<?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.post824796186932550622..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/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/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>147</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6006315863301222736</id><published>2008-12-03T17:05:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2008-12-03T17:05:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>You would sue Ron.  I think this project is brilli...</title><summary type='text'>You would sue Ron.  I think this project is brilliant.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;There&#39;s nothing I hate more than poets who take themselves too seriously.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/6006315863301222736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/6006315863301222736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1228341900000#c6006315863301222736' title=''/><author><name>The Last Unicorn</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12644605826769289174</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/_wSSvhRDS-X8/SQeAidn64qI/AAAAAAAAADs/KFDc3v3-ZwE/S220/Photo+188.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-12114058"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="December 03, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2623507722015765874</id><published>2008-10-16T00:10:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-16T00:10:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thoughtful commentary above. Maybe I&#39;m wrong and E...</title><summary type='text'>Thoughtful commentary above. Maybe I&#39;m wrong and Erica is capable of bringing about productive dialogue, to which I say:   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But it&#39;s not just an offensive word. It&#39;s a loaded, complicated word of import and impact that goes beyond simple offensive. i.e. &quot;fuck,&quot; also offensive to some, is a verb, and so serves a rhetorical purpose—but this is a slur, and its sole purpose is to damage, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2623507722015765874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2623507722015765874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1224130200000#c2623507722015765874' title=''/><author><name>Nicole Mauro</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11454910705763358420</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-454584242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 16, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3077063593937877130</id><published>2008-10-15T09:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T09:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Interesting. The word is likely to come from Conra...</title><summary type='text'>Interesting. The word is likely to come from Conrad&#39;s Heart of Darkness, since the EJC program has that as one of its word pools.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Does this mean that one cannot teach Heart of Darkness in &quot;America&quot; any more?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;---&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;To be honest, as a Mexican national I find the continuous reduction of the whole continent to one single country more offensive than the use of any</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3077063593937877130'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3077063593937877130'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1224075720000#c3077063593937877130' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7673994640146126114</id><published>2008-10-15T01:49:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-15T01:49:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s enormous, yes, it&#39;s clever. I would argu...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it&#39;s enormous, yes, it&#39;s clever. I would argue, though, that authorship is only part of the issue, and the other part is attribution. As to the first, the poems are authored--by a computer-program; as to the second, they are falsely attributed. It&#39;s two-sided issue at least. No responsibility for poems, and responsibility of poems given, guerilla-style, to those who had nothing to do with </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7673994640146126114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7673994640146126114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1224049740000#c7673994640146126114' title=''/><author><name>Nicole Mauro</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11454910705763358420</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-454584242"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 15, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-5372257138791384681</id><published>2008-10-13T09:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T09:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>William Michaelian said:&quot;I live a fairly sheltered...</title><summary type='text'>William Michaelian said:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I live a fairly sheltered existence. That’s why I visit this blog.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Rachel Mallino said:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I think I love you William Michaelian!&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well, Bill...at least you got a date out of the deal. :-)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ed Baker said:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;how&#39;d you like my new book?&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;You think someone actually bought it, Ed?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Hee hee. Just funnin&#39;.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/5372257138791384681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/5372257138791384681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223905860000#c5372257138791384681' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 13, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9092351467205131521</id><published>2008-10-12T16:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T16:14:00.001-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Well, the po-biz is obviously that: a business. Th...</title><summary type='text'>Well, the po-biz is obviously that: a business. That our poets are not only comfortable with the commodification of their own names but actually &lt;I&gt;do it to themselves&lt;/I&gt; is amazing to me. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;In thirty years, y&#39;all will look silly, assuming anyone cares, of course.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/9092351467205131521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/9092351467205131521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223842440001#c9092351467205131521' title=''/><author><name>Josh_Hanson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04072181113771913036</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://static.flickr.com/79/244821860_f96b9d7e60_t.