It just dawned on me that my respiratory distress is sympathy sickness for the upcoming Olympic games in polluted Beijing. This week, world-class Olympic athletes and I will be competing in the hacking-and-coughing competition.
Man, I wish I was in that hot, dangerous, overcrowded metropolis breathing shovels-full of that particulate-laden Chinese air right now. Or not.
(Note:Yeah, I know the picture in above link is of Shanghai. Beijing is just as dirty, trust me).