<?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.post4329159533148378141..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/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.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>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-339930601603961259</id><published>2008-11-21T09:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T09:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/first-christian-c...</title><summary type='text'>http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/first-christian-church-a-wonder-down-under/2008/06/11/1212863734487.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;of course there are caves that predate this one by  at least 15,033 years..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and in caves have been &#39;borned&#39; more than 25,000&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Religions   and EVERY ONE (claim to be) The One True Religion!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;now, faith is an whole &#39;nuther thing</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/339930601603961259'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/339930601603961259'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html?showComment=1227278460000#c339930601603961259' 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/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4329159533148378141' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4329159533148378141' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5173399916419116456</id><published>2008-11-21T07:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-21T07:18:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>my &quot;x&quot; was a member of a Sacramento  grotto  in th...</title><summary type='text'>my &quot;x&quot; was a member of a Sacramento  grotto  in the 60&#39;s  went into caverns w names like Moaning Cave&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the connection?  well language,  writing/story-telling, family, ritual (religion) got invented in caves....&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;need was for leisure:  which was made possible with/by fire (light/warmth, etc) and shelter (caves)  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;around the fire  in her cave  Stone Girl  invented </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/5173399916419116456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/5173399916419116456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html?showComment=1227269880000#c5173399916419116456' 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/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4329159533148378141' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4329159533148378141' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 21, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2854800530129384722</id><published>2008-11-20T17:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T17:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I would never spelunk. I get too claustrophobic ev...</title><summary type='text'>I would never spelunk. I get too claustrophobic even thinking about it.  I dreamed I was in a tiny obsolete elevator last night and the walls were shrinking as the thing went slowly down to hell and I was ready to freak when the alarm rang.  Anything under the earth is unearthly.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Clark Coolidge was also a spelunker.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;How many published poets fit into the subset of spelunkers?&lt;BR/</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/2854800530129384722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/2854800530129384722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html?showComment=1227219240000#c2854800530129384722' 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/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4329159533148378141' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4329159533148378141' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 20, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4238160298317011482</id><published>2008-11-20T10:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-11-20T10:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I can still remember Marvin Bell telling our class...</title><summary type='text'>I can still remember Marvin Bell telling our class in 1970 that Finkel was a &quot;spelunker&quot; or amateur cave explorer.  That seemed to make a lot of sense in the context of Finkel&#39;s verse, which was often a pretext for an exploration of arcane knowledge.  One had the impression that Finkel knew a lot about some things that few other people did.  He was curious.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It occurs to me just now </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/4238160298317011482'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4329159533148378141/comments/default/4238160298317011482'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html?showComment=1227195900000#c4238160298317011482' 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/2008/11/donald-finkel-constance-urdang-their.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4329159533148378141' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4329159533148378141' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="November 20, 2008"/></entry></feed>