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By Merlin Lessler —<\/span><\/p>\n

I have acquired a new pastime. I call it \u201cread-dozing.\u201d I\u2019m a reader, primarily books and newspapers. I\u2019m also a napper. When I first started working and getting paid for it, I found myself a little sleepy between 2 and 3 in the afternoon. I worked for Compton Industries, an electronic firm whose primary business was calibrating oscilloscopes for IBM Corporation. <\/span><\/p>\n

After we finished adjusting the devices, we set them up in a test room to \u201cage\u201d the calibration since some adjustments would wander out of spec after initial use. The room was warm from the heat generated by a sea of oscilloscopes. They also emitted a gentle hum produced by their internal fans.<\/span><\/p>\n

I had to go into the \u201caging\u201d room to check and readjust the calibration every afternoon. Between the warm temperature and the hum of the fans, it was difficult to stay awake. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, I didn\u2019t. I napped, just like I did in high school study halls, with my forehead nestled in my hand and my elbow on the desk. I figured the teacher thought I was concentrating on reading information in a textbook on the desk. Once in a while, my arm would buckle, and my head would come crashing down on the desk, waking me up and scaring the kids around me. <\/span><\/p>\n

Anyhow, my naps in the \u201caging room\u201d started a lifelong habit of dozing in the afternoon for 10 minutes or so to snap me out of the doldrums and let me be more productive than I otherwise would have. Now that I\u2019m unemployed (retired) and out of high school, there are no impediments to my napping routine. I read a few pages, then doze off for a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n

I often dream about the story I\u2019m reading and move the plot along. When I wake up and start reading again, I discover that my dream version was way off. I read; I doze; I dream – I read and doze again. It\u2019s a great pastime! <\/span><\/p>\n

Try it; you\u2019ll like it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Comments? Complaints? Send to mlessler7@gmail.com<\/a>.   <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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