<?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.post8823653126979460528..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/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2368188550787863933</id><published>2007-03-09T17:03:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T17:03:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I had always read your statements on torque a...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I had always read your statements on torque as less about the contrast between grammatical and agrammatical sentences than about the contrast between the sentence/paragraph and the line/stanza. It looks like from your examples, you&#39;ve thought about it more as a scrambling or condensation. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I read it much more graphically/readerly, as about the power of the sentence/paragraph to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/2368188550787863933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/2368188550787863933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173477780000#c2368188550787863933' title=''/><author><name>Tim</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13026955797817424956</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/CCT794/Images/Duchamp-bicycle.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-353852049"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6188088046367306011</id><published>2007-03-09T02:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-09T02:09:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Wealth of recent interesting stuff here... I need ...</title><summary type='text'>Wealth of recent interesting stuff here... I need to spend some time with it when (if) this tour ends. And with the torque discussion at KSM&#39;s. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&quot;the first item – The paragraph organizes the sentences – is by far the most important.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;I&gt;Really?&lt;/I&gt; #s 5-7 seem crucial to the kinds of effects that happen in your writing. #1 seems to recede in importance after, say, 1986 or so. At</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6188088046367306011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6188088046367306011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173424140000#c6188088046367306011' title=''/><author><name>andy gricevich</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/00797822725132844348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://www.princemyshkins.com/images/Nose2_compressed.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1436621432"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 09, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6164922914815250533</id><published>2007-03-06T00:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-06T00:31:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Christopher, my exception isn&#39;t with the primary t...</title><summary type='text'>Christopher, my exception isn&#39;t with the primary thrust of Ron&#39;s interest and insight--which are, as usual, pertinent and impressive--but with his use of words.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think I understand how he&#39;s using the word &quot;torque&quot; in the context of his post, but it strikes me as a misuse of the literal word.  He can re-define the word for his own purposes, but that must be done consciously.  I think </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6164922914815250533'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6164922914815250533'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173159060000#c6164922914815250533' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 06, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-3557892049254364768</id><published>2007-03-05T19:29:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T19:29:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis&#39; comments are cogent, and although I usuall...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis&#39; comments are cogent, and although I usually tend to stay away from the potential brouhaha brewing in comment boxes, I&#39;m compelled to point out that, as I understand Ron&#39;s described approach to structure, the rules delineate (de-lineate) a specific work, i.e., the formalized rules of textual construction are themselves specific constructs that serve to particularize rather than to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/3557892049254364768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/3557892049254364768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173140940000#c3557892049254364768' title=''/><author><name>Christopher</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/07912288123842257370</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3458/196/1600/res3.0.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-571947962"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6897162826950826996</id><published>2007-03-05T11:13:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T11:13:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>My one and ONLY time using uppers was when I pulle...</title><summary type='text'>My one and ONLY time using uppers was when I pulled an all-nighter to prepare for a Sociology Final as a sophomore at Berkeley.  I did it, it worked, and I got an A.  I never felt the desire or need to use it again.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Torque is being slightly misused here, Ron.  I learned what torque was when my old Austin America mini-car broke down in the early 1970&#39;s.  That little engine was one of </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6897162826950826996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6897162826950826996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173111180000#c6897162826950826996' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-469776996177953702</id><published>2007-03-05T10:14:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T10:14:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh . . . and oops. A big oops.  Obviously, I assum...</title><summary type='text'>Oh . . . and oops. A big oops.  Obviously, I assumed the first part of your simile (&quot;typing like a crazed weasel&quot;) was figurative, but that the second part (&quot;on three pounds of meth&quot;) was literal. Thinking of Kerouac and the &lt;I&gt;On The Road&lt;/I&gt; scroll, etc.  Sorry about that.  Shoulda figured the figurativeness out myself though, especially since I noted that three pounds seemed unbelievable.  Oh </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/469776996177953702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/469776996177953702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173107640000#c469776996177953702' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6153660342877867753</id><published>2007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T09:52:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Steve,I did not say that I was using meth. I wasn&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>Steve,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I did &lt;B&gt;not&lt;/B&gt; say that I was using meth. I wasn&#39;t. I said I was &quot;like...&quot; etc.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Ron</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6153660342877867753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6153660342877867753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173106320000#c6153660342877867753' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6629809736988426652</id><published>2007-03-05T09:43:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-03-05T09:43:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Forgive me for being reductive, but a thought came...</title><summary type='text'>Forgive me for being reductive, but a thought came to mind: was there more than a quasi-alliterative connection between the state of being twacked or tweaked – what with its, among other things, very pronounced tendency to induce fidgeting – and the idea of setnences that torque, given that term’s meaning of torsion (the act of twisting, or “the state of being twisted”)?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The more I think</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6629809736988426652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/8823653126979460528/comments/default/6629809736988426652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html?showComment=1173105780000#c6629809736988426652' title=''/><author><name>Steven Fama</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04378273134042527425</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/03/ive-always-found-critical-writing-to-be.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-8823653126979460528' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/8823653126979460528' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1945919831"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="March 05, 2007"/></entry></feed>