What do we need memories for? We've got the internet! I re-read the essay, thinking I might be able to work Mayor Wilkins in somewhere, but when I got to the line about the "very knowing American" what could I do? All the other stuff about Swift's buddies in the Scriblerus Club was a la Google. It's a brave new world, alright.

I'm so glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting! Don't worry about that--what d'ya call it?--oh yeah: memory thingie.