If Memory Serves, I'll Have Dessert Now

I thought this was an interesting article, but now I can't remember why.

[Note from Dr. Beads: I've eliminated the link to the 12/5/04 N.Y. Times Magazine article on memory because you can't get to it any more without paying. Clicking on the link leads only to a stupid drug company ad designed to persuade lay people to demand expensive prescription drugs that they may or may not need.]