<?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.post2466993794026392473..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/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/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>35</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-570658395851355674</id><published>2009-11-27T15:21:42.120-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T15:21:42.120-05:00</updated><title type='text'>that tao lin will be on michael silverblatt&amp;#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>that tao lin will be on michael silverblatt&amp;#39;s bookworm &lt;br /&gt;on december 3rd&lt;br /&gt;is nice and funny&lt;br /&gt;i think &lt;br /&gt;because in tao lin&amp;#39;s story, &amp;quot;exactly what i want&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.alicebluereview.org/five/prose/lin.html&lt;br /&gt;a large semiaquatic broad-tailed rodent&lt;br /&gt;writes a book titled&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;eating tao lin&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;and appears on michael silverblatt&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/570658395851355674'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/570658395851355674'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1259353302120#c570658395851355674' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-161358716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3152940601090817940</id><published>2009-11-27T13:08:48.686-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T13:08:48.686-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Elise:&#xa;&#xa;Poor lorrie.</title><summary type='text'>Elise:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poor lorrie.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3152940601090817940'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3152940601090817940'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1259345328686#c3152940601090817940' title=''/><author><name>Steven Augustine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807400943709124236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UM95BhZ8oSA/Sf9jmxq4lAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F6Sa_TrtEtc/S220/Sir+Steven+Augustine.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1724302045"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1716885648601638902</id><published>2009-11-27T01:56:35.598-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T01:56:35.598-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@steven augustine&#xa;&#xa;like lorrie moore wrote:&#xa;&#xa;&amp;quot...</title><summary type='text'>@steven augustine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;like lorrie moore wrote:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;there is only one valid theme in literature: &amp;#39;life will disappoint you&amp;#39;&amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/1716885648601638902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/1716885648601638902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1259304995598#c1716885648601638902' title=''/><author><name>Elise</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09790570535078447575</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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-358001572"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 27, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2449184623341097204</id><published>2009-11-26T13:14:08.254-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T13:14:08.254-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I was excited, way back, when I thought Tao was co...</title><summary type='text'>I was excited, way back, when I thought Tao was compulsively feeling his way towards a voice; didn&amp;#39;t catch on, at first, that he was building a brand instead of suffering for a style. If I want a &amp;quot;brand&amp;quot; I&amp;#39;ll express that urge in my choice of shoes or coffee... where quality can be a given.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tao has the attitude down pat and the attitude is easily mistaken for voice; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/2449184623341097204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/2449184623341097204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1259259248254#c2449184623341097204' title=''/><author><name>Steven Augustine</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13807400943709124236</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UM95BhZ8oSA/Sf9jmxq4lAI/AAAAAAAAAAM/F6Sa_TrtEtc/S220/Sir+Steven+Augustine.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1724302045"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6468679461224958051</id><published>2009-11-26T02:24:25.514-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-26T02:24:25.514-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@buttercup&#xa;&#xa;You asked &amp;#39;what is the concrete &amp;#...</title><summary type='text'>@buttercup&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You asked &amp;#39;what is the concrete &amp;#39;supplement&amp;#39; for the phrase &amp;#39;at the moment?&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It means &amp;#39;now&amp;#39; and the phrase underscores or emphasizes mutability and change, as in &amp;#39;&amp;quot;you can&amp;#39;t step into the same stream of consciousness twice,&amp;quot; said Heraklitus Jr.&amp;#39; I think it also expresses uncertainty about all conclusions drawn by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/6468679461224958051'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/6468679461224958051'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1259220265514#c6468679461224958051' title=''/><author><name>Benjamin</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03942591082109734794</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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1607386285"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 26, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2827161628968404573</id><published>2009-11-23T11:17:21.755-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-23T11:17:21.755-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I know this book came out a while ago, but I have ...</title><summary type='text'>I know this book came out a while ago, but I have only just learned via the internet and word of mouth that I was a character in the book. &lt;br /&gt;I didnt want to waste my money on it so I googled and found this blog. &lt;br /&gt;This story is total b.s. and pretty much the opposite of  the situation and tao.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/2827161628968404573'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/2827161628968404573'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1258993041755#c2827161628968404573' title=''/><author><name>ellen frances</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03103740081157488594</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/184167425_21d23e51d8_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1931598113"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 23, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-883312164702380860</id><published>2009-11-12T00:10:47.714-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-12T00:10:47.714-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@buttercup&#xa;i think you are not a &amp;#39;gerontophobe...