<?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-1549089718489651445.post6868660066513447040..comments</id><updated>2007-07-27T12:15:55.934-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Epic Carnival | Where Sports and Pop Culture Collide: Welcome to the Club, A-Rod</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/feeds/6868660066513447040/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html'/><author><name>DCScrap</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06109944563728433069</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-8852413453860164706</id><published>2007-07-27T12:15:55.934-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T12:15:55.934-05:00</updated><title type='text'>uh oh...its on now!</title><content type='html'>uh oh...its on now!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8852413453860164706'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8852413453860164706'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185556555934#c8852413453860164706' title=''/><author><name>Chimpanzee Rage</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02218705673999349605</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-1633229226398786721</id><published>2007-07-27T11:55:15.201-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:55:15.201-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'd still say that if someone was just browsing th...</title><content type='html'>I'd still say that if someone was just browsing the frontpage it would be unclear, especially since the title is "Welcome to the Club, A-Rod" followed by a sentence saying he had hit his 500th homer.  Merely a suggestion for the sake of clarity.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And given the West Virginia visitors from last week you might be giving people &lt;I&gt;waaaayyy&lt;/I&gt; too much credit.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/1633229226398786721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/1633229226398786721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185555315201#c1633229226398786721' title=''/><author><name>Hank W</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04213294222511187106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-2954760891113965182</id><published>2007-07-27T11:49:36.811-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:49:36.811-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I also have faith that most people who read this u...</title><content type='html'>I also have faith that most people who read this understand that by not scoring any runs last night - A Rod did in effect not hit any homeruns.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Perhaps I have given people to much credit.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/2954760891113965182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/2954760891113965182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554976811#c2954760891113965182' title=''/><author><name>theoriginaljd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00617207710938001790</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-4619964656626921502</id><published>2007-07-27T11:46:55.217-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:46:55.217-05:00</updated><title type='text'>That is after the jump though.  Just sayin.</title><content type='html'>That is after the jump though.  Just sayin.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/4619964656626921502'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/4619964656626921502'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554815217#c4619964656626921502' title=''/><author><name>Hank W</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04213294222511187106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-8968121742843876277</id><published>2007-07-27T11:45:02.801-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:45:02.801-05:00</updated><title type='text'>"The purple lipped one stands in at 499"Lather, ri...</title><content type='html'>"The purple lipped one stands in at 499"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Lather, rinse, repeat.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8968121742843876277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8968121742843876277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554702801#c8968121742843876277' title=''/><author><name>theoriginaljd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00617207710938001790</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-4318309521865737291</id><published>2007-07-27T11:44:11.143-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:44:11.143-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Shit is about to go down! I repeat! Shit is about ...</title><content type='html'>Shit is about to go down! I repeat! Shit is about to go down!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/4318309521865737291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/4318309521865737291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554651143#c4318309521865737291' title=''/><author><name>Sooze</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/06244595602514803118</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-8429809131514451114</id><published>2007-07-27T11:43:43.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:43:43.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I understand that you meant it as a joke, but I wo...</title><content type='html'>I understand that you meant it as a joke, but I would still argue that it is unclear.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"What's that? Oh, the Yankees who everyone was stiff over because of an offensive explosion in the last week scored zero runs last night and thus we will be subjected to at least one more day of "A-Rod Is So Great" stories?"&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just saying it might be clearer to the casual reader to put in something like "A-Rod still has 499?" after the "What's that?"  I'm not trying to bust your balls, just a suggestion.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8429809131514451114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8429809131514451114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554623000#c8429809131514451114' title=''/><author><name>Hank W</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04213294222511187106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6734266072812319518</id><published>2007-07-27T11:38:51.154-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:38:51.154-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Oh Snap! Carnie Fight!</title><content type='html'>Oh Snap! Carnie Fight!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/6734266072812319518'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/6734266072812319518'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554331154#c6734266072812319518' title=''/><author><name>BD</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15619683726950250604</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-1441327782720809938</id><published>2007-07-27T11:37:30.041-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:37:30.041-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Really? Not to be a party pooper but maybe you sho...</title><content type='html'>Really? Not to be a party pooper but maybe you should read more then the first line before you comment.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/1441327782720809938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/1441327782720809938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554250041#c1441327782720809938' title=''/><author><name>theoriginaljd</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00617207710938001790</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-8842643942529714123</id><published>2007-07-27T11:33:58.199-05:00</published><updated>2007-07-27T11:33:58.199-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Not to be a party pooper but..."Unless you've been...</title><content type='html'>Not to be a party pooper but...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;"Unless you've been living under a rock recently you know that last night against the hapless pitching staff of the Kansas City Royals Alex Rodriguez belted his 500th home run into the stratosphere to finally join one of the baseball's most famous clubs."&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Well...he actually hasn't done that yet.  He is still at 499.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8842643942529714123'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/6868660066513447040/comments/default/8842643942529714123'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html?showComment=1185554038199#c8842643942529714123' title=''/><author><name>Hank W</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04213294222511187106</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://www.epiccarnival.com/2007/07/welcome-to-club-rod.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549089718489651445.post-6868660066513447040' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1549089718489651445/posts/default/6868660066513447040' type='text/html'/></entry></feed>