<?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.post4390258189534617884..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/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.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>14</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7152115736540360306</id><published>2008-12-10T05:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-10T05:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>what ARE WE but our memoriwes/experiences!gawd  if...</title><summary type='text'>what ARE WE but our memoriwes/experiences!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;gawd  if I&quot;checked&quot; all and every fucking phacht and did spell - check I would fucking sound like  &quot;what&#39;s their names&quot;!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;sind dropping back in...1998 - just the other day  I&#39;ve been knee deep in this cess-pool  in doing my own poems and art ... such as &quot;it&quot; is!  Uncle Miltie D E A D!  since 2002?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;9/10/2002 I was going to go up </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7152115736540360306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7152115736540360306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228906620000#c7152115736540360306' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4263132857966461865</id><published>2008-12-09T19:50:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:50:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Geez Ed, this is the second time in about a month ...</title><summary type='text'>Geez Ed, this is the second time in about a month that you&#39;ve missed the mark on who&#39;s alive or not.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I regret to inform you that Milton Berle is not alive.  I doubt he looks too good, but that may be a matter of personal taste.  Berle lived a long life, a very long, life, and died in 2002.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This stuff is easy to check.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4263132857966461865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4263132857966461865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228870200000#c4263132857966461865' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1080510760137483518</id><published>2008-12-09T19:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T19:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>check this out:http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/v...</title><summary type='text'>check this out:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.uiargonaut.com/content/view/7154/48/&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;whats this got to do with all them 10,000 Poetry Writing&lt;BR/&gt;post grad BS courses?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;well maybe Obama and his new cabinet will bail out all them poetry grad students?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t think any-boddhi can bail fast enough to keep the Boat from sinking!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;what we now need is $45,000 &quot;green&quot; cars to add </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/1080510760137483518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/1080510760137483518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228867560000#c1080510760137483518' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7947071379253603032</id><published>2008-12-09T17:19:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T17:19:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>hey Ron   The Men of Texeco well that was Uncle Mi...</title><summary type='text'>hey Ron   The Men of Texeco &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;well that was Uncle Milties &quot;Schtich&quot; &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;not Durante  and Jimmy D was around l o n g before The jimmy durante show!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;milton berle is still alive  and looks good...  That Texaco Sow  .. there was a line of guys (including milton  who did &quot;schtich&quot; and sang&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;we are the men of Texaco&lt;BR/&gt;we work from Maine to Mexico ,,,  </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7947071379253603032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7947071379253603032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228861140000#c7947071379253603032' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5899377899708701104</id><published>2008-12-09T16:47:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T16:47:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Al Yolson had the voice of a cantor!  his dad was ...</title><summary type='text'>Al Yolson had the voice of a cantor!  his dad was cantor at the 8 th &amp;amp; I (&amp;quot;eye&amp;quot;) St Shul &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;NOTHING REMOTELY LIKE DURANTE&amp;quot;S!!!&lt;BR/&gt;when Al was supposed to train for ritual singing, he was on street corners here in D.C. singing &amp;quot;be bop&amp;quot; and etc..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;his (Al&amp;#39;s) father  wanted nothing to do with this &amp;quot;pop&amp;quot; &amp;#39;junk&amp;#39;  when Al</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/5899377899708701104'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/5899377899708701104'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228859220000#c5899377899708701104' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7132078058664425493</id><published>2008-12-09T16:45:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T16:45:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I stand corrected</title><summary type='text'>I stand &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/jimmyDurante.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;corrected&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7132078058664425493'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7132078058664425493'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228859100001#c7132078058664425493' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4995351265175230393</id><published>2008-12-09T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T16:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for the memories was Bob Hope&#39;s theme song....</title><summary type='text'>Thanks for the memories was Bob Hope&#39;s theme song.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Jimmy Durante had a voice like Al Jolson&#39;s--a beautiful earthy sand-papery slanted slangy bray of a voice.  Sometimes it seemed like the whole thing--aside from the nose.  A Vaudevillian masterpiece.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4995351265175230393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4995351265175230393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228856880000#c4995351265175230393' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7958875622525949542</id><published>2008-12-09T16:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T16:03:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>How many of our Presidents have been left-handed?</title><summary type='text'>How many of our Presidents have been left-handed?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7958875622525949542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/7958875622525949542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228856580001#c7958875622525949542' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8488708618954375473</id><published>2008-12-09T16:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T16:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bettie Page is reportedly on her deathbed.</title><summary type='text'>Bettie Page is reportedly on her deathbed.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/8488708618954375473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/8488708618954375473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228856580000#c8488708618954375473' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6385188843705147060</id><published>2008-12-09T14:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T14:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m calling for a fact-check on Jimmy Durante and ...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m calling for a fact-check on Jimmy Durante and &quot;Thanks For The Memories.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I remember it as theme (closing) song for Bob Hope. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I find nothing on ye ol&#39; Google connecting the song to Jimmy D., and the one Durante TV show closing on YouTube has him doing the &quot;Calabash&quot; line with another tune playing....</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/6385188843705147060'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/6385188843705147060'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228850760000#c6385188843705147060' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4751499421149865440</id><published>2008-12-09T13:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T13:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Schnoz WAS I good performance artist...and, ma...</title><summary type='text'>The Schnoz WAS I good performance artist...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;and, made, also some fun movies!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My grandmother once told me who Jimmy D&#39;s &quot;Mrs. Calabash&quot; was... but I forget.  I think some old woman friend of the family (his) who saved his ass  (and many others) by feeding them during the Depression..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;well   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;INKY-DINKY DOO...  lets go watch  The Jimmy Durante Show on that old </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4751499421149865440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/4751499421149865440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228847460000#c4751499421149865440' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-329398903834903202</id><published>2008-12-09T12:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T12:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ed,It was Jimmy Durante, who would sing it right a...</title><summary type='text'>Ed,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It was Jimmy Durante, who would sing it right after saying,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Goodnight, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He would have made a good performance artist.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/329398903834903202'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/329398903834903202'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228843440000#c329398903834903202' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8897646713009085024</id><published>2008-12-09T08:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T08:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>http://www.artnotart.com/fluxus/gbrecht-wateryam.h...</title><summary type='text'>http://www.artnotart.com/fluxus/gbrecht-wateryam.html&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I guess, maybe, Yoko now the last of this group?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, you sure &quot;pick-up&quot; on lots of &quot;stuff&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;who was it that used to close their act with song:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;thanks for the memmm-or-riesssss&quot; ?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/8897646713009085024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/8897646713009085024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228830180000#c8897646713009085024' 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/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6428853293856218602</id><published>2008-12-09T07:48:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-09T07:48:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>So...is fluxus fifties flarf?Sorry, I just couldn&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>So...is fluxus fifties flarf?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Sorry, I just couldn&#39;t resist.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Tell me though....if your are born a MacDiarmid, how does one end up a Brecht?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;MacDiarmid is so much more appealing.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I have to wonder...how do insurance agents and Mobil Oil execs find the time to create let alone to publish?  And when they die, do their 401Ks die as</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/6428853293856218602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4390258189534617884/comments/default/6428853293856218602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html?showComment=1228826880000#c6428853293856218602' title=''/><author><name>Meg</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11023871171456340729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_uYCDfb2QGz8/R-T_8p07tdI/AAAAAAAAALk/-vDDGcPoXP0/S220/Cotton+gully.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/george-brecht-1924-or-1926-2008.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4390258189534617884' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4390258189534617884' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2000124934"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 09, 2008"/></entry></feed>