tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post6714323430956959699..comments2024-03-16T06:23:29.917-07:00Comments on The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal: breathing out and in at the symphonyPatrick J. Vazhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-30080927202055404042011-01-09T20:04:42.027-08:002011-01-09T20:04:42.027-08:00Though I would in fact have been too polite to men...Though I would in fact have been too polite to mention your emphysema coughing fit, I should point out that, from my point of view, you're exaggerating a bit how bad it sounded to the rest of us (though I'm sure it was unpleasant for you). I think you were self-conscious about it and that made it seem more disruptive than it was. So you had your own physical consciousness keeping you from the performance. And frankly I'm to blame -- you told me that lozenges give you coughing fits, and when you decided to have one after all I should have referred you to your higher power and not have been an enabler.<br /><br />Thanks again for the invitation. For anyone else who'd like to see Charlise and Terrance, you can go over to the blogroll on the right and click on, respectively, The Opera Tattler and Not for Fun Only.Patrick J. Vazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09279528648512493917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22361479.post-30630330968568882302011-01-09T18:27:30.491-08:002011-01-09T18:27:30.491-08:00A perfect and brilliant account of our evening, an...A perfect and brilliant account of our evening, and you are politely not even mentioning that I was about to have a serious emphysema coughing fit during the entire Schumann concerto after I sucked on one of your cough lozenges, and that my breathing probably sounded like something out of the ICU.<br /><br />Loved seeing you and Charlise and Terrance, though.Civic Centerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12362422142667230626noreply@blogger.com