Comments on: A Few Harriet Statistics

By: thomas brady

thomas brady — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:46:36 +0000

Diane,

Funny you mention ‘play pen,’ for that was the gist of the debate; some were saying Robert Service is a poet for kids.
What do you think?

Thomas

By: Diane Dolphin

Diane Dolphin — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:56:32 +0000

Wow,
You’ve really got a problem here. If people can’t even sift through the self-absorbed comments of these few “regulars” to find anyone else’s comments AND if these self-absorbed regulars are so self absorbed they don’t care about giving anyone else space to comment, then it might be time to limit their comments, or give them their own little, self-contained comment “play pen” off to the side somewhere. Otherwise the rest of your visitors will just stop visiting eventually.

By: michael

michael — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:02:00 +0000

bunch of weirdos. love you.

By: Henry Gould

Henry Gould — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:49:10 +0000

I think you must be a pseudonym – hard to believe you’re real. Some kind of “destroy Harriet” bot. Take it easy, friend. Feeble puns bespeak feeble brain. Rest. Recuperate. Adios.

By: Jack Conway

Jack Conway — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:45:26 +0000

Boy that kid must’ve been rich. He had a cattle drive him? It must’ve cost a lot of money to teach a cow how to do that. Bet he could steer great though.

By: Jack Conway

Jack Conway — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:41:35 +0000

Activa, isn’t that a laxative?

By: Jack Conway

Jack Conway — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:40:46 +0000

Zzzzz! Oops. Sorry. Did you say something Hank? Can you hear this sound? It’s the sound of the smallest violin being played.

By: Henry Gould

Henry Gould — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:39:20 +0000

All in your feeble mind, brother.

Robert Service was recommended to me by my roommate in college, who was a Classics major (his own personal favorite was Propertius – he used to read Greek & Latin poetry with a mini-Sony TV perched on his capacious midriff). He was one of the wealthiest kids in Kansas City (cattle-drive money). He wore cowboy boots. He became an expatriate. Eventually went to work for an international refugee agency in Switzerland. Now lives in Latin America, helping poor people. Has spent a lot of time in refugee crisis locations (like Chechnya). I think Service represented the vita activa (as opposed to collegiate life in the Ivy League).

By: Jack Conway

Jack Conway — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:27:39 +0000

Oh my feelings are so hurt. Boo-hoo. Yeah Hank, I feel your pain now go back to torturing little kids with your boorish behavior and fancy illustrated version of Service.

By: Henry Gould

Henry Gould — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:07:25 +0000

But you’re not DOING poetry, pal. You’re just doing Jack Conway. & let em tell you, friend : internet bullying & machismo is the TRUE Yellow Badge of Cowardice. It gets very boring. Suggestion : go read some Robert Service. Report back.