<?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.post3817199316876167823..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/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.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>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5498697277889814261</id><published>2007-10-28T15:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T15:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Jean Thompson&#39;s post isn&#39;t a send up. It&#39;s an erud...</title><summary type='text'>Jean Thompson&#39;s post isn&#39;t a send up. It&#39;s an erudite, passionate but scrupulously fair riposte to King&#39;s article. Thanks for the link. I may well buy something of hers.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/5498697277889814261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/5498697277889814261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193598540000#c5498697277889814261' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://static.flickr.com/35/125078083_0408f03b6f_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4708822772398160600</id><published>2007-10-28T10:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-28T10:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;These are the people who elected Bush.&quot;I suspect ...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;These are the people who elected Bush.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I suspect that, tragically, many other kinds of people also elected him.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/4708822772398160600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/4708822772398160600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193582580000#c4708822772398160600' title=''/><author><name>Mark Granier</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09899629187771913398</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='23' src='http://static.flickr.com/35/125078083_0408f03b6f_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1962403969558888876</id><published>2007-10-25T18:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-25T18:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Great send up of the &quot;why short stories suck&quot; arti...</title><summary type='text'>Great send up of the &quot;why short stories suck&quot; article &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=8047&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;here&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/1962403969558888876'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/1962403969558888876'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193351580000#c1962403969558888876' title=''/><author><name>fairest</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12824172112708242460</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='30' src='http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/images/full-size/miller.henry.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-514394954"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 25, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4765002617201342512</id><published>2007-10-24T16:38:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T16:38:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maya Angelou is just plain creepy.  And I don&#39;t be...</title><summary type='text'>Maya Angelou is just plain creepy.  And I don&#39;t believe she has an earned doctorate, only an honorary one.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/4765002617201342512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/4765002617201342512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193258280000#c4765002617201342512' title=''/><author><name>Zorro</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18052050135132216204</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/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926079582"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2511347634403761545</id><published>2007-10-24T13:34:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T13:34:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The Texas teacher censorship case reminds me of th...</title><summary type='text'>The Texas teacher censorship case reminds me of the old New Yorker cartoon in which a white woman is holding up a child to see above the fray at a Negro lynching, saying to the woman next to her &quot;It&#39;s her first lynching, and I didn&#39;t want Trixie to miss it!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;These are the people who elected Bush.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/2511347634403761545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/2511347634403761545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193247240000#c2511347634403761545' 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/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6826601307481047580</id><published>2007-10-24T13:25:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T13:25:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More bookstore closings:Blue Dragon Books in Ashla...</title><summary type='text'>More bookstore closings:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Blue Dragon Books in Ashland, Oregon closing at year&#39;s end.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Eureke Books in Eureka, California will close by year&#39;s end if no buyer found.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Odyssey Books of Novato, California (formerly of San Rafael) by the end of the year.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The obit list goes on....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/6826601307481047580'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/6826601307481047580'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193246700000#c6826601307481047580' 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/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-326934321543986595</id><published>2007-10-24T12:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T12:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>acknowledging the jinx makes it even moreso.good.g...</title><summary type='text'>acknowledging the jinx makes it even moreso.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;good.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;go rockies.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/326934321543986595'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/326934321543986595'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193244120000#c326934321543986595' title=''/><author><name>Logan Ryan Smith</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03267444929810505425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1238/677904498_38f740fd93.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-790052993"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7827727705954259313</id><published>2007-10-24T10:16:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T10:16:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey, Ron--you jinxed the Phillies, don&#39;t jinx the ...</title><summary type='text'>Hey, Ron--you jinxed the Phillies, don&#39;t jinx the Sox. C&#39;mon. It&#39;s a long season, you gotta give 100%, get great plate appearances, etc. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In other news, Yaz throws out the first pitch.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/7827727705954259313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/7827727705954259313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193235360000#c7827727705954259313' title=''/><author><name>Jim Behrle</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09200981805065586529</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/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1627449886"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3763148069537999430</id><published>2007-10-24T09:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-24T09:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>my heart is with bostonyet it is a bit difficult t...</title><summary type='text'>my heart is with boston&lt;BR/&gt;yet it is a bit difficult to ignore&lt;BR/&gt;the steam behind the team from colorado&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;i worry that boston isn&#39;t&lt;BR/&gt;putting wakefield on the mound at&lt;BR/&gt;all&lt;BR/&gt;they need a screwball thrower&lt;BR/&gt;to throw the straight ahead power hitters off balance&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;but i hold&lt;BR/&gt;that with the dramatic fielding of manny ramires&lt;BR/&gt;and the smile of david ortiz&lt;BR/&gt;will be </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/3763148069537999430'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/3817199316876167823/comments/default/3763148069537999430'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html?showComment=1193231160000#c3763148069537999430' title=''/><author><name>john hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/you-read-it-here-first-boston-red-sox.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3817199316876167823' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/3817199316876167823' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 24, 2007"/></entry></feed>