Normal Memory Problems "Transience" What I carefully, compliantly learned in school? Gone. State capitals, times tables— especially the sevens and eights— gone. Geometry, algebra, calculus, Norse and Greek and Roman mythology, how to write a book report, the periodic table of elements, timelines of wars and famous men, Manifest Destiny— gone gone gone like the Nancy Drew mysteries and Archie comics in my bookcase, which gave way to absurdist theater which gave way to 18th century British novels which gave way to Judaica, psychology, meditation, eldering, death and dying. Note to self: Shredding or burning diaries may increase the likelihood of forgetting. Remember this. "Absentmindedness" Three university lectures in European History II were not encoded in memory, due to the nearness of the boy sitting to