Napping Challenge

Do you have what it takes? I think yes!

Types of Napping

According the to National Sleep Fondation, naps can be categorized into three types:

1. Planned Napping - This involves taking a nap before you are feeling the need for one. Do this when you know you're going to be up late to prevent getting tired earlier.

2. Emergency Napping - This happens suddenly when you are overwhelmed with drowsiness and cannot continue the task you are taking part in.

3. Habitual Napping - This involves taking a nap at the same time every day. It is usually practiced by children who nap regularly.

What kind of naps do you usually take?

I'm currently awake writing a paper due in a couple hours and wish I would have taken a planned nap so I wasn't feeling the need for an emergency nap right now!

Visit the The National Sleep Foundation's website for more information.

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Innocent until proven... wait, sorry, I was napping

According to The Telegraph, Russian judge Yevgeny Makhno is facing disciplinary action after he was caught on camera dozing off during a trial that ended with him handing out a 5 year sentence. A complaint has been issued calling for Makhno's verdict to be cancelled, claiming that his lack of interest shows a degree of unlawfulness. Blagoveshchensk City Court has launched an investigation and says the results will be known by next week.

Check out the video below. We've discussed napping at work before; some employers encourage it while some believe it is counterproductive and disrespectful.What do you think the penalty should be, if one at all? Is napping at work ever okay, or is it acceptable in some careers? Tell me what you think!

Know your "chronotype": Lark vs. Owl

"Chronotype" - attribute reflecting at what time of the day a human's physical functions are active, change or reach a certain level. 

To determine the best time to nap, it helps to know your chronotype. In other words, if you were entirely free to plan your day, what time would you go to bed, wake up and take a nap? 

Larks are usually apt to wake as early as 6am and go to sleep around 9 pm or 10 pm. This will usually lead you to feeling sleepy around 1-1:30 pm.

Owls usually prefer to go to bed after midnight or 1am and wake around 8 am or 9 am. This leads to a later "sleep gate" and will leave you feeling a sleepy around 2:30-3 pm.

So, are you a lark or an owl?

(Information Source: The Guardian)

Car-napper Caught Napping

(Story from June 1, 2012)


A suspected Post Falls, Idaho car burglar appears to have fallen asleep on the job.

Police say 33-year-old Jason D. Hill was arrested early Thursday morning after he was caught napping inside one of the vehicles he was trying to steal outside a Post Falls apartment complex.

It was reported that Hill intended to hotwire the care but his plan fell through around 4 A.M when he was found outside of the car by the owner, who called the police.

Police say he appears to have been removing the car's stereo when he nodded off.

Authorities say the vehicle Hill drove to the scene was stolen. He is suspected of breaking into four vehicles parked at the apartment complex.

(Original story by KTVB.com)

Stranger napping on your shoulder? Problem solved!

Basically what you see above is a project that combines unique gadgets or devices to help change the essences of suits. It turns something serious into something that can be fun or silly! If you didn't watch the video, basically the suit plays music from the shoulder whenever someone (or their head) touches a certain spot. You can get more information on the project here.

Riders of public transportation know the pain of having people fall asleep next to or even on you. I think it would be really funny to see this happen in action! Of course it's just a project (that I don't think is even happening in the US) so it won't happen but it would definitely change the napping on public transportation game. How do you all feel about this.. funny or too strange?

"Think what a better world it would be if we all, the whole world, had cookies and milk about three o'clock every afternoon and then lay down on our blankets for a nap."

- Barbara Jordan (quoting Robert Fulghum in 1987 at Middlebury College)