<?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/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186</id><updated>2009-12-26T00:41:51.025-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Chateau Vulgaria</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>485</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-4608574543594911606</id><published>2009-12-25T18:43:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T18:46:35.200-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Bernard Goetz</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzVO07qW9vI/AAAAAAAABqY/nH6zI-XC8-g/s1600-h/2149856811_ede35a3e15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzVO07qW9vI/AAAAAAAABqY/nH6zI-XC8-g/s320/2149856811_ede35a3e15.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419324397885781746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Bernard Goetz&lt;/span&gt; (1947-), vigilante, raised in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-4608574543594911606?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/4608574543594911606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=4608574543594911606&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4608574543594911606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4608574543594911606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/upstate-new-york-notables-bernard-goetz.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Bernard Goetz'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzVO07qW9vI/AAAAAAAABqY/nH6zI-XC8-g/s72-c/2149856811_ede35a3e15.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-6237471236625308018</id><published>2009-12-21T20:39:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-21T20:41:33.057-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: William Reynolds</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzAjkYDiz9I/AAAAAAAABqI/VlJy6ZNKVNw/s1600-h/features-02h.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 209px; height: 288px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzAjkYDiz9I/AAAAAAAABqI/VlJy6ZNKVNw/s320/features-02h.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417869459566284754" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;William Reynolds&lt;/span&gt; (1910-1997), film editor, born in Elmira, Chemung County. He's the guy with the Academy Award, presented to him by Jason Robards.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-6237471236625308018?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/6237471236625308018/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=6237471236625308018&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6237471236625308018'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6237471236625308018'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/upstate-new-york-notables-william.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: William Reynolds'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SzAjkYDiz9I/AAAAAAAABqI/VlJy6ZNKVNw/s72-c/features-02h.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-9186234104959206472</id><published>2009-12-17T20:40:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-17T20:42:25.468-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Paul Reubens</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Syrd5IV3ufI/AAAAAAAABp4/4HwfMZS7-Wk/s1600-h/250px-Paul_Reubens.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Syrd5IV3ufI/AAAAAAAABp4/4HwfMZS7-Wk/s320/250px-Paul_Reubens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416385475427940850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Paul Reubens/Paul Reubenfeld&lt;/span&gt; (1952-), actor/artist, born in Peekskill, Westchester County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-9186234104959206472?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/9186234104959206472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=9186234104959206472&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/9186234104959206472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/9186234104959206472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/upstate-new-york-notables-paul-reubens.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Paul Reubens'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Syrd5IV3ufI/AAAAAAAABp4/4HwfMZS7-Wk/s72-c/250px-Paul_Reubens.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-7341115437318895562</id><published>2009-12-16T21:18:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-16T21:26:24.072-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Rachael Ray</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SymVz9BQFMI/AAAAAAAABpA/fBj1bYwckyU/s1600-h/22_rachelray_lgl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="text-align: center;float: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px; " src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SymVz9BQFMI/AAAAAAAABpA/fBj1bYwckyU/s320/22_rachelray_lgl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416024746675410114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt;Rachael Ray&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:verdana;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-size:small;"&gt; (1968-), TV cook/author, born in Glens Falls, Warren County.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-7341115437318895562?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/7341115437318895562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=7341115437318895562&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/7341115437318895562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/7341115437318895562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/rachael-ray-1968-tv-cookauthor-born-in.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Rachael Ray'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SymVz9BQFMI/AAAAAAAABpA/fBj1bYwckyU/s72-c/22_rachelray_lgl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-8989797866111399283</id><published>2009-12-13T19:50:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-13T19:57:08.924-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Dick Randall</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SyWL87u4wAI/AAAAAAAABog/ECfyFB1hEIY/s1600-h/dick_randall_challenge_of_the_tiger.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 221px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SyWL87u4wAI/AAAAAAAABog/ECfyFB1hEIY/s320/dick_randall_challenge_of_the_tiger.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414888005925650434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 10.0px Verdana"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dick Randall/Irving Reuben&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"&gt; (1926–1996), film producer, born in unknown location in Catskill Mountains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-8989797866111399283?