<?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-1664775245527943341.post5673758634829725077..comments</id><updated>2010-02-07T08:57:52.978-05:00</updated><category term='moving'/><category term='road trip'/><category term='audacity'/><category term='movies'/><category term='books'/><category term='change'/><category term='celebrating'/><category term='relationships'/><category term='art'/><category term='stalking'/><category term='poll'/><category term='getting unstuck'/><category term='conference'/><category term='aging'/><category term='risk'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='literary journal'/><category term='NaNoWriMo'/><category term='travel'/><category term='overheard in new york'/><category term='MFA'/><category term='clutter'/><category term='family'/><category term='celebrity'/><category term='Taos'/><category term='procrastination'/><category term='freelance'/><category term='new york'/><category term='work'/><category term='teaching'/><category term='friends'/><category term='creative life'/><category term='terror'/><category term='feminism'/><category term='transition'/><category term='politics'/><category term='random'/><category term='music'/><category term='goals'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='crabbiness'/><category term='laziness'/><category term='blog'/><category term='decisions'/><category term='publishing'/><category term='interview'/><category term='funk and not the good kind'/><category term='criticism'/><category term='food'/><category term='coping'/><category term='queens college'/><category term='editing'/><category term='men'/><category term='desperation'/><category term='love'/><category term='health'/><category term='writing'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Comments on Life on the High Wire: But If Your Goal Is Removing a Brain Tumor, I'd Sa...</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/feeds/5673758634829725077/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html'/><author><name>deonne kahler</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='21' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rHCieASnTDk/TOPmoVZIqRI/AAAAAAAAALs/EU7G2ntSWF8/S220/Serious%2Bheadshot.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-4792909478833755460</id><published>2010-02-07T08:57:52.978-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T08:57:52.978-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Bisons - Yes! And by then I&amp;#39;ll be more than ha...</title><content type='html'>Bisons - Yes! And by then I&amp;#39;ll be more than halfway done with the revision, so we&amp;#39;ll have even more to celebrate.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4792909478833755460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4792909478833755460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265551072978#c4792909478833755460' title=''/><author><name>deonne kahler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11507714492188577969</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='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rHCieASnTDk/SypCb8s_SgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/rnCmIAYIIdk/S220/deonne+kahler+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1323553150'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-8791573619541592209</id><published>2010-02-04T19:51:27.700-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-04T19:51:27.700-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations, Deonne!  We&amp;#39;ll have to drink ...</title><content type='html'>Congratulations, Deonne!  We&amp;#39;ll have to drink SEVERAL margaritas in March to celebrate!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/8791573619541592209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/8791573619541592209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265331087700#c8791573619541592209' title=''/><author><name>Bisons</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04864492128224150119</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='05689093400698416001'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1823675279'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-1893001146038781708</id><published>2010-02-03T11:12:03.631-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-03T11:12:03.631-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Thanks, everyone! I&amp;#39;m having that margarita to...</title><content type='html'>Thanks, everyone! I&amp;#39;m having that margarita tonight, and who knows, maybe I&amp;#39;ll even throw in a taco or two. I deserve it, dammit!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/1893001146038781708'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/1893001146038781708'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265213523631#c1893001146038781708' title=''/><author><name>deonne kahler</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11507714492188577969</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='31' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_rHCieASnTDk/SypCb8s_SgI/AAAAAAAAAH4/rnCmIAYIIdk/S220/deonne+kahler+1.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1323553150'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-3274002805682514757</id><published>2010-02-02T04:26:21.982-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-02T04:26:21.982-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yay Deonne!!!

Terrific news, and such a great att...</title><content type='html'>Yay Deonne!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terrific news, and such a great attitude about drafting. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy the margarita :)</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/3274002805682514757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/3274002805682514757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265102781982#c3274002805682514757' title=''/><author><name>michelle</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09849287845323243066</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='25' height='32' src='http://bp2.blogger.com/_irw1dEDNBZ4/R6fhk7pmhRI/AAAAAAAAAP0/t6jTQTPxlGE/S220/me.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-79914598'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-2741295277852651543</id><published>2010-02-01T22:05:21.093-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T22:05:21.093-05:00</updated><title type='text'>WAY. TO. GO.
