Sleep Inertia May Be More Debilitating Than Sleep Deprivation

From an article on MedPage Today:

"While a sleep-deprived medical resident's cognitive impairment may be similar to that of an uncoordinated drunk, the impairment of a resident who is shaken awake from a nap may be even worse, researchers here said."

Hmm, so what does this mean for us parents who have to wake up in the middle of the night to deal with a baby? Maybe this explains why I sometimes do silly things when Nikki wakes up (like turning off my alarm clocks when she was crying this morning.. oops!).

Gmail Web Clips are context-sensitive (kinda funny)

I was taking a quick look at the Spam folder in my Gmail account this morning, and noticed something funny. The Web Clips at the top of the window showed a link to a recipe involving Spam.


I would suspect context-sensitive Web Clips (like AdSense), but according to the Gmail Help Center answer to the question, What is 'Web Clips'?:

Clips of your favorite RSS and Atom feeds are displayed randomly, and aren't targeted to the contents of your mail.

So, the help page is either giving wrong information, or it's just a funny coincidence! I'm betting on the former (help page wrong), based on this additional 'coincidence':

Pharmaceutical ads for 7-year-olds.. only on ABC Family*!

Is it just me, or does it seem wrong to advertise pharmaceuticals during TV-Y7 shows? Are they really trying to market to 7-year-olds?

My son was watching Power Rangers SPD this morning on ABC Family channel, and I noticed a commerical for some kind of depression drug.

At least it wasn't a genital herpes or erectile dysfunction drug commercial, but it still seemed out of place among the video game, toy, and junk food commercials.

(* = probably not *ONLY* on ABC Family)