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What are the pros and cons of sleeping on the floor?
August 6, 2006
What are the pros and cons of sleeping on the floor?
For the past two months, I've just slept on a comforter laid on my carpet. I also did this for six months a couple years ago.
I've heard it's good for the back. Is that true?
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Definitely not for me. Lying on my side or my back on a hard surface with my spine held in line, my shoulders and hips/ass are the only parts of my upper body that contact the surface. Allowing the rest of my upper body to bend down and rest on the surface ensures that I will wake up with a sore spine. I can't sleep on my stomach, so I dunno about that position...
I sleep best on futon matresses, which allow my protruding parts to sink far enough in that I am fully supported with a straight spine. I guess it might be tolerable for me if I was sleeping on shag carpet with an extremely thick comforter, which would hopefully approximate a futon.
I think the answer to your question depends significantly on one's body type.
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In my experience, pro is "good for my back", con is "bad for my hips".
Having said that, every now and then I will get really crappy lower back aches. A couple of nights on the floor will tend to sort that out, at the expense of collecting bruises on my hips.
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on August 6, 2006
Completely anecdotal because IANAD.
I've slept on the floor since I was around 11 (I am now 25). I think at the age of 10 I started sleeping exclusively in my Michael Jordan sleeping bag, and then by the age of 11 I ditched the bag and just slept on the floor. I have yet to develop any sort of pains due to this behavior. That said, I don't really toss and turn at night, so maybe I'm more suited to floor sleeping than others.
Pro: Floors are cooler in the summer.
Pro: When moving, no mattresses, box springs, bed frames, etc.
Pro: Your bed is wherever you want it to be. You can have a good night's sleep anywhere that's safe.
Pro: You can visit friends without inconveniencing them.
Con: Some gals/guys might only want to have sex in a traditional bed.
Con: Some folks might think you're strange.
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I spent a week on a floor once as a result of a bed shortage in a holiday house. My back felt great, and I got to like the hardness of the floor pretty quickly.
Mind you, that house also had the bed of evil, which nobody would sleep on. I lay down on it, and it instantly gave me enormous back pains and I had trouble getting off it!
I think the only cons of sleeping on the floor could be dust, but if you keep a tidy house it shouldn't be a worry. On the pro side, you're never going to fall out of bed.
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on August 7, 2006
My grandfather seems to do it all the time, and he's a pretty old man. I think the pros are that you can sleep basically wherever you want to. I've sleep on the floor before and I have a pretty bad back. It helps my back out sometimes and sometimes it doesn't.
I think that for people with non messed up backs that it might be beneficial in that it tends to keep you from sleeping in one position too long, which keeps you from getting too stiff or sore from holding that position. It also potentially might lead to better spine work outs from position shifting. That's just speculation, though.
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Mister Cheese
on August 7, 2006
I did this for a few months last year. Was great for my back, didn't bother my hips too much, and had some nice benefits - namely, I got to be the snarky asshole lying on the "NASA bed" at Sharper Image telling everyone that the floor was "way better than this bullshit" until I got kicked out by the guy doing the demo. Plus, it gives you a workspace you didn't have before - if you're not sleeping on it, floorspace tends to go to waste, so now you have the bed as a workspace. Plus, it's not too much work to put the comforter away and use the floor if you're one of those few people who does put their floorspace to use, especially if you're sleeping (as I did) in a sleeping bag (or liner).
I actually found it to be so great, I started usinging a sleeping bag liner even when I went back to a bed - never have to make the bed, it's easy to wash it, and it just gives this nice, cozy feeling.
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on August 7, 2006
I sleep on the floor at my mom's house. I have joint pain, and have to sleep with my arms perfectly straight, which is hard to do in a twin bed. Sleeping on the floor lets me stretch out as much as I need, so there's a pro for you. The cats like it too since they don't roll off the bed as they so frequently do with a twin. One con though is that I can't sleep on my sides on the floor without gouging my hips to death.
I'm currently sleeping on just a mattress with no box spring (it wouldnt fit up the stairs in my old house) and I can't tell the difference. I think it improves my sleep hygiene. I'm less likely to lay in bed doing homework or reading (don't actually know why, come to think of it) and since I only sleep in my bed, I fall asleep much easier.
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on August 7, 2006
I once slept on the floor for several months after coming back from a 3 month camping expedition. At that point I had got used to sleeping on a hard surface and it felt more comfortable to me. A couple of disadvantages:
1. Design: beds, chest of drawers, lights and other bedroom furnature are all designed to have their active area a few feet above the floor - and usually storage below this. That is inconvenient if you are sleeping down there.
2. Persudaing a prospective sleeping partner to take up your habit can be an uphill struggle.
To get round the design problem you could try making a flat raised platform at bed height. If you find that you love the extra floor space not having a bed gives you you might also want to consider trying a hammock.
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on August 7, 2006
The main reasons I like sleeping on the floor: less stuff to buy, own, maintain, and fuck about with.
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on August 7, 2006
I sleep on a hard futon, and can vouch that for intimate relations, you'll never go back:
-No bouncing up and down of the bed or creaky bedspring noises. Just blissfull stability.
-Have to scoot down to the middle of the bed for oral? On a typical bed, your feet will hang over the side, suspended in air. On a futon, feet and legs can be safely propped on the floor.
The futon's also great for my back, and it doesn't do the shimy-shimy when a partner turns over in the night. Love it.
posted by
Gordion Knott
on August 7, 2006
When you get older, getting up from the ground gets to feel like a hassle.
posted by
on August 7, 2006
My anecdotal evidence suggests that YES! it is good for your back.
