Monday, September 20, 2010

But you're such a charming, handsome man

A reader has complained that it's a long time since I blogged about being handsome. I actually don't think I've ever blogged about that, but if that's what my loyal readership want, who am I to complain? I am, after all, quite devastatingly handsome. And an article in the Washington Post agrees! Well, the (mostly) flattering article doesn't technically call me handsome, but it does say I'm "smartly clad in a fedora and a faded cartoon T-shirt", which shows a degree of sartorial appreciation unusual in anyone, let alone American newspapers!

Anyway, if I haven't mentioned it before, I'm taking my handsomeness and cartoon T-shirts to Gothenburg on Friday, there to test my faded memory techniques against some people who are really quite good at it and will doubtless kick my ass, metaphorically speaking. It promises to be a great weekend!

5 comments:

Geoff Peterson, LSRB said...

This partial quote from the link should really be your official statement for life, "...its purposelessness doesn't detract from its elaborate awards ceremony..."

Zoomy said...

The best line is the assertion that I can memorise "19 randomly generated numbers in 15 minutes". Now THAT'S impressive!

Bear said...
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Bear said...

Hi Ben,
Want some tips on "How to memorize abstract images"? Do you place them on journey.

Zoomy said...

Why did you delete the first question? It was a more sensible one.