i notice on the coalition provisional authority website, "business opportunities in iraq" comes before "democracy in iraq". that may be the fault of the craptastic webmaster (complete with flag animation), or it may be a reflection of priorities.
i'm watching CSI episodes on DVD and one character just said "scent triggers memory more accutely than any of the five senses." this caught my attention because i have a poor sense of smell (anosmia) and a poor long term memory. a while back, tom coates, who also has anosmia, clued me in to information about anosmia with an essay on the topic. from the comments, he seems to have helped quite a few people with anosmia down a path of discovery about the problem. i'd be interested to hear how many of these people have poor long term memory as well.