I, for whatever reason, started sleeping on my hardwood floor when I lived in Japan (which had heated pipes beneath it) often with no blanket or pillow. Surprisingly it wasn't awkward, even at first, and I came to prefer it to my bed. Slept that way for more than a year.
The main disadvantage to sleeping on the floor is that, well, it's not a bed, and beds are good for two things: sleeping and sex. Hard wood floor, not so much for the latter.
posted by
on August 7, 2006
I once stayed with some Thai friends who slept directly on the tile floor because it was cooler. They had no A/C, only a fan, but the floor was wonderfully cool despite the sweltering heat of Bangkok.
Unfortunately I had to transfer to the hot stuffy bed because I lack the personal padding to get comfy on a floor. My friends, while by no means fat, were pleasantly curvaceous whereas I am a stick.
I don't know about benefits to the back, but it's a great way to stay cool without A/C if you can deal with the hardness.
posted by
on August 7, 2006
When you get older, getting up from the ground gets to feel like a hassle.
I guess that means I'm old. For about a week I had just a mattress no frame, and it was suuuuch a pain to get in and out of bed.
At the beginning of "
Treat Your Own Back
" (which my parents' physical therapist recommended), the author talks about how she developed her techniques. She is a physical therapist and accidentally left a patient lying on a flat table for over an hour. When she went back to him, he felt amazingly better.
posted by
on August 7, 2006
I sleep on a hard futon, and can vouch that for intimate relations, you'll never go back:
I sleep on a hard futon, and am looking forward to buying a mattress; I find that "intimate relations" on a hard futon are rather terrible compared to a nicely resonant mattress.
posted by
on August 7, 2006
A physical therapist friend of mine recommended sleeping on the floor to help with lower back problems.
posted by
on August 8, 2006
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CJ: Be thiiiis close to posting in time Damn it. Knew I shouldn't have done the doodle. Dirk: Raise your sword ye mighty, and strike You never really counted ADVENT CHILDREN as anime, more just a video game tie-in with very impressive visuals. But you suppose you wielding a BUSTER-ESQUE SWORD was all but inevitable. You just wish such a large sword weren't so predictably heavy. It'll be a while before you wield this fucker like Cloud can. Still, if you can get an advantage, you'll TAKE it. You activate your HASTE and SLOW abilities to give yourself the necessary speed bonuses. Then, you break out the big guns. You activate your *INSERT THAT ONE TIME POWER THAT GAVE YOU THE DOZENS OF CLONES*. Uncounted Dirks fill the room in every nook and cranny, glaring down at the DRAGON with their own copy of its own personal kryptonite in their hands. With one resounding yell, they leap from every angle and commence the ASSFUCKERY. | |
>Chas: Revel. As the corpses, one-by-one, erupt behind you, you quickly make a 180 on the tips of your toes. Your coattail sways in the wind. Smoke clears from your brow, implants open, revealing your blank eyes. You take in a deep breath. Fire. Brimstone. Destruction. Your feet begin to carry you away slowly, mind a million miles away, in the grips of those of an eldritch persuasion. Blast after blast nearly blows your hat off, but your path does not sway. You are the be all and end all. You are the ubermensch. Chas Alder is the man foretold to put an end to war. You face down the battered CENTAUR >Chas: Go grimdark. The incipisphere... Your implants' lenses slide smoothly down. has a new kind of criminal. At this one-liner, the sky turns red for a moment. Suit flowing in the wind, you stand next to Rich, as the CENTAUR's very soul crumbles. You have activated the most horrifying of your GRIMDARK ABILITIES: BLACK HUMOR. | |
>Greg:Be unsure about the two strangers infront of you On one hand,they are two strangers who were smacking the hell out of one of your friend's dreamself,an act that you would partially like to join in on.On the other...they are a bit silly. You do have to give a bit of a chuckle,first at the thought of two DERSITES calling the PROPSITIAN guards on you for trespassing when you're pretty sure its they who are trespassing,and second at their silly antics. You tip your dream glasses and peer at them,a smile on your face before replying Not to be rude,but as a Prince of Prospit I have a hard time believing that I would get in trouble for being here,in one of my friend's towers. You give a chuckle then fold your arms up and say But despite that,I have no intentions of getting you two into trouble.Unless that's what you are looking for.... You clear your throat again,more to clear the air then anything else,then give your best, friendliest smile then say Now with that said I have nothing against the People of Derse and I'm perfectly willing to help you,assuming it isn't anything evil.What is it that you need me to do? | |
Um... yeah. Two posts in as many hours. Neat! >Dirk: While you're correct in thinking that Advent Children is not an anime, do you know what is an anime? Berserk That said, the Buster Sword comparison is an apt one. As you perform the LEITMOTIF OF THE AGES, you and your various future incarnations wield your COMICALLY OVERSIZED SWORDS as one, surrounding the DRAGON on all sides. As your picture so perfectly illustrated, ASSFUCKERY commences. A few minutes later, you've leveled up, acquired a large amount of scrap metal, and continue along your journey through the Labyrinth. Which shall be described in more detail shortly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Chas: You lose a level as you and Rich are warped to your next location. Rich, however, is a level 30 Arcana Denier! You're currently a level 49 Geist of Mild Disagreement! Boonbucks galore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Greg: Upon hearing that you're a Prince of Prospit, ID and MH gasp dramatically, looking at you as though you're some kind of monster. However, they calm right back down after hearing that you have no intents of getting them in trouble. As you continue speaking, they nod thoughtfully, as though considering each and every one of your words, treating them with the utmost care and analysis. When you offer to help them out, a pair of mischievous smiles creep across their faces, as they cheerfully wink at each other. Clearing his throat, ID steps forward, attempting to look disinterested as he begins speaking. "So, you say you're a Prince of Prospit, eh? A likely story!" He says, at he suddenly spins in place and points at you, a clearly played-up glare of accusation pointing at you. "A likely story!" Assuming a normal stance once again, ID begins talking again, "Assuming, however, that you are a Prince, then you might be exactly who we're looking for. "You see, MH and I are planning the heist of the year, no, the century, No, THE MILLENNIUM!" As he steps closer to you, ID chuckles. "Well, I wouldn't go quite that far, but yes, this is going to be the biggest moment of our careers! You see..." The Dersite suddenly stops speaking, looking around the room suspiciously, as though looking for eavesdroppers. Lowering his voice to a whisper, he finishes his statement, "We're going to steal the future." | |
