me: “how do I get to my appointment at an office I’ve been to 30 times in the past two years?” my brain: “… not sure, maybe you should plug it into google maps” me: “what was nomar garciaparra’s batting average in 2000?” my brain, instantly: “.372!”

Your brain knows the first time you go by memory there's going to be a bizzaro traffic issue.

This is me but with encyclopedic recall of Star Trek episodes.

me: how do I get to my appointment at a Dr I've been seeing for years? my brain: … not sure, plug it into google maps me: what was the name of that little restaurant that used to be where her office is? my brain, instantly: cafe Anjel, house made tortillas, greatest red chile around. Priorities.

I can recall, in excruciating detail, the history and political intrigues of a fictional elf kingdom from a LARP I played twenty years ago, but I cannot remember Monday is trash day.

I spend a lot of time with my nephews, and their neighbor friend is named either Chloe or Cleo. I cannot for the life of me figure out a way to remember which.

me: 'I know that route, I don't need to google it.' my brain: 'OK, but just don't think of any song lyrics on our way, and may the odds be ever in your favor.'

It’s fine, you’re prioritizing important stuff to cache and unimportant stuff to external storage

You will perhaps be shocked to know that having sufficient problems navigating places to have developed the reflexive twitch about it can also be an ADHD symptom

my brain has two halves but instead of the usual left and right it's "Pokemon facts" and "everything else"

In moments of doubt, be still and ask Nomahh.