<?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.post7879043925536274092..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/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><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>44</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3392924135953354972</id><published>2010-07-05T15:28:51.539-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T15:28:51.539-04:00</updated><title type='text'>And to ease Curtis&amp;#39;s qualms:&#xa;&#xa;&amp;quot;Being a fa...</title><summary type='text'>And to ease Curtis&amp;#39;s qualms:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Being a famous poet is not the same thing as being famous.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- John Ashbery&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yes...in fact you can go into any restaurant you choose in NY or LA or DC and nobody will ever know who the hell you are! No wigs or sunglasses or make-up. And who cares? It&amp;#39;s good to be invisible.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3392924135953354972'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3392924135953354972'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278358131539#c3392924135953354972' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12096685990751580031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J9N1PbDDQYo/S9hvqt3N1qI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cZoIoWD1k-U/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-413633620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4154074091100600473</id><published>2010-07-05T15:08:18.214-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T15:08:18.214-04:00</updated><title type='text'>This is in response to Mr. Glenn Ingersoll&amp;#39;s q...</title><summary type='text'>This is in response to Mr. Glenn Ingersoll&amp;#39;s question:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Evolution&lt;br /&gt;(Intelligent Design)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Overwhelming diversity, constant multiplicity,&lt;br /&gt;extending still complexity, an existential mystery.&lt;br /&gt;Yet the polarizing entities are questioning reality:&lt;br /&gt;an accident of Being or a Being’s creativity?&lt;br /&gt;Inexplicable Cosmology, quantum relativity,&lt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/4154074091100600473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/4154074091100600473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278356898214#c4154074091100600473' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12096685990751580031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J9N1PbDDQYo/S9hvqt3N1qI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cZoIoWD1k-U/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-413633620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7807595926260420955</id><published>2010-07-05T14:00:44.509-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T14:00:44.509-04:00</updated><title type='text'>What is the symbolic meaning of the little ridge i...</title><summary type='text'>What is the symbolic meaning of the little ridge in the center of Merwin&amp;#39;s nose?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/7807595926260420955'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/7807595926260420955'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278352844509#c7807595926260420955' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9059785130024492140</id><published>2010-07-05T12:01:14.970-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T12:01:14.970-04:00</updated><title type='text'>.&#xa;&#xa;For You Not Yet&#xa;&#xa;As I write, right now, your mo...</title><summary type='text'>.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For You Not Yet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As I write, right now, your mother&lt;br /&gt;is the size of a pea.&lt;br /&gt;She will grow and be born&lt;br /&gt;and not hear of me.&lt;br /&gt;You at this time&lt;br /&gt;do not even exist and only&lt;br /&gt;by luck and grace will you be&lt;br /&gt;if your mother survives&lt;br /&gt;and gets married.&lt;br /&gt;But I write not for your mother&lt;br /&gt;or even right now.&lt;br /&gt;Now knows nothing of me.&lt;br /&gt;Now </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9059785130024492140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9059785130024492140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278345674970#c9059785130024492140' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12096685990751580031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J9N1PbDDQYo/S9hvqt3N1qI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cZoIoWD1k-U/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-413633620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 05, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4052711885010813830</id><published>2010-07-04T18:57:10.103-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T18:57:10.103-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Gary:&#xa;&#xa;Traditionally, writers tend to write for a ...</title><summary type='text'>Gary:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Traditionally, writers tend to write for a very selective audience--sometimes it&amp;#39;s just a single person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Writers will often admit they write to a specific person--just one--and that their inspiration, such as it is, is limited to that single dialectic.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Most (all?) writers write to an imagined audience--it&amp;#39;s not the &amp;quot;general public&amp;quot; which </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/4052711885010813830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/4052711885010813830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278284230103#c4052711885010813830' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7177891384666223911</id><published>2010-07-04T18:14:14.736-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T18:14:14.736-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Poetry and prayer aren&amp;#39;t unrelated. When the p...</title><summary type='text'>Poetry and prayer aren&amp;#39;t unrelated. When the prayer is intoned for no one&amp;#39;s ears but God&amp;#39;s is there no sense in bothering? When the poem is written on a leaf and cast into the stream, is there no purpose to it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why bother, Gary?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/7177891384666223911'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/7177891384666223911'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278281654736#c7177891384666223911' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iMEmv6aWYmc/SUbr7qd5GII/AAAAAAAAAW0/VdzuqU-cysU/S220/GIandSundy.