https://davidhardiman.com A safe and legal literary drug. Now available in prescription strength. Fri, 09 Dec 2022 07:38:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://davidhardiman.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Header-32x32.jpg https://davidhardiman.com 32 32 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/my-visit-with-divorced-dad-can-i-return-to-earth-now/ Sun, 06 Nov 2022 21:40:34 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=6143 . My father’s peculiarities were prodigious. Of course when you’re young and in thrall of your father, you see no peculiarities – it’s just Saturday with dad. So I never really noticed them till I got older. I knew he was a smart guy, but in many ways he was also a functioning non sequitur. […]

The post My Visit with Divorced Dad: “Can I return to earth now?” first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 6143 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/whats-in-your-sleep-app/ Fri, 11 Mar 2022 08:09:49 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=5811 Top 10 (or so) Least Popular “White Noise” Ambient Sounds Rain falling on a corpse An endless loop of “Please listen carefully as some of our menu options have changed” Waves crashing on a Land Rover parked too close to the shore Nail guns operated by the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps Wind blowing through […]

The post What’s in Your Sleep App? first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 5811 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/i-will-not-sleep-until-i-find-a-cure-for-insomnia/ Tue, 09 Nov 2021 18:27:12 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=5598 Those are the words of Dr. Gershwin Fassbender, Director of the SIA (Slumber Institute of America). Like most of the employees at the Slumber Institute, Dr. Fassbender is woke. In fact maybe a little too woke and that’s what accounts for the insomnia.   The Problem: Nocturnal Adrenalizing We will survey the career of Dr. […]

The post “I Will Not Sleep, Until I Find a Cure for Insomnia” first appeared on davidhardiman.com.]]> 5598 https://davidhardiman.com/blog/i-wuz-just-reading-in-bed-when/ Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:10:13 +0000 https://davidhardiman.com/?p=1630 Very rarely am I blindsided and tickled pink by a literary passage that packs the unintentionally humorous punch of a Linear Particle Accelerator. Such was the case when this unsuspecting reader was suddenly seized by a powerfully jocular elation; when all he really wanted to do was drift off gently to safe and restful sleep, sleep, […]

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