>Greg:Inquire as to how they plan on stealing the future You just stand and blink as you try to process this new information.They want to steal the future?Is that even possible?Can such a thing be done? You close your eyes and put on your best thinking face.On one hand you're not sure how they plan on pulling this off.Granted,you aren't the Time Guy.That's Dirk's thing.You're the Spacey Dude.You do Spacey stuff. Having said that however,you have to admit to yourself that it sounds like quite an interesting idea.It will be no doubt hard,but if it could be done...just think of what this could mean! That,or it just livens up the old story lover in you.You think you will go with that. After you have decided what you are going to do,you walk over to the two Dersites,give a big smile then put one arm around both of them and say Well,I will admit that you two have me intrigued and I'm curious to see what you have in mind.As the Knight of Space,I will help you in anyway I can. You then give them a good look,but still smiling, before adding Just so long as you two understand that I want NO ONE to come to harm for this.Understand? You may be intrigued,but you aren't going to let someone get hurt over this. | |
>Chas: Note developments. You do not think you will be resorting to BLACK HUMOR any more. >Chas: Try to make out where you are. | |
>Dirk: Head on in You CAPTCHALOGUE that grotesquely large sword. You think that whatever it is, it might be useful at some point in the future. You keep a close eye on your surroundings as you head deeper into this dungeon. Any lore you can find to help you would be vital. | |
>Xavier: Begrudgedly strife Well, you don't he can do, but you want have to kill him! >Xavier: Deequip knives >Xavier: Punch | |
>GM: Despise insomnia with a burning passion. Well, if I'm going to be awake, I might as well ensure that I'm in no way, shape, or form productive. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Greg: As you state your conditions, ID and MH begin chuckling and giggling, respectively. "No need to worry my fine fellow; out little caper isn't going to hurt anyone. We're nothing if not careful. "For example: MH!" Cue awkward silence. "...My point exactly! It's still less than 100!" Somehow, you find yourself less than reassured. Nevertheless, you allow ID to guide you over to Chas' window. Once at the portal, the Dersite points towards the brightness of Skaia, floating high overhead. "Now, we've been working on this particularly job for quite some time now. We've been... less than successful so far." The two Dersites smile at you, eagerly waiting for your response. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Rich and Chas: The two of you find yourselves standing at the end of a painfully long ATM line, waiting behind various Underlings and Consorts. They stare at you in surprise as you warp out of nowhere, but don't particularly do anything else of interest. As you wait for everyone ahead of you to finish up, the two of you wonder why you decided to put this location in the loop. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dirk: As the Builder guided, so also did he study and learn. Arcane lore and long-forgotten knowledge became his tools, as he delved deep into his studies and experiments. Some of his achievements were great and mighty, changing the face of the Land with their utilities. Some were mundane and uninteresting, and were forgotten almost as soon as they were discovered. Some were failures and disappointments, opportunities for learning that could never be ignored. As you continue to traverse the twisting passages and dead-ends, you begin to feel the temperature steadily increase; after a few minutes of walking, you feel like you're in a sauna, sweat pouring from every pore of your body as you wearily tread through the stone paths. Eventually, you come to an area where several passages branch off from your current one. Peering down one, you can spot the sheen of water emitting from a birdbath-esque pedestal. Down another, you can see a nearly stationary form; though you can't quite make out what it is, you can see that it possesses a large pair of wings. Down the final path, you hear some loud stomping. Also: Level up! Level 52 Darksteel Herald! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Xavier: You hurt your hand punching into his carapace. GS responds by swinging at your head with his wrench. | |
>Greg:Listen patiently to the silly duo You nod to yourself as you listen to the duo explain what they have up their sleeves,or whatever the Dersite equivalent is.You admit that you are little dubious at their mention of their previous jobs,but you decide to stay quiet on that.Hopefully with you around they will keep out of trouble,a fact that you have little belief in. You close your eyes and continue to nod to yourself as the duo finish telling you their plan.You give it a moment of thought,then decide to give them your two cents on the matter. I would like to point out that you really can't steal the future from the clouds.If you want an idea as to where all that you see in them come from,then I would suggest you start looking there. You walk over to the window and point up to Skaia. | |
>Dirk: Meet your flighty new friend. Even though you kind of feel like you might come to regret this, a chance to throw down with a GIANT BIRD DEMON is too amazing for your inner ACTION-HERO WANNABE to pass up. You select your HYPERION GUNBLADE for the showdown, along with your JETPACK. You'll need to forgo your conventional tactics, if they can be called conventional, if you want to beat this kind of foe. | |
>Rich: Wait a really long time. Eventually reach ATM. Make transaction. STRIFE! http://homestuck.bandcamp.com/track/elevatorstuck It tells you to swipe your card. You swipe your card. It tells you to swipe your card again. You swipe your card again. It tells you to try turning the card around. You do so and swipe your card again. It asks whether you would like to speak with a representative. You press "yes". It asks you to please wait. You do so. No representative arrives. It tells you to swipe your card. You punch in the card number manually instead. You accidentally type a 9 instead of a 6. You start over. It tells you to swipe your card. You hear the people behind you complaining. You swipe your card again. It asks you how much you would like to withdraw. You type in "1000". You realize you meant to type "100". You don't even have $1000 in your account. It tells you that you don't have $1000 in your account. It tells you to swipe your card. You concede defeat. | |