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2327034727932548381</id><published>2010-07-04T13:52:37.611-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T13:52:37.611-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis:&#xa;&#xa;‘Fame’ means only more widespread exposur...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;‘Fame’ means only more widespread exposure which, of course, means only that more people are reading your poetry. Writing that is not read is like a cake not eaten: it has no purpose whatsoever. I think most of us are initially motivated by the sheer pleasure of writing but if what one writes is never shared, then, other than being some kind of cathartic therapy…what’s the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2327034727932548381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2327034727932548381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278265957611#c2327034727932548381' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12096685990751580031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J9N1PbDDQYo/S9hvqt3N1qI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cZoIoWD1k-U/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-413633620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5077551468324353671</id><published>2010-07-04T12:59:17.659-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T12:59:17.659-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Should it be a vote?? Probably nyet. But ifit were...</title><summary type='text'>Should it be a vote?? Probably nyet. But ifit were, #1 write in--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jello Biafra.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LET&amp;#39;s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;lynch the landlord now</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/5077551468324353671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/5077551468324353671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278262757659#c5077551468324353671' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/TAg2dElCYBI/AAAAAAAABFE/48XPGoeZiVY/S220/ist2_6844208-jack-of-diamonds-two-playing-card.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-340366148110455604</id><published>2010-07-04T12:21:20.848-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T12:21:20.848-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,&#xa;&#xa;What is the relationship between your hangin...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What is the relationship between your hanging the &amp;quot;School of Quietude&amp;quot; label around Merwin&amp;#39;s neck and the fact that (for example) back in &amp;#39;71 he very publicly donated his Pulitzer money to the antiwar movement?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/340366148110455604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/340366148110455604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278260480848#c340366148110455604' title=''/><author><name>krjames</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13928561761816461305</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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-584250206"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-21461750654580622</id><published>2010-07-04T12:21:20.849-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T12:21:20.849-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Gary B.--&#xa;&#xa;Not all of us are enamored of fame...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Gary B.--&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not all of us are enamored of fame.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These kinds of appointments are as much a burden as an honor.  A lot of people, I suspect, deliberately put their names out of contention, but we never hear about those cases.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In my view, writing isn&amp;#39;t a contest, but an exploration.  Talent isn&amp;#39;t something you win; neither are important works.  Prizes </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/21461750654580622'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/21461750654580622'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278260480849#c21461750654580622' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-896650147765898334</id><published>2010-07-04T12:11:33.232-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T12:11:33.232-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Arthur Q. Bryan -- Hear, hear!</title><summary type='text'>Arthur Q. Bryan -- Hear, hear!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/896650147765898334'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/896650147765898334'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278259893232#c896650147765898334' title=''/><author><name>rushmc</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11300622174153812004</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_CM8BVjvw6Lg/SD8RfGn_KcI/AAAAAAAAACc/4HUx89Epylc/S220/1212092477.png'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2016658485"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1350302849697238164</id><published>2010-07-04T08:09:01.833-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T08:09:01.833-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Here in D,C.&#xa;&amp;#39;they&amp;#39; DO have a dress-code&#xa; ...</title><summary type='text'>Here in D,C.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;#39;they&amp;#39; DO have a dress-code&lt;br /&gt;  -don&amp;#39;t-cha know?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and that Code includes an American Lapel Pin in a Black Brooks Brothers&amp;#39;, tight-fittin, WRINKLES-lint-free NEW $1,400 suit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The last Poet Lawreate to break the Code of Dress?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He wore rolled up blue Roebuck jeans, a green/yellow check-flannel shirt and red suspenders...and a broad</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/1350302849697238164'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/1350302849697238164'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278245341833#c1350302849697238164' 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='32' height='24' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_SpwtdDR0utk/S6Kfnd1TdqI/AAAAAAAAALw/ekFALfY5tzI/S220/Ed+Sept+2009++photo+by+Jan+Perlman'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 04, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2955073942293421381</id><published>2010-07-03T23:41:25.644-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T23:41:25.644-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&amp;#39;m serious. Socrates was also among the many ...