I thought you need *less* sleep as you get older.

[madbaker]

Waaaay back in my undergrad days, I can remember plenty of nights where I got four hours of sleep or less.

I'd still wake up around 6 AM, because that's when my body would start regardless of when I got to sleep. I'd be tired, but I could shrug it off and function.

These days? If I get less than six hours' sleep, I'm hosed for more than half the work day.
I mention this because I've been a zombie all freakin' week. I got to bed a bit late Monday (9:30) but all the other nights I've gone to bed on time.

Maybe I should pull a Pete Puma tonight and hit myself over the head repeatedly so I'm passed out all weekend.

Edited to add: And Congress (the opposite of Progress) wants to extend Daylight Savings by four months? So it's even harder for me to catch up on sleep? Bite me.

What I'm reading: John Schulian, Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods (Which is really, really good. Baseball fans, go read this.)

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Re: Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I'll pick it up and add it to my queue. Waiting to be read:

-Aces
-Ball Four
-The Meaning of Ichiro
-The Dreyfus Affair
-Moneyball (second time around, can't reread it until I get a backup copy as mine is signed by Michael Lewis :D)

Re: Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

Mine too. 8)

Re: Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

Yours is signed too?!

Re: Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods

[madbaker.livejournal.com]

I used to have a number of Michael Lewis signed books, but during one of my periodic cleaning binges I pared it down to the ones that I would realistically re-read: Liar's Poker, Trail Fever, and Moneyball.

Liar's Poker was the book on which he made his nut - a scathing and hilarious look at Salomon Brothers during the '80s. Still required reading in the financial industry. Still his best book, although Moneyball comes close. Trail Fever was a book he wrote on the 1996 presidential primaries.

Re: Twilight of the Long-Ball Gods

[deathbytamarind.livejournal.com]

Neat. I know he writes a great variety of books. That impresses me.

We're the cool kids table, because we have signed copies of Moneyball. :D