</title><summary type='text'>@buttercup&lt;br /&gt;i think you are not a &amp;#39;gerontophobe&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;thank you for reading the gmail chat with my friend bws and tao lin&lt;br /&gt;i think the gmail chat is nice&lt;br /&gt;it reveals tao lin&amp;#39;s calm demeanor &lt;br /&gt;as he &amp;#39;faces&amp;#39; a  seasoned attorney/philosopher interrogator&lt;br /&gt;salt and pepper hair,&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;#39;good&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;bad&amp;#39; in the context and goals of art are topics</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/883312164702380860'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/883312164702380860'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1258002647714#c883312164702380860' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-161358716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 12, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7346063934895625950</id><published>2009-11-11T08:53:39.135-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-11T08:53:39.135-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i apologize for deleting the poems i posted. i fel...</title><summary type='text'>i apologize for deleting the poems i posted. i felt uncomfortable with the first one, edited it, reposted the comment, and it got rejected. if you want to read &amp;#39;the variation&amp;#39; it&amp;#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://noisandarewhatwho.blogspot.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the &amp;#39;improved version&amp;#39; is below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;the speed of light is constant and thus man&amp;#39;s race to match it </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7346063934895625950'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7346063934895625950'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257947619135#c7346063934895625950' title=''/><author><name>Buttercup McGillicuddy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13369974257922854319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EeHstJksj2c/Su964jqF1OI/AAAAAAAAAF8/y_fVdmsNXMM/S220/BMcGill.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-825791301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 11, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4068627139335078382</id><published>2009-11-10T13:38:47.169-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T13:38:47.169-05:00</updated><title type='text'>buttercup, &#xa;when you type &amp;quot;man&amp;#39;s race&amp;quo...</title><summary type='text'>buttercup, &lt;br /&gt;when you type &amp;quot;man&amp;#39;s race&amp;quot; do you mean &amp;quot;man&amp;#39;s and woman&amp;#39;s race&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;and are you talking about &amp;quot;race&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;a race&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;i think i like the &amp;quot;variation&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;i am &amp;quot;dealing with bacteria assassins&amp;quot; right now&lt;br /&gt;i write &amp;quot;tao lin&amp;quot; on my two tylenol &lt;br /&gt;thank you ron&lt;br /&gt;for typing about tao lin&lt;br /&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/4068627139335078382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/4068627139335078382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257878327169#c4068627139335078382' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-161358716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3090856093820177843</id><published>2009-11-10T11:29:21.258-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T11:29:21.258-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3090856093820177843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3090856093820177843'/><author><name>Buttercup McGillicuddy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13369974257922854319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EeHstJksj2c/Su964jqF1OI/AAAAAAAAAF8/y_fVdmsNXMM/S220/BMcGill.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-825791301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7850621339859055861</id><published>2009-11-10T09:59:27.806-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T09:59:27.806-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Gertrude stein was a friend o Duchamp&#xa;&#xa;one day&#xa;on ...</title><summary type='text'>Gertrude stein was a friend o Duchamp&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;one day&lt;br /&gt;on the way to his place&lt;br /&gt;she forund a urinal in the street ane took it over to him&lt;br /&gt;knowing that he was &amp;quot;into&amp;quot; &amp;#39;found object &amp;quot;art&amp;quot;&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and either she or he or they hung it on the wall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;it fell and shattered&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Duchamp  ever inventive as he was ( yeah right)&lt;br </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7850621339859055861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7850621339859055861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257865167806#c7850621339859055861' 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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-474687623783891728</id><published>2009-11-10T09:06:22.929-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T09:06:22.929-05:00</updated><title type='text'>you could view this as the end of the road, not ne...</title><summary type='text'>you could view this as the end of the road, not new. irony and meta? how long do I have to consider &amp;#39;irony&amp;#39; and &amp;#39;meta&amp;#39; to be innovative? would a cubist painting be innovative? hey, i have an idea, maybe I could turn a urinal upsiode down and scrawl R Mutt on it. that would be really radical!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/474687623783891728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/474687623783891728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257861982929#c474687623783891728' title=''/><author><name>Jon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02779349971367825564</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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1972701904"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5157891845917618438</id><published>2009-11-10T06:52:15.064-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T06:52:15.064-05:00</updated><title type='text'>well, Arthur, no need to apologize&#xa;     &#xa;       an...</title><summary type='text'>well, Arthur, no need to apologize&lt;br /&gt;     &lt;br /&gt;       and you left out the most studied one/piece of &amp;#39;em all   it opens&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &amp;quot;mother died yesterda... or the day before...