He's a genius, but he can't drive a car, hold down a 9-to-5 job, or tell left from right. So he works from home, developing custom courses on language acquisition, numeracy, and literacy. He's autistic and he's articulate. Richard Johnson delivers a three-dimensional portrait of a very rare savant—one who can tell us how he does what he does.

It has all the cool accessories.

Yeah, yeah, I know&mdash;it's not cool to dig <I>Dilbert</I> now that it's huge. So sue me. I like Scot Adams' work ethic, the fact that he still corresponds with his readers, and his schtick. I think the strip continues to be the high point of the daily three-panel gag strips. Also, a lot is this is sadly true.

Whom are you calling a pedant? (Two guesses.)

In case that device for perfusing your head doesn't work, there's always transplantation. How has <I>this</I> been kept so quiet?

A "device for perfusing an animal head." Wonder if the patent was granted.

<I>Foreign Policy</I> posts a photo essay to accompany <A HREF="http://www.wesjones.com/shipbreakers.htm">"The Shipbreakers"</A>.