<?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.post4218379821941484769..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/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.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-588835941809772882</id><published>2008-11-10T20:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T20:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for finding and posting the In Watermelon S...</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for finding and posting the In Watermelon Sugar reading!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/588835941809772882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/588835941809772882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226365320000#c588835941809772882' title=''/><author><name>heals</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18094170052789168779</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='20' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8SR_j5cWTEQ/SQTXS52wOdI/AAAAAAAAAcw/RJpVGGMbYGs/s1600-R/prop_joe.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-476691839"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4558353922470000668</id><published>2008-11-10T18:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-10T18:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Kirby--When environments are not conducive to as-i...</title><summary type='text'>Kirby--&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;When environments are not conducive to as-is life, species that do not evolve (mutate) always die. Only those species lucky enough to mutate appropriately survive. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So the question is: are we at a point where we need to mutate? If we are, &quot;stay the course&quot; is suicide. Which is not to deny that so are most mutations.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Millions, if not billions, of people around </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/4558353922470000668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/4558353922470000668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226358480000#c4558353922470000668' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-574567698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7685429227081654752</id><published>2008-11-09T21:17:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T21:17:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello Ron:Thanks for posting about the festschrift...</title><summary type='text'>Hello Ron:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for posting about the festschrift on Myung Mi Kim. I should mention that updated files of these essays will be posted as early as Monday. Additionally, a version of the manuscript will be published in harcopy and available from Queue Books in a few short weeks. Andrew Rippeon designed the book and produced a beautiful letterpress cover, and it will be printed in an </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/7685429227081654752'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/7685429227081654752'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226283420000#c7685429227081654752' title=''/><author><name>jln</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05319978839553516017</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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-950635339"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4002266593575610199</id><published>2008-11-09T16:44:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T16:44:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Change is very difficult and most experiments (eve...</title><summary type='text'>Change is very difficult and most experiments (even in genetic terms) are failures -- most mutations are not accepted.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This is why tradition is actually better than mutation, or at least has a better probability rate in terms of the society&#39;s survival.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Mindless wanting &quot;mutatation&quot; -- &quot;Yes, we can mutate!&quot; is what I think Obama&#39;s hordes should have been holding as their signage </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/4002266593575610199'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/4002266593575610199'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226267040000#c4002266593575610199' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7105770651884403741</id><published>2008-11-09T13:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T13:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Speech:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeche...</title><summary type='text'>The Speech:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkatimetobreaksilence.htm&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;then a few months later:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.jofreeman.com/photos/Pentagon67.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the last &quot;crowd&quot; that I was in.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Eli and Alan Z, and David Aaronson, and Dorrie Jacobs, and me and a few others passed out peanut-butter and (grape) jelly sandwiches&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;we lived at 14 th and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/7105770651884403741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/7105770651884403741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226256360000#c7105770651884403741' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8999997922097091761</id><published>2008-11-09T08:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-09T08:42:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Mark,I quite agree. I had a system crash that corr...</title><summary type='text'>Mark,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I quite agree. I had a system crash that corrupted over 100 links of a pending post and have not had the time to go back &amp;amp; see what might be salvageable. As it was, I made it to Yale with just 15 minutes to spare on Friday,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/8999997922097091761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/8999997922097091761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226238120000#c8999997922097091761' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-316183778502566718</id><published>2008-11-08T16:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T16:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>And still no mention of Studs Terkel&#39;s recent deat...</title><summary type='text'>And still no mention of Studs Terkel&#39;s recent death, which I find strange. Maybe you&#39;re waiting to do a longer piece on him.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/316183778502566718'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/316183778502566718'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226178540000#c316183778502566718' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-837377571"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2711413688746494393</id><published>2008-11-08T15:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T15:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I saw on CNN today some doctor who claimed that ex...</title><summary type='text'>I saw on CNN today some doctor who claimed that exposure to peanuts before age 3 actually worked as a prophylactic against peanut allergies developing later on.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I felt guilty because a few days back I said that I had heard that you should keep kids away from nuts until age 4.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think it&#39;s important to get this right, but I don&#39;t know which way it should go.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Poor Bill </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/2711413688746494393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/2711413688746494393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226177400000#c2711413688746494393' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1775262332862230018</id><published>2008-11-08T13:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T13:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bill Ayers does not impress. His moral compass was...</title><summary type='text'>Bill Ayers does not impress. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;His moral compass was broke when 40 years ago he engaged in, to use his dissembling words, &quot;acts of extreme radicalism against property.&quot;  Earth to Bill Ayers: blowing buildings up creates a risk, even if killing people is not intended.  In the interview, Ayers seems to suggest that it wasn&#39;t all that bad in part because the only people who were killed were </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/1775262332862230018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4218379821941484769/comments/default/1775262332862230018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html?showComment=1226168100000#c1775262332862230018' 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/2008/11/photo-by-tim-yu-essays-excursions-for.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4218379821941484769' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4218379821941484769' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 08, 2008"/></entry></feed>