</title><summary type='text'>I&amp;#39;m serious. Socrates was also among the many essential writers that were part of a literary movement, which may contradict your personal preference for how literary history should have been.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2955073942293421381'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2955073942293421381'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278214885644#c2955073942293421381' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9066067497233001979</id><published>2010-07-03T22:48:03.572-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T22:48:03.572-04:00</updated><title type='text'>mightn&amp;#39;t one of the responsibilities of a laur...</title><summary type='text'>mightn&amp;#39;t one of the responsibilities of a laureate be &lt;br /&gt;to actaully wear&lt;br /&gt;laurels...you&amp;#39;d think&lt;br /&gt;there&amp;#39;d be&lt;br /&gt;a timeless fashion element to it all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;jh&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WV&lt;br /&gt;forkl</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9066067497233001979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9066067497233001979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278211683572#c9066067497233001979' title=''/><author><name>jh</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10043530995274885830</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_GGxzozVkZvg/SoNWqdZHBoI/AAAAAAAAAAM/IGjF8tvmWwg/S220/sculpture_crop2%5B1%5D.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1850634495"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1238649060857241587</id><published>2010-07-03T20:14:27.701-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T20:14:27.701-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ha! Ian: Please go run fast and tell that to  Emil...</title><summary type='text'>Ha! Ian: Please go run fast and tell that to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.classics.upenn.edu/faculty/wilson.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt; &lt;b&gt;Emily Wilson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; who wrote &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674026834&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;The Death of Socrates&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; so she can update her book on its next printing. Perhaps she&amp;#39;ll listen to you. Funny reply. Best wishes to you, tribal </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/1238649060857241587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/1238649060857241587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278202467701#c1238649060857241587' title=''/><author><name>Johnny</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01476258528367931554</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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-711653258"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3918795759012475628</id><published>2010-07-03T18:00:16.256-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T18:00:16.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>There’s only one thing here that all seem to have ...</title><summary type='text'>There’s only one thing here that all seem to have overlooked so, on behalf of all here (presumably poets and/or poetry lovers), allow me to say:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congratulations, Mr. Merwin, on your appointment. Best of luck to you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not to worry. The rest of us are just jealous as hell!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3918795759012475628'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3918795759012475628'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278194416256#c3918795759012475628' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12096685990751580031</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J9N1PbDDQYo/S9hvqt3N1qI/AAAAAAAAAAM/cZoIoWD1k-U/S220/kitty.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-413633620"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-656042455994580730</id><published>2010-07-03T14:52:59.051-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T14:52:59.051-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Johnny, Socrates is believed by some to have been ...</title><summary type='text'>Johnny, Socrates is believed by some to have been put to death as a result of unverified accusations of tribalism.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/656042455994580730'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/656042455994580730'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278183179051#c656042455994580730' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1591342472"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9201117585491487943</id><published>2010-07-03T12:19:49.510-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T12:19:49.510-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wait, Merwin lives in Hawaii -- Obama lived in Haw...</title><summary type='text'>&lt;i&gt;Wait, Merwin lives in Hawaii -- Obama lived in Hawaii -- could there be a connection?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Like...golfcourse deal, with Prez BO, surrounded by black suits...hushhush. Mr. MERWIN: Your task, if you choose to accept it, is code name &amp;quot;PLOTUS&amp;quot;. Here are your orders...filed under DHARMA-CO (which is to say the hipster-side of... bourgeois consciousness).</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9201117585491487943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/9201117585491487943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278173989510#c9201117585491487943' title=''/><author><name>J</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11567400697675996283</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_95DiS_tm2Gs/TAg2dElCYBI/AAAAAAAABFE/48XPGoeZiVY/S220/ist2_6844208-jack-of-diamonds-two-playing-card.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1512031455"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-305954030301673229</id><published>2010-07-03T12:08:53.454-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T12:08:53.454-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did he ever write his version of the Great Naropa ...</title><summary type='text'>Did he ever write his version of the Great Naropa Poetry Wars?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/305954030301673229'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/305954030301673229'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278173333454#c305954030301673229' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6992939529661217140</id><published>2010-07-03T06:37:36.698-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-03T06:37:36.698-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Who was the one that appeared on The Simpson&amp;#39;s...