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Biphasic Sleep
I have found myself drifting into a biphasic sleep pattern. This is a pattern that consists of two distinct sleep phases within a 24-hour period, in contrast with monophasic sleep, where sleep occurs in a single, consolidated block, usually at night. Historically, biphasic sleep was a common sleep pattern before the advent of modern artificial lighting.…
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Retirement Day
Today marks 10 years of retirement. My last day of service was January 9th, 2015. January 10th 2015 was my first day of retirement. I haven’t looked back.
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Perceived vs Actual Age
An article in the Wall Street Journal noted: “As American 30-somethings increasingly bypass the traditional milestones of adulthood, economists are warning that what seemed like a lag may in fact be a permanent state of arrested development.” I noted earlier that I have been going through old photo albums. It struck me how the people…
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Interesting Pictures
This picture, a sequence of three photographs, has for some reason intrigued me since I first saw it some time ago. It was in my grandparents photo album and set among all the stills of individuals, families, landscapes, etc. this one stands out. In part it is that as a sequence it conveys a sense…
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New Year’s Resolutions
We often use this time at the beginning of each year for reflection and prediction (or pontification). The punditocracy relishes packaging these into “top 10” lists. There seems to be one for almost everything, which leads me to think there might be some cognitive quirk in our human nature that urges us to categorize and order…
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