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/8989797866111399283/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=8989797866111399283&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/8989797866111399283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/8989797866111399283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/12/upstate-new-york-notables-dick-randall.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Dick Randall'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SyWL87u4wAI/AAAAAAAABog/ECfyFB1hEIY/s72-c/dick_randall_challenge_of_the_tiger.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-6811503074011630612</id><published>2009-10-08T05:43:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T05:46:20.958-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Dinosaur Jr. screenprinted poster available</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Ss20ocby49I/AAAAAAAABdI/a_Aoxrx0o3Y/s1600-h/+Jr+Proof.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 32 Dinosaur 0px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Ss20ocby49I/AAAAAAAABdI/a_Aoxrx0o3Y/s320/Dinosaur+Jr+Proof.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390162935952892882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I did the official poster for &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Dinosaur Jr.'s&lt;/span&gt; recent show in Clifton Park, NY. It's two colors, 12 x 18. It can be yours for $20 ppd (US) or $25 ppd (foreign). You can order via Paypal at this link: http://www.gigposters.com/classifieds/detail.php?siteid=9944&amp;pre=1&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-6811503074011630612?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/6811503074011630612/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=6811503074011630612&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6811503074011630612'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6811503074011630612'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/10/dinosaur-jr-screenprinted-poster.html' title='Dinosaur Jr. screenprinted poster available'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Ss20ocby49I/AAAAAAAABdI/a_Aoxrx0o3Y/s72-c/Dinosaur+Jr+Proof.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-5224078910973772323</id><published>2009-09-24T05:44:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T05:46:38.145-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Martha Quinn</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srs_9F9hwJI/AAAAAAAABco/e92PNqqDFFE/s1600-h/Martha_Quinn_08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srs_9F9hwJI/AAAAAAAABco/e92PNqqDFFE/s320/Martha_Quinn_08.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384968098256371858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Martha Quinn&lt;/span&gt; (1959-), MTV VJ, born in Albany, Albany County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-5224078910973772323?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/5224078910973772323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=5224078910973772323&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/5224078910973772323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/5224078910973772323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-martha-quinn.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Martha Quinn'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srs_9F9hwJI/AAAAAAAABco/e92PNqqDFFE/s72-c/Martha_Quinn_08.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-4094823659953475486</id><published>2009-09-22T05:56:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T05:57:24.701-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Mickey Rourke</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srifei9Hb6I/AAAAAAAABcI/ZhnEYKmCiEQ/s1600-h/mickey_rourke_young.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srifei9Hb6I/AAAAAAAABcI/ZhnEYKmCiEQ/s320/mickey_rourke_young.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384228701649465250" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Mickey Rourke/Philip Andre Rourke, Jr.&lt;/span&gt; (1956-), actor, born in Schenectady, Schenectady County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-4094823659953475486?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/4094823659953475486/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=4094823659953475486&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4094823659953475486'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4094823659953475486'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-mickey-rourke.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Mickey Rourke'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Srifei9Hb6I/AAAAAAAABcI/ZhnEYKmCiEQ/s72-c/mickey_rourke_young.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-3461809261199982390</id><published>2009-09-19T10:14:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-19T10:22:11.562-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Clifton Powell</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrTpCkq1RjI/AAAAAAAABbw/8YPJYzuIhCE/s1600-h/slideshow_1095028_CliftonPowell.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrTpCkq1RjI/AAAAAAAABbw/8YPJYzuIhCE/s320/slideshow_1095028_CliftonPowell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5383183685026924082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Clifton Powell&lt;/span&gt; (1947-), actor, born in Yonkers, Westchester County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-3461809261199982390?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/3461809261199982390/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=3461809261199982390&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3461809261199982390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3461809261199982390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-clifton.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Clifton Powell'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrTpCkq1RjI/AAAAAAAABbw/8YPJYzuIhCE/s72-c/slideshow_1095028_CliftonPowell.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-523696562738726944</id><published>2009-09-18T06:03:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T06:05:37.061-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: David Hyde Pierce</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrNbX30iyuI/AAAAAAAABbo/1OJrEzJ63Wo/s1600-h/hyde-pierce.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrNbX30iyuI/AAAAAAAABbo/1OJrEzJ63Wo/s320/hyde-pierce.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382746445317327586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;David Hyde Pierce&lt;/span&gt; (1959-), actor, born in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-523696562738726944?