tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post789416879212625166..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: “Railroad Train to Heaven”, Part 218: gwine to runDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-20708125858725381392011-02-27T13:41:31.511-05:002011-02-27T13:41:31.511-05:00Falstaff was the cheapest beer in in my youth, bec...Falstaff was the cheapest beer in in my youth, because of the returnables. I think a case was $3.50.<br /><br />I dwell in Possibility--<br />A fairer House than Prose--<br />More numerous of Windows--<br />Superior--for Doors - <br /><br />Of Chambers as the Cedars--<br />Impregnable of Eye--<br />And for an Everlasting Roof<br />The Gambrels of the Sky-- <br /><br />Emily DickinsonGrilliciousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-86336052514182204832010-09-27T03:09:35.451-04:002010-09-27T03:09:35.451-04:00Manny and Anon: you're both very, very naughty...Manny and Anon: you're both very, very naughty.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-57030037508770041812010-09-27T00:12:44.295-04:002010-09-27T00:12:44.295-04:00I've always referred to Mark Twain as "so...I've always referred to Mark Twain as "some old homo".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-32869419378563490852010-09-26T22:32:53.632-04:002010-09-26T22:32:53.632-04:00Next time I'm going to leave that washroom att...Next time I'm going to leave that washroom attendant a better tip. And I won't swat the fly either.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16378662301271706094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-7947747886567409362010-09-26T14:25:28.132-04:002010-09-26T14:25:28.132-04:00Jennifer, I only wish you were an editor at a migh...Jennifer, I only wish you were an editor at a mighty New York publishing house!Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-31153860209905556642010-09-26T12:13:33.380-04:002010-09-26T12:13:33.380-04:00Normally I would have gone for the Rheingold, but ...<i>Normally I would have gone for the Rheingold, but considering where I was I ordered the more literary Falstaff.</i><br /><br />:)<br /><br />Why do I foresee Arnold as somehow rewriting Gertrude's novel and it becoming the success it never was??Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231744174759800033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-73653757328984048412010-09-26T04:13:26.037-04:002010-09-26T04:13:26.037-04:00Kathleen, Huck Finn is the great American hero -- ...Kathleen, Huck Finn is the great American hero -- well, next to Arnold of course.<br /><br />Catherine, the dialogue magic is on its way!<br /><br />Dean: but it's so true, isn't it?Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-85565652978414759592010-09-25T21:41:03.251-04:002010-09-25T21:41:03.251-04:00"A real bore never thinks he’s a bore.”
that..."A real bore never thinks he’s a bore.”<br /><br />that's great!DRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16337280129845449316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-7194062282696720852010-09-25T19:51:43.239-04:002010-09-25T19:51:43.239-04:00How your do this dialogue thing so damned well wit...How your do this dialogue thing so damned well with 'nary a breath between lines is beyond me! Send some talking magic over my way, will you?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-431103263964972972010-09-25T17:08:06.723-04:002010-09-25T17:08:06.723-04:00I tried to parse Emily's dialogue but I've...I tried to parse Emily's dialogue but I've always had trouble with that. Perhaps if you'd included a few em dashes.<br />PS. Clemens/Twain's Huck Finn is, I think, a true hero: he'd rather burn in hell than betray his friend Jim--and he believes in hell.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-8992349610005144512010-09-25T16:10:59.347-04:002010-09-25T16:10:59.347-04:00Thanks a lot, Jason. As the Impressions sang in &q...Thanks a lot, Jason. As the Impressions sang in "People Get Ready": "You don't need no ticket, you just get on board."Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-86431769892349055422010-09-25T11:44:40.190-04:002010-09-25T11:44:40.190-04:00thank the gods that Ye Cannot Quench is finally ou...thank the gods that Ye Cannot Quench is finally out on dvd! this is a great, great piece. i'm making my way from the beginning and reading the new installments so i should meet up with myself somewhere in the vast middle, which is where i believe the "end" of railroad train to heaven lies. if it lies anywhere.Jason Gusmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797943123500708850noreply@blogger.com