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"Dilbert" Creator Gets Voice Back
Scott Adams lost his voice 18 months ago to a disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia. One day, it returned. He is apparently the first person in history to recover from this malady. Read his account. It is inspirational. I can't find any other word for it.
That leaves me speechless.
Sorry...
"A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
Or a comma.
I swear if I were him I'd keep using the Enlightenment icon for stories of inspiration just for the near-violent reaction it gets. No offense, but you're all rather uptight in an amusing sort of way.
I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition...
Reminds me of a Monty Python sketch where one of the characters was unable to say the letter "c" because of a trauma he had suffered as a sbhoolboy, so he used "b" instead. Midway through the sketch, it was pointed out to him that he could talk normally if he instead used "k" for "c".
A legparnasom tele van angolnaval.
Enlightening, perhaps?
I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition...
Sigh...nobody ever does...
No I'm sorry, I'm not prepared to pursue my line of enquiry any further as I think this is getting too silly.
Nobody expects the inquisition. Especially not during the period of Spanish Enlightenment. Which makes for a really terrible pun.
You, my good sir, need to lay off the Monty Python. It's messing with your head.
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NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.
Why? Because some of us are actually interested in Enlightenment's development and upcoming release. As it is this is something very much like bait and switch. I see the icon, and get a craptasic story instead of something related to E. Is it so fucking hard to cook up a human interest icon? Maybe a fluffy kitten, or a pink pony?
This is a great idea, and I don't know why you were modded to zero. We need a human-interest type of category. I suggest a kitten crossed with a pony, like the skull and crossbones. I for one, welcome our new kitten/pony icon/category overlords!
Zhrodague.net - I do projects and stuff too.
"In the game of life, someone always has to lose. To me, if life were fair, that someone would always be Oklahoma." -DKR
So are you suggesting a fat buddha, which is actually a representation of someone else, or a skinny ass-kicking buddha in silks? Maybe we could depict him sparring with Kung'Fu Tse.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Did someone say ponies? ...
like omg! p0n13z!!1!!
(I have no idea why I think this is as funny as I do. Honestly.)
Dr. Gregory House would figure that shit out within 60 minutes (less commercials).
Dude, we're just PISSED because we've been waiting, what, like ten years for E17?
- None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license. -- John Milton
Is anyone else a bit surprised that a Slashdot editor didn't know that Enlightenment was a window manager, and even worse, used it incorrectly three times? After the first time, one of the other editors should have pointed it out to him, eh?
"Sufferin' succotash."
No I'm the original poster and I've missed a "can't see why".
So wait... that means he's a girl?
---GEC
I'm but the humble pupil, seeking to snatch the scratchbuilt pebble from the master's fully articulated hand
Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas can kill anyone they want! Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas cut off heads ALL the time and don't even think twice about it. These guys are so crazy and awesome that they flip out ALL the time. I heard that there was this Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddha who was eating at a diner. And when some dude dropped a spoon the Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddha killed the whole town. My friend Mark said that he saw a Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddha totally uppercut some kid just because the kid opened a window.
And that's what I call REAL Ultimate Power!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't believe that Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas have REAL Ultimate Power you better get a life right now or they will chop your head off!!! It's an easy choice, if you ask me.
Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas are sooooooooooo sweet that I want to crap my pants. I can't believe it sometimes, but I feel it inside my heart. These guys are totally awesome and that's a fact. Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas are fast, smooth, cool, strong, powerful, and sweet. I can't wait to start yoga next year. I love Skinny-Ass-Kicking Buddhas with all of my body (including my pee pee).
We apologize for the inconvenience.
I'm confused. You are supposed to "Do no harm" yet you handed this guy his own ass with this comment? :)
If a job's not worth doing, it's not worth doing right.
As a surgeon, I was actually pretty impressed with his skill at minimizing blood loss while performing a proctocephelectomy.
I didn't ignore the content of the post. I read it and enjoyed it, then logged in to post about kdawson's ridiculous mistake.
"Sufferin' succotash."
Luxury! When I were a lad we we luck to get water!
Common sense is not so common
> Just because there's no news for a topic doesn't mean that topic should be turned into something else...
That's right: they still have the Amiga category and haven't changed it to "News about Checkered Balls".... yet.
But what happens when they meet Chuck Norris?
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