It goes without saying that I still very much welcome your readings of whatever work I’m going through at the moment.

Speaking of which, I was a little harsh on Denny in one of my other posts. His Inferno wasn’t really up to snuff, but he *did* do a good job on “The Sea Hawk”. So all, I hope, is forgiven.

My present quarrel is with Andy Yu. He’s one of the newer Librivox readers, and he’s unmitigatedly AWFUL. I had to turn off his reading (or should I say “weeding”?) of Wood’s War of 1812 history. He’s worse than Christine butchering Carlyle’s early kings of Norway, which is saying something.

I think that if you’re going to set yourself up as a reader of English literature, you should at least be able to speak English intelligibly.

Seriously, his is the kind of help which Librivox, a wonderful Internet resource, doesn’t need.

I would have posted this rant on the Librivox forum, but my registration has expired. As an admin, can you please reinstate me? My username is Gentle Reader and my email is wlgme@aol.com. Thanks!

Walter

PS: Have you tried noise-cancellation headphones? I wear them to work here in Manhattan and they’re marvelous for cutting down the sound of traffic. People think that they’re dangerous, but in fact they only cancel low-pitched noises. You can still hear people talking and cars honking, but the vibrations which make it hard to understand spoken words are almost completely eliminated. An adequate pair costs about $40.