One of my coworkers attended a Cafe Scientifique seminar given by a sleep researcher a week or so ago, and had some interesting tidbits:

- Sleep isn't necessary for the body to recuperate, it's mind only (sitting still has the same effect if you're physically fatigued)

- You can build up sleep debt (lack of sleep), and can pay it off

- However, you can't "pre-bank" sleep: once you hit your max sleep needed, that's it

- You go into paralysis when you sleep: the theory is it's to prevent you from hurting yourself when you're dreaming and thrashing around

- Nobody really knows why our brains need sleep

- Despite it being a huge part of our lives, and doctors saying we are suffering from a lack of it, sleep is poorly understood, and nobody's paying for it because it's not taken seriously

Happy 40th ARPANET!

http://www.sri.com/news/releases/102709.html

Just imagine, the first recorded transmission across what will later become that great porn-trafficking pipe we call the Internet was "lo"- it was supposed to be "login," but the server crashed.

Sometime this morning, Jimmy Carter punched a hole in the wall...

I like the paper-craft art in this Escape the Room game

My brother's exhibit at the Contemporary Arts Center just opened.