<?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.post3284373431634359311..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/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7242028587549771635</id><published>2008-01-05T05:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-05T05:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron this is a good post - this Blog  I recall star...</title><summary type='text'>Ron this is a good post - this Blog  I recall started and there was lot of discussion for and against the wisdom or the value to serious writers of having Blogs (they were new to me then) - I finally got one - actually by accident -I was trying to make a comment but Blogger made me start a Blog  -or that&#39;s  what seemed to happen.&lt;BR/&gt;Regardless of peoples views of what you say on here (and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/7242028587549771635'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/7242028587549771635'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199528160000#c7242028587549771635' title=''/><author><name>Richard Taylor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10272507198753290435</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1142244622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 05, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9056450138504739464</id><published>2008-01-02T01:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-02T01:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The positive side is that at least they all wrote ...</title><summary type='text'>The positive side is that at least they all wrote something cool before they died, so they aren&#39;t completely lost unless people stop printing what they wrote.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If you like to think of writing as your life.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So balance the global warming and deforestation crisis with the need to read.  That&#39;s the problem in my mind.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/9056450138504739464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/9056450138504739464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199254500000#c9056450138504739464' title=''/><author><name>Matelda</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09325273198644230884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-450319622"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 02, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7285978567575301582</id><published>2007-12-31T20:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T20:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for reminding us all once again about the e...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for reminding us all once again about the execution of Darrell B. Grayson.  The world lost a fine poet through Alabama&#39;s stubbornness.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/7285978567575301582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/7285978567575301582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199149500000#c7285978567575301582' title=''/><author><name>DeadMule</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01209584859435270113</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1345957712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6385319639332234851</id><published>2007-12-31T20:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T20:00:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>What you say here, Ron, makes mereflect on my own ...</title><summary type='text'>What you say here, Ron, makes me&lt;BR/&gt;reflect on my own life more than&lt;BR/&gt;I care to; but:&lt;BR/&gt; I have made bad choices&lt;BR/&gt;for others and for myself.&lt;BR/&gt; I have made good choices&lt;BR/&gt;for others and for myself.&lt;BR/&gt; Genetically, I also cannot&lt;BR/&gt;expect the long life my father had.&lt;BR/&gt;But new discoveries are constantly&lt;BR/&gt;being made; so who knows.  That I&lt;BR/&gt;have had around three dozen lives&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6385319639332234851'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6385319639332234851'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199149200000#c6385319639332234851' title=''/><author><name>brian salchert</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11649691450577647656</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1297934363"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-443349723831114675</id><published>2007-12-31T19:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T19:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I appreciate the reminders of the departed.  There...</title><summary type='text'>I appreciate the reminders of the departed.  There&#39;s nothing sentimental about it and most of these passed with little attention anywhere. Like Auden says of Yeats dying day: &quot;A few thousand will think of this day&lt;BR/&gt;As one thinks of a day when one did something slightly unusual.&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;                        MM</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/443349723831114675'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/443349723831114675'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199147100000#c443349723831114675' title=''/><author><name>Minor</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/02672577595761860396</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1373507149"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1329314184126257914</id><published>2007-12-31T12:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T12:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I hope you are still blogging (or its equival...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I hope you are still blogging (or its equivalent) in 2047, and that I&#39;ll be an alert enough 97 to still be reading. Thanks for everything you do for all of us. May 08 be great to you.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/1329314184126257914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/1329314184126257914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199123100000#c1329314184126257914' title=''/><author><name>John B-R</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01041221232768939991</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6696026389104790289</id><published>2007-12-31T11:20:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T11:20:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Intriguing note re: Sol Lewitt. A good essay for s...</title><summary type='text'>Intriguing note re: Sol Lewitt. A good essay for someone to write: &quot;The Work of Ron Silliman: Cubes, 3-Sided Pyramids, &amp; Splotches.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Happy New Year to Ron, &amp; poets everywhere. Peace.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6696026389104790289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6696026389104790289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199118000000#c6696026389104790289' title=''/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6298869195819898475</id><published>2007-12-31T07:56:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-12-31T07:56:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I have to say that for a mass obituary or apprecia...</title><summary type='text'>I have to say that for a mass obituary or appreciation, this strikes me as a little goofy. What would Cliff Notes say? 1) Poets died this year (also, opera singers, jazz drummers, painters. philosophers and pianists) 2) Elizabeth Hardwick, dead, had a pernicious impact 3) Jean Baudrillard, also dead, wasn&#39;t a considerate person 4) Five people committed suicide, which is a tragic loss but 6) </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6298869195819898475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3284373431634359311/comments/default/6298869195819898475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html?showComment=1199105760000#c6298869195819898475' title=''/><author><name>Tortilla ex Machina</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='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/12/what-kind-of-year-was-2007-if-you-judge.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3284373431634359311' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3284373431634359311' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1599458885"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 31, 2007"/></entry></feed>