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Good morning. 😴🥱☕

26 January 2026

I’m up extra early this morning. Woke a little before four, got a drink of water, laid back down — but sleep wasn’t coming. So I got up again and let Charlie out into the backyard. Figured I’d kick back in the recliner for a bit, but it was clear sleep wasn’t in the cards, so I came in here. It happens like that now and then.

It’s cold this morning for Louisiana — 22°F. No wonder Charlie didn’t want to stay outside long. We had a bit of snow yesterday, just enough to dust the rooftops and evergreen trees. Mostly it rained, though, so I imagine schools and such are closed today out of caution for icy roads. The frozen water kind of ice. Folks around here aren’t exactly skilled at driving on slick pavement.

Icy roads should make things interesting at the two relatively new traffic circles in town. Even in good weather, some people struggle with those. You can almost see the gears turning: Do I go or wait? What does that big triangle mean? Are the cars in the circle supposed to let me in? It’s understandable — not everyone’s well traveled.

That brings me to a thought: there are people in this country who’ve never ventured far from home. Some haven’t even left their own state. And when you think about it, that explains a lot. Without exposure to different places and lives, all you know is what’s around you — where everyone’s circumstances look the same. Which reminds me of one of my sayings:
You only know what you know, and you don’t know what you don’t know.

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

“No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.” - Hal Borland:

“Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.” - Will Rogers

“We don’t see things as they are; we see them as we are.” - Anaïs Nin

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Nov 13

A quotation from Edna St. Vincent Millay

And what are you that, missing you,
I should be kept awake
As many nights as there are days
With weeping for your sake?

Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) American poet
Poem (1921-10-31), “The Philosopher,” st. 1, Ainslee’s Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3

More about this quote: wist.info/millay-edna-st-vince…

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Poem (1921-10-31), "The Philosopher," st. 1, Ainslee's Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 3 - Millay, Edna St. Vincent | WIST Quotations

And what are you that, missing you, I should be kept awake As many nights as there are days With weeping for your sake? First collected in A Few Figs from Thistles (1922).

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Jonathan Emmesedi Jul 5, 2025

It's 3:30 AM and I am still awake.

9MUSES -- Sleepless Night
https://youtu.be/eycIuUZyJPY?si=iWKWXjeRG65e9PAR

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나인뮤지스[9MUSES]-'잠은 안오고 배는 고프고(Sleepless Night)' Official Music Video

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Charlie McHenry Jun 22, 2025

Has the news (including this feed 😵‍💫) got you worried? Suffering from anxiety? Having trouble sleeping? I feel obligated to provide you some potential relief… so, I’m offering this doctor-developed breathing app that hit #HackerNews today. It has a 4.8 star rating on the App store, and if hackers like it… well, you know. #Relaxation #StressRelief #Stress #Anxiety #Sleeplessness #sleep #AnxietyRelief #breathing #MindfulBreathing #app

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lungy-breathing-exercises/id1545223887

‎Lungy: Breathing Exercises

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patros15 May 30, 2025

🎧 New visual for "Sleeplessness" by Patros15 & Luhcy is out now!
An emotional liquid drum & bass journey capturing the restless energy of sleepless nights. Smooth rhythms, deep atmosphere, and introspective vibes – now with a fresh visual on YouTube.

🎥 Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6jgDmwr7ms

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Patros15 & Luhcy - Sleeplessness

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WIST Quotations Has Moved!Mar 21, 2025

A quotation from Horace

But to go mad with watching, nights and days,
To stand in dread of thieves, fires, runaways
Who filch and fly, — in these if wealth consist,
Let me rank lowest on the paupers’ list.

[An vigilare metu exanimem, noctesque diesque
formidare malos fures, incendia, servos,
ne te conpilent fugientes, hoc iuvat? Horum
semper ego optarim pauperrimus esse bonorum.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, “Qui fit, Mæcenas,” l. 76ff (1.1.76-79) (35 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/horace/75767/

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Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 1, # 1, "Qui fit, Mæcenas," l. 76ff (1.1.76-79) (35 BC) [tr. Conington (1874)] - Horace | WIST Quotations

But to go mad with watching, nights and days, To stand in dread of thieves, fires, runaways Who filch and fly, -- in these if wealth consist, Let me rank lowest on the paupers' list. [An vigilare metu exanimem, noctesque diesque formidare malos fures, incendia, servos, ne te conpilent fugientes,…

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