;ugly beds&amp;quot; (double or triple-bunks in places, such as dayrooms or gyms that were never meant for people to live).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/210232289156256252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/210232289156256252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256313690062#c210232289156256252' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13733977161680651117</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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6388730649371525942</id><published>2009-10-23T09:59:12.692-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T09:59:12.692-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A review that makes me want to read the book. Than...</title><summary type='text'>A review that makes me want to read the book. Thank you. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m curious, though, about your remark about the expository digressions. I&amp;#39;m guessing they&amp;#39;d need to take a much bigger role in the book to qualify for the exemption Melville gets for Moby Dick?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6388730649371525942'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/6388730649371525942'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256306352692#c6388730649371525942' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4814890394301027944</id><published>2009-10-23T09:55:28.452-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T09:55:28.452-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There was an expose--I forget where, maybe PBS&amp;#39...</title><summary type='text'>There was an expose--I forget where, maybe PBS&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;20-20&amp;quot;?--on the illicit trafficing in prostitutes between Russia and Turkey a year or so ago.  Very violent--big, ugly Russian gangsters kidnap young women in their late teens, deliver them to pimps in Istanbul, where they&amp;#39;re literally treated as prisoners and become the victims of bizarre kinds of sadistic sexual assaults in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4814890394301027944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/1970304783497040116/comments/default/4814890394301027944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html?showComment=1256306128452#c4814890394301027944' 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/2009/10/i-have-always-thought-of-summer-brenner.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1970304783497040116' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/1970304783497040116' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 23, 2009"/></entry></feed>