Category introspection

Strasbourg, 4:30 am

A few years ago I read an article on segmented sleep, a sleep pattern that includes two or more periods of sleep, interrupted by a period of wakefulness and activity. There’s a theory that this is actually the natural pattern of human sleep, and the notion that it is proper for us to sleep in […]

a bit of self-reflection inspired by a landing card

I have in the past year declared myself as “Unemployed” when passing a border. This has happened three times; once while driving into Canada, and twice while entering the United Kingdom by air. I don’t recall any other nation asking about this at all. This may, at first glance, seem like a stupid idea. One […]