FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for October 24, 2009

I can totally relate. The scary part is that I’m only 25.

Greenstick, I was too. The good news is, in the last 24 years it doesn’t seem to have gotten any worse. Not any better, but not any worse.

what were you discussing ? i forgot,

My dad was taking Gingko and was telling his friend that he was taking a tablet to help with memory. His friend asked what he was taking. My dad replied, I can’t remember.

That’s ok, I get lost walking around a broom stick.

Just a warning check-in: the doc told my 94-year-old dad to stop taking gingko pills because they might worsen stroke risk.

Does anyone know what I was going to write here?

pirate at panel 3.

i have a great memory, but it’s short!

I have a photographic memory. Too bad I ran out of film.

another news flash, taking the gingko pills do nothing for your memory or brain power. Making your brain actually work is what increases brain power. Crossword puzzles, Sudko, and those type of games is what keeps the mind sharp. Also playing games that you have to move and have hand and eye coordination also help maintain and improve brain function. And no computer and video games do not qualify.

But Internet activity apparently does…

http://www.livescience.com/health/091019-internet-brain.html

On the other hand…

http://www.livescience.com/culture/090224-internet-brain.html