Time Tip

Am I the only one who mistakes the ideas that pop into my head at four in the morning for pure brilliance?

I must have been blogging in my sleep ‘cuz I woke up with today’s topic practically writing itself. Perfect, I thought. Fascinating, I assured myself. I’ll write about…my alarm clock??

Somehow at two in the afternoon the idea has lost some of its luster. Sorta like that plan I came up with on Friday to fly to Chile for my birthday.

Oh, well. See, here’s the deal. I have this really, really, cool alarm clock. Picture this: it’s the middle of the night, you’re snoozing away, and suddenly a loud noise awakes you. What’s the first thing you do? Answer: you yank the clock off your nightstand, shove it in front of your face, and stare stupidly at numbers that make no sense without your glasses, right? Well, not me. Nosiree. I simply open my eyes and look at the ceiling. How cool is that, huh? No unnecessary expenditure of energy! Just let the eyelids drift open…voila! You see, my clock emits a steady stream of infrared light depicting the current time anywhere I want it to. (I could get the weather too, but I’m too cheap, and besides, that’s a little TMI for the wee small hours.)

If you’re interested, click here http://www.atomic-clocks.com and select “atomic projection clocks.” But remember: if you’re a slacker—the type to sleep past daybreak—the red numbers disappear once the sun comes up. In that case, you have to read the clock the old-fashioned way.