Michael Harney wrote:
>
> I guess I am still a bit neurotic afterall, at least when I am tired. My
> self-persecution complex often makes me overly critical of myself. I won't
> leave, but I am deffinately going to reconsider my mail reading/responding
> practices. New rule one: Never respond to mail when I am sleep deprived.
> I went to sleep very late on Thursday night(actually I didn't go to sleep
> until 2 AM Friday) because I was reading _Do Androids Dream of Electric
> Sheep_ and got a bit carried away, but I still woke up at 7:30 AM. 5.5 hours
> hours is not enough sleep for me to function well. Another rule I am
> considering is just simply not to read any Brin-L mail on days that I am
> tired or not feeling well. That will prevent bad responses before they
> happen, but may create quite the backlog of posts. I will see what happens.
> I will apply both rules today, as I still feel a little under-rested. This
> will probably be my only post for today.
Posting while tired due to lack of sleep due to staying up to finish a
PKD novel may not be the wisest choice. :)
Perhaps if you're going to stay up to read novels and then post at a
later time in a sleep-deprived state, you should try a different
author. James White might not be too bad, depending on what you chose
to read.
Julia
halfway through the first Sector General omnibus
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