I was rubbing Buddy the cat's belly when I first became aware of a faint murmur.

Aside:  Turns out that Buddy had a name before coming to me with the name Kitty. I found out that the little girl who first had Buddy called him Tip Toe. She's not little anymore and off away at college which it seems is why I wound up with Buddy. Buddy seems to respond to his new name. He comes when called, for instance. But I like his first name so his official name will now be Buddy Tip Toe.

I heard what? Disjointed voices? Talking between whisperers? I muted the TV and could still hear faint talking?

For a moment, I even had the bizarre idea that perhaps I was beginning to experience the onset of schizophrenia.

It wasn't until I decided to call it a day that I discovered what was going on. It was iTunes playing music with the sound turned almost off. When the iTunes window opened, it was smaller than my viewing window so I didn't realize it was there. Buddy Tip Toe must have stepped on the right key when he walked around on my keyboard.

It's late. I'm tired.