&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(or something like that...)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and,&lt;br /&gt;what ELSE are these knew-fangled computer devices really good for or used?  selling cheaper and cheaper gimmicks and&lt;br /&gt;tricks   at </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5157891845917618438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5157891845917618438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257853935064#c5157891845917618438' 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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6507260700803899710</id><published>2009-11-10T03:13:49.151-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T03:13:49.151-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i think tao lin&#xa;writes with an &amp;#39;existential&amp;#3...</title><summary type='text'>i think tao lin&lt;br /&gt;writes with an &amp;#39;existential&amp;#39; tone&lt;br /&gt;does not say what is &amp;#39;good&amp;#39; or &amp;#39;bad&amp;quot; in art&lt;br /&gt;he acknowledges &amp;quot;the arbitrary nature of the universe&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;the power of a quiet monotone&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;he writes &amp;quot;i see the distance and move immediately into it&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;and&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;energy drinks help me achieve worldviews that allow me to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/6507260700803899710'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/6507260700803899710'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257840829151#c6507260700803899710' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-161358716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3134796593603337948</id><published>2009-11-09T23:55:27.131-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T23:55:27.131-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I agree that &amp;quot;subjective reception to a piece...</title><summary type='text'>I agree that &amp;quot;subjective reception to a piece of writing does not make it any more or less &amp;#39;well-constructed&amp;#39; or an astute analysis of human experience&amp;quot; – I just do not feel that this work is well-constructed, nor do I feel it is an astute analysis of human behavior. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I do not feel the work is eccentric, sorry. I just think that it is, at least in method, rather </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3134796593603337948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3134796593603337948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257828927131#c3134796593603337948' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</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/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7211245274790610849</id><published>2009-11-09T22:21:32.750-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T22:21:32.750-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Strolling in Labyrinth recently I saw a section of...</title><summary type='text'>Strolling in Labyrinth recently I saw a section of a display table devoted to Melville House editions which offered only five authors: Tolstoy, Henry James, Pushkin, Samuel Johnson, and Tao Lin. God bless America.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7211245274790610849'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7211245274790610849'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257823292750#c7211245274790610849' 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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5614685259318860936</id><published>2009-11-09T21:29:14.375-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T21:29:14.375-05:00</updated><title type='text'>@aqb and ed&#xa;&#xa;i feel &amp;#39;an important step&amp;#39; in...</title><summary type='text'>@aqb and ed&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i feel &amp;#39;an important step&amp;#39; in analyzing tao&amp;#39;s work that you&amp;#39;re neglecting is acknowledging the arbitrary nature of the reality we all function in.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;despite a person&amp;#39;s notions of beauty, cleverness and literary craft, subjective reception to a piece of writing does not make it any more or less &amp;#39;well-constructed&amp;#39; or an astute analysis of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5614685259318860936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5614685259318860936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257820154375#c5614685259318860936' title=''/><author><name>Buttercup McGillicuddy</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13369974257922854319</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_EeHstJksj2c/Su964jqF1OI/AAAAAAAAAF8/y_fVdmsNXMM/S220/BMcGill.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-825791301"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3135821268073170700</id><published>2009-11-09T20:39:27.854-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T20:39:27.854-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;please give the following few young wonderfu...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;please give the following few young wonderfuls a spin, if you haven&amp;#39;t already: Leigh Stein, Alina Gregorian, Deborah Flanagan, Jason Bredle, Amelia Gray and the amazing Misti Rainwater-Lites.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-also read brandon scott gorrell and chelsea martin and blake butler.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3135821268073170700'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3135821268073170700'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257817167854#c3135821268073170700' title=''/><author><name>jenna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11577240574427216028</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/_9-BWhSPJiow/SSYBWaAnPxI/AAAAAAAABbk/BLJQU95dSgY/S220/farmshotguncartridge.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1407717954"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8629413252976943110</id><published>2009-11-09T20:17:19.785-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T20:17:19.785-05:00</updated><title type='text'>oh no no no, it&amp;#39;s not satire at all. he&amp;#39;s ...</title><summary type='text'>oh no no no, it&amp;#39;s not satire at all. he&amp;#39;s very much serious. tao is the human embodiment of his writing style-- painfully shy and quiet, isolated, muted. he is a walking &amp;#39;terse&amp;#39; writing style. he&amp;#39;s not making fun of the ppeople in the book, especially not the main character sam, who is tao. one can imagine everything in the book is fact, it all happened to tao. it&amp;#39;s not &amp;#</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8629413252976943110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8629413252976943110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257815839785#c8629413252976943110' title=''/><author><name>mitch</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00443561742416723546</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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-43049663"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5143692835760289939</id><published>2009-11-09T19:57:59.210-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T19:57:59.210-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to agree with Ed on this one, because, well...