One Thing...
...leads to another. Hence the webbiness of the WWW.
It seems that "hypergraphia" was the topic on a recent Diane Rehm Show. I didn't find the audio of that show when I was thinking about and posting about that the other day, but I did run across this story (with a picture) about Diane--her childhood traumas, her later successes as a radio interviewer and her speech disorder that struck in 1991. If you've ever heard her, certainly you've wondered as I have "has she had a stroke? What is the deal with her voice?" She looks quite other than her "shaky, rickety, wishy-washy" voice would make you imagine. She suffers from "spasmodic dysphonia" which is treated by occasional shots of botulinum toxin to the muscles of her voice box.
Her childhood was less than wonderful, although early on, a congressman suggested she should become a child actress. Her difficult growing-up reminds me of the accounts of childhood I've read from not a few bloggers. If you hear Diane on your NPR affiliate, this article will give you a new appreciation for the lady. (May require Washington Post login)