i don't comment on your posts as much as i should, your comics are great and always make me chuckle. that one where you can't remember the word until a week later is something i can relate to on a regular basis!
I dragged a friend to a Yo La Tengo concert a while ago and had to explain to him that they had been around a while. "But why haven't I heard of them then?"
(someone started a fight during that show too. What the eff?)