<?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.post5118909939397098267..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/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.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>12</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7858501131040234010</id><published>2007-09-06T14:48:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-06T14:48:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>u hv so got my # !!! lol !!!</title><summary type='text'>u hv so got my # !!! lol !!!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7858501131040234010'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7858501131040234010'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1189104480000#c7858501131040234010' title=''/><author><name>tofet</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05265065635746808000</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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-412159053"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7756040285419665693</id><published>2007-09-04T10:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-04T10:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations on the milestone, Ron. I should me...</title><summary type='text'>Congratulations on the milestone, Ron. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I should mention that Flarf predates blogging, for its practitioners, at least, by a couple years.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The guys I worked with at Teachers College Institute for Learning Technologies did their best not to go bonkers whenever anyone would refer to a particular application or device as a synecdoche for human enterprise. One of the wrier </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7756040285419665693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7756040285419665693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188916920000#c7756040285419665693' title=''/><author><name>Jordan</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10451174274596699645</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://static.flickr.com/68/168671726_f87b53b572_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1484709122"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8805138573132301643</id><published>2007-09-03T14:33:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T14:33:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ian, I believe that Curtis had already been postin...</title><summary type='text'>Ian, I believe that Curtis had already been posting for some time before I waded into the stream, I believe in March of 2003.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron, re Teddie&#39;s formal specter, no one doubts that his spirit presides:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;This quid pro quo of progress and reaction makes orientation in contemporary art almost as difficult as in politics, and furthermore paralyzes production itself, where anyone who </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8805138573132301643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8805138573132301643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188844380000#c8805138573132301643' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12714098498354846094</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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-458221395"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8288196209860436107</id><published>2007-09-03T12:39:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T12:39:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stuck inside of Mobile with...a rolled up sock stu...</title><summary type='text'>Stuck inside of Mobile with...&lt;BR/&gt;a rolled up sock stuck down my pants!&lt;BR/&gt;Cate Blanchett acts just like a woman&lt;BR/&gt;in the Youtube clip from the flick.&lt;BR/&gt;Blasphemy!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8288196209860436107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8288196209860436107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188837540000#c8288196209860436107' title=''/><author><name>Zorro</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18052050135132216204</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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-926079582"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8961303710083484625</id><published>2007-09-03T12:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T12:29:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The first months of the blog are my favorite - an ...</title><summary type='text'>The first months of the blog are my favorite - an essay a day before your print style had given way to your blogger style and responding to detractors; mostly Kirk Johnson commenting and then Curtis; don’t know when Curtis started writing comments.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To nitpick, Bonds in his part time role has amassed enough plate appearances to qualify for a batting title, so it’s not really a part-time </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8961303710083484625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/8961303710083484625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188836940000#c8961303710083484625' 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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-659130586574644695</id><published>2007-09-03T01:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T01:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome back.  Hope you had a peaceful vacation. H...</title><summary type='text'>Welcome back.  Hope you had a peaceful vacation. Helen</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/659130586574644695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/659130586574644695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188798600000#c659130586574644695' title=''/><author><name>DeadMule</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01209584859435270113</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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1345957712"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2114243466054341762</id><published>2007-09-03T01:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T01:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Steven:  There have been a number of heated debate...</title><summary type='text'>Steven:  There have been a number of heated debates on the web about Bonds&#39; statistical evidence.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I for one think that even if we could assign a mathematical value to the effect those drugs have had on individual performance (and numbers), Bonds would still have more home runs than his Godfather (Mays), and would probably still be on the hunt for the ultimate titles.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;No one </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/2114243466054341762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/2114243466054341762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188795600000#c2114243466054341762' 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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7310888584622859629</id><published>2007-09-03T00:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T00:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some have vowed to blog less, or blog better.Just ...</title><summary type='text'>Some have vowed to blog less, or blog better.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just keeping it up has historical implications.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The biggest problem I see is the dissolving memory (and archive) of verbiage, as the accummulated posts and comments fade into the sunset, forgotten and unsaved.  I think there&#39;s a legitimate concern about loss, since what once might have found its way into letters and newspapers is </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7310888584622859629'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7310888584622859629'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188795060000#c7310888584622859629' 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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3162752693844871605</id><published>2007-09-03T00:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-03T00:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome back.Appropos of fop Joseph Auslander and ...</title><summary type='text'>Welcome back.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Appropos of fop Joseph Auslander and his tromp l&#39;oeil mustache--I hear that Cate Blanchett is set to play Bob Dylan--that&#39;s right, Bob Dylan--in a movie about his early days in New York.  This bit of tease is confirmed by Cate herself at the Cannes Film Festival.  I was reminded of this when I saw the formal portrait of Auslander.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps, having successfully </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/3162752693844871605'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/3162752693844871605'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188794520000#c3162752693844871605' 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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6253104616491042434</id><published>2007-09-02T19:21:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T19:21:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome back.  The Giants loss to the Angels still...</title><summary type='text'>Welcome back.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The Giants loss to the Angels still stings.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Maybe your are correct that Bonds&#39; HR production has been consistent save for the record year, but my that was some increase that year.  And the remarkable thing is that his production didn&#39;t drop at all as he aged, in contrast to almost everyone else who ever played the game.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Game of Shadows&lt;/I&gt; shows that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/6253104616491042434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/6253104616491042434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188775260000#c6253104616491042434' 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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-862679579"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7465664046469912761</id><published>2007-09-02T18:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T18:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome back, and here&#39;s hoping you had a restful ...</title><summary type='text'>Welcome back, and here&#39;s hoping you had a restful few days away.  It was hard not finding new posts here during that time, I have to say.  I checked back, anyway, and reread lots of the older ones to my enormous edification!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7465664046469912761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/7465664046469912761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188771540000#c7465664046469912761' title=''/><author><name>Don Share</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/03446230480847015806</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/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1011881777"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5801488015077361933</id><published>2007-09-02T16:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-09-02T16:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron - this has nothing to do with your post but th...</title><summary type='text'>Ron - this has nothing to do with your post but that picture you have there of the poet laureate resembles more like a woman with a mustache to me.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hmmmm.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I wonder.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Welcome back. Nice pictures of the sunrise and sunset..&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Didi</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/5801488015077361933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5118909939397098267/comments/default/5801488015077361933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html?showComment=1188763740000#c5801488015077361933' title=''/><author><name>Didi Menendez</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08195202743154382432</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://www.heavy.com/images/185/185//userimages/2007/07/2719/c7b1355dc5154517eb916238faf6f4f5.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/09/america-s-first-poet-laureate-joseph.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5118909939397098267' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5118909939397098267' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301407041"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 02, 2007"/></entry></feed>