<?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-9550390.post113510025277498184..comments</id><updated>2008-12-09T01:40:13.575-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on The Incessant Ramblings of Mark J. Layne: 2005 Christmas Letter</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/feeds/113510025277498184/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html'/><author><name>M. J. Layne</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04033885631476903593</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113924826781889056</id><published>2006-02-06T11:51:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T11:51:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Glad you are alive and still kicking...in all mean...</title><content type='html'>Glad you are alive and still kicking...in all meanings of the words. I still say that you're supposed to be a writer...too bad the rest of the world doesn't know it! Best to you, Mark...&lt;BR/&gt;Roberta S</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113924826781889056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113924826781889056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1139248260000#c113924826781889056' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113521326667811841</id><published>2005-12-21T19:01:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T19:01:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Far be it from me to fail to jump on the "I'm here...</title><content type='html'>Far be it from me to fail to jump on the "I'm here because Pirate Wench linked to this and your letter was funny" bandwagon.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I'm here because Pirate Wench linked to it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Your letter was funny.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I particularly like the image of your toddler biting people and clamping down like a dog in a Tex Avery cartoon. Having helped raise two girls through adolescence, I do not envy you one iota when that little angel becomes a teenager.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And just remember -- Lucifer was an angel, too.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113521326667811841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113521326667811841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1135213260000#c113521326667811841' title=''/><author><name>Uncle Twitchy</name><uri>http://www.livejournal.com/users/uncle_twitchy/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113521155894139337</id><published>2005-12-21T18:32:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T18:32:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>This has to be the best christmas letter I have re...</title><content type='html'>This has to be the best christmas letter I have read. I wish all the ones I received were this entertaining.&lt;BR/&gt;Thanks for the link Pirate Wench</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113521155894139337'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113521155894139337'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1135211520000#c113521155894139337' title=''/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113518674310417267</id><published>2005-12-21T11:39:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T11:39:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Also here b/c Pirate Wench featured you in her blo...</title><content type='html'>Also here b/c Pirate Wench featured you in her blog...</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113518674310417267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113518674310417267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1135186740000#c113518674310417267' title=''/><author><name>Celtic Elff</name><uri>http://celticelff.com</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113517589282869448</id><published>2005-12-21T08:38:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T08:38:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Ok, and I found it because of Pirate Wench.  I'm g...</title><content type='html'>Ok, and I found it because of Pirate Wench.  I'm glad I'm not the only one whose life has turned into this.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113517589282869448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113517589282869448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1135175880000#c113517589282869448' title=''/><author><name>G-man</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18356807554660818001</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113517374548227477</id><published>2005-12-21T08:02:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2005-12-21T08:02:00.000-06:00</updated><title type='text'>I found your blog via your Christmas letter, which...</title><content type='html'>I found your blog via your Christmas letter, which my co-worker, Nancy F., let me read because she knew I'd appreciate it.  I laughed out loud SEVERAL times!  Sure beats the two letters I got from &lt;I&gt;cats&lt;/I&gt; yesterday.  Yours is what all other Christmas letters should aspire to be!  LOVE IT!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113517374548227477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/113510025277498184/comments/default/113517374548227477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html?showComment=1135173720000#c113517374548227477' title=''/><author><name>Pirate Wench</name><uri>http://www.piratewench.org</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://markjlaynesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-christmas-letter.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9550390.post-113510025277498184' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9550390/posts/default/113510025277498184' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>