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I have an ear infection.

I hear everything with a bit of reverb, as in a Tommy James song from the late sixties. (Wikipedia mind-boggle of the week: Tommy "Crimson and Clover" James supposedly lives in Monroe, WI.)

There's also a little man living in my ear, and he uses a sharp stick and a weather balloon to make sure that my ear always hurts in novel and interesting ways. (As I think about it, it isn't an overly long drive from Monroe to my right ear canal... I could very well have Tommy James in my ear.)

But I've been to the doctor and I've got a prescription. Crystal Blue Persuasion.