>Greg: As you tell ID and MH that they can't really steal the future, or clouds for that matter, the two thieves let out a simultaneous "Awwwwwwwwww." As you continue talking however, and ask them about the Black Queen, their sad looks turn to ones of confusion and indecision. Clearing his throat, ID begins to speak first. "Well, about her... Um, well, she's a, uh... We think that she's... She's a..." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dirk: Well, you're right and wrong about a couple things. You're right about the fact that your conventional tactics won't work here, but wrong about the idea that you're facing a GIANT BIRD DEMON. No, instead you find yourself facing a BORED-LOOKING SPHINX, who stares at you with heavy-lidded feline eyes as you charge at her with your weapons drawn. "Come now, put those away. There's no need for such childish toys here; at least not yet. Come, sit down, rest a while." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Rich: After your long and fruitless battle, you graciously concede defeat to your foe. The ATM soars up its echeladder, reaching its highest rungs in a matter of instants. Level 99 Scourge of the States! The sheer number of boonbucks it earns far exceeds the size of its porkhollow, and some of the ATM's earnings spill out at your feet. +100 Boonbucks! You and Chas again find yourselves drawn into the mysterious MONTAGE PORTAL. Where would you two like to go next? | |
>Dirk: Be reasonable and put those things away. You CAPTCHALOGUE your items and stow them away. You're not really certain why, but you trust this creature enough to give it the benefit of the doubt. You sit down on the opposite side of the room from it. You don't trust it THAT much. "Thanks, I think I will. Gotta say, it'd be nice to have a chance to really sit down and rest in this place with all the fire tiring me out. So, you're a Sphinx, right? If you're not somebody I just fight, I take it this is some kind of intellectual puzzle?" | |
>Rich: Place vote for DESERT OASIS. You think that would be a nicely dramatic return to the WILD! Then perhaps you can follow it up with scenes of DECAY and/or TORMENT, finishing it up with a scene of EPIC SCALE, a MONUMENT TO A CIVILIZATION'S ACHIEVEMENTS AND/OR SINS! | |
>Greg:Start putting an idea into motion You listen and nod intently as ID and MH tell you about the Black Queen,stuff that you pretty much already knew.I have heard she is a cruel and evil person.I know very well what she is willing to do. You tap your fingers on both their shoulders then give a mischievous grin that slowly spreads across your face. You dislike the Black Queen right?And you wish to steal a future?Then how would you like to do something that no one has ever done before. You give them another big hug before stating How would you like to steal the very future the Black Queen has planned herself? | |
>Dirk: As you sit down, the SPHINX smiles in answer to your question, showing off a mouthful of fangs as she does. "Pretty much, yes. I'm assuming that you've heard some variation of the classic myth and riddle, so I won't bore you with the details." The creature stretches, smiling as her spine cracks loudly. Gesturing with her wings, she points at a small doorway behind her. "As you may have guessed, that's the passage you need to take to continue along. If you answer my riddle, then I'll allow you to pass, with no need to pay the customary toll. However," she continues, shooting you a mischievous glance, "There is another option available to you. "It should go without saying that my riddle is quite puzzling; I can't recall a single being who's answered it in all the time I've been here. So, I've taken to offering an alternate challenge: Tell me a riddle I've never heard before. If it's one that is truly new to me, then I will allow you to pass. What's more, if I particularly enjoy your riddle, I might be tempted to reward you." The Sphinx yawns luxuriously, her half-closed eyes never leaving your face. "Well, what will it be, Hero?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Rich: Good enough for me! You and Chas find yourselves landing in the middle of a desert, near a small pond of water and several verdant palm trees. Surrounded by the customary Underlings, blah blah blah, GIANT SCORPION. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Greg: "Er... Maybe. What exactly did you have in mind?" | |
>Dirk: Think back, and find your riddle. You have to admit, you are SHIT at solving riddles. The only time you ever got one right, it was a Lord of the Rings reference. No, if you're going to solve this SPHINX'S CHALLENGE, you're going to have to come up with a riddle. You think back to better days, something like two years ago now. You and your SIS are sitting in the GAME ROOM watching the FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD collection you purchased. You hate buying the DVDs when you could pirate them, but this is an experiment. Your SIS has complained about your shitty ANIMES one too many times, and you've managed to force her to sit through all 63 episodes of BROTHERHOOD leading up to the climax. On the screen, Greed is breathing his last breath. Your SIS throws up her hands and declares bullshit. She thought that Greed was supposed to be evil, like the other homunculi. How could just end up being some friendship freak this whole time? You tell her that there's more to Greed than just being, well, greedy. The whole series is filled with subtext about them. They all fulfill their cardinal sin, but not in the normal way. For example, Lust had literally zero sex drive; her only passion was BLOODLUST. And Wrath was not some ravenous slathering beast, but a cold and calculating man who struck at his foes with sheer ruthless force; and in his own way, he used that same fierce attitude toward protecting his wife, his one true human connection. In that same way, Greed may have on the outside been a being of avarice, but his true form of Greed was not bad. It was a benevolent want. He may have been somewhat selfish to desire friends, but the point the show was trying to make was that we are all selfish, in our desire for friends, family and love. And that is not a bad thing. You mull it over a bit, and decide that that isn't so bad a jumping point. You stand up and take a deep breath. Your speech starts off slow, but picks up and gains rhythm as you go. "Of all the cardinal sins of old The stinking want for ever more But some might say this greater sin | |
