COMPLETE: Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 084 - jo

Post by **knotyouraveragejo** » July 9th, 2021, 4:29 pm

Most of what she wrote is probably still under copyright. I was actually surprised to see this was not, considering it was published in 1938!

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » July 9th, 2021, 10:08 pm

Good Evening:

On Being Bored
Unattributed
From Popular Magazine, December 7, 1920
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 3:19

Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_onbeingbored_unatrtributed_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at:
https://archive.org/details/popular-magazine-v-058-n-03-1920-12-07/page/190/mode/2up

I just found this...interesting, given the world situation.

Thanks
Dale

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 10th, 2021, 5:31 am

Grothmann wrote: ↑July 9th, 2021, 10:08 pm Good Evening:

On Being Bored
Unattributed
From Popular Magazine, December 7, 1920
Read by Dale Grothmann
Time 3:19

Audio at:
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_onbeingbored_unatrtributed_dg_128kb.mp3

Text at:
https://archive.org/details/popular-magazine-v-058-n-03-1920-12-07/page/190/mode/2up

I just found this...interesting, given the world situation.

Thanks
Dale

Thanks, Dale, for this little pep talk on "being involved" as a counter to feeling "bored."

There's some practical advice there. Of course, recording, proof listening, interacting with other people on the forums and, certainly, listening to LibriVox are some ways to keep boredom at bay. "To say that you are bored is to confess that you canot think keenly enough or feel vividly enough to appreciate what is going on around you."

Well read and PL OK!

One small thing, Dale, if you don't mind, would you please hold onto your next recording until vol. 085? You're a bit over the official limit of 2 recordings per person per volume in vol. 084. Thanks a lot!

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » July 10th, 2021, 10:54 am

Hi Sue:

Sorry. I didn't know there was a limit...

Dale

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 10th, 2021, 12:04 pm

That's ok, Dale, we're just trying to ensure that each volume features a wide assortment of voices. Looking forward to your participation in volume 085! You always pick interesting things to read!

Grothmann · Post by **Grothmann** » July 14th, 2021, 6:03 pm

Hi:

If you are of a mind, you might move "On Being Bored" to the next collection, when it comes out.

Dale

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 15th, 2021, 3:56 am

Grothmann wrote: ↑July 14th, 2021, 6:03 pm Hi:

If you are of a mind, you might move "On Being Bored" to the next collection, when it comes out.

Dale

Hi Dale, All your selections were short, so I'm fine with your 4 selections for 084!

I just thought 5 might be a bit overboard.

When Jo started the SNF back in 2007, there were no restrictions on the number of submissions; but over the years that I've been BC (2013-2021), as more people have started to contribute, I've had to impose some limits. First I went to 3 per person, and then 2 selections per person. However, I've always been flexible. For instance, a very long selection (over 74 minutes recording time), that has to be broken into two parts, has always counted as just one of the allowed 2.

I spent most of my working life in sales... and one thing I learned early on is that people like "specials." What might have been a "boring" trip to the grocery store gets more interesting when they see a BOGO "special" on canned tomatoes.... (Well, I'm making up this example).

So, as BC, I'm announcing that for the duration of Vol. 084, we're having a BOGO special on submissions under 10 minutes in length. Record one SNF contribution under 10 minutes in length, and you get a second selection "free." Under this rule, your 4 submissions qualify!!!

Anybody else for a 10 minute BOGO?

twylla · Post by **twylla** » July 15th, 2021, 8:02 am

May I read "Florence Nightingale to her Nurses - A SELECTION FROM MISS NIGHTINGALE’S ADDRESSES TO PROBATIONERS AND NURSES OF THE NIGHTINGALE SCHOOL AT ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL" Would that be a good fit for this section?

Thank you,
Twylla Johnson

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Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 15th, 2021, 9:01 am

twylla wrote: ↑July 15th, 2021, 8:02 am May I read "Florence Nightingale to her Nurses - A SELECTION FROM MISS NIGHTINGALE’S ADDRESSES TO PROBATIONERS AND NURSES OF THE NIGHTINGALE SCHOOL AT ST. THOMAS’S HOSPITAL" Would that be a good fit for this section?

Thank you,
Twylla Johnson

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Hi Twylla, Welcome to the Short Nonfiction Collection (SNF)!

Yes, you are most welcome to read a selection from Miss Nightingale's Addresses for the SNF. To date, the SNF does not have any selection from this particular book. The only excerpts from Nightingale's writings we have to date are from her Notes on Nursing ("Petty Management," SNF, Vol.69. and "Nursing, What it is, and what it is not," SNF. Vol. 40).

