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Paul Elmira, NY — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:30:23 GMT

Too bad Brad Williams didn't sit in all of the Bush administration meetings so there would be an accurate history of what did they really know and when did they know it.

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Dale Cookson, Semmes, AL — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:08:46 GMT

The founding fathers would have revolted against this administration long ago. We have become so accustomed to governmental control that we line up like sheep for fleecing. We tremble at the thought of losing our jobs. We don't deserve the freedoms of the Constitution.

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Kimberly Maxwell — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:12:19 GMT

I have found this story to very fascinating because I Can remember things very well like what we had for supper at the 2007 super bowl I mean really who remembers this kind of stuff what my husband was wearing the first time I met him what we had to eat i could meet aperson for the first time and never meet them again and remember what they were wearing and if there was any thing that stands out like tatoos scars and just details. I'm 36 with two children amd my friends say how can you remember that stuff. I know this must be gift but what purpose is it to me that I haven't figured out yet

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Oliver Williams, Sun City, Arizona and Middleton, Wisconsin — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:52:19 GMT

As I am his uncle, I can vouch for Brad's unusual talent. He was precocious, talking and playing the piano at an early age. His father was an insurance agent who worked evenings. When he returned they would watch TV or read or play games far into the night. Brad seemed to absorb everything and now he has the ability to recall events of the past. He is no "Rain Man," however. He can lose at blackjack just as fast as I can. If I ever get on Millionaire, however, he'll be the one I telephone for help.

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dustdawg, Buxton, Maine — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:23:57 GMT

Can I play memory against Brad?

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teri r. Visalia, Ca. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:46:18 GMT

I also have a good memory. When I was growing up my mom used to say I had a photographic memory. I also recall scenes from growing up in the 70's when I hear songs that trigger memories- a song that played when we were painting in our back yard, I was wearing that halter top, and my dad bbq'd those rib eye steaks- as I begin to tell about it, more details come to me. It drives my sisters crazy.

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Maureen S., Pittsburgh, PA — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 22:37:21 GMT

Excellent reporting, as usual, from Robert Bazell; fascinating man, Brad Williams.
I believe my brother has an exceptional memory, though slightly different from Brad's. He remembers events of his lifetime in exquisite detail, and historic events, mostly, he says, based on cars of the time. It's not easy to explain in a short note; however, his ability enables our Mother, who has a dementia, to "recognize" (with his help), for example, friends from the 1940's and 1950's she encounters because he remembers stories of my parents' past, though he was not yet born and has not previously met the person. He was born in 1963. He also can "connect" historic events from the early days of our city and our area (Southwestern Pennsylvania) through similar recollections, based on stories, for example, from our Grandmother from Ireland and from our father of his life during the Depression. He loves hearing similar such stories from our octogenarian and nonogenarian neighbors. He carries so many other things in his head (phone numbers, addresses with zip codes, changes in models and colors of cars from one year to the next,...), and can retrieve them in little or no time. Also, he holds two (unrelated) professional degrees. He is also an extremely caring, compassionate, decisive, and patient person.

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Dani, Chaseburg WI — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:52:02 GMT

Brad is on the radio here and they do a thing every weekday morning called "The Amazing Memory Man" and our DJ always asks him various questions dating back to when he was younger, I'd say early teens and so on, and he has yet to get one wrong! It's amazing to listen to him in the morning,I can hardly believe it. I have been told that I have an awesome memory, but compared to him, holy cow!

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Kathy, Syracuse, New York — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:31:44 GMT

I am curious about the patterns of memory recall. I picture these things in my mind, such as dates. Each has a different pattern. For example, the last century. Each decade is seen as a column, except for 1912 to 1920, which for some reason I see as a straight line from left to right and then it falls back into the columns. If someoen asks me to spell a word, I "see" the word in my mind. I find it fascinating that not everyone "sees" these patterns, words, color wheels, etc. Is this so unusual?