Mostly about dogs

* Sentence uttered by Prince Valiant, entirely without irony: "Awesome! Bananarama!"

* I am listening to an audio book of Jerome K Jerome's Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) and have a longing to acquire a small stubby legged dog and name it Montmorency. What a wonderful name for a dog. Monty for short.

* Two of my other favourite names I've heard for dogs owned by people we know are a Staffordshire Terrier named Edgar, and a Rottweiler named Lionel.

* During the last thunderstorms in the area Lionel became frightened and escaped from his home. His owner, one of the Prince’s workmates, drove around in the wee hours of the morning to search for him, and coming across the Rottweiler told the dog it was a big silly, hauled it in the car and drove home. Only to find Lionel had already found his way home, thank you very much, and the Big Silly who was presently occupying the back seat belonged to someone else.

* The sale of our old house fell through, which I was immensely irritated about - three weeks wasted, and so on - but now, two days post the news, I am used to the idea and not particularly bothered by it anymore. Strange that news which made me so cross on Monday that my neck went all red and splotchy (a very attractive little bodily quirk) barely ruffles my thoughts on Wednesday.