<?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/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19933604.post766213103927301462..comments</id><updated>2010-01-28T00:45:09.639-06:00</updated><category term='2'/><category term='6'/><category term='Geekiness'/><category term='2010 Challenge'/><category term='World Citizen'/><category term='4'/><category term='movies'/><category term='Plays'/><category term='OUaT4'/><category term='Friday Finds'/><category term='sci-fi'/><category term='Vintage Mystery Challenge'/><category term='graphic novel'/><category term='7'/><category term='OUaT2'/><category term='2011 Challenge'/><category term='YA Challenge'/><category term='Shakespeare Challenge'/><category term='Politics'/><category term='OUaT5'/><category term='Japanese Lit Challenge'/><category term='Life'/><category term='Chunkster Challenge'/><category term='1'/><category term='TBR LITE'/><category term='RIP challenge'/><category term='Classics Challenge'/><category term='fantasy'/><category term='non-fiction'/><category term='5'/><category term='Name Challenge'/><category term='Armchair Traveller Challenge'/><category term='Personal Challenge'/><category term='10 out of 100 Challenge'/><category term='Everything Austen Challenge'/><category term='Sci-fi Experience'/><category term='POC Challenge'/><category term='Russian Challenge'/><category term='OUaT3'/><category term='TBR Dare'/><category term='Science Book Challenge'/><category term='3'/><category term='TBR Challenge'/><category term='1% Challenge'/><category term='Off the Shelf Challenge'/><category term='9409 challenge'/><category term='LOTR Readalong'/><category term='1001 books list'/><title type='text'>Comments on Cynical Optimism: neat meme</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/feeds/766213103927301462/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/766213103927301462/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/neat-meme.html'/><author><name>Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13215448457283751470</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_SOmyvxnpDaw/SKCxG065IOI/AAAAAAAAADk/rTVSMKqhN4I/s1600-R/IMG_1378.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19933604.post-6951801319846561565</id><published>2010-01-28T00:45:09.639-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-28T00:45:09.639-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I remember reading several huge rants about Lackey...</title><content type='html'>I remember reading several huge rants about Lackey&amp;#39;s portrayal of gay men in that particular series.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FYI, I&amp;#39;ve had to salvage cigarette-smoke-saturated books before, and apparently the best method is to sit the book up vertically, with the pages fanned out as much as possible. It&amp;#39;s especially good if you leave it in an area with good air circulation (obviously) and a lot of sunlight. Took two or three weeks, in my experience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;King Rat isn&amp;#39;t really worth reading, IMO.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And don&amp;#39;t blush over The Story of O! Well-written naughty books are awesome. :P</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/766213103927301462/comments/default/6951801319846561565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/766213103927301462/comments/default/6951801319846561565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/neat-meme.html?showComment=1264661109639#c6951801319846561565' title=''/><author><name>Emera</name><uri>http://theblackletters.net/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/neat-meme.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19933604.post-766213103927301462' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/posts/default/766213103927301462' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-704597496'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19933604.post-1809944786985517397</id><published>2010-01-27T05:24:08.469-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T05:24:08.469-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks for doing the meme!  What a wonderfully ecl...</title><content type='html'>Thanks for doing the meme!  What a wonderfully eclectic list of books.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/766213103927301462/comments/default/1809944786985517397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/766213103927301462/comments/default/1809944786985517397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/neat-meme.html?showComment=1264591448469#c1809944786985517397' title=''/><author><name>StuckInABook</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='23' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_h6TXwCFJ3CQ/Sp-3DyJ8uwI/AAAAAAAADRk/-EXz38w-rxM/S220/Stuck+In+A+Book2.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.cynicaloptimism.net/2010/01/neat-meme.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19933604.post-766213103927301462' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/19933604/posts/default/766213103927301462' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1129881725'/></entry></feed>
