Wikipedia has a nice description of sleep paralysis:

a condition characterized by temporary paralysis of the body shortly after waking up (known as hypnopompic paralysis) or, less often, shortly before falling asleep (known as hypnagogic paralysis)

Stanford University has a nice definition of sleep paralysis too. falling_asleep, hypnagogic, sleep, SLEEP News, SLEEP News, SLEEP Psychology, SLEEP Psychology, sleepzine, sleep_paralysis, stanford, temporary_paralysis, waking_up, wikipedia

Here’s an interesting article about how sleep can make your children more healthier and slimmer.

They found that children who get more sleep tend to have a lower body mass index (BMI, a ratio of weight to height) and are less likely to be overweight five years later, than kids who get less sleep.

Sleeping an extra hour a night reduced the chance of being overweight from 36 percent to 30 percent in young children, and from 34 percent to 30 percent in older children.

Here’s a shirt you can get if you love sleeping…

Here’s an interesting website that collects stories about sleeping at the aiport.

For travellers who are REALLY on a budget and are looking for a way to skim a few bucks off their travel expenses, why not consider sleeping in an airport? Many airports are actually better than local lodging. And to top it off - IT’S FREE! Your friends and family may look at you funny when you return with your airport stories, but that’s only part of the fun. So now, sit back….get out your travel itinerary and plan which airports you’re going to sleep in (or avoid altogether) during your next trip.

Here’s some good articles on how to sleep better:

• 11 Ways To Sleep Better
• Why do we sleep?
• How to sleep well
• Good sleep, good learning, good life
• Insomnia: 12 ways to better sleep
• Get the Balance Right - 10 Novel Approaches to Curing Insomnia