>Xavier: Finally have that one thing finally happen. Finally. GS leads you back over to the MASS OF BURNING WRECKAGE THAT USED TO BE A HANGER, and begins to dig through the rubble, tossing aside beams and chunks of roof. Eventually, he manages to make a hole in the detritus, and drops through into the belly of the ruined building. You can hear the whirring and grinding of machinery for the next few minutes, until the roaring of an engine cuts off all the other noise. A thrown-together pile of scrap and spare parts rises out of the wreckage; by all rights it looks as though the jalopy should be stuck at the bottom of a trash heap. Nevertheless, GS pokes his head out of a window, and waves you over. "Come on! Get in already." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Dirk: As you deliver the final lines, the Sphinx purrs in appreciation. "Ooooooh. Now that is a good one; isn't it? Love the wording and structure; you're a regular little poet, aren't you?" Rising to her feet, the creature begins to pace around you, her eyes never ceasing to stare at you. "Now, the answer's a little obvious, isn't it? The selfish desire for friendship, if I'm not mistaken. Can't say it's exactly a new concept." She lets out a sigh as she sits down in front of you, seemingly lost in thought. "What to do, what to do? On the one hand, it's been ever so long since I've had a guest, let alone one so clever as you. And that truly was a treat; I'll be sure to remember that one. On the other, it's been quite a while since I've last eaten..." With a chuckle, she comes to a decision, rising up and walking over to a hidden alcove. "I suppose that based on the wording of my challenge, you've gone ahead and passed, haven't you? I did ask you to tell me a riddle I've never heard before, and that was the first time I heard that particular wording. Very well then." Reaching into the alcove, she picks up an oddly shaped package, and tosses it to you. "I would advise that you don't open this until you really need it. It has a habit of being useful the first time you use it, and being worthless every time after that." She points a paw towards the passageway behind her. "Well done, my young hero. Feel free to go on ahead. Oh, and do come on back if you so desire. I always crave a bit of company." | |
>Greg:Give answer to question I would like you to first understand that you are in no way shape or form being forced into this.I'm not like that.Unlike some of my friends... You look over at Chas' still sleeping dreamself when you speak that last sentence. I have no intention of throwing either of you into danger. You take a moment then compose yourself then continue What I need right now is someone to undermine what the Black Queen is trying to do right now.Nothing too extreme.Especially nothing that would get you hurt or even killed.And besides you give another mischievous grin at the pair then say I'm sure there has got to be something that the Black Queen has that you must have always wanted. | |
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Townes Van Zandt was a critically acclaimed folk-country singer/songwriter known for songs like "If I Needed You," "Loretta" and "To Live's to Fly."
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Sam J. Wagstaff was an important art curator and collector of photography. He was also a companion and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
Actor Ray Walston enjoyed a successful acting career and is best known for his character Uncle Martin O'Hara on the CBS series My Favorite Martian.
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Edward Weston's photography captured organic forms and texture. Portraits of his family taken in the 1940s are some of his best work.
English writer T.H. White became known for his series of novels about King Arthur, which were collected together in The Once and Future King (1958).
Eli Whitney was an American inventor who created the cotton gin and pushed the "interchangeable parts" mode of production.
Hank Williams became one of America's first country music superstars, with hits like "Your Cheatin' Heart," before his early death at 29.
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Fields does not believe the situation that has arisen from the Boone County case will jeopardize the sale of the town's water company to West Virginia American Water.
"That case in Boone County just doesn't have anything to do with Pratt," he said.
The subpoena was also sent to the Kanawha County Commission. Pratt and the commission were both subpoenaed on Wednesday afternoon.
Commission President Kent Carper said the county will provide any and all records dealing with the Pratt debt to the attorneys involved in the case.
"All of our records are public records," Carper said.
Carper has instructed county staff to gather records on the matter to provide to the attorneys, he said.
Pratt officials also will not balk at providing financial records to the attorneys involved in the case, Fields said.
Carper declined to comment on the embezzlement case or the subpoena for records, saying it would be "inappropriate."
Fields has been mayor of Pratt two separate occasions.
He was mayor from 1989 until 1993. He was again elected mayor in 2009 and has served going on four years. He is seeking re-election this summer.
Kinder was indicted for the embezzlement charge in January.
Kinder's trial date has not been set. She is currently out on a $10,000 bond.
Contact writer Paul Fallon at paul.fal...@dailymail.com or 304-348-4817. Follow him at www.twitter.com/PaulBFallon.


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The remix is an architect's note on what the fuck's wrong with r&b: basically, verses and choruses. The Neptunes' edit of *NSync's hit "Girlfriend" spends 61 seconds before the first verse: a minimal guitar figure while Nelly rhymes a little. Nelly is on a roll of late. Then the "song" happens: two 61-second verse/chorus packages, boring in exactly the way all contempo-r&b is boring, dodging anything dynamic lest it ruin the supposedly sexy smooveness. As if anyone listens to the radio while fonging. We're 3:03 in: average single length. Back comes Nelly for a second thrilling visit. Hasn't made a mistake in 16 months. Then comes a bridge, a tag, and it's over, almost five minutes. The snoozy verse/chorus occupies 42 percent of the track.
The paired Nelly raps (1) offer a ghetto pass, as only soul stations provide context for tune's dullness and (2) are mountain ranges. They isolate the "song" into a valley town where nothing ever happens (despite video's insistence that burg is dominated by hot boy/boy action). Climbing out fast, along a trail of Nelly-namechecked female soul stars, you never have to think about the "song" again. The song is over, the song is over. And then you come to the bridge.
