If You Thought Drunk Dialing Was Bad, Try Sleep Emailing on Ambien

Sending emails in your sleep—once thought impossible by neurologists, a case of sleep emailing by a woman has become the first reported example of “complex nonviolent cognitive behavior.”

An article on the case set to appear in the journal Sleep Medicine explains how the woman in question suffered from severe insomnia and was taking zolpidem—a remedy marketed under several brands (including Ambien). When she upped her dose from the 10 milligrams prescribed by her doctor to 15, she received a call from her friend about a weird email send by the patient to her address. The email subject read: “!HELP ME P-LEEEEESE”, which was apparently an invitation for “dinner and drinks”. The message also asked the friend to “come TOMORROW AND SORT THIS HELL HOLE Out!!!!!!”

See the full article at Gizmodo

Creepy characters — an update

IMG_2240IMG_2239The mystery has been solved. Leave it to enterprising New Yorkers to figure out a new and probably illegal way (if you count copyrights) to make money. The cartoon characters each hold a bag of some sort and if a tourist wants to take a picture with them then they ask for “donations”. Pure genius. Now I’m wondering if these guys are all coordinated together…

Has anyone seen creepy Elmo?

IMG_2231Has anyone traveling through the Times Square area run across on of the creepy Elmo characters? I know there are at least two of them in the area, maybe more. And they’re not quite real Elmo characters either — they’re a little “off”. I just can’t figure out what they’re trying to accomplish…