TEAR GAS. That is the acronym I came up with for the different strategies for “evidence”. While in the military, we used acronyms and abbreviations as mnemonics. The more colorful the acronym, the easier it was to remember. For instance, FUBAR stood for “ Fucked up beyond all recognition”, and BOHICA was for “Bend over, here it comes again.” Yes it sounds crass, and yes, it is vulgar, but that is the effectiveness of it, the reason they can be remembered. There are more embedded in my memory banks, but they are too colorful and their relevance here is not noteworthy. My acronym for the types of evidence is not offending at all. TEAR GAS, is for Testimony, Example, Analogy, Research, Generally accepted knowledge, Anecdote, and Statistics. Very easy to remember, however, I still had to refer to my notes to figure out what each letter stood for.