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$1,489,183.06 USD.  That's how much the Bugatti Veyron costs.

It's no real secret that I consider sleep to be a complete waste of time and one of the more regrettable facts of life.  I suspect that it was one of the consequences of Adam and Eve getting a hankering for apple pie, but the Bible is silent on that point.  So it was with a great deal of surprise that I found this article about a man who hasn't slept in 30 years.  Yes, you read that right.  Thai Ngoc is 64 years old, in perfect health, and hasn't slept a wink since he got a fever back in 1973.  I'm jealous - and wondering if someone would give me a good, strong case of the flu.

Update: OK, so if I can't just do away with sleep altogether, maybe I can do the next best thing.  I'll think about it.

I've never been so glad to be at work.  I feel like this morning's commute was an obstacle course, with three separate near-accidents this morning in less than 20 minutes.  The worst was a red SUV on the Interstate that overtook me in the left lane while I was in the right lane just before I exited at Fletcher Avenue.  When it first appeared in my field of vision, it was so far into my lane that I could hear its engine and tire noise more clearly than my own.  If I hadn't swerved to the right side of my lane, I think it would have taken the side mirror off as it sped past.  As far as I know, it was not trying to avoid some obstacle in the left lane, it was just being careless.  Probably the driver got distracted by his cell phone conversation or the bagel in his lap.  Idiots.  Can't live with them, can't collect their pelts for tanning.