Cromely's World

Inception is a tough film to write about for two reasons.  First of all, it has a complicated plot with twists and turns can be difficult to...

The other night I made significant progress in Super Mario Galaxy 2.  But I guess I was playing kind of late.  You know it's time to put...

Today while waiting for my plane to reach the magic 10,000 feet, I did some of my back reading in Scientific American. I was a little surpri...

(Thanks to LDK in STL for sending me this article) I rolled back into my hotel room this evening at about 8:30, and by 9:00 my body simply d...

I found this article linked on Fark.com . Sleep: Spring Cleaning For The Brain ? ScienceDaily (Apr. 11, 2009) — If you've ever been slee...

A few days ago I woke up with the word "sage" screaming in my head. I have no idea why. I like sage. It has a strong, woody flavo...

Waking up for me is a process. I've learned to allot plenty of time for it. Usually the first alarm will go off and I'll ignore it....

I was happy. I loved the night, I loved it so much it almost hurt. In the night everything seemed possible. I wasn't sleepy at all. Pag...

I read Fark fairly regularly. It's informative, entertaining, random, and offensive. It can also be a huge time suck. Tonight, I ran ac...

Before every flight, one of the Pilots climbs down to the tarmac and inspects the airplane. They walk around, shine a flash light and poke ...

I had one of those odd dreams last night. I was back at a small run down amusement park / zoo that I hadn't been to in years. It was on...

2007-05-08 Sleep 01: More Time, Less Sleep 2007-07-24 Sleep 02: Sleep is Obsolete 2007-08-19 Sleep 03: Rip Van Winkle Syndrome 2007-08-22 Sl...

During the summer I commented on the drug Modafinil (Provigil) and its use in replacing sleep. Development in other sleep replacement drugs...

At 11:59 PM tonight, I wrapped up my last major work project for the year. I slept only 4 of the last 36 hours to get things wrapped up. A...

Hotels have been replacing much of their bedding in recent years. In addition to getting rid of those nasty comforters that have never been...

Studies have found that sleepwalking can be brought on by stress, alcohol, eating cheese or consuming too much caffeine. It generally takes ...

I planned to watch Heroes on Tivo at 2:00 AM tonight, but apparently, Tivo thinks it's crazy for people to watch TV that late, and told ...

I've been posting more about sleep these past few months. I suppose that means I should be getting more. Regardless, WNYC's NPR pro...

I originally found this link on Fark.com . Apparently a rare disorder (that may be related to a bacterial or viral infection) can make teen ...

Well, almost. Sleep-deprived groups ranging from truck drivers to the military have experimented with modafinil , marketed for nearly a deca...