When I was young, on several confirmed occasions, I sleep walked. I don’t believe I have ever sleep eMailed. Much to my surprise, there is a recorded case where a woman sent out invitations to a party in her sleep.
Well, at least that was the excuse she gave her spouse. Sure honey, I invited these people while I was sleeping (wink..wink..nudge..nudge).
Ok, my future as Jay Leno’s substitute is looking grim, but here is a link to the story of
Somnambulism in the Internet Age. Somnambulism is one of those BIG words doctors make up to help justify the expense of medical school.
While in the army, we joked about how great it would be to be able to sleep with our eyes open. The drill Sgts use to scream at us that if they saw our eyes close we would get dropped for push ups. One guy in our company did sleep with his eyes open. We all thought he was just a fibber until one day we watched him NOT blink for several minutes and the droll dribble down his shirt. Talk about FUNNY!
They are calling sleep eMailing “zzz-mailing”. The article even points to the complex nature of logging into your eMail, typing in your password, composing a message, picking the recipient and hitting send. However, I don’t remember when the last time I had to type in my password at home? Usually I just open the eMail app and type away.
Never-the-less, if it is a REAL case, then we must look at our society where people have become so pluged in that we even eMail people in our sleep! One thing’s for sure, this women did not suffer from witers block!