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Tessa Lena's avatar

Your talents are infinite, dear Manny!

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Keith Renecle's avatar

Wonderful article! Thank you! It made me think of Sammy Davis jnr. He was certainly no Clark Gable, but wow........what an artist he was! He was also married for a while to very pretty Swedish actress May Britt. Your closing sentences made me think of that.

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Emanuel E. Garcia's avatar

Thank you so much!

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Sheri's avatar

Great story, beautifully written, lots of fun and insightful too. I can also relate to your hero - I have pretty good pitch and a lover once told me that one of my many charms was a smile like Alfred E Neumann...

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Emanuel E. Garcia's avatar

Thanks, Sheri --- a smile like Mad Magazine's emblematic poster boy? Somehow I don't believe it ...

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R PRADA's avatar

I loved it! Thank you!

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StruckOff's avatar

LOVE IT

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Charles's avatar

An amusing story simply written without pretentiousness, always a challenge. Perfect pitch can be a curse. I have several recordings which inevitably bring me out in a nervous sweat when they reach a discordant note by usually the French horns. A harpsichord recording suffers a flat lower register string which drives me mad. Could they really not find a piano tuner before recording it? The discordant banging and plink plonk of the piano is annoying. A particularly disagreeable instrument as is the middle range of clarinets, the oily unctuous sound of saxophones and most other instruments whacked with lumps of wood. Human voices are a problem when associated with bods that cannot use them appropriately. Maria Callus really should have stopped while she was ahead. Her vibrato could have stalled a truck and most certainly is capable of making my eyes water... oh well, thanks for posting your short story, it gives a further insight to your personality.

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Emanuel E. Garcia's avatar

and thank you for this very illuminating series of observations! I am smiling.

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David Palmer's avatar

As a professional writer, proofreader and editor, as well as someone of whom a former girlfriend once said, "You have an unusual face", which is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my appearance, I find little to criticise in this story. (Well, I mean, proofreaders find fault, it's our job, and no self-respecting editor would ever praise a writer in case they demand more money.) Your story was charming, Manny, and wise and gently wry. I thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Emanuel E. Garcia's avatar

I am touched by your words, David, thank you so very much!

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Cathrine Brougham's avatar

Umm, no, I didn't like this story. With all the that's going on in the world, a happier story would've suited me. It was depressingly ugly.

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Keith Renecle's avatar

Hi Cathrine, that's a pity. Did you read until the end because it had a happy ending?

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Emanuel E. Garcia's avatar

Thanks for pointing that out ... I thought the story was quite uplifting in fact.

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