Friday, May 30, 2008

Sleepy dogs, one sad and one happy

Sometimes, cute animals are flawed. And then you have Skeeter the Narcoleptic Poodle, one adorable doggy who also falls asleep a lot. Kinda depressing, but Skeeter’s also really precious.

Thanks to Billy Schwartz for finding this one. But I understand some of you might be feeling a bit downtrodden by that pooch’s predicament. [...]

Thursday, May 1, 2008

This bear is tired

This one is dedicated to all the people who don’t get any sleep and feel like collapsing during the middle of statistics class.
So, me.

Monday, April 7, 2008
Fiction

“Is There a Way?”

An original poem.

Wake up pups

I’m up oh so late once again, and am hoping I can catch a few “z’s” before my first quiz of the quarter. In my current sleepless delusion, I found this picture of a puppy waking up and yawning.

Pray I don’t fail my quiz, thanks. I’m going to collapse now.

Monday, March 3, 2008
Dance Marathon

Delusions and drunken reflexes: the effects of DM sleeplessness

A rundown of some of the not-so-pretty after-effects of 30 hours sans sleep, aka Dance Marathon

Sunday, February 10, 2008
Quizzical Questions

Nap-o-rama quiz: Find out your ideal napping location

Seriously. You need some rest.

Thursday, January 24, 2008
go back to bed

You may be so tired you don’t even know it, NU study says

Chronic sleep loss makes it hard for people to sense their own, well, sleep loss.

Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Zzzzz...

Get caffeinated without coffee

Check out these coffee alternatives for your caffeine fix.

Thursday, September 20, 2007
Face-off

Face-off: How’d you sleep on your first night?

New students sound off on the BK runs and hallway wanderings that defined their first night on campus.

Monday, August 6, 2007

What your dorm room is supposed to be used for

Getting room assignments is the most exciting thing that’s happened to me in a month. If the Class of 2011 Facebook group is any indication, it is in a lot of other people’s lives too. While a lot of us have gone to summer camp, sometimes even college summer camps, going to college for real [...]

Saturday, March 3, 2007

The science of sleeplessness

As Dance Marathon 2007 dragged later into the afternoon, more and more dancers looked exhausted. Many participants stood around barely shaking, others tried to lie down on the ground, only to have Dancer Relations force them up. Whereas several hours ago The Foundation’s “Build Me Up Buttercup” probably would have sent dancers into [...]