Helen often wakes up to the alarm playing the soundtrack CD from Sophie's Choice. It's nice, gentle, a little wistful.

Anyway, when she wasn't looking, I cranked up iTunes, copied the CD, and made a new one with the first song the same as always (to give her that sense of familiarity), but the second song was this annoying little tune from an old Sherlock Holmes movie. I warn you, if you listen, it will stubbornly lodge itself in your head. Even singing it like Bob Dylan won't get it out.