Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label literature. Show all posts

Monday, May 2, 2011

Seven sins of memory

From the book The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers by Daniel L. Schacter

Fading, absent-mindedness, blocking, misattribution, suggestibility, bias, persistence.

Fast abstract batteries manipulate shadowy boring potatoes.
Filthy amusing bulldogs move square boring peanuts.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sinners in Dante's Hell

I am not terribly familiar with the writings on Dante, but make sure you're not one of these people:

Panderers Flatterers Simoniacs Astrologers Barterers Hypocrites Thieves Fraudulent Scandal Falsifiers

The mnemonic:
puffy fat squishy amusing bubbles hump tingly flat sad figs
plush frigid squishy active babies hork toxic fat spiney footballs