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Uh oh! Only 19 and half more weeks until Christmas, and you know what that means! It’s BACK TO SCHOOL TIME! YEAH! Everyone loves school!
Wait, you DON’T love school? Well, it’s probably because you’re worried you’ll forget something – in fact, the fear of forgetting something for school (like your locker combination or homework assignment you spent 3 weeks on) can be SO intense it can last WAY into your adulthood, causing you to wake up sweating and screaming, thus causing your girlfriends to leave you. But fear not! Thanks to our good friends at Verbatim, you will never forget a file again! Check out this INSANE VERBATIM STORAGE BUNDLE we’re giving away to one lucky reader!
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To Enter: Everyone has forgotten SOMETHING at some point. So to enter, simply leave us a comment telling us: What is the worst thing you ever forgotten?
Winner will be chosen randomly, Contest open to US/Canadian readers only, and ends 11:59 PM EST on Wednesday, August 23rd. Goo luck!
My parents 25th anniversary wasn’t a good one.
The family reunion.
I forgot that my wife’s iPhone was in my pocket before I went into the ocean…
I forgot my new born at daycare. Remembered right when I drove in my driveway. Had to go back and get the ” looks of shame” so I could get him back. Never again
Underwear on a week long 400 mile trip .. late night visit to Target saved the day!
my wife’s name at a party. that was awkward.
My own age. I forgot how old I was, and actually argued with someone about how i was right and I should know how old I was. I felt like a moron when I realized that I was wrong.
Momentarily forgot my eldest child’s name at school registration once.
I’ve forgotten my own birthday.
Final exam worth 60% of my grade; thankfully I had a makeup.
Forgetting to read Macenstein daily.
I hope you can forgive me Dr. Mac
Forgetting to make a backup of a hard drive of original footage for a client. I made a mistake capturing the footage and wiped the hard drive out – 2 days worth of footage!
Luckily the production company had a backup…
forgot to remain calm during a speech and ended up rushing through it in less than half allotted time.
My macbook on a train.
my cell phone and a pen in the same jacket, in the wash. phone, dead. jacket, inked.
Wallet
Forgot the correct start time of a college final my senior year and had to pass the class to graduate. Thought I was early and found the test started an hour earlier and i had 45 minutes to take the 2 hour final! Managed to push hard and finish enough to pass the test and class but had a couple of nervous days waiting for final grades to be posted.
I’m embarrassed to say, my anniversary, which is really not like me to do such a thing. Sorry, honey
I forgot to bring my soccer shoes to a soccer game when I was a kid – I had on winter boots and had to wait for my parents to drive home and get them – I didn’t get to play until the 2nd half!
I forgot a whole stack of peel off Sonic discount cards in my pocket before washing my jeans. Not only did I have to pull all the little plastic tabs out of a tall washer (and I’m 5’1″) but I lost all those 99 cent Route 44’s!
In college I once forgot to bring my scientific calculator to my statistics final. Some of the math I was able to do on my own, but there were many problems where I was helpless without it. I needed a B on the final to get a C in the class, so yeah, ended up retaking it in the spring.
Last month I forgot my belt at home… no big deal, right. I was speaking at my dad’s funeral! Well I found one in dad’s closet that fit. Close call!
My son after daughter’s swim practice? Her question “Where’s Brother?” saved me from Mom’s wrath
I don’t remember.
Back in the early 90s, before conference talks were projected from computers, I arrived a a conference and realized I had forgotten the transparencies for my talk. Fortunately, my wife was able to FedEx it to me before my talk (it wasn’t cheap back then).
Forgot to check Macenstein and missed some giveaway opportunities! Never again!
I forget..
My newborn son in the car at the mall. I only got a few steps away when my wife reminded me. He’s now 18 and she still won’t let me forget.
my wallet…wasn’t a good day!
Forgot my bathing suit on a trip to the beach
When introducing my boss to a new customer, I forgot his name.
left my phone on a plane
I realize this sounds insane, but I forgot how to spell my middle name – only momentarily, but it was still embarassing!
I forgot to set my alarm for work one day and woke up 10 minutes before I was supposed to be there. I had never gotten ready fo fast for anything in my life! I ended up being 10 minutes late for work, but now I set 3 alarms every night!
My equipment cart. Had to hand carry 6 40-60 cases a quarter mile. Never forgot it again.
I forgot to bring my notebook to a chemistry lecture and had no way to take notes, and I forget things super easily. Sitting through that lecture was tough and embarrassing because everyone else was taking their notes and I knew that I would forget everything the second I walked outside.
Forgot to switch off the breaker.
I don’t know what I’ve forgotten when I’m awake, I must have forgotten, but I have this re-occurring dream that I have forgotten my clothes! The dream usually goes like this: I’m someplace both public and important, and all I’m wearing is a pair of white choners! Everyone else is fully dressed but for some reason and I can never remember why I have elected not to. I obviously need a better dream so now I’m going to start dreaming about winning lot’s of free stuff, like all the great freebees deliver here by the fabulous Dr. Macenstein. Three cheers for the Doc!
I once forgot a good friend’s wedding 🙁
Oh great, now you’ve made me remember what I wanted to forget!
I once forgot to pick up my brother from the airport. He had work that day and wound up being late. He was not a happy camper.
change of clothes when going to work out and only realized after I had showered. man those were some stinky and sweaty clothes I had to put back on!
i had forgotten where i parked my car at the mall. since every side of the mall looks the same on the outside…it took quite a while to find my car. it had been a long day and it was embarrassing to the point of being humiliating yet hilarious.
I can’t remember what I forgot.
I forgot to adjust the gravitational constant and my new multiverse imploded. A lot of hard work sucked into a singularity, just like that.
Left the ring for my wedding at the hotel room on the way to the ceremony!! Luckily, I remembered about 5 minutes after we left.
I forgot to show up for Doctor’s Appointments so often they started billing me for all appointments that I made whether I kept them or not. And insurance doesn’t cover missed appointments.
My scientific calculator for a math final. OUCH! Thankfully my professor took pity upon me and let me use his!
Forgot toilet paper on a 4-day backpacking trip.
Last week I forgot our concert tickets.. that didnt fly over well with the BF.