sleep

You Are What You Do

August 28, 2009 · 3 comments

The Japanese have a saying: “A man is whatever room he is in.” – Burt Cooper, Mad Men The average American sleeps about 7 hours a night. That leaves them 17 hours in a day. Now, if ‘re not a workaholic or don’t put in a lot of overtime, you probably spend about 8-1/2 hours [...]

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No Rest for the Wicked

August 7, 2009 · 1 comment

The problem with winning the rat race is you’re still a rat. – Lily Tomlin I remembering listening to a radio broadcast almost a decade ago (probably on the CBC) about how electric lighting steals our sleep (more from NPR and Wikipedia). As recently as the late 19th century, people were averaging several hours of [...]

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