An experiment while I sleep.

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Post something random in here for me while I sleep?

Night!

OK, this is random...I have no idea why I am still awake at 1.30 however, by this time you are probably snoring away and have no intention of waking up anywhere before 8.30am tomorrow morning!!

Hope at the very least you had a nice dream!

Sir Isaac Newton

Copyright 1997 David Arns


Under a spreading apple tree,
The village genius stands;
His mind conceives of wondrous things,
He writes them with his hands;
His fame goes forth to all the world--
He's known in many lands.
A tiny babe on Christmas Day
in 1642
Was born to Mrs. Newton
while outside, the cold winds blew.
And on the farm, through childhood,
precocious Isaac grew.

And after chores, he built devices
to see just how they worked,
To see what laws of nature
underneath the workings lurked.
(When people called them "toys," that's what
got Isaac really irked.)

His mother saw he was no farmer,
sent him off to school;
He quickly showed at Cambridge
that he was nobody's fool:
He began to bring to light the laws
that all of nature rule.

In one chapter in his story
(though apocryphal, it's said),
An apple, falling from a tree
impacted on his head,
Which drew his thoughts to gravity,
and we all know where that led.

He wondered if, by any chance,
the self-same gravitation
That pulls an apple to the ground,
affected all creation:
The moon, the planets, and the sun. . .
Thus went his cogitation.

He determined that the gravity
of earth indeed controls
The orbit of our moon, as 'round
the earth it ever rolls.
Now, describing it mathematically
was one of Newton's goals.

He discovered that the math you need
to show the laws of nature,
Surpassed the knowledge of that day;
the cosmos' legislature
Required new math, so Newton wrote
his "fluxions" nomenclature.

He talked of falling bodies
and his famous Laws of Motion,
And of colors seen in bubbles
and the tides upon the ocean.
And his crowning jewel, "Principia,"
created great commotion.

Yes, Newton's brilliant mind, it was
a trunk with many twigs--
His mind branched out in every way
(right through his powdered wigs).
His greatest contribution, though,
was cookies made from figs.

Nice poem. Can you now write one about yourself off the top of your head?

I liked the Newton poem; it's funny that at the end they say that his greatest accomplishment was inventing Fig Newtons! lol He was an awesome guy; lots say he was smarter than Einstein. Anyways, an experiment to do in your sleep. Hmmm... You can put your hand in warm water and see what happens! lol Maybe you could try setting your alarm to a certain time to see how early after going to sleep that you could wake up, and then seeing at what hour of sleep you can't wake up. Or maybe you can try memorizing things with a tape playing under your pillow; or try to see if you can develop perfect pitch by playing a single note under your pillow with a tape player or something.

Ugh, getting ready for work now and didn't get nearly enough sleep.



Thanks for the messages guys, will read them properly when I get home.

love the aussies and kiwis cuz they're closer to my time zone than everybody else. (GMT minus 10)

i havent been getting any sleep lately, but that is all going to change tonite

Why, has your boyfriend finally agreed to sing you a lullaby.

It's only 9:06 PM here. However, I typically don't get to sleep until about 5:00 AM on average. I don't know why, but it's much easier for me to sleep when it's bright out rather than dark. It's been that way my whole life.

I took my truck (whose name is "Truck") to my mechanic today for maintenance. Truck is in good health at 221000 miles, and my mechanic brought it in under his estimate! Happy happy joy joy.

But I ate too many nuts on route home and feel a tad sick.

hahahaha.

You guys rock.



Well, works over for another day.

One more day and then the weekend!! !



Although I have to go get brainscans.



But yay weekend!

Very reassuring that your house has a roof on!