</title><summary type='text'>Who was the one that appeared on The Simpson&amp;#39;s? Was it Pinsky? Cldn&amp;#39;t you get a slot on Family Guy, Ron? That&amp;#39;d show &amp;#39;em.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;wv: verso</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/6992939529661217140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/6992939529661217140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278153456698#c6992939529661217140' title=''/><author><name>Stephen Nelson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://bp0.blogger.com/_AYd-zm2iYSU/SHuQegfxNnI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vS_amPWn4QA/S220/i.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-701999401"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 03, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-79033684154620714</id><published>2010-07-02T23:26:10.345-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T23:26:10.345-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Curtis:&#xa;&#xa;Thank you for dialoging with me. (An...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Curtis:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for dialoging with me. (And Ron, thanks for your original post). Here are two brief points in reply.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(1)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Of course&lt;/i&gt; my approach to reading is an idealized &lt;i&gt;attempt&lt;/i&gt; (as are all experiences of reading). It is based on my sense of &lt;a href=&quot;http://johnnyturtle.com/socraticquestioning.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Socratic questioning&lt;/a&gt;. It also </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/79033684154620714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/79033684154620714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278127570345#c79033684154620714' title=''/><author><name>Johnny</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01476258528367931554</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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-711653258"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 02, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2919174098476993192</id><published>2010-07-02T22:46:11.373-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T22:46:11.373-04:00</updated><title type='text'>@Steven&#xa;&#xa;I seemed to have pointed my post in the w...</title><summary type='text'>@Steven&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I seemed to have pointed my post in the wrong direction. Specifically, I pointed a head level above my targets which should have been Arthur and Ry. My apologies to Steven and Mark who were victimized during my rant.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2919174098476993192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2919174098476993192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278125171373#c2919174098476993192' title=''/><author><name>Jesse</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14349982082048168288</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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-35286894"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 02, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3356239471614418339</id><published>2010-07-02T21:00:52.471-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T21:00:52.471-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&amp;quot;SoQ&amp;quot; : Silliman :: &amp;quot;Liberal&amp;quot; ...</title><summary type='text'>&amp;quot;SoQ&amp;quot; : Silliman :: &amp;quot;Liberal&amp;quot; : Limbaugh.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once you comprehend this analogy you have absorbed the whole &amp;quot;ball of wax&amp;quot;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3356239471614418339'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/3356239471614418339'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278118852471#c3356239471614418339' title=''/><author><name>Henry Gould</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763188178644726622</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3390/124/320/268619/PA100027.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1295597322"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 02, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2398806936672773713</id><published>2010-07-02T20:30:04.094-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T20:30:04.094-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wait, Merwin lives in Hawaii -- Obama lived in Haw...</title><summary type='text'>Wait, Merwin lives in Hawaii -- Obama lived in Hawaii -- could there be a connection?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2398806936672773713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/2398806936672773713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278117004094#c2398806936672773713' title=''/><author><name>Glenn Ingersoll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/10674475308395975995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iMEmv6aWYmc/SUbr7qd5GII/AAAAAAAAAW0/VdzuqU-cysU/S220/GIandSundy.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-38984541"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 02, 2010"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6717656349666790556</id><published>2010-07-02T19:49:23.256-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-02T19:49:23.256-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Johnny:&#xa;&#xa;There is nothing wrong with your approach...</title><summary type='text'>Johnny:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is nothing wrong with your approach to the specific, individual poem.  When anyone reads the work of a complete unknown, the only thing we have to go on is the structure and content of the work itself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But none of us lives in a vacuum.  Pick up a copy of The New Yorker, and read a poem by John Ashbery.  It&amp;#39;s literally impossible for anyone with the least </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/6717656349666790556'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/7879043925536274092/comments/default/6717656349666790556'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2010/07/w.html?showComment=1278114563256#c6717656349666790556' 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/2010/07/w.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7879043925536274092' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/7879043925536274092' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1900230786"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="July 02, 2010"/></entry></feed>