I would just like to comment on Ms. Warner's column ("Constant music listening makes us miss out on life," April 11) about music listening.

First of all, if I wanted hear the brush of corduroy; passing cars, bits of peoples unimportant conversations and my footsteps, I would go buy a ticket to STOMP.

As for missing your friends calling your name, if they have anything important to say, they would walk across the street and tap you on the shoulder to get your attention.

If not, not waving hi to them one time is not going to alienate you from them.

Then there is the "familiar stranger" you seem the need to have a two-second connection with via a wave or smile.

Those two seconds are not going to change their status from stranger to friend, so you are just wasting effort even acknowledging their existence.

Also, I don't know about you but I would not find a conversation between two people in a language I don't understand as cool. I would find it annoying and I am positive others would as well.

You make technology seem like such a huge mountain to cross in order to socialize with people. That is not the case.

Perhaps you just meet a lot of people that do not want to talk to you.