The Dilbert Blog: “As regular readers of my blog know, I lost my voice about 18 months ago. Permanently. It’s something exotic called Spasmodic Dysphonia. Essentially a part of the brain that controls speech just shuts down in some people, usually after you strain your voice during a bout with allergies (in my case) or some other sort of normal laryngitis. It happens to people in my age bracket.”

Daring Fireball Linked List: “Excellent William Safire ‘On Language’ piece on how to start an email. I prefer the cold start, with no salutation.”