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-385522224"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 12, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1507000786549328452</id><published>2008-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T12:00:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;And that hell, that beautiful, private, universal...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;And that hell, that beautiful, private, universal hell, is one thing missing from Issue 1.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;*Finally*, someone said it. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think I love you William Michaelian!</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/1507000786549328452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/1507000786549328452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223827200000#c1507000786549328452' title=''/><author><name>Rachel Mallino</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/11943379186202447410</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-598816697"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 12, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2484033283103780298</id><published>2008-10-12T11:40:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-12T11:40:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Annandale-Yes, in fact, I am. Perhaps its a person...</title><summary type='text'>Annandale-&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Yes, in fact, I am. Perhaps its a personal short-coming, but it&#39;s how I feel sometimes nonetheless. I used to try and make it out to readings and workshops and what not, but even then, I found myself hesitant to go up and talk to people let alone hand them some poems and say &quot;If you have time, would you take a look at these?&quot; I haven&#39;t done a reading in almost 8 years. I might</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2484033283103780298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2484033283103780298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223826000000#c2484033283103780298' title=''/><author><name>Abecedarian/f(x)</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01913278950823273657</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1091123171"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 12, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2429678221683531436</id><published>2008-10-11T17:09:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T17:09:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I tried to post a comment about Bob Zimmerman and ...</title><summary type='text'>I tried to post a comment about Bob Zimmerman and his little brother&lt;BR/&gt;but got &quot;lost in the fun-house&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;ahhhh  the in-tell-lect&lt;BR/&gt;embraced by computer-i-znation!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I ain&#39;t for any of these morons running to be pres!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;how&#39;d you like my new book?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2429678221683531436'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2429678221683531436'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223759340000#c2429678221683531436' 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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-771816173"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8393351640924459151</id><published>2008-10-11T12:19:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T12:19:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I meant &quot;Did you whistle&quot;, of course. Apologies.</title><summary type='text'>I meant &quot;Did you whistle&quot;, of course. Apologies.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/8393351640924459151'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/8393351640924459151'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223741940000#c8393351640924459151' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-760323440803815500</id><published>2008-10-11T11:50:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T11:50:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yes, neverneutral, I confess: I was the rube who s...</title><summary type='text'>Yes, neverneutral, I confess: I was the rube who struck Bob Dylan with a banjo. But Pete Seeger paid me to do it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Seriously (or as serious as I’m able to be), I have no quarrel with any instrument, per se; I’d just rather the mind play the instrument than the instrument play the mind.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But you’ll have to forgive me. I grew up on a farm. I live in a city now, but I’m still quite </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/760323440803815500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/760323440803815500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223740200000#c760323440803815500' title=''/><author><name>William Michaelian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05945815778010124287</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lPFVydin30o/SD3OTSXdQKI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ChwtZ4a6fdk/S220/williammichaelian.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991242321"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-618252758173604297</id><published>2008-10-11T08:02:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-11T08:02:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you whistled at Bob Dylan when he grabbed an e...</title><summary type='text'>Did you whistled at Bob Dylan when he grabbed an electric guitar?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is computer music not music?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_trLeQaJFWqE/SO_vtt80WbI/AAAAAAAACsw/bJNkkiYPZeQ/s1600-h/shixin.jpg&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Sigh.&lt;/A&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/618252758173604297'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/618252758173604297'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223726520000#c618252758173604297' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 11, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-983927246839880222</id><published>2008-10-10T15:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T15:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>The “poems” in Issue 1 were not written, composed,...