I probably should make a fuss about this being newsletter no. 100 but, eh, I lack the motivation. But it is a good time to express your support. So while you’re making a donation, I think I’ll go to …
Today’s theme: “Sleep”
Blog of the Day: “I look great! (and other hallucinations)”
• Video of the Week: Want to see what I look like when I’m scared shitless? Here’s a ’13 video of me jumping off the 890-foot SkyJump at The Stratosphere in Las Vegas. I’ve twice gone skydiving when I was younger. This happened months after I’d turned 50 and was much scarier.
• Zeitgust Word of the Week (a word I made up with the goal of getting it into an actual dictionary) …
Furrious: The unstable state of mind hunters get in whenever they hear about the latest attention grabbing stunt by animal rights group PETA.
Sleep
• Let the early bird have the worm. You sleep in and enjoy the Pop Tarts.
•I wonder where the strangers who appear in our dreams go when we're awake and if they sleep in that place and have dreams that include people like us.
• Describing the odd, tingly feeling you get below the ankle as having your foot “fall asleep” doesn’t cut it for colorful people. Try saying you’re suffering from “comatoes.”
• Treat your body like it’s a cherished employee and you’re striving for boss of the year stature. Encourage it to sleep in. Listen to its complaints. Discourage it from stressful activity. Pamper it. Be sure to treat your significant other the same way every once in a while.
• Try and conform to expert recommendations and get eight solid hours of sleep a night. Then, just to be safe, try and sneak in another two every day while the sun is up.
• I awoke from a dream it was the night before when I'd awoken from a dream it was the night before. Now I'm confused about what day it is, if I'm asleep or awake or if I exist at all. I'd ask fellow quarantinies to pinch me but fear inviting violence could escalate …
• I hate it when my foot falls asleep and the stubborn rest of me refuses to take the hint.
Unrelated …
• I’d like to see a sensational trial where a Samsonite exec is accused of killing her boyfriend, a VP at Away luggage, just to hear crime pundits say, "There's still a lot to unpack, but I think we're looking at a real open 'n' shut case here.”
• Someone will one day identify an exclusively male condition in which men convince themselves they alone possess the virility and sex appeal to, if needed, re-populate the entire planet. These men are “egoTESTicle."
• I guess it's because the name seems both generic yet familiar, but Rolls-Royce was founded by Henry Royce & Charles Rolls. Who knew? It's like learning my favorite music genre was founded by William Rock & Todd Roll.
• Author’s note …
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