That drive ...

Shortly after last week's entry, my new route home was derailed by Taste of Syracuse, a huge annual event right outside our building. Which means some exit routes are blocked. Interestingly, Saturday night was the first time my choice of detours took me far out of my way. I ended up seeing some of the city's nicer neighborhoods. As much as you can at midnight. It made the trip half an hour longer. On a dwindling tank of gas. Yet another adventure survived.
My brother commented that I need to do what he does as he traipses across Kentucky — listen to audiobooks. I'm there, but not with the technology he suggested. So far I've listened to CDs of Obama's "Dreams from My Father," "To Kill A Mockingbird," and "The Speeches of Barack Obama."
Last week, I started "Audacity to Win," by Obama's campaign manager David Plouffe. It's very interesting -- and the only one of the books, so far, that I hadn't read or witnessed some or all of already.
But, I find myself laughing whenever the reader (not Plouffe) changes to his "Obama voice" for dialogue. Sounds more like Barack Stallone.
Next up is The Elephant Keeper. Oddly enough, I didn't think I could bear to listen to the Elie Wiesel book that was shelved next to it. But, this is a Holocaust book, too.
Something tells me that if it's stress-relief I'm looking for, I ought to find something in the Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert neighborhood next time I'm at the library.