<?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-6655370700688657486.post9081022247473652..comments</id><updated>2009-08-05T11:52:09.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on A Robert Brault Reader: A Few Bonus Thoughts</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/feeds/9081022247473652/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html'/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>bobbrault@att.net</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>13</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-2617667003592217121</id><published>2009-08-05T11:52:09.651-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T11:52:09.651-07:00</updated><title type='text'>You make me laugh!</title><content type='html'>You make me laugh!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/2617667003592217121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/2617667003592217121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1249498329651#c2617667003592217121' title=''/><author><name>Haloranch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17011053497646553864</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11996497970727186055'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-4282157104512194828</id><published>2009-07-13T11:17:09.703-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T11:17:09.703-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Haloranch,

Thanks so much.  I find it hard to com...</title><content type='html'>Haloranch,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks so much.  I find it hard to come up with just one also, which is why I post hundreds.   A buffet is easier to turn out than a gourmet entree. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/4282157104512194828'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/4282157104512194828'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247509029703#c4282157104512194828' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-1956732302664743859</id><published>2009-07-13T08:29:52.332-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-13T08:29:52.332-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I've just spent a most enjoyable morning reading y...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;ve just spent a most enjoyable morning reading your blog archives with my coffee.  I was so disappointed to come to the end of your blog, even though I had finished the coffee long before.  However, I&amp;#39;m really looking forward to going through it again.  And incidentally, I&amp;#39;m vastly impressed with the variety and quantity of your Thoughts.  It&amp;#39;s so hard to come up with just one, and you have hundreds.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/1956732302664743859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/1956732302664743859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247498992332#c1956732302664743859' title=''/><author><name>Haloranch</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17011053497646553864</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='11996497970727186055'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3506044527079718855</id><published>2009-07-12T11:17:25.794-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T11:17:25.794-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Very nice one, thank you! It's a good thing you're...</title><content type='html'>Very nice one, thank you! It&amp;#39;s a good thing you&amp;#39;re not on Twitter or I might have to put in the rules &amp;quot;relatives and Robert Brault are ineligible&amp;quot; because you&amp;#39;d probably win every contest!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/3506044527079718855'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/3506044527079718855'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247422645794#c3506044527079718855' title=''/><author><name>Terri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09583614940230883951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10346557027238447264'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-121343229834699830</id><published>2009-07-12T04:30:47.638-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-12T04:30:47.638-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Terri,

Thanks, the truth is that nearly every tho...</title><content type='html'>Terri,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks, the truth is that nearly every thought is selected from many options (as Liz demonstrates above.)  It&amp;#39;s when I can&amp;#39;t decide on the best that I throw it open to readers.  I&amp;#39;m glad to see that your &amp;quot;Under every full moon...&amp;quot; contest got such a nice response.  I left a thought of my own over on your blog site.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/121343229834699830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/121343229834699830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247398247638#c121343229834699830' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-7518403329348987008</id><published>2009-07-11T14:08:08.015-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-11T14:08:08.015-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool, a post from you! I've never been able to sta...</title><content type='html'>Cool, a post from you! I&amp;#39;ve never been able to stay away from my website either, anytime I&amp;#39;ve said I was going to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Totally enraptured with the multiple choice / make your own quotes. It takes much talent to write those!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Speaking of create your own, thanks for inspiring me to action... http://quotegarden-terri.blogspot.com/2009/07/under-every-full-moon.html</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/7518403329348987008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/7518403329348987008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247346488015#c7518403329348987008' title=''/><author><name>Terri</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09583614940230883951</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='10346557027238447264'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-7301530473853181239</id><published>2009-07-10T16:05:50.084-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T16:05:50.084-07:00</updated><title type='text'>haha!  DEFINITELY!  still smiling about that one!
...</title><content type='html'>haha!  DEFINITELY!  still smiling about that one!&lt;br /&gt;:o)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/7301530473853181239'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/7301530473853181239'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247267150084#c7301530473853181239' title=''/><author><name>Calm Energy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11196112590905903539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00260528529739766352'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-5078266051688770682</id><published>2009-07-10T14:01:47.004-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T14:01:47.004-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maria,

Thank you -- the kitchen, absolutely! I gu...</title><content type='html'>Maria,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you -- the kitchen, absolutely! I guess, when you get down to it, a loving touch compensates for an unskilled hand about everywhere except in an airplane cockpit.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/5078266051688770682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/5078266051688770682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247259707004#c5078266051688770682' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-6468114736941260850</id><published>2009-07-10T10:13:37.999-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T10:13:37.999-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Hi!  Fabulous collection of quotes!  I love them a...</title><content type='html'>Hi!  Fabulous collection of quotes!  I love them all...the first one about God - perfection and eternity is just great.&lt;br /&gt;...they&amp;#39;re all really great...&lt;br /&gt;My answer to the multiple choice question is &amp;#39;D&amp;#39;&lt;br /&gt;and I would also include :The Kitchen: &lt;br /&gt;... especially when it is I who cooks ~ love must compensate for the lack of skill :)&lt;br /&gt;~Maria</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6468114736941260850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6468114736941260850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247246017999#c6468114736941260850' title=''/><author><name>Calm Energy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11196112590905903539</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='00260528529739766352'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-6458102757122178043</id><published>2009-07-10T03:20:12.897-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T03:20:12.897-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liz,

I'd guess that you offer your kids what's ne...</title><content type='html'>Liz,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;d guess that you offer your kids what&amp;#39;s needed the most -- comfort or advice -- calling on a pretty sure instinct in the matter.  But that&amp;#39;s just a guess.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6458102757122178043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6458102757122178043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247221212897#c6458102757122178043' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-6162012683326744690</id><published>2009-07-09T21:01:28.068-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T21:01:28.068-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm glad you're back! Thanks for giving me somethi...</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m glad you&amp;#39;re back! Thanks for giving me something to think about today.  Here&amp;#39;s one for you, borrowing your template, of course:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Our most difficult task as a parent is to offer comfort instead of advice when our children fall.&amp;quot;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6162012683326744690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/6162012683326744690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247198488068#c6162012683326744690' title=''/><author><name>Liz</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07585380084930137680</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05603836746740942929'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-3336409130574993642</id><published>2009-07-09T08:39:13.520-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T08:39:13.520-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jan,

Thanks for stopping by -- and for taking the...</title><content type='html'>Jan,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by -- and for taking the interest in this blog that you have.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;smiles,&lt;br /&gt;rb</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/3336409130574993642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/3336409130574993642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247153953520#c3336409130574993642' title=''/><author><name>Robert Brault</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10075269686047305038</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='17668997886299376904'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-5350460731877561846</id><published>2009-07-09T06:53:10.176-07:00</published><updated>2009-07-09T06:53:10.176-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lovely thoughts -- certainly provides fodder for p...</title><content type='html'>Lovely thoughts -- certainly provides fodder for pondering.  Thank you!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/5350460731877561846'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/9081022247473652/comments/default/5350460731877561846'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html?showComment=1247147590176#c5350460731877561846' title=''/><author><name>Jan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11202696798578375758</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='02436830844861207369'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.robertbrault.com/2009/07/few-bonus-thoughts.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6655370700688657486.post-9081022247473652' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6655370700688657486/posts/default/9081022247473652' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>