People often remember the same event so differently as to call into question what actually happened; it's also pretty easy to get people to confabulate events that didn't happen and could not have happened (the classic example is meeting Bugs Bunny at Disneyland). It's an interesting problem, especially for historians and policemen. Eyewitness accounts are notoriously subject to post-hoc modification, usually without the witness even being aware of the changes in the story.
And now, for this next week I bring you the Blog Project: seven memories, ranging from the earliest of childhood in Milwaukee to last month's trip to Chicago. Remember, I'm an unreliable narrator...but so's everyone.
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