meara, his first joke was "since we're all posting our favorite math signs" and I responded, "Oh, I just thought you were proclaiming gay superiority."

Smonster, one of my friends did post something about feeling like his Facebook feed was overtaken by math zombies.. (The comments then devolved into mathnet cops fighting zombies) .but I know he's down with the cause (even if he's a straight dude) so I was amused rather than irked.

I enjoyed seeing the sea of red bars on FB today, and they included a couple or three people who I might not have anticipated. But I for sure wasn't checking off a list or looking sideways at people who didn't. (Partly because the very few people on my f-list who I might've got blocked during Scott Walker.)

Sometimes I try sleeping with an eye mask on, but I usually end up taking it off.

I tried a sleep mask, but I'm just too 'princess and the pea' when it comes to sleep.

The room isn't totally dark, but just cutting down seems to have helped heaps.

The room isn't totally dark, but just cutting down seems to have helped heaps.

Our apartment has two bedrooms, the middle one (which is currently Emmett's) and the big one (ours, which faces the street). I used to be in the middle one for years and it was SO dark and SO quiet and I got such good sleep in it. It really made me realize how much that can make a difference.

It took a long time to get comfortable with the sleep mask. But true dark is amazing and it has an incredible effect on sleep quality.

I'm wondering what the long term benefits will be. Short term, I'm loving it.

I already sleep with ear plugs...have for decades. But dark thing is a revolution in my life.

I liked the pressure on my eyes with the sleep mask but, truth to tell, I've got an ENORMOUS head, so every strap is too tight to be comfortable.

I may have to plump for a true blackout curtain that actually fits the window.

bonny, if sleep is more important than short term aesthetics... cardboard and wide painter's tape to block the windows.