<?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.post4882194945924847812..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/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.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>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-620066311818311567</id><published>2007-10-09T13:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-09T13:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, Kirby. We Wisconsin poets are safe though....</title><summary type='text'>Thanks, Kirby. We Wisconsin poets are safe though. No horses to speak of, and the cows are all in the liberal-humanist German Catholic immigrant tradition. Undogmatic and uncowed, but morally upright (which is not to say bipedal).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/620066311818311567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/620066311818311567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191951600000#c620066311818311567' 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='26' height='32' src='http://a622.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_7d53087e7ae6bdc246fcc42f2064909d.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3900838408683706143</id><published>2007-10-08T20:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T20:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I find the Wild Card success rate misleading. I ha...</title><summary type='text'>I find the Wild Card success rate misleading. I haven&#39;t seen it parsed to say what the success rate of playoff teams is as a function of its winning percentage rank among the teams in its &quot;bracket&quot; - often the WC has been the second-best team, with a record better than pretenders in weak divisions. Though Colorado certainly is a data point arguing for the &quot;hot at the right time&quot; hypothesis.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3900838408683706143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3900838408683706143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191888360000#c3900838408683706143' title=''/><author><name>David V</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10572861860566117361</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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-405414102"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5142687844256396149</id><published>2007-10-08T19:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T19:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Maoist horses -- Andy it took me a while to get th...</title><summary type='text'>Maoist horses -- Andy it took me a while to get the joke, then I laughed out loud.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I do think that Seattleites take their love of nature too far -- perhaps they are letting a hundred Harolds Bloom in those brothels of Bothel.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;If it was good enough for Catherine the Great...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I did hear from a British criminolist and connoisseur of animal sexploitation that if you are </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/5142687844256396149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/5142687844256396149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191887340000#c5142687844256396149' 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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3109981979715479859</id><published>2007-10-08T17:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T17:59:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ginsberg has a great poem set in Seattle called so...</title><summary type='text'>Ginsberg has a great poem set in Seattle called something like Seattle Afternoon that picks up a lot of the scent of the ferry dock area.  It also has conversations with Gary Snyder and other Beat poets in it, and for an instant you get to travel up Pill Hill and see REI and other details.  It must be in Reality Sandwiches...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3109981979715479859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3109981979715479859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191880740000#c3109981979715479859' 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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3459286094917015024</id><published>2007-10-08T17:06:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T17:06:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Being from Colorado, I was happy to see the Rockie...</title><summary type='text'>Being from Colorado, I was happy to see the Rockies advance.  They had previously been in one playoff series and had one postseason victory.  Especially welcome because my other favorite team, the Broncos, are in a complete shambles now.  Another key to the Rockies success was moving Fuentes to the setup role and making Corpas the closer.  The two have worked extremely well back to back. This </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3459286094917015024'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/3459286094917015024'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191877560000#c3459286094917015024' title=''/><author><name>Tom</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14211378281642641041</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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1642046747"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8408245353362670164</id><published>2007-10-08T13:43:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T13:43:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>last time I was in Seattle1967I went (up) to Vanco...</title><summary type='text'>last time I was in Seattle&lt;BR/&gt;1967&lt;BR/&gt;I went (up) to Vancouver /&lt;BR/&gt;camped on Vancouver Island &lt;BR/&gt;on beach in an already erected drift-wood shelter &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;already  then S getting &quot;overrun&quot; by Immigrants&lt;BR/&gt;buying up  property..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;etc.,  Ed</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/8408245353362670164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/8408245353362670164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191865380000#c8408245353362670164' title=''/><author><name>Ed</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='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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2815416218942946936</id><published>2007-10-08T13:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T13:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Five Beds in Seven NightsComing soon to a theater ...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;I&gt;Five Beds in Seven Nights&lt;/I&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Coming soon to a theater near you!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A poet&#39;s journey through the far west.  Cameo appearances by writers, students, &amp; a certain sector of the proletarianizd petit bourgeoisie.  Plus a mysterious panda in southern Oregon.  A soundtrack full of repeating sentences. Joe Bob says check it out.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/2815416218942946936'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/2815416218942946936'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191865320000#c2815416218942946936' 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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7634411458445621817</id><published>2007-10-08T12:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T12:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Colorado and Arizona are both employing youth move...</title><summary type='text'>Colorado and Arizona are both employing youth movements, so as surprising as their rise is this year, they may be around a while.  Colorado is where they are because of their rookies: likely rookie of the year SS Troy Tulowitzki, no. 2 and 3 starters Franklin Morales and Ubaldo Jimenez, and 2nd year closer (1 ½ year) Manny Corpas.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Phils fear using young pitchers, a function of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/7634411458445621817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/7634411458445621817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191862560000#c7634411458445621817' title=''/><author><name>Ian Keenan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16596558654735506132</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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4707427792553970869</id><published>2007-10-08T12:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T12:31:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The horses were Maoists.</title><summary type='text'>The horses were Maoists.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/4707427792553970869'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/4707427792553970869'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191861060000#c4707427792553970869' 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='26' height='32' src='http://a622.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/75/l_7d53087e7ae6bdc246fcc42f2064909d.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1668048852"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4423338208670757080</id><published>2007-10-08T12:28:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T12:28:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There was no sneaking... it was more like bounding...</title><summary type='text'>There was no sneaking... it was more like bounding...</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/4423338208670757080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/4423338208670757080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191860880000#c4423338208670757080' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</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/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-521302002"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5897669016036705598</id><published>2007-10-08T12:20:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T12:20:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>You were probably spared some pain by not actually...</title><summary type='text'>You were probably spared some pain by not actually witnessing the events.  The Phillies post-season performance was reminiscent of the Twins last year:  clinch, surprisingly, the division title on the last day of the season, then try and regroup emotionally at home as the favorite in a short series.  Run into some tough pitching with young players trying to do too much, and fail to execute.  Plus</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/5897669016036705598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/5897669016036705598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191860400000#c5897669016036705598' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17055890133721456106</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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1987501952"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2823015636701519325</id><published>2007-10-08T11:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T11:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ah Kirby,I think you&#39;ve had too much coffee again....</title><summary type='text'>Ah Kirby,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think you&#39;ve had too much coffee again.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My mother &amp; brother both live out in Sequim. I did not get to Port Townsend, nor Port Angeles, this time around.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/2823015636701519325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/2823015636701519325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191855600000#c2823015636701519325' 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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8061903172510874326</id><published>2007-10-08T09:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-08T09:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuck before a train track? Usually you&#39;re stuck i...</title><summary type='text'>Stuck before a train track? Usually you&#39;re stuck in Seattle due to a drawbridge.  Boats have the right of way over traffic, and so there will frequently be a yacht that wants through, and meanwhile car traffic backs up for an hour so that the yacht can sail through the Montlake bridge, for instance with its skipper tossing caviar.  Train?  Where was the train track?  I can&#39;t picture anywhere in </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/8061903172510874326'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/4882194945924847812/comments/default/8061903172510874326'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html?showComment=1191851700000#c8061903172510874326' 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/2007/10/im-back-it-took-13-hours-door-to-door.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4882194945924847812' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/4882194945924847812' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 08, 2007"/></entry></feed>