Yawn!: Bedtime Reading for Insomniacs

by Sue Ellen Stern, Ellen Sue Stern

Overview

Tired of counting sheep -- or rather, not tired enough? Insomniac Ellen Sue Stern shares over forty antidotes to the night owl's blues in yawn!, a tranquilizing compilation of the driest of dry reading material. From Elvis's tortuously tedious letter to Nixon to the coma-inducing drone of passenger flight safety instructions, this nightstand anthology hits harder than a Valium the size of a brick. With over seventy-five mind-numbing exercises for the especially restless, such as splitting hair ends, calculating tips, and charting your dietary fiber quotient, this soporific sleeper is an insomniac's dream come true!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580081610
Publisher:	Ten Speed Press
Publication date:	09/01/1900
Pages:	195
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.64(d)

Table of Contents

	Introduction	ix
	Great (Dull) Moments in History: Elvis Meets Nixon	1
	Deathly Documents: 15% & 20% Tip Table	3
	Tedious Tips: Stain Removal Guide	6
	Forty Winks: How to Get a Good Night's Sleep	14
	Your Boring Body: Dietary Fiber	21
	The Stultifying Natural World: Sea Turtles	24
	Soporific Classics: Genesis 36:15	28
	Great (Dull) Moments in History: President Clinton's Grand Jury Testimony	31
	Deathly Documents: Moonlighting	42
	Tedious Tips: Taming the Paper Trail	44
	Great (Dull) Moments in History: The Declaration of Independence	46
	Your Boring Body: Hair Loss	51
	Tedious Tips: Golf Strategies	58
	Soporific Classics: Exodus 22	62
	Forty Winks: Can Insomnia Affect Your Quality of Life?	65
	Tedious Tips: Snow and Ice Control	67
	Your Boring Body: Nutrition Guidelines	71
	Deathly Documents: NASA Fatigue Countermeasures	81
	Tedious Tips: Practical Palmistry	85
	Your Boring Body: Preventing Foot Trouble	88
	Great (Dull) Moments in History: John Glenn's "Friendship 7" Transcript	91
	The Stultifying Natural World: Asian Longhorned Beetle	95
	Deathly Documents: Air Bag Safety	97
	Your Boring Body: Ingrown Toenails	101
	Tedious Tips: Dog Training Tips	103
	Deathly Documents: Income Tax Instructions	110
	Your Boring Body: Halcion Dosage Information	124
	Soporific Classics: The Story of the Odyssey	126
	Deathly Documents: Lotus Software Agreement	130
	Tedious Tips: Vowel Matching	135
	Great (Dull) Moments in History: The Battle of Fort Stephenson	137
	Deathly Documents: Airline Ticket Fine Print	144
	Your Boring Body: Milk Substitutes	147
	The Stultifying Natural World: Beets	151
	Deathly Documents: Dual Currency Economics	153
	Your Boring Body: The Human Genome	166
	Tedious Tips: Etiquette Survival Quiz	169
	Deathly Documents: Alien Abduction	174
	Your Boring Body: Periodontitis	179
	Deathly Documents: The Perfect Cup of Coffee	184
	Tedious Tips: Flight Safety Instructions	185
	Submissions to Web Page	190
	Permissions	191