It's a bridge to nowhereso melodically different, so formally sealed off from snoozy Versechorusville it might as well be a different song altogether. It sure sounds that way, and if you have any patience left for the boys, Justin and JC skate across the sweetest pop melody in ages: 21-second bridge perfectly beautiful, perfectly desperate to be suspended in midair over some other year, where it actually could be the song, and not some piece of throwaway engineering forced to waste all its efforts just getting us the hell out of there.


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I am awesome every day & you are too.
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I'm a writer of aricles, poems & songs. Here's some cool stuff I wrote.
I was born to be someone's embarrassing parent
re: This.
I would marry a man who carried a head flashlight in his pocket, because that man is obviously a big ol' nerd.
He probably also has board games in his trunk and found the place that sells adult-sized Underoos.
I presently have a jar of Jam, those hand-warmer thingies and a copy of a video game strategy guide for a game I don't even own in my purse. I own (and regularly wear) shirts with hello kitty characters on them.
See? Perfect match.
Y'all didn't realize how deeply embedded nerd is all up in my bone marrow, did you?
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When: June 30, 2012, 10 am - 5 pm
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attention Zach: I'd love to cover this.
Didn't even think of that but this is marvelous. And true.
actually 514 is too many.
The number is actually more like 499.
2012 + 46 = 258 aprox years since 45bc
1967 / 4 = 514.5, leap years but I'm cutting it down to 514 because we don't have 1/2 years. That's where their calculation stopped.
Not every centenial year is treated as a leap year. Only centenial years divisible by 400 are treated as leap years, because the actual time it takes the earth to spin around the sun is something like 365 days 5 hours and some minutes/seconds, so to make up for the minutes and seconds, an extra day is added every 400 years.
So although 2000 was a leap year, 1900 was not.
So if we count all the leap years between 45bc (the year 46bc, according to encyclopedia britanica, but who reads actual encyclopedias anymore?) that would occur on the 5 centneial years divisible by 4, between then and today:
400, 800, 1200, 1600, 2000
That means of the 20 centneial years between 45bc and today, 15 of them were not leap years.
That actually subtracts 15 additional leap years to our initial figure of 514, resulting in 499.
That's still not at all taking into consideration that the west has also changed the gregorian calendar since the year 46bc.
So in like the 1500s the calendar changed again, and I don't know so much about that but you can read about it on wikipedia or something.
Also, western leap years also used to involve doubilng feburary 24th in the middle ages, resulting in no change in the actual calendar!
Anyway, there is a lot to be said about western calendars and all that shit, but this image was slightly misleading and I had to say something.
And here are some other refrences:
Bubble Bobble Theme, Acapella
It's credited to "DJ ViRt" I'm not sure if that's factual, but the Bubble Bobble theme was written by Peter Clarke.
warrennotg replied to your photo: Marvel's Monet St. Croix aka M aka Penance …
The fact that you know about M makes me adore you more. Jubilee is my spirit animal, and I'll never forgive them for killing Synch: he had such potential to be an amazingly powerful mutant.
Okay Synch? Awesome. AWESOME. I wish he had been included in Marvel Vs Capcom 2, because fuck, can you even IMAGINE the kind of shit you could use him for as an assist??? But no, they give us fucking Marrow. Who gives a shit about Marrow?
Honestly, the entire Generation X team was my shit. It was perfect at a time when I needed to be reading comics, you know?
Also? M was a bitch, but really, her whole family was fucked up. Complex storylines make for the most interesting characters.
A video tribute to Black female superheroes
Today is the last day of Black History Month and I wanted to show you an awesome video celebrating some great female characters.
And this is what happened, Today, in Black History.
The video is awesome… It omits Monet St. Croix from Generation X (Who is actually twins), though!
I will post about her. She's fucking awesome.
Saw this in the theater too.
Everything Star Trek: TNG was my SHIT. I still watch the reruns.
I think I had a crush on everyone:
Jeordi (which was encouraged by Reading Rainbow)
Wesely Crusher (even though everyone thought he was a bitch character, Will Wheaton was/is HOT)
DATA (It's kind of unreasonable how much of a crush I had on his character. An android may or may not have helped me, "Become a woman," to paraphrase Kanye)
I love the future. It's so sexual.
The Fifth Element
It's everything I could possibly ask for.
This is totally in my top 10 favorite movies, in the same company as Casablanca, Amelie and Kill Bill Volume I.
I <3 you Milla Jovovich.
This hoodie is rather awesome! It's comfy and is also a great awkward conversation starter. I got it as a gift maybe 5 years ago.
Marielena & Not2Hate said they wanted to get one… Sadly, I don't think Newbreed Girl makes them anymore.
*sad trombone*
Google Shopping shows some other variations of the same phrase on different clothes, though.
This tee-shirt looks pretty cute:
went to an amazing antique place with the boy today.
discovered these rather fetching star trek plates.
didn't love them enough to buy them though ha.
Missed opportunity.


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The founder and president of the Museum of Appalachia, John Rice Irwin, is a certified genius. He received his certification in 1989 from the MacArthur Foundation, the outfit in Chicago that hands out money to worthy folks.
The media has dubbed these awards "genius grants." The prizes are given mainly to authors and academic scholars. You can't apply for a MacArthur Award; you just get one, out of the blue, like manna from heaven, based on a mysterious selection process. You're free to spend the cash however you want.
One day in 1989 Irwin picked up the phone in his cramped little office and spoke to a MacArthur representative who offered him $250,000 plus a little extra for taxes. Irwin is not the most excitable fellow ever born. He replied, "OK." He received the check in the mail, and, like a true genius, plowed the cash back into his all-consuming life's work: the museum. He's poured a lot of money into the place over the years, and today, it's a lovely little empire, tucked into the hill country of eastern Tennessee. The Museum of Appalachia (museumofappalachia.org) covers more than 100 acres, with several dozen buildings and tens of thousands of artifacts. Irwin welcomes about 100,000 visitors a year to the facility, near Knoxville, Tenn., just off Interstate 75.
