Have you ever played Insomnia Jeopardy? Check out my handy chart, which may be similar to your sleep chart, with minor category substitutions.
Lately, I can’t complain on sleep front. The Olympics have apparently brought fresh air and exercise into my living room, which translates into me thinking I am participating in Nordic events, thus sending me off to a peaceful night of sleep. And yes, I think we all think we can do those tricks with a little practice. The athletic dream never dies, does it?
Speaking of dreams, I read this article in the science section of the Boston Globe, in which a neuroscience professor at Brown claims he’s found a sound that can put you to sleep. REALLY? Sign me up!
Seth Horowitz has teamed with a composer to market various sounds to cure an array of things, including insomnia. I’m not sure if the guy is onto something, but he wrote a piece called Vertigo, in which audience members toppled over, and another threw up. I think that performance must be been a mixed bag of success and audience participation gone awry.
So I went to the website, but alas, there is no sample download of the sleep music, which, I kind of think for $20 bucks they might want to put a sample music track out there as an incentive to spend and buy the CD.
Marketing Tip to Ivy League Neuroscientist’s: Take a page from Amazon, and put some some 30 second clips up on your site instead of sounds that make me want to throw up!
There are a few testaments on the site that the CD works like a charm for babies and small children, so that $20 bucks might be worth it for some harried, sleepless, parents. And, its possible that a guy who wrote a grant proposal titled “Bats with Frickin Laser Beams on Their Heads” might be a secret genius for curing insomnia after all.
Sweet dreams people, however you get it done!
That’s really interesting. My wife has trouble getting to sleep, too. If this worked, it would be a lot cheaper than Ambien. I wonder if the CD has the same effects as the Vertigo piece? I saw this in that Boston Globe article on him – (Later, Horowitz said, he played that piece for his boss at Stony Brook, who promptly vomited. Not long afterward, Horowitz left Stony Brook for Brown.) Hmmm.
Grey Goose.
Hi Dawn’s Dad! Thanks for stopping by!
Wouldn’t it be fabulous if we could just fall staright into deep sleep with music? I might send him an email and suggest sample music clips and save us all from Ambien!
I think we have a Goose Club in the making with Ain’t Miss Beehavin and Little Miss Sunshine State.
I’ve never really had a problem falling asleep. As I “mature” (read-perimenopause) I sometimes have trouble staying asleep. I’d be interested in hearing clip, too. But not the ones that make you throw up, though. Who would do that??
P.S. that’s my Dad up there.
I’ve found the best noise to fall asleep to are the gentle strains of bulldog snores. It’s like a cat purr only louder. Theraflu with whiskey also helps.
I find wine a nice sleep aid
Penne, I totally love the hot toddy/cold medication concept!
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