Coach Cooper would whop me upside the head with a ruler if he knew.

Coach Cooper was my high school Algebra I & II teacher. He had a fondness for giving his students irritating nicknames, but that's beside the point.

The point is, I discovered something over the weekend, doodling in my notepad while having a cup of coffee alone at a restaurant.

Sometime in the last 20 years, I have forgotten how to do all of Algebra II and most of Algebra I.

My brain had to make room for Spongebob, I guess.

It's not a good feeling knowing I am more stupider than I used to be.