!!!!!!!!</title><content type='html'>WAY. TO. GO.&lt;br /&gt;!!!!!!!!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/2741295277852651543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/2741295277852651543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265079921093#c2741295277852651543' title=''/><author><name>Summer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14579792151557815632</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://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-73436760'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-333741853356989343</id><published>2010-02-01T18:50:13.506-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T18:50:13.506-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congrats, Deonne!</title><content type='html'>Congrats, Deonne!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/333741853356989343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/333741853356989343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265068213506#c333741853356989343' title=''/><author><name>Wendy Nelson Tokunaga</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03529294803049232598</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='24' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aeeG0up9DI0/ScbfMEppcdI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/0SEefVRO4Io/S220/WendyB%26w.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1248651064'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-7986013593959210172</id><published>2010-02-01T18:20:13.021-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T18:20:13.021-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations! Great news!</title><content type='html'>Congratulations! Great news!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/7986013593959210172'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/7986013593959210172'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265066413021#c7986013593959210172' title=''/><author><name>Erika D.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18401341362484574738</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://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-183685248'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-4026815758285414527</id><published>2010-02-01T18:16:43.417-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T18:16:43.417-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yeauh, there is that goal of my blog which I&amp;#39;m...</title><content type='html'>Yeauh, there is that goal of my blog which I&amp;#39;m not hitting, which I have to totally give you credit for the title &amp;quot;Life on The Surface&amp;quot; ha,.  Every time I write something pertinent, I end up keeping it as a draft only because I don&amp;#39;t think it meets perfection, so I back it off and attempt something different another day.  Just reading you everyday, makes me want to write everyday.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, Congrats on your first draft memoir, and I&amp;#39;m still working on the baby steps of getting a few paragraphs down at a time with some semblance of satisfaction.  Thats Life on the surface, a little muddy at times.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;m getting more confident... the more I practice.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4026815758285414527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4026815758285414527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265066203417#c4026815758285414527' title=''/><author><name>The Tusk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11372022574714082288</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='01469401551107059381'/><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_sOd1nJABlig/SZO5pkVvXgI/AAAAAAAAAA4/tefev6PQbqw/S220/017_20A.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1166717826'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-6517979438494553979</id><published>2010-02-01T17:56:14.910-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T17:56:14.910-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Congratulations!  And, let&amp;#39;s not forget that &amp;...</title><content type='html'>Congratulations!  And, let&amp;#39;s not forget that &amp;quot;decent&amp;quot; is a big step above &amp;quot;done&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;done&amp;quot; is a GIANT step above &amp;quot;I think I&amp;#39;ll write a memoir someday&amp;quot;.   Your bar is fully on medium.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/6517979438494553979'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/6517979438494553979'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265064974910#c6517979438494553979' title=''/><author><name>Sharon Graves</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10740907878961625797</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://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1033016994'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-9161838274926267079</id><published>2010-02-01T17:18:59.135-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T17:18:59.135-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Yay!  Congrats!  I  hope you get around to that ce...</title><content type='html'>Yay!  Congrats!  I  hope you get around to that celebratory margarita sooner rather than later.  After 5pm of course.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, way to GO, girl!  Low bar or high bar, sometimes I feel like I can barely &lt;i&gt;see&lt;/i&gt; the bar!  Except for the kind that serves margaritas.  Those aren&amp;#39;t so hard to find.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And on a MONDAY.  Impressive.  Congrats again!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/9161838274926267079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/9161838274926267079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265062739135#c9161838274926267079' title=''/><author><name>margosita</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06432497140892679276</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='31' height='27' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iO3Aqngp8_M/Ssp4sErqoEI/AAAAAAAAAdQ/LycfBR3ebqM/S220/IMG_0276.JPG'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-521449822'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-4746475636751764767</id><published>2010-02-01T14:49:16.289-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-01T14:49:16.289-05:00</updated><title type='text'>We really mind-fuck ourselves with the idea of per...</title><content type='html'>We really mind-fuck ourselves with the idea of perfection. It&amp;#39;s a tremendous barrier to our attempting anything (much less completing anything). I&amp;#39;m glad you&amp;#39;ve let go of it. CONGRATULATIONS on your first draft! Woo-hoo! Tacos for everyone!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4746475636751764767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/5673758634829725077/comments/default/4746475636751764767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html?showComment=1265053756289#c4746475636751764767' title=''/><author><name>Susan Mihalic</name><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.lifeonthehighwire.com/2010/02/but-if-your-goal-is-removing-brain.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1664775245527943341.post-5673758634829725077' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1664775245527943341/posts/default/5673758634829725077' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1129191897'/></entry></feed>
