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Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Why do animals walk in circles before they lay down?
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Certain animals (dogs, for example) walk in circles before laying down because this behavior was hard-wired into them. It's natural behavior their ancestors did in order to flatten down grass to make a comfy bed.
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Popping Out of Bed
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If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters.
~Author unknown, attributed to Jim Davis
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
My Pet Snowball
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"I made myself a snowball
As perfect as can be.
I thought I'd keep it as a pet,
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for it's head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first - It wet the bed."
— Shel Silverstein
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Getting Out Of Bed On The "Right" Side
To arise from the left side of the bed will put you in a sour mood and will subject your entire day to misfortune. Get up from the right and step 1st on your right foot. If you err, walk backwards until you have returned to bed and can begin again.
Origin. The Romans thought the left side to be the "evil one." A citizen entered a friend's home with his right foot forward. Some wealthy families even hired a "footman" to insure proper entry of all guests. The English word sinister (meaning wicked or evil) is derived from the Latin word meaning "left side."
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Mattress Wisdom
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“The largest barrier to success is removing the mattress from one's back in the morning.”
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Air raid practice, Melbourne, 1942
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ID Number: 136390
Maker: Herald Newspaper
Melbourne, Victoria
A nurse entertaining babies on a mattress under a table at the Camberwell babies home during an air raid practice.
Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions.
This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au
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Delivering the mattress
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This is an unusual scene in that most of the donkeys we saw were either carrying fodder for the animals or were just being ridden. This man seems to be moving home with his and is riding on top of his possessions.
This was shot in the larger village north of Kelaa M'Gouna where we stopped to change onto a local ramshackle minibus to go up into the remoter village called Hod further up river.
Photo courtesy of chris5aw / Chris
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
As snug as a feather mattress
"Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable."
— Maya Angelou
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Mattress Bunny
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Made out of mattresses, by Lucia Fabio and Robert Andrew Mueller. Appearing at Zolla Lieberman Gallery.
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
Night and Her Daughter Sleep
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Even a soul submerged in sleep
is hard at work and helps
make something of the world.
~ Heraclitus (translated by Brooks Haxton)"
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Noble and Good....
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"How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day."
— Anne Frank
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Falling Asleep
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"Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more."
— Robert A. Heinlein (Starship Troopers)
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Sleepy Head
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"Golden slumbers fill your eyes
Smiles awake you when you rise
Sleep pretty darling do not cry
And I will sing a lullabye
"
— John Lennon, Paul McCartney
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Zoning at the office
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The amount of sleep required by the average person is five minutes more.
~Wilson Mizener
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Saturday, November 7, 2009
Unmade Bed
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"No one ever died from sleeping in an unmade bed. I have known mothers who remake the bed after their children do it because there is a wrinkle in the spread or the blanket is on crooked. This is sick."
— Erma Bombeck
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Dreams Are Forever
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"Laughter is timeless. Imagination has no age. And dreams are forever."
— Walt Disney
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Take a nap in a fireplace...
"Take a nap in a fireplace and you'll sleep like a log."
— Ellen DeGeneres
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I obviously have nothing better to do with my time.
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With finals over, I have had absolutely no homework. I don't even have anything to procrastinate, now that I've already taken my 52 Weeks picture. It's like I'm just existing. My purpose in life is school (as silly at that may sound) and this transition between semesters feel like such a standstill in time. I've been on Flickr and playing Spore for 48 hours. Who knew I couldn't wait for a weekend to be over?
Photo by Ana Santos
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Night with vintage bear
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Just trying to express myself, my feelings, my moods, my loves and friendships, through photography.
photo by juliette
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While I nodded, nearly napping...
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door —
Only this, and nothing more."
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Friday, November 6, 2009
I may have made a difference in someone’s life
“I go to sleep peacefully at night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone’s life.”
~ Sergeant Kimberly Munley (from her Twitter bio)
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Sleepy Baby
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
~Victor Hugo
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Sleeping with your Dog
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Now I lay me down to sleep,
The king-size bed is soft and deep.
I sleep right in the center groove
My human being can hardly move!
I've trapped her legs, she's tucked in tight
And here is where I pass the night
No one disturbs me or dares intrude
Till morning comes and "I want food!"
I sneak up slowly to begin
my nibbles on my human's chin.
She wakes up quickly,
I have sharp teeth-
I'm a puppy, don't you see?
For the morning's here
and it's time to play
I always seem to get my way.
So thank you Lord for giving me
This human person that I see.
The one who hugs and holds me tight
And shares her bed with me at night!
~Unknown
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Thursday, November 5, 2009
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book
Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book is a 1962 children's book by Dr. Seuss.
This book begins with a small bug yawning. This yawn spreads (as yawns are terribly contagious) and then the book follows various creatures, including the Foona Lagoona Baboona, the Collaspable Frink, the Chippendale Mupp, The Oft, and the Krandles, throughout the lands who are sleeping, or preparing to sleep. Towards the end of the book the sleepers in the world are recorded by a special machine ("The Audio Telly O-Tally O-Count"). A Warning is printed on the inside cover of the book that "this book is to be read in bed" as it is intended to put children to sleep. The final line of the book is a simple, unmetered "Good night".
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"Never go to bed mad..."
"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight."
— Phyllis Diller
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Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Goodreads | In the Bed of a Duke
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Begins in London 1807, continues to Scotland. A woman convinces her younger sister to jilt the duke and then finds herself caught up and falling in love with this "enemy".
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kids bunk bed and reading area
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There are so many surfaces to hang out in this room. I had multiple beds, too, and loved it.
(via desire to inspire)
image courtesy of ooh_food / Maggie
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Alphabet of Bed A - Z part I
There are so many things one can do in bed... let this illustrated A to Z show you some ideas.
I had the idea for this peculiar A-Z in bed (where else?) first thing in the morning, in this magical moment when you've left sleep behind yet you're not totally awake.
Obviously, there are so many things you can do in bed... I admit I had some other options in some of the letters, but I restrained myself :-) ...
See it also on my blog http://aquarel.blogspot.com
Illustration by Joan M. Mas
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Ligne Roset Maly Bed
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The Maly bed from Ligne Roset ($5,000) is probably the most elegant contemporary-style bed you'll find (nevermind the fact that it costs more than your first car). The low-sitting bed has an aluminum base, movable back cushions (no headboard), two pivoting tables, and is available in natural, dark brown or ebony oak finish.
Image courtesy Warren Noronha
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