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/523696562738726944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=523696562738726944&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/523696562738726944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/523696562738726944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-david-hyde.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: David Hyde Pierce'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrNbX30iyuI/AAAAAAAABbo/1OJrEzJ63Wo/s72-c/hyde-pierce.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-2149659693610011154</id><published>2009-09-17T05:54:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T05:56:27.562-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: George M. Phelps</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrIHsm2l-eI/AAAAAAAABbg/93HtWWyvHFU/s1600-h/portr4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 168px; height: 220px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrIHsm2l-eI/AAAAAAAABbg/93HtWWyvHFU/s320/portr4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382372967586331106" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;George M. Phelps&lt;/span&gt; (1820-1895), inventor, born in Watervliet, Albany County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-2149659693610011154?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/2149659693610011154/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=2149659693610011154&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2149659693610011154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2149659693610011154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-george-m.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: George M. Phelps'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrIHsm2l-eI/AAAAAAAABbg/93HtWWyvHFU/s72-c/portr4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-8657332070459856524</id><published>2009-09-16T05:55:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T06:01:33.515-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Kristen Pfaff</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrC3C128G8I/AAAAAAAABbY/loLlcwuSxAY/s1600-h/Kristen%2BPfaff%2B1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 315px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrC3C128G8I/AAAAAAAABbY/loLlcwuSxAY/s320/Kristen%2BPfaff%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382002814152874946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt; Kristen Pfaff&lt;/span&gt; (1967-1994), bassist, born in Amherst, Erie County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-8657332070459856524?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/8657332070459856524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=8657332070459856524&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/8657332070459856524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/8657332070459856524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-kirsten-pfaff.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Kristen Pfaff'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SrC3C128G8I/AAAAAAAABbY/loLlcwuSxAY/s72-c/Kristen%2BPfaff%2B1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-2374252521612910408</id><published>2009-09-15T05:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T05:52:40.751-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: The Paley Brothers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq9j2ksdyuI/AAAAAAAABa8/YG7BFSQpNa8/s1600-h/2431367840_71da41c6c3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq9j2ksdyuI/AAAAAAAABa8/YG7BFSQpNa8/s320/2431367840_71da41c6c3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381629868945296098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;The Paley Brothers&lt;/span&gt; (1978-), musicians, raised in Crescent, Saratoga County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-2374252521612910408?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/2374252521612910408/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=2374252521612910408&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2374252521612910408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2374252521612910408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-paley.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: The Paley Brothers'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq9j2ksdyuI/AAAAAAAABa8/YG7BFSQpNa8/s72-c/2431367840_71da41c6c3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-3538712704103425550</id><published>2009-09-14T09:25:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T09:30:37.081-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Camille Paglia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq5FcAv8LBI/AAAAAAAABa0/wCqSjQhqorc/s1600-h/paglia-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq5FcAv8LBI/AAAAAAAABa0/wCqSjQhqorc/s320/paglia-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381314952294050834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Camille Paglia&lt;/span&gt; (1947-), author, born in Endicott, Broome County, raised in Oxford (Chenango County) and Syracuse (Onondaga County).&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-3538712704103425550?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/3538712704103425550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=3538712704103425550&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3538712704103425550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3538712704103425550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-camille.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Camille Paglia'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq5FcAv8LBI/AAAAAAAABa0/wCqSjQhqorc/s72-c/paglia-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-6268581005132098353</id><published>2009-09-13T11:37:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-13T11:38:22.789-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq0R5fMYiYI/AAAAAAAABas/FIy1pBDf8Cw/s1600-h/ChaunceyOlcott-031932-1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 183px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq0R5fMYiYI/AAAAAAAABas/FIy1pBDf8Cw/s320/ChaunceyOlcott-031932-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380976809101265282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chancellor "Chauncey" Olcott&lt;/span&gt; (1860-1932), actor/composer/singer, born in Buffalo, Erie County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-6268581005132098353?