Clapton, Eminem, & the Cincinnati Bengals

Whew - It's been quite a week. My sincere apologies for not blogging more last week. It was a rough one! First of all, my job always comes first, and it was a busy week here at the sleep center. On Monday of last week Google announced they'd no longer allow SleepScience to participate in their AdSense program. They weren't specific in their reason, but I think it has something to do with my monitoring the ads that appear here for content. If that wasn't enough of a hit, I got a cease and desist letter from a sleep center in Georgia who apparently thinks I'm infringing on their "sleepsciences" trademark. Of course, that letter went straight to my attorney for a response. Just to make things clear, the reason this blog is called sleepscience is it deals with sleep science. It's a personal public service project by a sleep technologist in Tennessee. See, I told you this was a big money business! Jeeze!

In sleep news, Eric Clapton has a new album of all original songs due out in a few days. He credits much of the inspiration behind the songwriting to his lethargy brought on by sleepless nights caring for his young children. One of the songs called "So Tired" contains the line: My mood is getting snappy/Daddy won't change no nappy/And I'm so tired. In other news, the Cincinnati Bengals have begun testing all their players for sleep disorders. This comes after the sudden death last week of San Francisco's Thomas Herrion from unknown causes. Finally, rap star Eminem announced last week that he's addicted to sleep medicine. My guess is that there's more to that story because he's cancelled his European tour to "recover." While sleep meds can be addictive, withdrawel usually only consists of a couple of sleepless nights. That's all for Monday. Thanks for reading my blog about sleep science. Let's hope this week is better than last! -Shawn