Ok I am totally embarrased.

[Raven]

for all memories and specifically remembering a name....

they are stored as pictures in your brain..... after retrieving the picture you then start to see words that go with them

thats when you remember something.... the picture you associate with the particular name or object is called a "TAG"
and the more bizare it is....the easier it is to remember it.

note: never ever! say: damn i can't remember
now... because in that case you just gave your brain a direct order not to remember.... (and.......you won't!! )

it's much better to say this.... a few times, " I am remembering.......or.... it is coming to me....i will remember, and then -> quit trying
so hard for a minute and the memory will drift up to your frontal lobe just like on the bottom of the old eightball toy.

also at age forty or so you produce less oxygen to your brain so taking a suppliment to increase the amount of oxygen to your brain works wonders....and that would be GINKO BILOBA... and it really works....