Once again, I've learned the folly of typing for hours directly into my blog's text window. Did you know that if you absentmindedly hold down the shift key in Windows for more than eight seconds, it changes your keyboard settings? And that it's nearly impossible to change them back easily? What's more, once the keyboard is changed, control-A and control-C don't seem to do what they're supposed to.
Really, though, this time it's kind of okay with me: Another day of processing my thoughts on An American Tragedy will likely be helpful, especially given that my response is well out of line with the general tenor of my critical caste.
Still, to Sieglinde, who gave me a pinch when I previously failed to respond to Dolora Zajick in a stodgy Met Aida some weeks ago: Mine eyes have seen the glory.