Dyslexia usually have a higher IQ. If Mommy and Daddy have money they find something that is doable (like be a US President) with what they have. If not, they can't do anything in this this modern world that pays, get treated badly and have a hard life. Many of the not dumb criminals have a higher IQ and have dyslexia. Their life made them mean.

@gwdupree: Deregulation let the foxes guard the henhouse. Now there's blood and feathers everywhere, but no more chickens, and the foxes are demanding that we let them guard at least 700 bn more of our chickens. Problem is, we don't have anyone else to guard the chickens, and there are worse things than foxes.

I don't like the bail-out options I have heard so far, but I haven't seen any better options.

damn, i need to see those lists so i can sleep better at night. and yes, that would be totally hilarious, especially nowadays when people are looking for anything to connect them to someone who seems to be "better" than they are (read: have more money). those kinds of apps and quizzes are abundant on Myspazz and Facebook, and they are cute -- you can see what stupid Hollywood star you look like or which Dilbert character you are, or how many starlettes have your same birth month. oh joy!!!!!

on another note, Walmart and Sams both suck. they are bottom-feeder places that contribute to poor wages and low expectations by Americans in both quality of goods and quality of service. it's the Walmarts and McDonaldses of this country that have helped create an entire class (if you will) of people with no skills and no manners and made it "ok" to be like that. of course, if we bring in some Elbonians, we might appreciate the cranky !$%*! behind the McD's counter a little more.

before I start I better explain my step-kids are dyslexic so I know it is for real.

but you know that email thing that did the rounds a while back where if you get the 1st and last letters correct all the other letters can be jumbled up and the brain still reads the sentance - how does that fit in with dyslexia then??

to prove what i just said - but you konw taht eiaml tnhig taht did the rdunos a wlhie bcak wehre if you get thw 1st and lsat ltreets cercret all the ohetr.......

Cavpollo: Poor writing can simply mean you do not practice good writing with enough frequency. However, it could also be a sign of dysgraphia (dyslexia: reading as dysgraphia:writing).

I was going to check out each link you gave but after I visited the first link and hit the back button on my browser I had to wait 60 seconds while "waiting for dilbert.com". You web site is terribly slow. So I said !$%* it. I thought you should know.

Your list made me disappointed about not being dyslexic. Then I read a comment from a nice guy that Einstein was not dyslexic. I decided that the commenter was right and the post was wrong (this might be related to yesterday's blog). So, there's at least one person on that list who I have something in common with...especially something related to brain activity.
That being said, feel free to point out any spelging mistakes in this comment. I can't wait to join the list.

@KevinKunreuther asks "Costco? What's wrong with Sam's Club? (Must be the convenience ...)"

I used to love WalMart. They were the first ones to bring decent prices to rural America. I belonged to TWC in Fort Wayne, which was bought by Sam's Club in the 1980s, and I continued going to Sam's when I moved to Columbus, Ohio in the 1990s.

Both Sam's and WalMart became a lot more user-hostile since Sam Walton died, and I now avoid both stores when I can. WalMart has generic insulin for $21, everyone else charges $35, and WalMart has cryovac packer brisket, which nobody else sells, but those two items are all I ever go to WalMart for. I joined Costco when I moved to Lancaster, PA, because I needed new tires, and was surprised and overjoyed that they acted as if they welcomed my trade, so I kept buying stuff there.

And I can easily pay for my membership just with the savings on gasoline. I've never run across a Sam's Club that sells gasoline.

Consumer Reports says Costco is better for groceries (better perishables), electronics and small appliances (lower prices), and eyeglasses (better service), and Sam's Club has a better return policy for electronics.

THE ECONOMY.

I know, I know that was last week. The "$700 billion bailout" was not approved today and the stock market totally tanked. Something has to be done to climb out of this mess before we sink to the bottom, wherever that is and we might already be there and it's too late to recover.

The bailout was to reward those who made all the horrible subprime loans to unqualified borrowers because real estate values kept going out of sight. People were getting invitations for credit cards in the mail each day and soon maxed them out, and then refinanced their houses to pay off the credit cards, so they could go out and do it again.