</title><summary type='text'>I have to agree with Ed on this one, because, well, the subject makes me a little cranky, too. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course things like this are written, and of course they have been written long before Tao Lin was about, and written in a way in which I, at least, was more drawn to and enjoyed immensely more but what makes me, again, cranky (and perhaps fearful) is that there is nothing wrong with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5143692835760289939'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/5143692835760289939'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257814679210#c5143692835760289939' title=''/><author><name>Arthur Q. Bryan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11240795400994592569</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/_HakneZ76Pf4/So8c3yFIjUI/AAAAAAAABSg/HIIMjXF4sgs/S220/goodman01_ArthurQBryan-live.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-852577626963170067</id><published>2009-11-09T19:36:12.789-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T19:36:12.789-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Tao Lin &amp;#39;kicks ass&amp;#39;&#xa;&#xa;Thanks for the though...</title><summary type='text'>Tao Lin &amp;#39;kicks ass&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the thoughtful and informative review.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/852577626963170067'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/852577626963170067'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257813372789#c852577626963170067' title=''/><author><name>James</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12338830730455638665</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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-149226684"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7862573705083729298</id><published>2009-11-09T18:12:05.532-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T18:12:05.532-05:00</updated><title type='text'>do people not realize that tao is writing satire?&#xa;...</title><summary type='text'>do people not realize that tao is writing satire?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;hilton is not a satirist, though she has the active-nihilism lifestyle teed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7862573705083729298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/7862573705083729298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257808325532#c7862573705083729298' title=''/><author><name>jenna</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11577240574427216028</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/_9-BWhSPJiow/SSYBWaAnPxI/AAAAAAAABbk/BLJQU95dSgY/S220/farmshotguncartridge.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1407717954"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3444460213013462718</id><published>2009-11-09T17:32:57.922-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T17:32:57.922-05:00</updated><title type='text'>i like reading tao lin&#xa;&#xa;i have been watching tao l...</title><summary type='text'>i like reading tao lin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i have been watching tao lin for years&lt;br /&gt;i think he &amp;#39;has an agenda&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;he writes no stock phrases unconsciously, such as &amp;#39;slacker youth,&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;he writes no idioms unconsciously, such as &amp;#39;in fact&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;he writes no cliches unconsciously, such as &amp;#39;time flashing past,&amp;#39; &lt;br /&gt;if he writes this, &amp;quot;My thoughts swam.&amp;quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3444460213013462718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/3444460213013462718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257805977922#c3444460213013462718' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-161358716"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8650870175165897747</id><published>2009-11-09T15:40:18.363-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T15:40:18.363-05:00</updated><title type='text'>my friend and original muse is Fay Ling and her (a...</title><summary type='text'>my friend and original muse is Fay Ling and her (ancient) family name is Chin..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so she is Chin Fay Ling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or Chin Fay-ling&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;to  Tao Lin must be &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(&amp;quot;Something&amp;quot;&amp;quot;) Tao Lin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;we did a neat book together  Wild Orchid&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;a scan of the paper thing is here:&lt;br /&gt;http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~jpmartone/tel/edbakerwildorchid.htm</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8650870175165897747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8650870175165897747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257799218363#c8650870175165897747' 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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8019227007366396395</id><published>2009-11-09T15:29:48.645-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T15:29:48.645-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, &#xa;&#xa;Could you help me out -- educate me, if tha...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Could you help me out -- educate me, if that&amp;#39;s what it is -- as to how Tao Lin should be referred to.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ask because the half dozen times you write his name, you used the full name, &amp;quot;Tao Lin.&amp;quot;  More conventionally, and for example with your recently wrote about Devin Johnston, you used the full name for the first mention, and then the surname for </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8019227007366396395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2466993794026392473/comments/default/8019227007366396395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html?showComment=1257798588645#c8019227007366396395' 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/2009/11/it-would-be-easy-but-wrong-to-misread.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2466993794026392473' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2466993794026392473' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2009"/></entry></feed>