<?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.post5776527846456459964..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/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.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>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-95275676724059616</id><published>2008-12-14T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T12:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Of the long list of names of NEA fellowship awarde...</title><summary type='text'>Of the long list of names of NEA fellowship awardees, the only name I know is Henri Cole.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;ve finally achieved my personal critical mass:  The zeitgeist has passed me by!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;Good grief!&quot;  (Charlie Brown)</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/95275676724059616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/95275676724059616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1229276460000#c95275676724059616' 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/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 14, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1198321142890340191</id><published>2008-12-08T18:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T18:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>why is trilling unimportant? what&#39;s wrong with mar...</title><summary type='text'>why is trilling unimportant? what&#39;s wrong with mariani&#39;s WCW?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/1198321142890340191'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/1198321142890340191'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228777380000#c1198321142890340191' title=''/><author><name>tmorange</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13540323590390887131</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_dxOz_XfhS4A/SBkzZtbVuAI/AAAAAAAAAEE/xYKQxv3rA1U/S220/jl.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-348262623"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8408303065248186919</id><published>2008-12-08T13:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T13:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Never beat yourself up over the Washington Post!  ...</title><summary type='text'>Never beat yourself up over the Washington Post!  Who&#39;s fixing the mess of those brilliant boomers?  The people who were the smartest amongst the boomers were the objects of culture wars, which the smart early Xers had time to note.  Artistically, every generation has its problems.  Obama told Brokaw btw he wants to have jazz and poetry readings in the White House... he didn’t say that before the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/8408303065248186919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/8408303065248186919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228762620000#c8408303065248186919' 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/2008/12/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6796011195585218765</id><published>2008-12-08T12:26:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T12:26:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/6796011195585218765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/6796011195585218765'/><author><name>Annandale Dream Gazette</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/08155953951163636760</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/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3351536609135540224</id><published>2008-12-08T10:54:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T10:54:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Illiteracy in High Places&quot; had me applauding. Int...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Illiteracy in High Places&quot; had me applauding. &lt;BR/&gt;Interesting that Orwell was mentioned given the &quot;dumbing down of the masses&quot; this writers-who-can&#39;t-write-but-have-slept-with-a-celebrity-and-been-on-a-reality-show getting book deals promotes. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I despair of the public and their book choices sometimes, I really do. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But... and call me crazy here... perhaps, just perhaps, if the</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/3351536609135540224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/3351536609135540224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228751640000#c3351536609135540224' title=''/><author><name>Anna Russell</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01950324339154028297</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5cOGtGhiMr4/SO9grw_IxtI/AAAAAAAAABQ/XwIZhJHpWKI/S220/fairy.jpeg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-26348365"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-847770808409123452</id><published>2008-12-08T08:02:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T08:02:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes I fall under the same generation with Obama. I...</title><summary type='text'>Yes I fall under the same generation with Obama. I am one year older than him and four years older than Palin. We are all grouped in &quot;The dumbest generation&quot;. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;What the article did not bring up is that a big chunk of my generation is dead because of SEX or DRUGS. Forget Rock and Roll  unless we were listening to it on our death bed. I would say I was the one exception in my class that </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/847770808409123452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/847770808409123452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228741320000#c847770808409123452' 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='28' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_yyMS6N_gKRg/SNJCVSW357I/AAAAAAAABUM/B1Wp110t840/S220/Picture+80.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1301407041"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4097443017158509195</id><published>2008-12-08T06:07:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T06:07:00.001-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Linda Gregg   not only a Lindos connection / infle...</title><summary type='text'>Linda Gregg   not only a Lindos connection / inflence but an even greater influence....Jack Gilbert.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;she has written some nice &quot;stuff&quot; when not imitating Jack.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/4097443017158509195'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/4097443017158509195'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228734420001#c4097443017158509195' 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/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5066554788955353982</id><published>2008-12-08T06:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-08T06:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The &quot;Dumbest Generation&quot; article leaves out the fa...</title><summary type='text'>The &quot;Dumbest Generation&quot; article leaves out the fact that the SAT was recentered and then largely redesigned, so comparisons of the scores of Millenials to those of early Xers are irrelevant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/5066554788955353982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/5776527846456459964/comments/default/5066554788955353982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html?showComment=1228734420000#c5066554788955353982' title=''/><author><name>Elizabeth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17970124197156493214</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_c_0tHleaEw4/R6QoofueRBI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vhlOJTpQhAk/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/12/stuart-z.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5776527846456459964' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/5776527846456459964' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-211962874"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 08, 2008"/></entry></feed>