Archives for May 2009

Sleep Study

Both Rachel and I have noticed how I've been unable to get through the day without a nap. We'd also noticed that, even after 10 hours in bed, I was essentially exhausted upon waking up in the morning. What gives? This isn't normal, is it?Well, a night at the local Sleep Study Clinic revealed that I was indeed having a hard time getting any rest, despite the amount of sleep I was getting. The testing showed that I experienced an average of 30-40 apneas per hour and 5-8 restless leg motions per hour. The clinician said it was a wonder I was able to get up in the morning, since a night's … [Read more...]

Great Sites to Add to Your Favorites

Edit, 31-Dec-2019: Removed a few very old references and updated the first site referenced. In no particular order ... Get to a Human Customer Service Rep: Just in time for the post-Christmas gift return season! When you're tired of wasting money and time due to phone systems that require you to press 10 or more options in order to reach a real person and spending many minutes or even hours on hold, consult the website https://www.customer-service-please.com/get-2-human/ database of secret phone numbers and codes that immediately get an actual, live person on the line for customer service at … [Read more...]

Trivia

• The Federal Office of Business Activity and Productivity estimates that $502 million dollars are lost each year due to reduced productivity due to April Fool's Day pranks. When asked, the bureau declined to estimate how much it had cost to arrive at that estimate.• As of 2008, no fewer than 84 different publicly funded institutes of higher learning had federally-funded programs to monitor so-called "pork barrel" spending.• In the United States, approximately 3.431 percent of federal employees work on any given federal holiday.• In an average year, 169 lawsuits are filed in Federal court … [Read more...]

Easter Morning

The girls in their Easter dresses just before church on Easter morning. From left to right, Kaylee, Savannah, Ava, Anna, and Katie.We've had a long standing tradition with the Easter Bunny. When he comes to our house, not only does he hide the kids' Easter Baskets, but he also leaves riddles that they have to solve to find their baskets. In previous years, each of the kids would have to solve a riddle that takes them to the next clue, solve that riddle which in turn takes them to the next clue, and so on until the find their baskets.This year, the Easter Bunny changed things up. He didn't … [Read more...]