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/6268581005132098353/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=6268581005132098353&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6268581005132098353'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6268581005132098353'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-chancellor.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Chancellor &quot;Chauncey&quot; Olcott'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sq0R5fMYiYI/AAAAAAAABas/FIy1pBDf8Cw/s72-c/ChaunceyOlcott-031932-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-2519078948961739747</id><published>2009-09-12T10:52:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-12T10:55:13.410-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: William Sadler</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Squ2Lz6OO6I/AAAAAAAABak/kCTOntU1Dps/s1600-h/William+Sadler.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Squ2Lz6OO6I/AAAAAAAABak/kCTOntU1Dps/s320/William+Sadler.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380594493853416354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;William Sadler&lt;/span&gt; (1950-), actor, born in Buffalo, Erie County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-2519078948961739747?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/2519078948961739747/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=2519078948961739747&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2519078948961739747'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2519078948961739747'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-william.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: William Sadler'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Squ2Lz6OO6I/AAAAAAAABak/kCTOntU1Dps/s72-c/William+Sadler.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-1140763600242407214</id><published>2009-09-07T08:51:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T08:53:27.049-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Joyce Carol Oates</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqUCNt7UGlI/AAAAAAAABac/3xe_HP_h6Kg/s1600-h/OATES07C.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqUCNt7UGlI/AAAAAAAABac/3xe_HP_h6Kg/s320/OATES07C.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378707764653857362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Joyce Carol Oates&lt;/span&gt; (1938-), author, born in Lockport, Niagara County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-1140763600242407214?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/1140763600242407214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=1140763600242407214&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/1140763600242407214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/1140763600242407214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-joyce-carol.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Joyce Carol Oates'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqUCNt7UGlI/AAAAAAAABac/3xe_HP_h6Kg/s72-c/OATES07C.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-7917436083998732669</id><published>2009-09-06T07:44:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T07:46:58.236-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Ron O'Neal</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqOhKbQzLsI/AAAAAAAABaU/ltr2Mtd8k5s/s1600-h/flygun.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqOhKbQzLsI/AAAAAAAABaU/ltr2Mtd8k5s/s320/flygun.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378319580499488450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Ron O'Neal&lt;/span&gt; (1937-2004), actor, born in Utica, Oneida County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-7917436083998732669?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/7917436083998732669/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=7917436083998732669&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/7917436083998732669'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/7917436083998732669'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-ron-oneal.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Ron O&apos;Neal'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqOhKbQzLsI/AAAAAAAABaU/ltr2Mtd8k5s/s72-c/flygun.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-4684215467882865031</id><published>2009-09-05T16:26:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T16:29:07.409-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Hugh O'Brian</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqLKC3R32TI/AAAAAAAABaM/tszCfXJE0m8/s1600-h/Hugh+O%27Brian+Wyatt+Earp+2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqLKC3R32TI/AAAAAAAABaM/tszCfXJE0m8/s320/Hugh+O%27Brian+Wyatt+Earp+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378083055581255986" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Hugh O'Brian&lt;/span&gt; (1925-), actor, born in Rochester, Monroe County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-4684215467882865031?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/4684215467882865031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=4684215467882865031&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4684215467882865031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/4684215467882865031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/upstate-new-york-notables-hugh-obrian.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Hugh O&apos;Brian'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SqLKC3R32TI/AAAAAAAABaM/tszCfXJE0m8/s72-c/Hugh+O%27Brian+Wyatt+Earp+2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-2813965522372733421</id><published>2009-09-01T20:32:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-01T20:34:20.121-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wanted: Necronomicon zine (Brazil)</title><content type='html'>Looking for copies of the 1980s underground metal zine &lt;span style="font-style:italic;"&gt;Necronomicon&lt;/span&gt;. I have #2 only. It was published by Silvio Almeida and Sergio Almeida out of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is for a big book project and they will come in handy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-2813965522372733421?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/2813965522372733421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=2813965522372733421&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2813965522372733421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2813965522372733421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/09/wanted-necronomicon-zine-brazil.html' title='Wanted: Necronomicon zine (Brazil)'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-325077924666633937</id><published>2009-08-31T19:16:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-31T19:20:49.450-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Oliver North</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SpxaT6-cpOI/AAAAAAAABaE/Wlh1jzb-zYw/s1600-h/Ollie_North.