<?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.post4643502630314059809..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/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8929125155424637144</id><published>2008-02-04T11:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-02-04T11:01:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know who made it up, but &quot;A mind is a terr...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know who made it up, but &quot;A mind is a terrible thing...&quot; originally played as the clincher line for a TV ad that ran some years ago, put on by the United Negro College Fund, advocating support for minority education.  Spoken in a voice like James Earl Jones&#39;s.  The horrible part was that it came off as a sad unintended joke about speaking bad English.  Trying to promote education through </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/8929125155424637144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/8929125155424637144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1202140860000#c8929125155424637144' 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/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="February 04, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5218073899802551900</id><published>2008-01-29T11:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-29T11:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, how does &quot;a mind is a terrible thing to wa...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, how does &quot;a mind is a terrible thing to waste&quot; make no sense?  It&#39;s like saying &quot;a diseased badger is a terrible thing to go to bed with&quot; or &quot;a lo mein noodle is a terrible thing to paint a house with.&quot;  Don&#39;t those make sense?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Besides, if &quot;everyone knows instantly what is intended,&quot; isn&#39;t that the definition of &quot;making sense&quot;?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/5218073899802551900'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/5218073899802551900'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1201624980000#c5218073899802551900' title=''/><author><name>Matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00791420971869885860</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/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1864187319"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 29, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5958536972927649603</id><published>2008-01-28T19:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-28T19:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I was literally stapled to the page.&quot;</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I was literally stapled to the page.&quot;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/5958536972927649603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/5958536972927649603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1201566360000#c5958536972927649603' title=''/><author><name>Cannot Exist</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10167824836001706644</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/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1617347097"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 28, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8011587495113512137</id><published>2008-01-27T20:46:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T20:46:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Compound adjectival constructions were a favorite ...</title><summary type='text'>Compound adjectival constructions were a favorite habit with Auden.  Lowell used them often too.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They tend, because of their particularity, towards ephemeral cliche.  Academic jargon is full of them too.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Discipline-specific compounds can be quite catchy.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;They tend to decay fast and fall out of usage.  They date.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Generally speaking, they should be avoided,</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/8011587495113512137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/8011587495113512137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1201484760000#c8011587495113512137' 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/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3635435457901160694</id><published>2008-01-27T18:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T18:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Just a thought - it should be made available on th...</title><summary type='text'>Just a thought - it should be made available on the Amazon Kindle :)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/3635435457901160694'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/3635435457901160694'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1201476480000#c3635435457901160694' title=''/><author><name>Drew Kalbach</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09260943217203584988</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/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1389447896"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3120787442233772034</id><published>2008-01-27T12:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-01-27T12:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Funny--I was just thinking of how strange the phra...</title><summary type='text'>Funny--I was just thinking of how strange the phrase &quot;obsessively readable&quot; is--as if the book itself has some obsession.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Obsessively legible&lt;BR/&gt;Obsessively writable&lt;BR/&gt;Compulsively visible&lt;BR/&gt;Pathologically audible&lt;BR/&gt;Involuntarily comprehensible&lt;BR/&gt;Compulisively edible&lt;BR/&gt;etc.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/3120787442233772034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4643502630314059809/comments/default/3120787442233772034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html?showComment=1201455180000#c3120787442233772034' title=''/><author><name>Andy Gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04367834692026653431</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Detritus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/01/grand-piano-5-is-now-available.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4643502630314059809' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4643502630314059809' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2008"/></entry></feed>