Heh heh. Lots of us have these quirks. I think that no matter what, it's valuable to learn to work around them. Even people with really excellent, quirkless memories often use paper or electronic devices to extend their mental capacities, and learning to be effective that way isn't a bad thing. From that perspective I think that strategies such as replacing names with shorthand such as initials, transposing problems, etc. are not bad to practice, as long as they are not a useless crutch and result in greater accuracy.
