Getting in the Rhythm Wayne Rooney is one of the more internationally famous people most Americans never heard of. England’s National Team striker is famous for many things beyond his magic foot, his recently wrangled secret five year contract with Man United, his giant house and supposed visits to a prostitute while his wife was […]
Music to fall asleep (10/30/10)
The Pleasures of a Calm Mind The bard wrote “music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.” Apparently that also includes people. Britain’s Travelodge is one of the few hotel companies that publicizes the sleep quality(ies) of its clients. Due to this hotelier we know that when the financial meltdown hit Europe, their average sleeper […]
Your kid’s new favorite bed partner (10/28/10)
Who is she sleeping with now? According to the recent Pew Memorial Trust Survey, 82% of 12-17 year olds sleep with or next to their cell phones. That has many implications for health, transport, the economy and the way we will live (and love) in the future: Results: Biological 1. More texts, less sleep, less […]
Position Matters – The Right Side is Not Always Right (And not just in sleep -10/26/10)
And Your Position Is… So where do you sleep? On your back, on your right or left side? Flat on your stomach? Chances are good you do all three, even if you don’t know it. People move like crazy in sleep, especially in “phase transitions” where they go from light sleep into REM sleep. One […]
The Spanish Siesta Champion Wins, but the Siesta and Naps Lose (10/25/10)
And the Winner Is… The competitors came to the middle of Madrid’s Islazul shopping center ready to lie down and compete. There were 360 who came to demonstrate to the judges their flair for imaginative bedclothes, weird resting positions, capacity to fall instantly asleep and overall “quality” of snoring, but only one returned a winner. […]