Migrating During A Mercury Retrograde.

Gutsy, aren’t we?

At the moment, apostrophes and single quotes have gotten lost in the migration. If they appear as quotation marks, do forgive us. If you find some other reason we should be concern, please leave a comment.

If you left a comment over the holiday weekend, it might be missing as well. Again, we- no I-  apologize. I will probably find it in time.

We’ve scheduled the migration to our new server over the holiday weekend. The change should be imperceptible if all goes well. So  I have written this note for our own benefit. It is the frontpage marker to let us know that the DNS addies have propagated across the cybersphere.

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The Dream Work Method of Acting

The New York Times just ran a piece about the gaining popularity of “Dream Work” as a way for actors to move deeper into their characters. Apparently Harvey Keitel is all about it, as well as Kate Walsh from Grey’s Anatomy.

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Nightmares Linked with Multiple Suicide Attempts

A study from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden reports that suicidal patients are more likely to attempt to take their life again if they have nightmares following the first attempt. In fact, the data suggests that gender and psychiatric diagnosis is not a factor in these results.  From the original article,

“Those who were still suffering from nightmares after two months faced an even greater risk. These people were five times more likely to attempt suicide a second time,” says author of the thesis, Registered Nurse Nils Sj str m.

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Routine Sleep Schedules Good for Infants

ScienceDaily reported a study from the journal Sleep today showing a strong connection between regular bedtimes for babies and improved sleep patterns.

Here’s a snippet from the original article:

Results indicate that the establishment of a nightly bedtime routine produced significant reductions in problematic sleep behaviors for infants and toddlers. Improvements were seen in latency and sleep onset and in the number and duration of night wakings. Toddlers were less likely to call out to their parents or get out of their crib/bed during the night. Sleep continuity increased and there was a significant decrease in the number of mothers who rated their child’s sleep as problematic.

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