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SpxaT6-cpOI/AAAAAAAABaE/Wlh1jzb-zYw/s320/Ollie_North.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376271353468724450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Oliver North&lt;/span&gt; (1943-), Iran-Contra conspirator/author, mother from Oswego, Oswego County; born in Texas; raised in Philmont, Columbia County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-325077924666633937?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/325077924666633937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=325077924666633937&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/325077924666633937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/325077924666633937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/08/upstate-new-york-notables-oliver-north.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Oliver North'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SpxaT6-cpOI/AAAAAAAABaE/Wlh1jzb-zYw/s72-c/Ollie_North.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-6359772019625429017</id><published>2009-07-08T20:46:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-08T20:49:12.877-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Chelsea Noble</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SlU-f_z4KOI/AAAAAAAABZ8/WqQZsWfV5Oo/s1600-h/chelsea-noble.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SlU-f_z4KOI/AAAAAAAABZ8/WqQZsWfV5Oo/s320/chelsea-noble.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356256051252963554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Chelsea Noble/Nancy Mueller&lt;/span&gt; (1964-), actress, born in Cheektowaga, Erie County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-6359772019625429017?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/6359772019625429017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=6359772019625429017&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6359772019625429017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/6359772019625429017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/07/upstate-new-york-notables-chelsea-noble.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Chelsea Noble'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SlU-f_z4KOI/AAAAAAAABZ8/WqQZsWfV5Oo/s72-c/chelsea-noble.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-2071264565625027456</id><published>2009-06-27T22:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-27T22:07:10.611-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Stephen Nathan</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SkbQRisTlgI/AAAAAAAABZ0/W-0uihJse6w/s1600-h/nathan_stephen.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 159px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SkbQRisTlgI/AAAAAAAABZ0/W-0uihJse6w/s320/nathan_stephen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352194206965405186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Stephen Nathan&lt;/span&gt; (1948-), actor/TV producer-writer, born in Buffalo, Erie County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-2071264565625027456?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/2071264565625027456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=2071264565625027456&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2071264565625027456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/2071264565625027456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/06/upstate-new-york-notables-stephen.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Stephen Nathan'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SkbQRisTlgI/AAAAAAAABZ0/W-0uihJse6w/s72-c/nathan_stephen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-3247776777585468099</id><published>2009-06-01T20:40:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-01T20:41:40.190-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Billy Name</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SiR1OnYiG8I/AAAAAAAABZs/Il-Jn-G-lJg/s1600-h/cover-big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SiR1OnYiG8I/AAAAAAAABZs/Il-Jn-G-lJg/s320/cover-big.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342523951918750658" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Billy Name/William Linich&lt;/span&gt; (1940-), photographer/designer, born in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-3247776777585468099?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/3247776777585468099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=3247776777585468099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3247776777585468099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3247776777585468099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/06/upstate-new-york-notables-billy-name.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Billy Name'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/SiR1OnYiG8I/AAAAAAAABZs/Il-Jn-G-lJg/s72-c/cover-big.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21221186.post-3580928452954153510</id><published>2009-05-27T20:17:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-27T20:24:01.282-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Upstate New York Notables: Art Carney</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sh3Zlgf2MiI/AAAAAAAABZg/yfEd9-j056c/s1600-h/carney.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sh3Zlgf2MiI/AAAAAAAABZg/yfEd9-j056c/s320/carney.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5340663971533173282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;Art Carney &lt;/span&gt;(1918-2003), actor, born in Mt. Vernon, Westchester County.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/21221186-3580928452954153510?l=plantweed.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/feeds/3580928452954153510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=21221186&amp;postID=3580928452954153510&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3580928452954153510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/21221186/posts/default/3580928452954153510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://plantweed.blogspot.com/2009/05/upstate-new-york-notables-art-carney.html' title='Upstate New York Notables: Art Carney'/><author><name>Robert Plante</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00399777702884446380</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='12930247609507859820'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2-nEqbfc4K8/Sh3Zlgf2MiI/AAAAAAAABZg/yfEd9-j056c/s72-c/carney.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>0</thr:total></entry></feed>