lookin' good

[Gregory Nowak]

If Kirk R isn't telling us
to drop this quickly digressing thread,
then I think it's ok.
Greg


On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 10:18:31PM -0700, John W. Cummings wrote:
> Hi Jania & Greg,
> 
> "Dreaming is the best way to travel."  Credit: Moody Blues.  On a slightly
> more serious note,
> I've survived these many years of staying up into the wee hours by way of
> taking what someone's call "power naps" = naps of 20 to 30 minutes but NOT
> and hour and I find myself waking up refreshed!  And good for many more
> hours.  Back to answers in a dream" -- been there and had that experience.
> Wonder who else out there has had this experience?
> 
> This is my first posting since joining speakup at braille and hope it's
> appropriate?
> 
> 
> John in California
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gregory Nowak <romualt at megsinet.net>
> To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 9:10 PM
> Subject: Re: lookin' good
> 
> 
> > The human brain is an interesting organ, is it not?
> > I've often heard it said that you shouldn't think directly
> > at a problem to help you solve it.
> > Instead, think around it, and the solution will most likely come to you.
> > Dreaming is a good state to think around a problem.
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 04:31:51PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > > Scott:
> > >
> > > I can't tell you how often this has worked for me. Particularly, on a
> > > large programming project many many years ago, it actually became a
> > > reliable pattern for me. I would find myself stuck sometime late in the
> > > evening--usually around midnight. I just couldn't figure what was wrong.
> I
> > > learned to go to sleep.
> > >
> > > Sure enough. Somewhere around maybe 4, maybe 5, I'd jump out of bed
> having
> > > awakened with a start. I actually dreamed the solution. Over and over
> > > again, time after time, I'd run to the computer and make the change.
> > > Bingo! Everything worked. And, then, it was on to the next problem, and
> on
> > > to the next point of frustration and confusion, etc., etc., etc.
> > >
> > > PS: Lest you think I lived on 4 hours sleep, that's approximately
> correct.
> > > But these were pgrogramming jags of one to three weeks--with weeks off
> > > inbetween. Meanwhile, I would also take a nap of around half an hour
> > > somewhere early to mid afternoon. It's the nap that actually kept me
> going
> > > on this kind of crazy schedule.
> > >
> > > Ah, the days of being free and fancy loose to just write, write, write.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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