diff --git a/vocodes/public/avatars/wilford-brimley.jpg b/vocodes/public/avatars/wilford-brimley.jpg
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/vocodes/public/full/wilford-brimley-full.png b/vocodes/public/full/wilford-brimley-full.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts b/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
index b0f9644721..0641532c08 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
+++ b/vocodes/src/model/Speakers.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,14 @@ const SPEAKERS : Speaker[] = [
     fullUrl: "tupac-shakur-full.png",
     voiceQuality: 5.0,
   }),
+  Speaker.fromJson({
+    name: "Wilford Brimley",
+    slug: "wilford-brimley",
+    description: "Actor",
+    avatarUrl: "wilford-brimley.jpg",
+    fullUrl: "wilford-brimley-full.png",
+    voiceQuality: 7.4,
+  }),
 ];
 
 export { Speaker, SPEAKERS };
diff --git a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/SpeakComponent.tsx b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/SpeakComponent.tsx
index f34bc230c1..7fe5006a19 100644
--- a/vocodes/src/modes/speak/SpeakComponent.tsx
+++ b/vocodes/src/modes/speak/SpeakComponent.tsx
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class SpeakComponent extends React.Component<Props, State> {
 
   onSpeakError = () => {
     this.setMessage(StatusState.ERROR, 
-      "There was an error and I still haven't implemented retry to make it invisible. You can absolutely submit your request again a few times. This is a self-healing Kubernetes cluster.");
+      "There was an error and I still haven't implemented retry to make it invisible. You can absolutely submit your request again a few times. This is a self-healing Kubernetes cluster. Some models (voices) get more load than others or are scaled to fewer or more pods.");
   }
 
   onPlay = () => {