Yes… that was a Pink Floyd reference, thank you for noticing. Lately I have been noticing that I have been forgetting more and more stuff. It isn’t always easy to tell if you forget things… unless you have a wife… they are very good at reminding you and pointing it out.
I once did a post that was a joke about how I envy stupid people because life would be so easy if all you had to do was stay alive and not worry about thinking about stuff. The thing is… well of coursed there is a thing, did you think I could forget the thing???… but the thing is that I am not becoming stupid in any enjoyable sort of way. I still have a head full of crack squirrels that are always up there making me think about everything in a million different weird ways. I just forget things. I don’t know if it is age or the first hint of something serious heading my way… but I don’t like it.
It’s not like I was that good at remembering stuff before I started getting worse at it.
Pouring My Art Out 
I find I am forgetting the names of the the most memorable things & I hate it! I hate not being able to remember an actor’s name I knew so well just a month ago or the name of an ingredient that I knew the last time I made the recipe! Like you, I don’t know if it’s just old age or Alzheimer’s (there is a whole lot of that in my paternal side) but I figure there’s no sense in worrying about it! If it is Alzheimer’s it’ll be kinda ok because then I won’t remember I have difficulty breathing & so I won’t get scared & depressed about it as my COPD gets worse. Ha!
that is a nice positive spin
Shades of “Flowers for Algernon” *Gasp!* Oh, Art, it has been so good kowing you while you were smart. We’ll still come and visit ocassionally.
I will wipe the drool off the keyboard
dum da dum dum. Call in Bill Gannon….he can find anything.
do you have his number?
I forgot it
Oh dear, was that a dreadfully obvious, cliche thing to say? A sign of age on my part? or a sign I am still mentally 12 years old?
only you can answer that question
I hate it when people say that.
sorry
I mean, I don’t really claim to give answers here… I ask good questions… sometimes I come up with answers nobody else does… but they aren’t usually useful ones.
I suppose my question was rhetorical. But I should have remembered some writing advice I read many years ago: if you ask a question in your writing, answer it. So I will answer myself thusly: Say it ain’t so!
even if it isn’t so???
Waaaait a minute, is that a rhetorical question?
that is another good question
dang it
dial long distance information…ha!
on route 66
or out on highway 61, which starts her abouts.
her abouts… uh… ha
er, here abouts..Ya know, geez…gosh darn it, slipped my mind…what’s left of it.
that does sound better
Great post. Nice to meet you.
you seem vaguely familiar… or just vague…
yeah, I’m subtle too
especially without subtext
or subtitles
subtle subtitles
subtitled subtleties
subterranean subtitled subtleties
subterrestrial subtritian subtanks
subliminal submarine substantiation
submerged subpar submarine sandwiches
suppurated subcutaneous sores seeping sewage
yuck
I went with a theme
and “yuck” was my cleverest reply
awww… sorry
yeah, shameful
the shameiest
the shammiest
it is a shamefest… a shameapalooza
a shamestock
shame-o-rama
shamaraca – a Mexican Irish instrument
Shamezilla… a large Japanese lizard…
Shamenado – a b-flick about a storm of shame
shame old story, shame old song and dance, my friend.
it’s shamertime
Shames and the giant peach
Shames Heaney
Shameus O’Toole
Shamegeddon
blame the same shame game
that’s the plan stan
we have a plan?
we always do, whether we know it or not, I guess that would mean a plan has us
we been had
yeah, some people have had me, I’ll admit to that
oh my
well maybe that was just kind of obvious
just a tad
are you calling me a slut?
Not in so many words…
I prefer being called virile
I’m sure you do… how often does that happen???
I figure you have finite capacity for remembering things… and you are always chewing on stuff, so to make stuff for the new stuff, something’s gotta go… it’s like a yard sale. Only weirder. And full of crack squirrels. And aliens.
I like that way of looking at it
HAVE become? As in just recently?
it seems to be getting worse… but yes, I covered that
Seems to me like you may be seriously concerned, or else this is a prank your crack squirrels are pulling on us. But if you’re serious, I recommend you have this memory issue checked out with one of those people who wear white coats, with the telescopes hanging around their necks. What are those people called?
Well right now I have this weird pain that I thought was a pulled back muscle but is now starting to feel like I did something to my kidneys… so… one thing at a time
Darn. If it ain’t one thing, it’s another. I hope you get feeling better soon.
thanks
Do you later remember what you forgot orrrr do you never remember what you forgot. In other words if you lose your keys when you finally find them do you actually remember putting them there? Stress, lack of sleep, and high blood sugar levels all can trigger memory problems.
I mostly forget stuff my wife tells me… ha
Well then maybe your wife has memory issues?
I don’t see that as a legitimate… or smart… argument
It might make for a poor argument but it may also be fact.
sometimes things just work out that way
Just forget about it, Art. There’s only so much room on the disks.
forget about forgetting about it???
Works for me 😉
me too
The answer to your problem is…. Sorry, it slipped my mind.
I have a problem???
Not if you can’t remember where you put it. Outta sight, outta mind. Or vice versa.
outta gas… outer Mongolia…
Inner peace; inner tube.
upper Silesia lower the drawbridge
Uppa you assa. Now don’t get insulted. I wasn’t cursing you out. I was just saying “Upper USA” in an Italian accent. Don’t forget the hand gesture.
Oh… I didn’t forget the hand jester… trust me
Maybe the squrrels have been chewing some wires they shouldn’t have.
Speaking of which, this Wednesday is official Squirrel Appreciation Day.
Every day is around here
You know Arthur, poop. I cannot come up with some random thought. I too am breaking!
I thought poop was somewhat random
Deep breaths and sticky notes. I’m 23 and live by this method. Stress kills your memory.
I feel better now… thanks…
Eventually it gets better!
wait… I should be saying that to you… I’m older
I think the circumstances changed the roles of the advice giver.
maybe… I forgot what they were
I can’t recall either.
we must have solved the problem then
For memories sake, ill call it a success!
thanks for the memories
For memories sake, it was a success. Also, i loved the pink floyd reference!
Thanks… I have my moments… then I forget them
B vitamins… magnesium… and don’t worry too much, buddy! We are all in the same boat. Honestly, if my head was not attached, it would be left behind.
what were we talking about again???
Hahaha! Exact;y!
what exactly exactly what???