Monday, March 5, 2007

I Don't Like Mornings...

The most popular (so to speak) time for heart attacks is early Monday mornings. It's true, look it up. This is Nature's way of telling us to sleep in...

I touched on my feelings about Monday mornings last post. It's that gray ugly blur between coffee and lunch. Actually, that describes all mornings. Coffee doesn't really help, but it does put an edge on the blur and helps me articulate my displeasure more coherently. "Uurrgghh!" becomes the much more lucid "Go Away!" as I stumble threateningly towards the object of my displeasure. It's generally usually one of those "morning people".

Early rising is probably an evolutionary holdover from a time when we had to get up early to get all our hunting and gathering done during daylight so we could see what we were doing. Not coincidentally, this was also when all the big bad nocturnal predators were sleeping, so we could a: not get eaten, and b: kick the crap out of any we stumbled across while they were still groggy. So you see, if you're an early riser, you haven't sufficiently evolved. Try going back to sleep, it really helps.

I once read/heard/thought (I can't remember which, it must have been before noon) that people who are cheerful in the morning are actually making a desperate plea for help. If you're one of them, please consult a professional and quit trying to convince me how wonderful birdsong is at 6AM. I'm not buying it and it could get really ugly if you persist. I mean it...

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