Compiling the collection The museum's story begins in the early 1960s, when Irwin, a native of the region, was seized with a mission: to display objects that the people of eastern Tennessee, especially mountain folk, made and used over the centuries. Such items were not well known in an era of mass merchandising.
In search of good stuff, Irwin traveled the area's back roads, knocked on doors, and talked to people about items they didn't use anymore and that they might wish to sell: banjos, fiddles, quilts, butter churns, farm tools, coal mining equipment, kitchen pots, and wagons; materials associated with moon-shining, weaving, beekeeping, tanning, old-time revivals, and general stores. Things made of wood, leather, stone, cotton, iron, rope, and clay. Little or nothing made of plastic or synthetics.
Irwin's collection is jaw-dropping, ranging from Civil War paraphernalia to a saddle used for decades by an Appalachian midwife. He's collected old coffins, log cabins, hand-carved toys, fascinating folk art, and a display case full of dried plants used as herbal remedies. Also, the museum hosts a major bluegrass music festival every October.
Irwin's interest in the material culture of the region has deep roots. His ancestors arrived in Tennessee in 1784 and became farmers. As he grew up in comfortable circumstances on the family homestead, Irwin felt especially close to his grandparents, who lived nearby. Grandfather Rice owned a lot of tools. One day the old man told his grandson, "You ought to keep these old tools that belonged to our people and start a museum one day."
Irwin dates the exact start of the museum to 1962. He was married, had two daughters, and was working as a teacher and school district official. Hearing about an estate auction a few miles down the road, on the Clinch River, he attended out of curiosity and got interested in an old wooden bucket that had been fished out of a river during a flood many years earlier. He liked the look of the thing and the story behind it, so he bought it. Meanwhile, another person at the sale purchased an old spinning wheel, and talked about converting it into a coffee table. Irwin was shocked. "I just plain hated the idea of that object being hauled to Terre Haute or Dayton and made into a table"—he spits out the word—"completely removed from the context of the region, and from the people who made it and used it."
Over the following weeks he decided to buy a few artifacts—only a handful of items—from local folks, just to make sure they were properly preserved. He discovered he loved collecting. He couldn't stop. People started showing up at his door wanting to see his stuff, and he welcomed them. In the late 1960s he began charging admission. He got some good publicity from a big article in Reader's Digest in the '70s and got another boost from the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville.
John Rice, as he's known, is 79 now and slowed by health problems, but he's still supervising many aspects of his creation. (His daughter, Elaine I. Meyer, is executive director of the museum.) Rice is a white-haired gentleman with courtly manners, tooling around on a golf cart, making sure the leaves get raked off the back path. He examines the objects he's accumulated and tells their stories lovingly, at great length, just as you would expect of a certified genius.
Bob Frost is a regular contributor to the magazine.
If You GoGreat Smoky Mountains National Park Celebrates 75th Anniversary this Year The nation's most visited national park is located about 90 minutes from the Museum of Appalachia. Great Smoky Mountains National Park covers more than 500,000 acres in Tennessee and North Carolina. The park is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and there's a full calendar of events at greatsmokies75th.org.
Sections of the park can be toured by car. One of the most popular destinations is Cades Cove, an 11-mile loop that also features hiking, biking, and horseback riding, and camping for tents and RVs. (The park has seven group campsites; camping is also available in the back country.) The park's hiking trails range from easy to strenuous, from half-hour strolls to major week-long backpacking treks. Cabin rentals are available on the outskirts of the park. October is very busy in the area because of the glorious autumn colors.
Gatlinburg, Tenn., is a main gateway to the park; Townsend, Tenn., also a gateway, has considerably less traffic and features an excellent restaurant in Miss Lily's Cafe. Try the barbecue. For dining in Knoxville try Litton's Market, Restaurant & Bakery. For lodging in Norris (near the Museum of Appalachia) try The Cabin on Cedar Ridge and the cabins at Norris Dam State Park.
A good resource for visitors who want to spend a couple of days and nights at the park is Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont (gsmit.org). The National Park Service has a comprehensive website: nps.gov/grsm. For more information, log on to friendsofthesmokies.org, or go online to the Tennessee Department of Tourism at tnvacation.com.
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as i'm sure everyone is well aware the cfda awards were last night and it was jam packed with all sorts of highlights of the bejeweled variety. firstly, third time's a charm. a huge congratulations to pamela love for winning the swarovski award for accessories. i have more than once professed my undying support for her on this blog, on twitter, on instagram, and in my daily life. she's truly a visionary and deserves all the credit in the world for her unique designs and for hand making every piece locally. and in other highlights, holy shit her dress. i didn't think it could get much better than her wedding dress but that mara hoffman number is a serious contender. is my girl crush showing? speaking of girl crushes in white dresses, erin wasson looked perfect. i love when she and alexander wang collaborate in any capacity. other highlights included the win for suno and the man repeller getting all molly shannon on the red carpet. now enough of me rambling, check out the jewelry highlights from last night below.
