Ailing 'Dilbert' cartoonist talks again
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061027/ap_on_en_ot/dilbert_cartoonist"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061027/capt.c464a79df9bf4e5da692bd29b8bdc2fd.dilbert_cartoonist_fx101.jpg?x=130&y=86&sig=HZJYj53Q2ZTQFdmM6aXD.Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, works on his comic strip in his studio in in Dublin, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2006. Adams, 49, appears to be a rare example of someone who has largely but not totally, recovered from Spasmodic Dysphonia, a mysterious disease in which parts of the brain controlling speech shut down or go haywire. As many as 30,000 Americans are afflicted, typically in their 40s and 50s, experts say. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)" border="0" /></a>AP - A balding, bespectacled working stiff inexplicably loses his voice — except when speaking in rhyme or pinching his nose.</p><br clear="all"/>