It actually is my memory.  With the noted exception of proper nouns (I can’t remember names to save my life) I can remember just about anything.  It’s a talent and a curse.  People hate it when you use their own words to buttress a point.  But all in all, it comes in pretty handy most of the time.  While I can’t do math, I can recite the Social Security Numbers of every member of my family.  I can read or hear something once and it stays with me.  I don’t know why.  I remember silly stuff - a few weeks ago I learned that only 1 animal other than humans can carry leprosy.  Now, a normal, mentally healthy person would forget that odd fact since the only arena where that tidbit might come in handy is on Double Jeopardy.   Me?  I keep thinking about how I could work it into a book since it amused me.

The technical name is eidetic memory.  (see another fact you didn’t need to know).  So just to make this fun, let’s play stupid crap Rhonda stores in her brain:  (NO CHEATING! & no Googling)

1.  What is it impossible to do with your eyes closed?

2. What fish can blink with both eyes?

3. How many ways were there to make change for a US Dollar?

4. What staple food product is an ingredient on dynamite?

5. The longest one-syllable word in the English Language is . . .

Answers:

1. sneeze

2. A shark

3. 293

4. Peanut Butter

5.  Screeched

Oh, and that animal that can carry leprosy?  The Armadillo.

Happy writing, Rhonda