Master Of Memory Gifts

'Sorry, that mental note has been deleted.'

'Noticeboard? I forgot it was there to be honest.'

My First Camera

Super Strength, Impervious to Bullets And Explosions

Clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought and memory.

'Ms Simpson, I believe I've finally done it. I've written the Great American Memo.'

Lady to man taking picture of fish: 'Wiggle him a little and get him to smile.'

'I recognize the face ... I just can't pin down the name.'

"My service animal for Alzheimer's, sonny!"

'Yeah, I don't have trouble remembering my times tables, but I stink at algebra...'

Remember my mum? I took that photo a week before she died. There's one of me...that was a good haircut.

"I always thought of my childhood home as being larger."

"You're writing a memoir? You're seven years old. Do you honestly think you can capture the interest of readers with such a short—wait, is that my name?!"

'A few messages came in during your lunch break.'

'Here comes the Papa-razzi again...'

"Most people forget they've had amnesia."

Man with post it note

Dad's old fashioned barbeque

"It's just a jogger!" "It's just a car!" "There's nothing out there now!" "I was thinking of the squirrel I saw last week"

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

"See those birch trees on the other side of the pond? That’s the exact spot where your mother first called me an idiot."

"Its my letter of resignation. I also turned it into a memoir."

"I get it! I get it! Elephants never forget. Now quit bragging about it!"

Mafia Short-Term Memory Clinic. 'Fuhgettaboutit.'

'I apologize for sending out the meeting memo late. Let me summarize by saying that the entire board is being replaced starting tomorrow.'

'What do you mean you 'forgot' the camera?!'

"Gracie, I'm so proud that you made the academic decathlon team! Here...have some of my special green tea! Ithelps you concentrate and improves your memory!"

"I figure we can blue-screen the kids in later."

"There's a wonderful book on memory tricks here, but I can't remember what I did with it!"

The Robotics Department. It says here that these guys completely replace all the cells in their bodies every seven years! Wow! What a slow upgrade cycle! If we don't replace all our parts every six months we become obsolete! It makes you wonder why they're in charge! Yeah, like they expect us to remember thousands of gigabytes of data while they forget their passwords! (Published originally on April 19, 2006)

Origins of a family tradition.

'I have the MRI scan of your brain. The right hemisphere is clogged with computer passwords.'

'Don't worry about this meeting. I got everything we need right up here.'

Animal and Human Memory

'Pictures of your family?'