"I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words for it are focal dystonia. The symptom in my case was a pinky finger that went spastic when I tried to draw."

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Source: An Interview with the “Dilbert” Cartoonist Scott Adams by Zachary Kanin, www.newyorker.com. October 27, 2008.

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Scott Adams is a cartoonist and author, best known for creating the 'Dilbert' comic strip, which satirizes corporate culture and workplace dynamics.

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