<?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.post4017335852168903180..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/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.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>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-365949043472042174</id><published>2009-07-19T16:07:30.908-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T16:07:30.908-04:00</updated><title type='text'>No quarls, Lanny. &#xa;&#xa;I really shld use my powers as...</title><summary type='text'>No quarls, Lanny. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really shld use my powers as a celestial flautist to seduce more wumen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;RR is just spiffing; far better than Sur John Geelgood or Larry O.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;24 hr Donovan is mello yello bliss. You have indeed evolved beyond the back of beyond. I worship the jellybeing.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/365949043472042174'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/365949043472042174'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1248034050908#c365949043472042174' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Nelson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_AYd-zm2iYSU/SHuQegfxNnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vS_amPWn4QA/S220/i.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-701999401"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2288307473861613402</id><published>2009-07-19T11:28:11.751-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T11:28:11.751-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stephen, It is, but there are reweards..&#xa;&#xa;Women.&#xa;&#xa;...</title><summary type='text'>Stephen, It is, but there are reweards..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;made of tiny ewoks&lt;br /&gt;smoking little meerschaums&lt;br /&gt;smoking datura and bella donna&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and plus we gots a TV&lt;br /&gt;that plays Donovan dressed as&lt;br /&gt;the Pied Piper, and sometimes&lt;br /&gt;get a little Ralph Richardson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dom&amp;#39;tcha jus lov RR.&lt;br /&gt;He is the bee&amp;#39;s knees,&lt;br /&gt;U tel u</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2288307473861613402'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2288307473861613402'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1248017291751#c2288307473861613402' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 19, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4039385027131800640</id><published>2009-07-16T17:35:25.823-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T17:35:25.823-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Beautiful!:) Thanks for sharing!</title><summary type='text'>Beautiful!:) Thanks for sharing!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/4039385027131800640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/4039385027131800640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247780125823#c4039385027131800640' title=''/><author><name>naperville mom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08830412152204085372</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PeppHewmGJI/SSx99gXVv_I/AAAAAAAAAAc/lPCy8l9CkXg/S220/blog.bmp'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1249645856"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1242084677854592774</id><published>2009-07-16T16:02:52.550-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T16:02:52.550-04:00</updated><title type='text'>As a creationist, the only text I want to appropri...</title><summary type='text'>As a creationist, the only text I want to appropriate is the Book of Genesis.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/1242084677854592774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/1242084677854592774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247774572550#c1242084677854592774' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Nelson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_AYd-zm2iYSU/SHuQegfxNnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vS_amPWn4QA/S220/i.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-701999401"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3810831819684212311</id><published>2009-07-16T14:37:02.867-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T14:37:02.867-04:00</updated><title type='text'>God, it must be so terriifyiingly lonely to have s...</title><summary type='text'>God, it must be so terriifyiingly lonely to have seen it all, heard it all, read it all.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3810831819684212311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3810831819684212311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247769422867#c3810831819684212311' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Nelson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_AYd-zm2iYSU/SHuQegfxNnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vS_amPWn4QA/S220/i.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-701999401"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5029024897529637673</id><published>2009-07-16T11:05:47.987-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T11:05:47.987-04:00</updated><title type='text'>not only is &amp;quot;language&amp;quot; these daze a bore...</title><summary type='text'>not only is &amp;quot;language&amp;quot; these daze a bore  as is Poetry&amp;#39;Art&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;thanks to The World Wide Web&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pornography is now &amp;quot;our&amp;quot; #1 money-maker  and a colla-soul, repetitive &lt;br /&gt;           bore..</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/5029024897529637673'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/5029024897529637673'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247756747987#c5029024897529637673' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-81635745721204380</id><published>2009-07-16T09:57:54.597-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T09:57:54.597-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh...I almost forgot. A selection of poems from my...</title><summary type='text'>Oh...I almost forgot. A selection of poems from my books HARDWOOD and SOFTWOOD can be downloaded for free as chapbooks from the World Class Poetry Blog toolbar.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/81635745721204380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/81635745721204380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247752674597#c81635745721204380' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2083387510575286302</id><published>2009-07-16T09:16:12.