Sleep Is Now Officially In Fashion

Beauty sleep isn't just for models anymore, it's also a must for geniuses. Einstein needed 10 hours of sleep to function at his best. In his new book, "Internal Time," German chronobiologist Till Roenneberg demonstrates through a wealth of research that our sleep patterns have little to do with laziness and other such scorned character flaws, and everything to do with biology. 

This is the face of my grand-nephew Soren after somebody woke him up way too soon.  He's basically giving somebody "the side-eye of death". Roenneberg also chastises the predjudicial view that the early bird gets the worm: "This myth that early risers are good people and that late risers are lazy has its reasons and merits in rural societies but becomes questionable in a modern 24/7 society. The old moral is so prevalent, however, that it still dominates our beliefs, even in modern times. The postman doesn’t think for a second that the young man might have worked until the early morning hours because he is a night-shift worker or for other reasons. He labels healthy young people who sleep into the day as lazy ."  


Now if you live on a farm, good for you.  

Puppies Are Smarter Than Americans and Japanese in Today's Economic News

Twin Speak: Reuters published a study today that finds that in the WORLD's WEALTHIEST NATIONS, the French spend more time sleeping and eating than anyone else. Turns out that Puppies are as smart as the French. Puppies and the French spend over TWO HOURS EACH DAY EATING. Americans, Spaniards and Japanese, not as much. The French average nine hours of sleep each night, Americans, Spaniards and Japanese, not as much.