Sweetie

Sweetie, the rottweiler on the corner, has a new housemate; his people brought home a little pom a few days ago. We met him today, as I was walking Buster and Gracie. (They told me his name, but I can't remember it. Something like Koko, maybe?) He was very friendly, coming over for a sniff'n'wag and accepting a few strokes from me. (Wonderful fur, almost as good as Buster's.) Sweetie watched benignly from a distance. His silence may be accounted for by the thing like a large folded frisbee he had in his mouth, but his posture was relaxed; he didn't even react when I brought B&G onto the fringes of his yard.

Maybe having another dog in the house has persuaded him that it is, indeed, possible to be civil to other dogs.

There's a Dead Body in My Dining Area

Well, not my dining area; Marcus Camillus' dining area, in his Falkreath mansion.

( Don't Open the Door! )

Sunday Music: Faster Than the Speed of Night, Bonnie Tyler

Album Title: Faster Than the Speed of Night

Why I Bought It: For "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

What I Like (Distressed): "Total Eclipse of the Heart". I suppose many people consider this one overwrought, and I can see their point. Still, the singer's emotional distress, sliding from the almost whispered "Once upon a time there was light in my life" to the screamed "I'm livin' in a powder keg and givin' off sparks", makes for a good song, in my opinion. I class this one alongside Sheena Easton's "I Wouldn't Beg For Water", in the "am I really who I thought I was?" category.

What I Kinda Like (Decent Cover): "Have You Ever Seen the Rain". I vacillate on this one, sometimes rating it above CCR's version, sometimes below. Tyler's raspy voice works better, I think, than Fogerty's clearer one, for this song.

Overall: Along with the two songs above, "Faster Than the Speed of Night" appeals to me a little. The rest of the album I can, at best, take or leave; "Getting So Excited" and "It's a Jungle Out There" actually repel me. This is the kind of situation that the purchase of individual .mp3s is for.