</title><summary type='text'>The “poems” in &lt;I&gt;Issue 1&lt;/I&gt; were not written, composed, or sung. They did not arise from individuals’ labor, insight, or experience. Tell the program that produced them to begin again and it will begin again, and it will arrive at a different combination, a result every bit as detached and meaningless as the first. Call it &lt;I&gt;Issue 2&lt;/I&gt;. Call it forgery. Call it a joke. Call it a crime. Call </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/983927246839880222'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/983927246839880222'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223667900000#c983927246839880222' title=''/><author><name>William Michaelian</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05945815778010124287</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='http://bp1.blogger.com/_lPFVydin30o/SD3OTSXdQKI/AAAAAAAAAC0/ChwtZ4a6fdk/S220/williammichaelian.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1991242321"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1671291171954742234</id><published>2008-10-10T11:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T11:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;m disappointed by Gary&#39;s Duchampical Correctness...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;m disappointed by Gary&#39;s Duchampical Correctness here. I expected more from him. Ah well, maybe next time we meet.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/1671291171954742234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/1671291171954742234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223654160000#c1671291171954742234' title=''/><author><name>Tim Peterson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12788267620443595389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_Ss3Eh44fNE8/SA0iNXCbgcI/AAAAAAAAABU/POvOEYAF3jo/S220/tim_2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-255165047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6337782972072140321</id><published>2008-10-10T10:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-10T10:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s all about the context.&quot; Exactly. Which comes...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;It&#39;s all about the context.&quot; Exactly. Which comes back to my point of trying to explain this to other people (educated, well-read, with interest in technology, poetry and the arts). It does not matter at all outside the (mostly American) poetry blog world. Like Gary, I believe that the experience of the whole thing has been a complex one.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s not about &quot;detachment&quot; either. Like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/6337782972072140321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/6337782972072140321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223649300000#c6337782972072140321' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 10, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7945100581844423690</id><published>2008-10-09T20:35:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T20:35:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;it&#39;s the names that were stolen, which i am guess...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;it&#39;s the names that were stolen, which i am guessing is the reason why Ron calls it forgery....&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;the problem with this idea is that you can&#39;t steal a name because unless, i guess, your name is trademarked, you don&#39;t own it. I could change my name to Ron Silliman and start publishing under that name. That&#39;s possible, and there wouldn&#39;t be anything Ron could do about it. at least,I don&#39;t </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7945100581844423690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7945100581844423690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223598900000#c7945100581844423690' title=''/><author><name>peter</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05327429647175738328</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2035658647"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9010653339102508119</id><published>2008-10-09T17:13:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T17:13:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Rodney is obviously not talking about avatars, Tim...</title><summary type='text'>Rodney is obviously not talking about avatars, Tim, but something much broader, and involving actual (as opposed to projected) online behavior.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I&#39;m surprised by your reaction to Issue 1, in part given Tarzan Workshop, and your lengthy comment a day or two ago about it on &lt;A HREF=&quot;https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8107422932074476360&amp;postID=7058484790518254092&quot; REL=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/9010653339102508119'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/9010653339102508119'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223586780000#c9010653339102508119' title=''/><author><name>Gary</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/06115441682219034891</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/102/263849333_39affc05c6_m.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-350671799"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3485826963394062521</id><published>2008-10-09T15:12:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T15:12:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Matthew --I don&#39;t know how meaningful any of the i...</title><summary type='text'>Matthew --&lt;BR/&gt;I don&#39;t know how meaningful any of the interaction around here has been lately, but I hope you&#39;re not really frightened to engage the poetic community. There are a fair number of assholes around here but the rest of the non-asshole poets more than make up for it, usually.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think that the blues examples of theft and appropriation you&#39;re talking about is different than the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3485826963394062521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3485826963394062521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223579520000#c3485826963394062521' title=''/><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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1293329833"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-399245058475931410</id><published>2008-10-09T15:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T15:07:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I disagree with some others in that I personally t...