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T09:16:12.003-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Chris:&#xa;&#xa;I exist, as far as poetry goes, only ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Chris:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I exist, as far as poetry goes, only on paper. I confess to an occasional random act of poetry here and there on the web when the mood strikes me (usually around seven or eight beers), but other than that, I do not exist in cyberspace. You can find my books at all the usual places, though (Amazon, B&amp;amp;N, etc.). Nice of you to ask.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2083387510575286302'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2083387510575286302'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247750172003#c2083387510575286302' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5260575211439038230</id><published>2009-07-16T04:11:43.836-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T04:11:43.836-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gary-- Ron&amp;#39;s post brought tears to my eyes as ...</title><summary type='text'>Gary-- Ron&amp;#39;s post brought tears to my eyes as well. Do you exist online outside the comments here, at Harriet and at other sites? Maybe I just missed it while I was dabbing at my eyes with discarded copying machine paper.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/5260575211439038230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/5260575211439038230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247731903836#c5260575211439038230' title=''/><author><name>Chris Lott</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04302107867489292016</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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-634949213"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6988038131325414343</id><published>2009-07-16T00:17:57.575-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T00:17:57.575-04:00</updated><title type='text'>so let me get this straight... the author never co...</title><summary type='text'>so let me get this straight... the author never comes back to life? and the reader goes down too?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/6988038131325414343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/6988038131325414343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247717877575#c6988038131325414343' title=''/><author><name>Ry</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175809969730449639</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='22' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cw_VYGRm1-w/SZiq0z-QpeI/AAAAAAAAAAY/3rwBvuZRH9o/S220/1053_Voice.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1375212339"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 16, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7394585303554679278</id><published>2009-07-15T18:56:20.610-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T18:56:20.610-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The writing sounds a lot like Ron&amp;#39;s.&#xa;&#xa;And I&amp;#3...</title><summary type='text'>The writing sounds a lot like Ron&amp;#39;s.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And I&amp;#39;ve always thought that writing was sort of just an extrapolation or an interest in the more abstract varieties of the nouvelle roman.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What does any of this writing have that the best of those writers produced other than a more &amp;#39;collagey ethos&amp;#39;.. the flat descriptive affect is just about the same, the use of a kind of</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/7394585303554679278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/7394585303554679278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247698580610#c7394585303554679278' title=''/><author><name>phaneronoemikon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08430230355065457354</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_hLJ2N7ZOgD8/R6EJKLnXPdI/AAAAAAAAAS4/2kJ0hAZuqOs/S220/Ozilanniman.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1411460047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8524909623906445881</id><published>2009-07-15T15:14:35.817-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T15:14:35.817-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Rob, &#xa;&#xa;Beautiful catch and supplemental info ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Rob, &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beautiful catch and supplemental info there (re &lt;i&gt;Darwin&lt;/i&gt; being a section of a longer work, other parts of which are currently on-line).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for taking the time to point that out. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, it could be a number of years before the entire work is published.  There was a seven year gap between the first piece of Lopez&amp;#39; &lt;i&gt;False Memory&lt;/i&gt; in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/8524909623906445881'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/8524909623906445881'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247685275817#c8524909623906445881' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2506042675312815428</id><published>2009-07-15T14:14:04.927-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T14:14:04.927-04:00</updated><title type='text'>According to the Acts of Language webiste, Darwin ...</title><summary type='text'>According to the Acts of Language webiste, Darwin is only the middle chunk of a longer thing called Only More So, so you should get your wish, Ron. Other bits are here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Lopez%20poem.htm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and here:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://books.google.com/books?id=JkIiKLmzATMC&amp;amp;pg=PA17&amp;amp;lpg=PA17&amp;amp;dq=tony+lopez+only+more+so&amp;amp;source=bl&amp;amp;ots=u8NuWqavmX&amp;amp</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2506042675312815428'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2506042675312815428'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247681644927#c2506042675312815428' title=''/><author><name>Rob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12052286287306109429</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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-236737005"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4554591810115533598</id><published>2009-07-15T14:02:24.402-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T14:02:24.402-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;gt; is over-writing&#xa;&#xa;Yes</title><summary type='text'>&amp;gt; is over-writing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/4554591810115533598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/4554591810115533598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247680944402#c4554591810115533598' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3161374920997641714</id><published>2009-07-15T12:14:40.924-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T12:14:40.924-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Is over-writing like over-acting?