There has to be accountability for mistakes like that and the wrong way to resolve it is to give $700 billion to the people who caused the mess to begin with. How about we do this from the bottom up and not the top down. Remember Reagan's "trickle down" economics? It was really "piss on you." How about we do this from the bottom up?

My thesis: The bailout goes to pay 50% of people's mortgages and other debt. That would mean maybe those in danger of losing their homes might be able to meet their payments, thus averting foreclosure and repossessions of their cars and toys. Those who are not in trouble would then have disposable income to add to the economy (have a Merry Christmas everyone). Housing prices would drop because of the injection of bailout funds, therefore those who wish to buy a house might qualify for new financing, such as returning Iraq war veterans. A 50% reduction for outstanding student loans would allow those who are burdened with them could be able to buy a home.

Mostly, those who are struggling to make ends meet so they can feed their families, heat their homes, and pay the mortgage would get the direct benefit rather than the CEOs of the finance industry who are directly responsible for causing this mess.

How about we "trickle up"?


Jerry

This reminds me of that website that you put a photo in and it tells you who you look like:
http://www.myheritage.com/face-recognition
Why isn't anyone beating down my door to put me in movies if I look like those guys?

Scott: I wanted you to know you've just been added to the prestigious "List of People Who are on Lists".

1.) Costco? What's wrong with Sam's Club? (Must be the convenience ...)

2.) Say, you could be in those new Microsoft commercials (I'm a PC).

3.) You can read aloud a Top Ten list on The Late Show with David Letterman - Top Ten Lists, I, Scott Adams Appears On.

Let us see, famous people who are like me. Well, I served ten years in the Massachusetts state senate and B.O. served eight years in the Illinois state senate, so I can be on that list with Obama. Hey, less than four years ago, I was more experienced than the guy who all-the-media-that-matter and celebrities-who-tell-us-what-to-think are supporting for president. I should have kept up. Okay, I served in the military, so that disqualifies me.

I do not have advisers like Franklin Raines, Jim Johnson and Tim Howard, as Obama does, so I can not get on the list of People who are Pals with Folks who Looted Fannie Mae. Nor can I get on his list of people who got deals on mansions with help from a convicted felon, as I do not know anyone like Tony Rezko.

I was never a governor, so I am not close to being as experienced for an executive job as Palin, am not a hockey mom and never shot a caribou, so I can not get on her lists.

I am a PC user, I am not a Unitarian, I am in Mensa, so I can get on some of the lists Scott is on—or should be on. But not being a brilliant cartoonist, I need the ego satisfaction, and pay my dues to Mensa. Brilliant was not mean sarcastically—I am a fan.

hahahaha, you got a good idea for low-self-steam people or for people who feel hopelessly different

by the way, is there a list of people who TYPE as if they were dislexic? or the peopel who have the worst handwritting?... cuz i would fit rigth there easily
XD

Speaking of Costco, I could really go for a churro.

Add me to that list, please.

Perhaps what really makes people feel good is knowing they have something (particularly a problem or shortcoming) in common with _someone_, and since you're fairly unlikely to find out that a random person selected from the Moline, Illinois phone directory has that problem, finding out that a famous person has it satisfies the "I'm not alone" feeling. I consider myself a very rational person, and rationally I know that no problem or shortcoming I face is unique in human history, but still, finding out that a specific, named individual has it too makes me feel better. I guess it's part of human nature or socialization.

Scott you are too funny!

My guess is that the Scott Adams from the UU list is not you, but rather the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_(skier)">Australian skier</a> or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Adams_(game_designer)">game designer</a>, or perhaps the Wall Street guy who was quoted in Time recently (I can't find the link).

It's funny you should mention dyslexia today. I just found out that I too have dyslexia when a few days ago I got into a shouting match with the meat market manager at out local grocery store about the selling meat from an endagered species. Lion chops indeed, they should be ashamed.