tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post8796072660916850904..comments2024-01-28T02:24:23.386-05:00Comments on Dan Leo: An Arnold Schnabel Christmas sonnetDan Leohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-85156362887831174772007-12-24T14:07:00.000-05:002007-12-24T14:07:00.000-05:00Ah, Kathleen, a "most palpable hit" of a quotation...Ah, Kathleen, a "most palpable hit" of a quotation. I'm sure the Bard of Olney would have appreciated the Bard of Avon's words.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-8562712876694401552007-12-24T13:18:00.000-05:002007-12-24T13:18:00.000-05:00Sometimes, there's just no helping it.In an [Aside...Sometimes, there's just no helping it.<BR/>In an [Aside],Polonius refers to Hamlet:<BR/> <I> How pregnant sometimes his<BR/> replies are!--a happiness<BR/> that often madness hits on,<BR/> which reason and sanity could<BR/> not so prosperously be<BR/> delivered of.</I>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-5286661073480405032007-12-23T17:04:00.000-05:002007-12-23T17:04:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, Red. I found this interes...Thanks for the comments, Red. I found this interesting site called WORKSHOP OF THE WORLD—PHILADELPHIA. All about the hundreds of factories that used to thrive in this dirty old town -- including the ones mentioned in Arnold's poem -- and just about all of which are gone now.<BR/><BR/>Here's the site (read it and weep):<BR/><BR/>http://www.workshopoftheworld.com/index.html<BR/><BR/>I wonder what happened to the Proctor & Schwartz plant at 7th and Tabor Road? One of my first apartments was right near there. Gossip in the hood said that some of their workers came down with asbestos-related illnesses; thus Arnold's perhaps playful reference to their workmen hosing themselves down after their shift.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-31441308168382027352007-12-23T15:47:00.000-05:002007-12-23T15:47:00.000-05:00What insanity? Sounds very reasonable to me just a...What insanity? Sounds very reasonable to me just a bit of a time shift.<BR/><BR/>What may be insane are current operations, i.e. importing toxic food and trinkets and exporting war and bad debt. <BR/><BR/>"By the way, the Heintz factory (which Arnold and his mother lived right next door to) is now a shopping mall."<BR/><BR/>Yea who needs production, we just wanna shop. Any predictions on the next Bubble--stock market, to real estate, to...?<BR/><BR/>2008 should veddy interestink.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-31241078346627699122007-12-23T13:13:00.000-05:002007-12-23T13:13:00.000-05:00Thanks, Anon. I really miss Krass Brothers. Especi...Thanks, Anon. I really miss Krass Brothers. Especially their commercials.<BR/><BR/>By the way, the Heintz factory (which Arnold and his mother lived right next door to) is now a shopping mall.Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-31384124240128732742007-12-23T12:17:00.000-05:002007-12-23T12:17:00.000-05:00love the poemtouching references to brands make it...love the poem<BR/><BR/>touching references to brands make itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-9596816641329576602007-12-23T05:30:00.000-05:002007-12-23T05:30:00.000-05:00Ah, but this thing that knocked Arnold flat opened...Ah, but this thing that knocked Arnold flat opened up whole new worlds for him, didn't it?Dan Leohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603402268945559679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6380232356803921253.post-89492058741930391332007-12-22T18:52:00.000-05:002007-12-22T18:52:00.000-05:00Timeless, that Christmas video.Interesting sonnet,...Timeless, that Christmas video.<BR/><BR/>Interesting sonnet, too. I wonder if Arnold picked up a few bucks from the stores and brand names. I hope so.<BR/>If not, then I think maybe "Christmas Eve in Olney" might suggest that quick cringe you feel just before the thing you never saw coming knocks you flat.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12306491903311869968noreply@blogger.com