</title><summary type='text'>Is over-writing like over-acting?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3161374920997641714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3161374920997641714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247674480924#c3161374920997641714' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3255611424049615301</id><published>2009-07-15T09:35:08.932-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T09:35:08.932-04:00</updated><title type='text'>wasn&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;it&amp;quot;&#xa;&#xa;The Origin of the Speci...</title><summary type='text'>wasn&amp;#39;t &amp;quot;it&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Origin of the Specious?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;;one shld NEVER confuse&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;notional language&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;w&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;actual language&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or it s concomitant, pluralisic, punctuate!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3255611424049615301'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/3255611424049615301'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247664908932#c3255611424049615301' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7206253484813839711</id><published>2009-07-15T09:26:11.058-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T09:26:11.058-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;Darwin, just out from Acts of Language, just...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;Darwin, just out from Acts of Language, just might be the most beautiful book of poems ever written.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So...THIS is poetry. Boy, was I ever confused.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I think I&amp;#39;m going to cry.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/7206253484813839711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/7206253484813839711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247664371058#c7206253484813839711' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_jd60l7fjpIE/SWUBq9hPgcI/AAAAAAAAAAM/DUpzzvPlxb8/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2652766416492780005</id><published>2009-07-15T06:41:04.161-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T06:41:04.161-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m puzzled at the assertion that Darwin would...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m puzzled at the assertion that Darwin would have jibbed at &amp;quot;Latinate&amp;quot; language (specifically here the Linnaean binomial identifying a species of slime mould).   The &amp;quot;Origin of Species&amp;quot; (which is by no means Darwin&amp;#39;s most technical work) is filled with such language:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;I will here give only a single instance, the well-known one of the primrose and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2652766416492780005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/2652766416492780005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247654464161#c2652766416492780005' title=''/><author><name>harryg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04184350321693687780</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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1548378123"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9210189270265207416</id><published>2009-07-15T04:23:29.876-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T04:23:29.876-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;average over 17.6 words each. That’s almost ...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;average over 17.6 words each. That’s almost Faulknerian&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No it&amp;#39;s not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This sentence has 14 words:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Thus it is that many of the sentences in this book are fairly long.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I can&amp;#39;t imagine the adjective Faulknerian would have ever come about if that were all you had to write to become Faulknerian.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I need to buy Darwin.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/9210189270265207416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/9210189270265207416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247646209876#c9210189270265207416' title=''/><author><name>0000000</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14767771887014774485</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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-992609239"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8944752643314314954</id><published>2009-07-15T00:34:36.984-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-15T00:34:36.984-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I haven&amp;#39;t read the Darwin, but another poet wh...</title><summary type='text'>I haven&amp;#39;t read the Darwin, but another poet whose work certainly qualifies as &amp;quot;exquisitely constructed&amp;quot; would be Stephen Rodefer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rodefer is one of those people I forget about over and over again--but every time I remember him I remind myself that he&amp;#39;s among the most ambitious of the &amp;quot;over-writers&amp;quot; (as opposed to &amp;quot;under-writers&amp;quot; whom I generally </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/8944752643314314954'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4017335852168903180/comments/default/8944752643314314954'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html?showComment=1247632476984#c8944752643314314954' 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/2009/07/last-week-when-i-was-having-my-way-with.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4017335852168903180' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4017335852168903180' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 15, 2009"/></entry></feed>