<?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.post7527868297704377897..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/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.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>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4719853662467964000</id><published>2008-09-25T23:42:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T23:42:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Golly, even the Boston Globe had better Sarah Pali...</title><summary type='text'>Golly, even &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/articles/2008/09/09/enter_the_sarah_palindrome_contest/&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the Boston Globe&lt;/A&gt; had better Sarah Palindromes than those, though they wouldn&#39;t print &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://buggeryville.blogspot.com/2008/09/sarah-palindrome.html&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;mine&lt;/A&gt;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/4719853662467964000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/4719853662467964000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222400520000#c4719853662467964000' title=''/><author><name>Chris</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06700221349311740958</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://farm1.static.flickr.com/47/115174336_41d6f91192_o.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1513120439"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7964890761799577891</id><published>2008-09-25T22:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T22:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sorry, Steven, there are enough people who think I...</title><summary type='text'>Sorry, Steven, there are enough people who think I&#39;m that already,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/7964890761799577891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/7964890761799577891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222397760000#c7964890761799577891' 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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1958427394065335044</id><published>2008-09-25T21:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T21:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Two things: One: It&#39;s hard not to sympathize--with...</title><summary type='text'>Two things: One: It&#39;s hard not to sympathize--with great unabashed excitement--with the Red Army Faction. Now, that&#39;s poetry! Two: I can&#39;t imagine how difficult it is to become a poet when all your dad&#39;s friends are important people. Ron? Will you be my daddy?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/1958427394065335044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/1958427394065335044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222392120000#c1958427394065335044' title=''/><author><name>Steven Trull</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12568485477185375841</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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-860282443"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8952005838988966005</id><published>2008-09-25T16:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T16:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>They say that most mathematicians have done their ...</title><summary type='text'>They say that most mathematicians have done their best work by age 30.  John Nash hopes he still has something to contribute after forty years of mental illness, and finally coming back. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But few mathematicians do much apparently after about age 30.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/8952005838988966005'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/8952005838988966005'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222373700000#c8952005838988966005' 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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5490631769037324056</id><published>2008-09-25T16:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T16:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>It&#39;s probably rare that great writers do their gre...</title><summary type='text'>It&#39;s probably rare that great writers do their greatest writing toward the end, but there are a few who were still doing good work.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;P.G. Wodehouse wrote a pretty good chapter to Sunset at Blandings on the morning of the day that he died at age 94.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Retirement isn&#39;t absolutely necessary.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cicero still gave some speeches after the age of 80.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who else did good work </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/5490631769037324056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/5490631769037324056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222373580000#c5490631769037324056' 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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7304396108807989307</id><published>2008-09-25T13:27:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T13:27:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The best remembrances of DFW can be found at Mcswe...</title><summary type='text'>The best remembrances of DFW can be found at Mcsweeney&#39;s &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;http://www.mcsweeneys.net/&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Scroll down to Memories.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/7304396108807989307'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/7304396108807989307'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222363620000#c7304396108807989307' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3220845968173732808</id><published>2008-09-25T11:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-09-25T11:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Recent Finance issue nearly caused an insurance co...</title><summary type='text'>Recent Finance issue nearly caused an insurance company to bankrupt.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Who fault?  Shouldn’t we take this opportunity to tune back the incorrect system, or we will wait till the next few generations to meet the similar issues again…..?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Should the top management bare responsibility....?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The top management of the ( not private company ) listed company salary should be tied </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/3220845968173732808'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7527868297704377897/comments/default/3220845968173732808'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html?showComment=1222355580000#c3220845968173732808' title=''/><author><name>Remind Myself</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05774583598099993583</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/2008/09/talking-with-lisa-samuels-of-laura.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7527868297704377897' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7527868297704377897' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-529148575"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="September 25, 2008"/></entry></feed>