I cannot remember his name... He played Robin Williams' partner in the “Birdcage”. He also played opposite Matthew Broderick in “The Producers”. I spent most of my commuting time this morning trying to remember his name. I know the answer; I just can't retrieve it. This is a game I play to try and rebuild my synapse's responsible for knowledge retrieval.
This morning I helped B with his vocabulary words after we walked the dog. The words were 11th grade level and I only knew about half of them.
I accept my cognitive deficiencies but it still frustrates me when I struggle to learn or recall information. It is pretty amazing for a guy that is an IT consultant.
From now on I am going to learn one new word per day. Now if I could just remember one from B's list :-)
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Is it perhaps Nathan Lane?
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001447/
They say that the mind/brain is a muscle, and therefore can be exercised. It's good that you're coming up with games to keep your brain on its feet, so to speak. As for not knowing 11th grade vocabulary words, well, just remember, it may have been awhile. Do you ever watch that show "Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader"? Well, I used to really feel badly about not knowing some of the answers to the questions they give, but then I thought about it, and it's not that I'm stupid, it's just that I haven't studied those particular subjects in a long, long time.
The games are a good idea. I think I'll try something like that also. =)
That's funny.
I have the same trouble. Seems like it gets worse every year. If I only didn't have to talk...
The words dance on the edge of my brain and laugh at me as they refuse to come to the front.
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