I told another neighbor recently about the dilemma I'm facing with July 4 music this year. He joked that if I played anything by John Philip Sousa, he'd throw up. Certainly, I never aim to make anyone retch with my musical choices. However, as this holiday season feels incomplete to me without "The Stars And Stripes Forever," I played it today--at half the volume I usually would, in case he returned to the building suddenly. I played it just loudly enough so I could hear it but softly enough that it couldn't be heard through the vents.
I'm going to credit myself with being a good neighbor. I wonder if State Farm would let me do a commercial.
