anyone else have trouble falling asleep last night?

[mckitterick]

The US Geological Survey said it had detected a 4.2 magnitude tremor in North Korea at 10:35 a.m. local time (0135 GMT). The Japan Meteorological Agency said its data showed a tremor took place around Gilju, on the peninsula's northeast coast around 70 miles from the Chinese border.

Greenwich Mean Time is five (5) hours ahead of Central US time (Daylight Savings, as in now). That means the N. Korean nuke went off at 8:35pm Central last night. I wonder if that's why I had such stress falling asleep last night? A great disturbance in the Force, eh?

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[kalimeg.livejournal.com]

Not me. A friend is moving and I got pulled into helping, so I packed about 25 boxes of books -- and there are still 7 bookshelves that have not been touched. True, I did the thre fullest, that were double packed, but she still makes me look like I don't own any books at all.

Doing that made me tired enough to crash as soon as I was clean and dry.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

My living room has about 40 boxes of books right now. That's just the SF - most of the fantasy went to Seattle last year.

Can't say that I've read as many as you have, though.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

I couldn't sleep for crap last night, but I just assumed it was the coffee I drank in the afternoon.

[geekmom.livejournal.com]

Oh, and the 22 month old with three emerging teeth that screamed and screamed at 4am. I think that prevented some sleep, too.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Imagine that - a 22-month-old keeping you up at night! *g*

[arian1.livejournal.com]

HAHA! TAKE THAT HANS BLIX!

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

Yeah, there's some comfort. Um.

[themitigator.livejournal.com]

you're not the only one losing sleep. i'm guessing condoleeza rice had a rough night -- although we can all rest assured the president made his usual 10:00pm bedtime.

the journal world gave me a good laugh today, calling kim jong il "one of the world's last totalitarian leaders." as if totalitarianism were a dying fad. where is the evidence of that?

here's something tangential; according to USGS, earth's crust is remarkably stable in the northern part of the korean peninsula, so very few things short of a nuclear detonation could cause a seismic disturbance of 4+ magnitude in that area.

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

I can only hope that Condi is having a rough time of it now. As much of a toady as she is, I can't help but believe she's smart enough to see how they fucked up.

You've made my day by pointing out how totalitarianism is dying - yay! Ding-dong, the King is dead, the evil King, the Bushy King. Ding-dong... oops, never mind.

Nice to know that Kim Jong Il has a solid surface upon which to test stuff. Yay.

For a rousing thought, check out normalcyispasse's LJ about his recent trip to Japan. He visited past nuke sites and was returning from his trip just as N. Korea's nuke was going off.