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Structural Features That Modulate the Transmembrane Migration of a Hydrophobic Peptide in Lipid Vesicles Biophysical Journal, Volume 74, Issue 6, 1 June 1998, Pages 3023-3030 Sajith Jayasinghe, Melissa Barranger-Mathys, Jeffrey F. Ellena, Craig Franklin and David S. Cafiso Abstract Two approaches employing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) were used to investigate the transmembrane migration rate of the C-terminal end of native alamethicin and a more hydrophobic analog called L1. Native alamethicin exhibits a very slow transmembrane migration rate when bound to phosphatidylcholine vesicles, which is no greater than 1×10−4 min−1. This rate is much slower than expected, based on the hydrophobic partition energies of the amino acid side chains and the backbone of the exposed C-terminal end of alamethicin. The alamethicin analog L1 exhibits crossing rates that are at least 1000 times faster than that of native alamethicin. A comparison of the equilibrium positions of these two peptides shows that L1 sits ∼3–4Å deeper in the membrane than does native alamethicin (Barranger-Mathys and Cafiso. 1996. Biochemistry. 35:489). The slow rate of alamethicin crossing can be explained if the peptide helix is irregular at its C-terminus and hydrogen bonded to solvent or lipid. We postulate that L1 does not experience as large a barrier to transport because its C-terminus is already buried within the membrane interface. This difference is most easily explained by conformational differences between L1 and alamethicin rather than differences in hydrophobicity. The results obtained here demonstrate that side-chain hydrophobicity alone cannot account for the energy barriers to peptide and protein transport across membranes. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (218 kb) |
Continuum Solvent Model Calculations of Alamethicin-Membrane Interactions: Thermodynamic Aspects Biophysical Journal, Volume 78, Issue 2, 1 February 2000, Pages 571-583 Amit Kessel, David S. Cafiso and Nir Ben-Tal Abstract Alamethicin is a 20-amino acid antibiotic peptide that forms voltage-gated ion channels in lipid bilayers. Here we report calculations of its association free energy with membranes. The calculations take into account the various free-energy terms that contribute to the transfer of the peptide from the aqueous phase into bilayers of different widths. The electrostatic and nonpolar contributions to the solvation free energy are calculated using continuum solvent models. The contributions from the lipid perturbation and membrane deformation effects and the entropy loss associated with peptide immobilization in the bilayer are estimated from a statistical thermodynamic model. The calculations were carried out using two classes of experimentally observed conformations, both of which are helical: the NMR and the x-ray crystal structures. Our calculations show that alamethicin is unlikely to partition into bilayers in any of the NMR conformations because they have uncompensated backbone hydrogen bonds and their association with the membrane involves a large electrostatic solvation free energy penalty. In contrast, the x-ray conformations provide enough backbone hydrogen bonds for the peptide to associate with bilayers. We tested numerous transmembrane and surface orientations of the peptide in bilayers, and our calculations indicate that the most favorable orientation is transmembrane, where the peptide protrudes ∼4Å into the water-membrane interface, in very good agreement with electron paramagnetic resonance and oriented circular dichroism measurements. The calculations were carried out using two alamethicin isoforms: one with glutamine and the other with glutamate in the 18th position. The calculations indicate that the two isoforms have similar membrane orientations and that their insertion into the membrane is likely to involve a 2-Å deformation of the bilayer, again, in good agreement with experimental data. The implications of the results for the biological function of alamethicin and its capacity to oligomerize and form ion channels are discussed. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (589 kb) |
Interaction of Alamethicin with Ether-Linked Phospholipid Bilayers: Oriented Circular Dichroism, P Solid-State NMR, and Differential Scanning Calorimetry Studies Biophysical Journal, Volume 89, Issue 4, 1 October 2005, Pages 2434-2442 Paresh C. Dave, Emma Billington, Yeang-Ling Pan and Suzana K. Straus Abstract The arrangement of the antimicrobial peptide alamethicin was studied by oriented circular dichroism, 31P solid-state NMR, and differential scanning calorimetry in ether-linked phospholipid bilayers composed of 1,2-O-dihexadecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DHPC). The measurements were performed as a function of alamethicin concentration relative to the lipid concentration, and results were compared to those reported in the literature for ester-linked phospholipid bilayers. At ambient temperature, alamethicin incorporates into the hydrophobic core of DHPC bilayers but results in more lipid disorder than observed for ester-linked 1-palmitoyl, 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) lipid bilayers. This orientational disorder appears to depend on lipid properties such as bilayer thickness. Moreover, the results suggest that alamethicin inserts into the hydrophobic core of the bilayers (at high peptide concentration) for both ether- and ester-linked lipids but using a different mechanism, namely toroidal for DHPC and barrel-stave for POPC. Abstract | Full Text | PDF (217 kb) |
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Biophysical Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, 172-176, 1 July 1994
Research Article
M. Barranger-Mathys and D.S. Cafiso
Department of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22901.
Alamethicin is a 20-amino-acid peptide that produces a voltage-dependent conductance in membranes. We investigated the state of aggregation of alamethicin in egg phosphatidylcholine and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine membranes by examining the EPR spectra obtained from an active analog of this peptide that is spin-labeled at its C-terminus. The dependence of both the linewidth and signal intensity as a function of peptide concentration exhibit exchange broadening as the peptide concentration is increased; however, the exchange rates are linear with peptide concentration as is expected for the simple diffusion of monomers. In addition, the spin-exchange rates obtained from the linebroadening are consistent with collisional rates that are predicted from free Brownian diffusion. The results provide strong evidence that in the absence of a membrane potential, alamethicin is largely monomeric in these membranes.


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Reviewing the records with the help of his police contacts, Matt concludes that it seems to be case of a murder suicide, the suicide taking place while the murderer was in custody. The persons involved in the crime were roommates. Richard Vanderpoel was a minister's son. He was employed as a clerk in the antiques business. Scudder sees the attorney who visited Richard at the Tombs. Richard's father is tall and rail thin.
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Scudder books depict the consequences of caring about people's fate too much. What results is a sense of exhaustion, a sense of loss. This volume follows the pattern.
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