</title><summary type='text'>I disagree with some others in that I personally think the best analysis of this hoax was written by Rodney Koeneke over at Modampo. He says:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;One thing I haven’t been down with so much is the moralizing tone of those who see this as a “gotcha” moment for anyone who sets Google Alerts, or “ego surfs” or whatever. (Have you noticed this reaction, too?) This isn’t about narcissism I think </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/399245058475931410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/399245058475931410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223579220000#c399245058475931410' title=''/><author><name>Tim Peterson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12788267620443595389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_Ss3Eh44fNE8/SA0iNXCbgcI/AAAAAAAAABU/POvOEYAF3jo/S220/tim_2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-255165047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-865708872501271550</id><published>2008-10-09T14:56:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T14:56:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Yep, definitely Duchampily Correct. I can totally ...</title><summary type='text'>Yep, definitely Duchampily Correct. I can totally understand and sympathize with Ashbery&#39;s reaction.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/865708872501271550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/865708872501271550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223578560000#c865708872501271550' title=''/><author><name>Tim Peterson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12788267620443595389</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://bp3.blogger.com/_Ss3Eh44fNE8/SA0iNXCbgcI/AAAAAAAAABU/POvOEYAF3jo/S220/tim_2008.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-255165047"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4247929118878746475</id><published>2008-10-09T14:45:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T14:45:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>neverneutral said... &quot;I don&#39;t know about you, Gary...</title><summary type='text'>neverneutral said... &lt;BR/&gt;&quot;I don&#39;t know about you, Gary, but I have never left the books.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That&#39;s sort of an &#39;inside&#39; joke, neverneutral. Most of my posts on the numerous poetry sites address my two main crusades: self-publishing (pro) and internet publishing (anti).&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Bibliophiles unite! :-)&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I will say, though, that this &#39;Issue 1&#39; thing, love it or hate it, appears to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/4247929118878746475'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/4247929118878746475'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223577900000#c4247929118878746475' title=''/><author><name>Gary B. Fitzgerald</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/17919492445467135425</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1865147512"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3581455143749424879</id><published>2008-10-09T14:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T14:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;d be curious to hear opinions about other approp...</title><summary type='text'>I&#39;d be curious to hear opinions about other appropriative projects: cento for instance. Of course, I also make a point to attribute each line to the author and poem I used by the author, but if I didn&#39;t, would that be problematic? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And what about blues music? Robert Johnson is famous for having written Rollin&#39; and Tumblin&#39; and Sweet Home Chicago, but in fact, Roll and Tumble Blues by </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3581455143749424879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/3581455143749424879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223575440000#c3581455143749424879' title=''/><author><name>Abecedarian/f(x)</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01913278950823273657</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1091123171"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8952795709195068373</id><published>2008-10-09T14:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T14:01:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron,Clearly the menacing tone of your post feels l...</title><summary type='text'>Ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Clearly the menacing tone of your post feels like a overreaction to many, including me. I don&#39;t claim the anthology to have any more value than a kid&#39;s prank phone call, but the anthology is so clearly a joke (see the poems of any historical figure listed) that I&#39;m not worried that my inclusion will somehow affect my reputation.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Is there any chance that you will post on </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/8952795709195068373'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/8952795709195068373'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223575260000#c8952795709195068373' title=''/><author><name>Andy Nicholson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12790313844894695612</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/_bauBzgeWl-k/SM9Lw6XnHAI/AAAAAAAAACE/qND-XURMoQw/S220/P1010096.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-985934326"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7637380046162723453</id><published>2008-10-09T13:05:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T13:05:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I don&#39;t know about you, Gary, but I have never lef...</title><summary type='text'>I don&#39;t know about you, Gary, but I have never left the books.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7637380046162723453'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/7637380046162723453'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223571900000#c7637380046162723453' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-328297626"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2216415890244301429</id><published>2008-10-09T12:15:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2008-10-09T12:15:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>...suffice it to say I will not be frequenting thi...</title><summary type='text'>...suffice it to say I will not be frequenting this blog anymore.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron&#39;s (and other similar) responses to this performance are absolutely terrifying. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Chad</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2216415890244301429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/824796186932550622/comments/default/2216415890244301429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html?showComment=1223568900000#c2216415890244301429' title=''/><author><name>imightbechad</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05265328428056727960</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/2008/10/one-advantage-of-e-books-is-that-you.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-824796186932550622' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/824796186932550622' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-65603540"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 09, 2008"/></entry></feed>