...with a new soundtrack:
Metallica, Whiskey in the Jar
Metallica, Fuel (one of the greatest workout songs ever)
Alice in Chains, Rooster
AC/DC, Big Gun
Avenged Sevenfold, AfterlifeA
venged Sevenfold, Nightmare
Bad Religion, The Empire Strikes First
Muse, Supermassive Black Hole
NOFX, The Separation of Church and Skate
All on shuffle and repeat.
Power Nap
So I tried a new thing today: a power nap from NapSounds.com during lunch.
Thise of you that know me know that I am trying to break a serious caffeine habit right now. That, coupled with my pseudo-insomnia has left me pretty tired the last couple of days. At times during the day I really feel like I'm dragging and don't know how I'll make it through the day. Anyway, I thought about this site this morning and resolved to try it.
Note- I had listened to one of these a couple of years ago and it didn't work super well. Needless to say I was a little skeptical.
so I have an RSS reader/podcast catcher on my phone, so I set it to sync with NapSounds' Electronic powernap feed. At lunch, I hopped in my car, drove a couple of miles to the Lucky Peak overlook, and parked my car. (I didn't want to do this in my employer's parking lot as last summer some guy took his life in his car and wasn't found for a couple of days, and I don't want any more dead-car-guy scares)
As the podcast started playing, I laid back and relaxed. There is a semi-soothing voice that was telling me to follow it to more relaxing rest and some kind of garbage. I was pretty convinced that I wouldn't fall asleep, so I thought I'd just lay there for the 20 minutes of the recording with my eyes closed.
I don't know at what point I dozed off, but I did. And the recording helped me wake up gently a short time later. I was surprised to see that 25 minutes had gone by from the time I had parked my car. As I awoke I felt more rested than I did when I had parked, which was good. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised.
So, if you're looking for a good way to take a quick power nap, check out NapSounds (www.napsounds.com).
Thise of you that know me know that I am trying to break a serious caffeine habit right now. That, coupled with my pseudo-insomnia has left me pretty tired the last couple of days. At times during the day I really feel like I'm dragging and don't know how I'll make it through the day. Anyway, I thought about this site this morning and resolved to try it.
Note- I had listened to one of these a couple of years ago and it didn't work super well. Needless to say I was a little skeptical.
so I have an RSS reader/podcast catcher on my phone, so I set it to sync with NapSounds' Electronic powernap feed. At lunch, I hopped in my car, drove a couple of miles to the Lucky Peak overlook, and parked my car. (I didn't want to do this in my employer's parking lot as last summer some guy took his life in his car and wasn't found for a couple of days, and I don't want any more dead-car-guy scares)
As the podcast started playing, I laid back and relaxed. There is a semi-soothing voice that was telling me to follow it to more relaxing rest and some kind of garbage. I was pretty convinced that I wouldn't fall asleep, so I thought I'd just lay there for the 20 minutes of the recording with my eyes closed.
I don't know at what point I dozed off, but I did. And the recording helped me wake up gently a short time later. I was surprised to see that 25 minutes had gone by from the time I had parked my car. As I awoke I felt more rested than I did when I had parked, which was good. Needless to say I was pleasantly surprised.
So, if you're looking for a good way to take a quick power nap, check out NapSounds (www.napsounds.com).
Sweetness
I have an entire day today with no meetings. Wide open. I look at the calendar and see nothing but possibilities.
Apologies
Sorry for all the "image not found" posts, it seems that the service I was using for my mobile photo posting, Shozu, has gone and changed everything. I'll remove those posts later, maybe repost some of the "best of" pictures that I still have.
Kiss Me, I'm Irish!
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated as an Irish holiday. I normally identify myself of Scottish ancestry, since Stewart is a traditionally Scottish name. However, my great-great-great-grandfather (+/- a couple of greats), James Stewart, immigrated to Ontario, Canada back in the 1800's. I don't know much about him, other than he was married at some time before that in Ireland to Hannah Carey (or Carney). So at some point in the not too distant past one of my ancestors lived in Ireland. Which, in turn, would make me at least a little bit Irish.
Happy St. Paddy's Day everyone!
Happy St. Paddy's Day everyone!
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