Eighteen months after he lost his normal speaking voice permanently (according to doctors), Dilbert creator Scott Adams got it back.

The weirdest part of this phenomenon is that speech is processed in different parts of the brain depending on the context. So people with this problem can often sing but they can’t talk. In my case I could do my normal professional speaking to large crowds but I could barely whisper and grunt off stage. And most people with this condition report they have the most trouble talking on the telephone or when there is background noise. I can speak normally alone, but not around others. That makes it sound like a social anxiety problem, but it’s really just a different context, because I could easily sing to those same people.

That's fascinating. People who have a severe stutter can often sing just fine too.

Nick Brendon came to Dallas to talk about his stutter once. A friend and I went to hear. He said his was from trying to be heard over his brother.

Ironically enough, I have nothing to add to the Shakespeare conversation. t shrugs Had to happen eventually, I suppose.

Random side note--Buffy (vroomvroom who posted above) is a sweetheart. Some of you may have met javachik over in GWW--Buffy is her cousin IRL. I've never met her in person, but I've had plenty of online interaction with her and like her a lot.

I have made a new LJ icon, inspired by a friend:

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Hee. I've got one along the same theme (I think), though very different in execution: [link]

Heeeeeeeee, brenda. Nice.

That idiot never learned anything. They do call that junk he used "hillbilly heroin", you know.

The misunderstanding-that-can-be-resolved-by-one-conversation thing annoys me in any show.

Annoys a lot more IRL. At least I can turn off the tv.

And it a cool brisk morning in Florida! Whee! On my way to school. I still won't bother to put shoes on. It's not that cold.

eta: Checked weather. It is 60.4F, which is funny since the forecast is for a low of 67F today. High of 76F which rocks since I can leave the air off for the first time since last Spring.

The first day that I can leave the air off is like a BGD because it is my unofficial end of hurricane season day. We made it all summer. We needed a year off to get with the repairs from the last 2 years. Still plenty of ripped apart screen rooms (like mine) and blue roofs. But the area has a chance now to get things fixed before next year. If you call a repair company they don't laugh and hang up anymore. They still give you a date months out, but they talk possibility. Again I say Whee!

Hmmmm...trying to decide if I want to write an ed/op letter to the Boston Globe. Don't really have time. Feel it is important.