The Addresses in book form is about 150 pages long It's a little hard, for me at least, to gauge a book's length from Gutenberg, so I looked at a copy on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/florencenighting00nighiala/page/146/mode/2up). Gutenberg is fine to read from, but you will want to choose an excerpt from the book that you can read, ideally, in under 60 minutes. (The absolute limit for a SNF selection is 74 minutes).

We look forward to listening to what you have chosen. If by some chance you are not finished with your recording in time for inclusion in vol. 084, don't worry. The SNF is an on-going project, with another volume always in the offing.

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 16th, 2021, 5:15 am

The Four Gospels from a Lawyer's Standpoint
Edmund Bennett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_H._Bennett)
https://archive.org/details/fourgospelsfroml00benn
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_gospelslawyer_bennett_itd_128kb.mp3
51:58

ArthurTrinchera · Post by **ArthurTrinchera** » July 16th, 2021, 10:00 am

https://archive.org/
Is everything here public domain?
Arthur

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 16th, 2021, 10:20 am

InTheDesert wrote: ↑July 16th, 2021, 5:15 am The Four Gospels from a Lawyer's Standpoint
Edmund Bennett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_H._Bennett)
https://archive.org/details/fourgospelsfroml00benn
https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/snf084_gospelslawyer_bennett_itd_128kb.mp3
51:58

Hi In the Desert, Thank you for your contribution to vol. 084!

Edmund Bennett is a another new name for the LibriVox catalog; thank you for that! From his Wikipedia bio, it's plain that Bennett was a distinguished jurist. Here, he is attempting "to ascertain... [if] the story told in the four Gospels could be satisfactorily established by a mere reasoning process..." I found it interesting to see how he developed his premise that "substantial uniformity with circumstantial variety is one of the surest tests of truth in all historical narratives."

Overall, your reading was excellent. There is only one repeat and a few slips that need attention.

Repeat: from 2:35-2:37.5, beginning "written from that place..."

page 10, at 9:01 Text says (xvii. 24-27); you said "chapter 18."

page 47, at 41:18, Text says (xiv. 24); you said "verse 27"

page 48, at 42:18 Text says "What adroit forgers..." You said "What android forgers..."

Sue Anderson · Post by **Sue Anderson** » July 16th, 2021, 10:40 am

ArthurTrinchera wrote: ↑July 16th, 2021, 10:00 am https://archive.org/
Is everything here public domain?
Arthur

No!

https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Copyright_and_Public_Domain
https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/

Hi Arthur, Archive.org is a marvelous source for public domain reads; I use it all the time, BUT you need to do due diligence! For an overview of what constitutes "in the public domain," please check out the links I've given above. As a very general rule, if you are based in the USA, any book published PRIOR to 1926 that you find on archive.org is probably ok to read in 2021.

If you have a particular read you're interesting in doing, and you're unsure about it's public domain status, please feel free to post a link to it here, and we'll check it out for you!

ArthurTrinchera · Post by **ArthurTrinchera** » July 16th, 2021, 7:55 pm

Sue Anderson wrote: ↑July 16th, 2021, 10:40 am
ArthurTrinchera wrote: ↑July 16th, 2021, 10:00 am https://archive.org/
Is everything here public domain?
Arthur
No!

https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php?title=Copyright_and_Public_Domain
https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/public-domain/welcome/

Hi Arthur, Archive.org is a marvelous source for public domain reads; I use it all the time, BUT you need to do due diligence! For an overview of what constitutes "in the public domain," please check out the links I've given above. As a very general rule, if you are based in the USA, any book published PRIOR to 1926 that you find on archive.org is probably ok to read in 2021.

If you have a particular read you're interesting in doing, and you're unsure about it's public domain status, please feel free to post a link to it here, and we'll check it out for you!

Sue, You're the best!!

InTheDesert · Post by **InTheDesert** » July 17th, 2021, 4:48 am

Sue Anderson wrote: ↑July 16th, 2021, 10:20 am You said "What android forgers..."

Ah yes, those android forgers!

Spot checks at:
2:35, repeat beginning "written from that place..."

8:59 Text says (xvii. 24-27); you said "chapter 18."

41:18, Text says (xiv. 24); you said "verse 27"

42:17 Text says "What adroit forgers..." You said "What android forgers..."