Invenzioni 2012

Pollice su per il casco-cuscino che ti permette di dormire ovunque tu sia, in praticamente qualsiasi posizione,

con anche due pratici fori laterali per le mani, nel caso ti accasciassi sulla scrivania dopo ore passate a lambiccarti il cervello o grattarti il naso. Ideato dagli spagnoli (sì, niente giapponesi questa volta, ma quelli lavorano per antonomasia, gli spagnoli sono latini e la siesta è importante),  si compra online per un non troppo modico 80 euro sul sito dello studio dei designer dell'Ostrich pillow.

Pollice verso per la Pizza in Padella della Buitoni. La casa produttrice ha ideato questa pasta che puoi cuocere in forno o in padella ottenendo lo stesso risultato in soli 7 minuti. Sorry, Buitoni, se è in padella non è pizza.  

Insomnia

I am not talking about sleepless nights. I am talking about sleepless mornings. When your eyes open up and you watch the alarm and it's only 5 and you say: Oh, God, not again.
It's not about going to bed early or late. Yesterday it was just before 1 o'clock when I went to sleep and here I was at 5.30. In a way, I am used to it and I have developed some tactics to make the better out of it.
For example, if I toss and turn in my bed trying to go back to sleep, most of the time it doesn't work. It's just terribly frustrating. But if I get up and transfer onto the sofa making myself comfortable, switching on the tv or the radio in a low volume it might work. The whispering in the background helps me doze off. It doesn't really matter what's on.
Apparently this morning not even this worked. As a second choice, I took my friend M's suggestion to just start my day. Answer your mail, read the news - or, in my case, write your new post. This eliminates frustration and bad morning thoughts. One problem remains, though: at 8 p.m.you feel like your day is over.
Prof. DCS used to say that by 8 in the morning "a good interpreter" has already learned a new language. Now I know he must have been troubled by morning insomnia, too!