What do you fear most?

I have a friend who has a terror of spiders. He's 6'4” tall. They give him the creeps, he says. Me, it's the recurring student nightmare...the one where I'm sitting in front of the class. The professor hands out the exam that will be, like 90% of my grade. I have no memory that there was to be an exam. I see the page and my mind goes blank. Sound familiar?

We fear losing our memory more than losing our physical abilities, according to Martha Weinman Lear, author of “Where Did I Leave My Glasses?: The What, When and Why of Normal Memory Loss.” And why not? Memory, a characteristic that separates us from the animal kingdom, connects our past and our present with our future. It makes an ordinary person extraordinary upon entering a crowded room, greeting person after person, recalling the name of a spouse, a pet, a golf outing two years ago, the preference of another for vacations in the Canary Islands. Recall like this builds relationships and cements business deals.

It's an exceedingly rare person who has, as Brad Williams, a Wisconsin man does, what is called “superior autobiographical memory.” He can remember what he was doing and what was happening in the world on any given day in history; even where you sat in the restaurant where you met and what the weather was like that day.

Most of us can't remember where we parked the car in the airport parking garage after a three-day business trip. Let alone remember which second cousin attended last summer's family reunion or the exact comment made in the elevator by your boss about focus group #3, as you left the sessions. Frankly, we all need reQall.

I'm particularly excited about reQall's ability to store richer content. We can now put more of what you want to know and remember – even import web content and photographic images – into your personal memory system. I like the real memory-jogging “just-in-time” capability of reQall on instant messenger. We'd like your feedback on a “quick thought” function we're developing. It works like this: if a web page reminds you of something you want to remember, try adding a quick thought to reQall right from your browser toolbar.

What do you most fear forgetting? We'd like to know! How are you using reQall to help you remember things better?

'Til next week,
Sunil

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barney he is the scaryest thing a live. Mostly MILEY CYRUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!I HATE HER VOICE SHE SOUNDS LIKE A PIG SQILING